July 14, 2014
The Atlantic on the effort to restore Prodigy from cached files
— if you have an old Prodigy install, send it in #
anon-edits, tweet about anonymous Wikipedia edits from IP address ranges
— as seen in @congressedits and @gccaedits, inspired by @parliamentedits #
Wagner Au's profile of AM Radio, the Banksy of Second Life
— because of his anonymity, not art style; only one of his works survives #
New York Observer on Rusty Foster's Today in Tabs
— an addictive daily read for me, I'm missing it during his summer break #
Making Tweedy's "Summer Noon" video
— how she made it in three weeks with no 3D, video, or animation experience #
Matter's Liz Spiers on Shanley Kane
— related, Shanley's preemptive response on Model View Culture #
Yo used to alert Israelis of incoming rocket attacks
— Red Alert gives 15 seconds notice before bombs hit #
Chloe
For the second time in 18 months, I’ve lost a friend to depression—a unique, young talent with their greatest years ahead of them.
Chloe Weil tasted words. She was vulnerable to rich emotional experiences in the summertime. She hated her birthday, and she hated surprises. She had a cat named FACE that was famous on Reddit for a day. She helped us listen to songs traveling across the stars.
She was, in short, a badass.
Chloe was a person who made things. She made things with code, with fabric, with yarn, with charcoal, with sugar.
She poked fun at her depression, even as she was fighting it.
Chloe, I wish I’d told you in life how much I admire you, how incredibly talented I think you are. You continually made things, and like your synesthesia, they revealed someone who experiences the world unlike anyone else I know.
I wish I’d been able to say these words to you in person, instead of writing them to you in death, so that you could have tasted every one.
AMC's new port of Colossal Cave Adventure
— to promote Halt and Catch Fire, which is worth checking out #