I believe it's assumed that if a species is capable of producing a mechanism to communicate with other interstellar species, then they necessarily have an understanding of math and physics.
Awesome list! I used Zach's interaction library, Impulse, in a recent project and it's fantastic. http://impulse.luster.io/ This guy really knows his stuff.
I wrote custom Backbone.js views and subviews to handle the shop tags. But you're right, this would be an awesome WordPress plugin. The affiliate network RewardStyle has something similar, but it's lacking a few things, which is why I wrote my own.
Yeah, lots of opportunity here for sure. One thing I've been getting good feedback on from some fashion bloggers is the "shop the look" feature on each photo. Affiliate links is how many fashion bloggers monetize.
For layout design, I tend to sketch my UX ideas on paper. For this site, since it's so minimal, I designed straight in the browser using HTML / CSS (SASS)
Cool, good to hear! I will push towards it. Admin panel is located at a hidden URL right now. There are no user accounts yet, just a single, protected resource with a private key. That's one of the things I need to add.
No, I wrote it solely for the purpose of this blog, but I wouldn't mind open sourcing it after I add a couple more things to the admin panel (if there's interest).
AngelList is a great resource. Fill out your profile, connect with people you know, and list yourself as a contractor. Then go through jobs looking for contractors and hit "Yes." This is how I've found 90% of my contract work over the past 3 years (in the Bay Area).