I hadn't been to howstuffworks.com in years. It's...very different now. Much more ad heavy, sensational, "the fourth one will amaze you", "doctors hate #7", and just icky in a way I don't remember it being ten years ago.
It's an unusual post history. He seemed to post exclusively in a set of small, self-created subreddits. It's quite an eclectic mix of fascinating subjects!
I’ve never had close interaction with How Stuff Works itself, but I did get a lot of entertainment and fun knowledge out of Stuff you should know, a podcast spun out of it.
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[ 4.5 ms ] story [ 45.0 ms ] threadBut he has written some really good books, such as https://marshallbrain.com/manna1
He will be sorely missed.
https://web.archive.org/web/20010202064900/http://howstuffwo...
It's an unusual post history. He seemed to post exclusively in a set of small, self-created subreddits. It's quite an eclectic mix of fascinating subjects!
In alphabetical order, I've found:
https://old.reddit.com/r/2ndIntelligentSpecies/
https://old.reddit.com/r/AmAnimals/
https://old.reddit.com/r/ChinaDomination/
https://old.reddit.com/r/ConcentrationOfWealth/
https://old.reddit.com/r/DoomsdayBook/
https://old.reddit.com/r/DoomsdayNow/
https://old.reddit.com/r/GreatCostumes/
https://old.reddit.com/r/HarvestPorn/
https://old.reddit.com/r/HowDogsWork/
https://old.reddit.com/r/HowHumanBeingsWork/
https://old.reddit.com/r/HowGodWorks/
https://old.reddit.com/r/HumanDecency/
https://old.reddit.com/r/Ideathon/
https://old.reddit.com/r/LockCarbon/
https://old.reddit.com/r/MachineThatMakesMoney/
https://old.reddit.com/r/MarshallBrain/
https://old.reddit.com/r/MBthin/
https://old.reddit.com/r/MuskMarsColony/
https://old.reddit.com/r/PeopleBeingAssholes/
https://old.reddit.com/r/RedneckTech/
https://old.reddit.com/r/SomethingGoesWrong/
We didn't deserve him. May you find peace, Marshall Brain.
Reading some of Marshall Brain's work was always on my ever-expanding to-do list.