This week’s catch — the shortlisted finds still without a themed home, gathered so none slips out of view: a market that runs hardest at 2am, twenty-seven essays that argue with each other, an app that reads the light in a room, a gearbox published with its failures, a deck of public-domain mice, a Mac control surface, a bird game and a map of where words came from.
A 2am fruit auction, and vendors who clear the tracks every time a train comes
→ atlasobscura.com
Twenty-seven essays and stories on the self, each one argued with by its editors
→ kk.org
Point your phone at the room and it tells you, in words, whether the light is helping
→ apps.apple.com
A fifteen-year-old's 1:9 gearbox, published with the version that didn't work
→ github.com
The 1928 Mickey, out of copyright and onto the court cards
→ fultonsplayingcards.com
Word origins you can walk forwards as well as back
→ etymologue.com