Charts for a study
The wall beside a desk is prime reference space. Whatever hangs there gets consulted without a browser tab, without a search, and without the several minutes a search usually turns into.
What suits it is the material used mid-task: status codes and CSS properties, the working areas of Git, unit prefixes and paper formats, Morse and the phonetic alphabet, the Greek letters that turn up in every formula, and the size conversions wanted the moment something is ordered from abroad.
A4 is usually enough at desk distance. Print on white, on whatever printer is already in the room — that is what these files are built for.
SIZE CHARTS
shoes, tops, bottoms — and a centimetre under every grid
SERUM ACTIVES
when to apply, what to keep apart in time, what the season changes
BITS, BYTES, KILOBYTES
two scales · 1000 and 1024 · why a drive looks smaller
CSS FLEXBOX
main axis and cross axis · which property belongs to which
FLOWCHART SYMBOLS
10 shapes, and one algorithm drawn with them
GIT WORKING AREAS
four areas · the command that moves code between them
HTTP STATUS CODES
five classes · twenty codes you meet every day
THE SELECT STATEMENT
8 clauses in the order you write them — and the order they take effect in
GREEK ALPHABET
24 letters · names and where science uses them
MORSE CODE
26 letters and 10 digits · dot, dash
PHONETIC ALPHABET
the ICAO standard · for radio and telephone
PAPER SIZES
the A series · from A0 to A6
SI PREFIXES
from quetta to quecto · twenty multipliers
BICYCLE CLASSES
frame, wheel by ISO 5775 and handlebar — three signs of a class, and what the frame is rated for
CAR CLASSES
segments A to F by length and bodies by box count — how to name any car you see
MOTORCYCLE CLASSES
rake, trail, wheelbase and seat height — six classes drawn at one scale
THE RACING LINE
one corner, three apexes, the time computed