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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 6,450 locations (1,244 with images), 100 posts, 513 regions, 99 themes, 7,869 images, 20,073 outbound links, and 955,327 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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