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Welcome to Spectral Codex, a digital garden, a travel journal, photography portfolio, and geospatial database curated by Alexander Synaptic. This site is completely ad-free and features no sponsored content, though you’re welcome to support my work via Patreon if you like what you find here. Read a little more about my background and motivations, or start browsing the collection!
Currently this project features 6,460 locations (1,263 with images), 100 posts, 513 regions, 99 themes, 7,952 images, 20,119 outbound links, and 958,225 words, mostly covering topics related to Taiwan. Gathered below are some of the better and more recent links from around the site to get you started…
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