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December 30, 2018
— step-by-step breakdown of how two very different phrases can sound similar via Belong.io #
— watching 2001: A Space Odyssey on a custom ePaper display at 24 frames per hour via Jeremy Keith #
December 27, 2018
— Max Read on “the Inversion,” the point when fake traffic is perceived as real by algorithms #
December 26, 2018
— this is an excellent use of Medium, and also, I want to subscribe to this newsletter please #
December 25, 2018
— the final day of Christmas XP, the WebGL advent calendar #
— Frank Cifaldi’s in-depth writeup on the unreleased prototype, with downloadable ROM via @frankcifaldi #
December 14, 2018
— make generative art using the Turtle graphics API #
— combining every 3D model of Mickey Mouse found online into a single physical object #
— from Christmas XP, a WebGL advent calendar via Web Curios #
— applying style transfer techniques to adversarial networks for better control over generated imagery via @quasimondo #
December 13, 2018
— database of dimensioned drawings via MetaFilter #
— hard to imagine any major platform handling moderation this publicly again #
December 12, 2018
— Tumblr isn’t just deleting porn, but anything their bot thinks is “adult”; follow along and help here #
— incredible reporting by Sruthi Pinnamaneni; more on The Verge #
— visual art, music, and design made with machine learning, curated by Luba Elliott #
— weirdly, only on Twitter #
— a 76-page book of interesting projects from the Glitch community via @glitch #
December 11, 2018
— “you have to choke your way through the money-making miasma to find the joy” via Paul Bausch #
— for the 20th anniversary of Anchorhead, over 80 authors made one room in a huge interactive fiction game via @samplereality #
— sold to advertisers, retail outlets, and anyone else seeking insights about consumer behavior #
— teaching a bot how to play Castlevania without machine learning via MetaFilter #
December 10, 2018
— Matt Daniels’ stunning visualization of world population for The Pudding #
December 7, 2018
— if you’re not familiar with Sargon, here’s a good rundown #
December 6, 2018
— Kyle McDonald teaches a valuable skill for the near-future #
December 5, 2018
— an internet Christmas classic #
— a visual map and long-form essay about the labor and resources used by the Amazon Echo via tinyletter.com #
— Fortnite reproduces, renames, and sells dance moves as emotes, raising questions about copyrighting choreography #
— Laurie Penny goes on a crypto cruise #
— on its fourth birthday, short look at the progressive development of the instant classic #
— at least 50 arrested in the last two years, here are stories of ten cases #
— Vice, Vox, BuzzFeed, and others diversifying away from ad revenue #
— you’ll love this if you’re as excited about Untitled Goose Game as I am #
— weekly newsletter of six solid recommendations from Kevin Kelly, Mark Frauenfelder, and Claudia Dawson #
— a series of short written, animated, and audio science fiction about hopeful futures #
December 4, 2018
— this might be funny if he wasn’t Trump’s cybersecurity advisor #
— many, many, many, many more examples of false positives #
— make beats with voice synthesis; by the same creator: Polynote and Flock Sound #
— with narration by Bennett Foddy himself #
December 3, 2018
— after years of VRV exclusivity, all ten episodes available free #
— comfort a Google Home going through a breakup, or let Google comfort you via @nicolehe #
— like Vine, it’s a hotbed for short-form video experimentation and meme creation #
— a daily countdown of top ten albums of the year, with new album covers by 33 different artists #
— three friends with different backgrounds share their transcripts from online text therapy sessions #
— that should go over well with everyone #
December 2, 2018
— Max Read’s guide to the Content Cycle #
— like Star Wars Uncut, Shrek remade in pieces by 200 different people #
