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December 27, 2019
— a PICO-8 demake via @p01 #
— they cite streaming royalty increases and competition from Spotify via @textfiles #
December 23, 2019
— this is the worst Twine game ever via @kthorjensen #
December 20, 2019
— free OCR engine ported to pure JS, supporting over 100 languages #
— the written tics of older internet users are Ripe for parody.… via Belong.io #
— they’re encouraging everyone to upgrade to Flickr Pro, I hope they can make it work #
— “an esoteric programming language that closely follows the grammar and tone of classical Chinese literature” via github.com #
— absurdly charming, just like Alex and Lindsay in real-life #
— not open to the public, probably because they don’t want it covered in penises and swastikas via @adafruit #
— impressive but horrible hack, converting GIFs into hundreds of vertical linear-gradients #
December 19, 2019
— they had to find and read “books” to figure it out #
— the sleep blanket is stunning #
— yesterday was only the fourth of the year #
— an anonymous source from an unnamed location data company provided the 2016-2017 dump via @cwarzel #
December 18, 2019
— there’s something so satisfying about detailed miniatures, but the electronics take it to the next level via jwz #
— abuse of power and obstruction of Congress #
— this month’s release of StyleGAN2 makes these images much harder to recognize #
— intriguing list, all but one were new to me #
— new iOS game from Philipp Stollenmayer, one of my favorite game designers #
— Voyager created this expanded version for the Mac in 1991, emulated in browser on the Internet Archive via twitter.com #
— with classic comics posted daily, sketchbooks, and a letter from Gary Larson about why now #
— much of Joe’s work belongs in that list #
December 17, 2019
— hilariously bad generative Christmas carol mashups, click on the window to hear the audio #
— Adult Swim short co-created by Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared’s Joe Pelling #
— The Auralnauts take on The Mandalorian #
— if the Google Colab version scared you off, this is a simple way to try one the most interesting projects of the year #
December 16, 2019
— an archive of all 13k+ tweet-length generative JS art from Dwitter via @KilledByAPixel #
— out tomorrow for PC/PS4, so excited to finally play it #
— “the Citizen Kane of beekeeping games” is available for free on Itch.io #
— good video cards are expensive, but cloud GPU fees add up quick #
— reminder that the agency behind it, Brud, raised $6M of venture capital from Sequoia #
— there are serious mental health consequences to reviewing a high volume of disturbing and graphic content #
December 15, 2019
— JS version of this year’s winner of the annual Best Illusion of the Year Contest #
December 14, 2019
— Cyriak’s looping animations are always hypnotic and vaguely disturbing #
December 13, 2019
— Katie Notopoulos, Julia Reinstein, and Ryan Broderick turn in the definitive list with useful context #
— finally, I can make dubstep with my face via @yurisuzuki #
— curated color palettes in context of a real-world example site via Hacker News #
— new app for generating, sharing, and editing 3D captures of physical spaces via producthunt.com #
— build agents to perform automated tasks for you online, like IFTTT or Zapier that you control via Pinboard #
— Google’s interest in small developers is fickle, shifting over time as products evolve #
— great mix of investigative reporting and undeniable visual evidence #
December 12, 2019
— Harper’s feature on the rise of dark web assassination marketplaces via @harpers #
— see also: Toto’s Africa on sweet potato and squash #
— Rich Ziade explains more on their blog #
— newly out-of-beta platform for uncovering local history, like this building that’s still very special to me #
— Jia Tolentino on the increasing use of plastic surgery to resemble FaceTune-filtered photos in real life #
— generative poetry based on your location; more on how it works via FlowingData #
— clears up many of the visual artifacts of StyleGAN, see it in action on This Person Does Not Exist #
December 11, 2019
— nice to see the continued mainstream acceptance of singular they #
