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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 6,465 locations (1,272 with images), 115 posts, 513 regions, 99 themes, 7,983 images, 20,132 outbound links, and 959,262 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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