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August 31, 2023
— Tyler Vigen investigates the existence of a seemingly-useless pedestrian bridge to a satisfying conclusion via Kottke #
August 30, 2023
— uncovering the death of an Indigenous Filipino woman recruited for the 1904 World’s Fair, her brain stolen by a racist scientist at the Smithsonian via @thepuddingmail #
— finding the unique palettes of a neighborhood by analyzing colors in photos via @thepuddingmail #
— the latest in Russell Samora’s series of data clocks for The Pudding via @thepuddingmail #
August 28, 2023
— Darius Kazemi made a clicker game #
— Ryan Broderick interviewed me and a bunch of others about the decline of Google’s usefulness for The Verge #
August 26, 2023
— on the hypocrisy of big tech liberally scraping the web for AI, while legally blocking scraping from their own platforms #
August 25, 2023
— the PSX classic now runs at about 3,000 fps in the browser on my aging laptop #
— bizarre and delightful short film about overcoming a fear with machine learning via Web Curios #
August 24, 2023
— Jason Scott curated a selection of unusual manuals from their library of nearly three million via @textfiles #
— not at feature parity with the mobile app, but a good start #
August 22, 2023
— 404 Media investigates the people and platforms profiting off AI generative porn, including non-consensual depictions of specific women #
— four of my favorite Motherboard journalists started a new indie media company and it’s already great, I subscribed instantly #
— teaser trailer for the latest Panic-published game, which looks extremely silly and good #
August 21, 2023
— the anonymous writer behind Brr.fyi shares how power generation and distribution works at South Pole Station #
— print-only and out-of-print books will remain available, but this is still a huge loss #
— free secure audio transcription, up to three 90-minute recordings per month or pay for more features #
— The Pudding’s Russell Samora made a clock that plays 8,968 songs from Spotify based on your local time #
— clear explanation of Apollonian circle packing and disproving the local-global conjecture via scripting.com #
— Chrome extension that monitors and optionally blocks other extensions’ network calls #
— Google Labs collaborated with Lupe Fiasco on a series of LLM-based tools for exploring text and language via Web Curios #
— you have to hear this thing in action to appreciate it, try searching YouTube for harpejji songs via pad26.aweb.page #
— the French chef/owner makes three-course set lunches from recipes found in the books they sell #
— Ronan Farrow reports on the U.S. government’s unpredictable and dangerous reliance on Musk and his companies #
August 18, 2023
— paint a terrible forgery of the Mona Lisa in 60 seconds; my high score is 75% #
August 13, 2023
— absolute garbage lawsuit, every recording was pre-1978 from deceased artists digitized from the original 78s via Nick Heer #
August 11, 2023
— once a Numa Numa kid, now a Numa Numa man #
— Tracklib breaks down sample sources from the last 50 years #
— the color’s provided, you draw in the lines via b3ta #
— I appreciate Jack Carden’s commitment to the bit #
August 10, 2023
— XTina GG did a great deep-dive on the culture of streamers using virtual avatars, interviewing six of them #
— a list of resources and fundraisers #
— rising temperatures, declining rainfall, a changing landscape, and increased likelihood of large storms #
— some historical and cultural context on what was lost #
— ProPublica continues their investigation into undisclosed gifts to Supreme Court justices #
August 9, 2023
— nuking their history with questionable results, while moving towards AI-generated articles #
— you can donate to keep the archives alive or buy print copies before it closes this summer #
August 8, 2023
— the latest from nerd sketch comedy duo KRAZAM #
— for its 10th anniversary, Lukas and Keiko Pope demade “Papers, Please” as a Game & Watch-style LCD game #
— ProPublica digs into a possible factor in rising homicides, beyond the obvious proliferation of guns via @AlecMacGillis #
August 7, 2023
— a small wealthy resort that outsources its parking to a nearby town, but still, living the dream #
— “the first computerized TV show” from the creator of Laugh-In was cancelled after the first episode, decades ahead of its time #
— reprints of these stunning 1907 multilingual eye charts are for sale at 20×200 #
— the same creator also made a complete version of Myst for the Apple II #
— the top domains their users block and promote in search results; they really hate Pinterest! via Hacker News #
— The Earl Hayes Press has printed fake newspapers, magazines, product labels, and more for films and TV shows since 1918 via pad26.aweb.page #
— addictive little web game to try to put words/phrases in the order they first appeared via pad26.aweb.page #
— “a perennial website about the possibility of love online” only accessible for five weeks, the shelf life of an onion via Naive Weekly #
August 4, 2023
— “Lawmakers are quickly advancing an anti-sex, anti-speech agenda in which every adult user of the internet could soon find themself entangled.” #
— if Pee-Wee’s Playhouse came out today, it’d be maligned by conservatives for its playful diversity and queerness #
