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StoneRed

The StoneRed project (SR) is a wide-area curiosity retrieval initiative aiming to give universal access to one interesting document per day.

Everything there is online about SR is linked directly or indirectly to this document, including an executive summary of the project, the document archive, today's SR news and other appearances.

Today's document
The one interesting thing for Tuesday, October 6, 2026.
What's out there?
Pointers to every previous document, by subject and date.
Arbitrary document
Retrieves a document at random. Results not guaranteed.
Bored
A recommendation, for users with nothing to do.
Exhibition
Pictures, by artists both dead and very dead. Viewing requires imagination.
Case files
Unsolved matters. Restricted to users with a magnifying glass.
Motion pictures
Moving images. Download time at 9600 baud: approximately one geological era.
Bulletin board
Pictures and sounds posted by other users of this system.
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Documents kept on this machine.
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Experimental. Requires a loudspeaker and the patience of a saint.
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Change how documents are displayed. Recommended for users arriving from the future.

Tuesday, October 6, 2026 Today's interesting thing
StoneRed STONERED ONLINE

You came here to read one thing. You left knowing something you didn't know before.THE INTERNET'S MOST UNNECESSARILY INTERESTING DAILY READING MATERIAL

THIS SITE IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION (it has been since 1996)

I want a rabbit hole

Down we go

A chain of 4 connected stories. Each one leads to the next for a reason.

  1. Level 1 The Day Boston Drowned in Molasses History · The Strange Case · 2 min
  2. Another catastrophe that sounds like a joke until you read the details.

    Level 2 The War That Lasted Less Than an Hour History · The Strange Case · 8 min
  3. The opposite extreme: the war that never started because one man hesitated.

    Level 3 The Man Who Didn't Believe the Computer People · The Person · 5 min
  4. Then the trail goes cold — so we jump sideways into something completely different.

    Level 4 The Book Nobody Can Read Mysteries · The Theory · 5 min

Dig a different hole Give me something weird

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