January 15, 2015
Backchannel on the future of the blockchain
— don't make the mistake of conflating the blockchain and Bitcoin #
Dillon Markey's stop-motion animation with the Nintendo Power Glove
— rewired as a Bluetooth keyboard (via) #
Chris Poole on shuttering DrawQuest
— donated remaining capital to charity, gave user archives to Archive.org #
Forgotten MS-DOS Games
— a spoof, but I'd totally play any of these: see also: Viscera Cleanup Detail #
Talib Kweli on how and why he left the major label system
— brilliant writeup of the benefits and compromises of going indie #
TASBot runs IRC on an unmodified Super Game Boy
— batshit insane hacks; turning Super Mario World into Super Mario Bros #
The Internet Archive adds 2,300+ MS-DOS games
— stunning work, all playable in the browser; Jason Scott wrote about the project #
The Year in Kickstarter 2014
— in its fifth year, continuing to seriously impact culture; dig into the numbers #
The First Bad Man Store
— Miranda July promotes her debut novel by auctioning items mentioned in it #
If Only Once, If Only For A Little While
— "a comic about loss, coping, and the ways we deal with grief" #
Yahoo directory shuttered five days early
— sad end to the index that opened my eyes to the wonder of the web #
Laurie Penny on nerd entitlement
— the difference between nerd bullying and structural oppression (via) #
Solving the Holiday Bullshit 2014 puzzle
— massive group effort to open a safe located on a Hawaii 2 #
Eric Meyer on Facebook's inadvertent algorithmic cruelty
— their Year in Review app is a source of misery for several friends this year; don't miss his followup #
Supercut of Darlene Love on Letterman
— 28 years of Letterman performances, her final appearance was last week #
Who invented the fake Ayn Rand film review?
— I wrote a thing on plagiarism, comedy, and multiple discovery #
Brandon Boyer's 20 Games You Shouldn't Miss in 2014
— every game I've played here has been gold, and the ones I haven't are high on my to-try list #
Sam Biddle on stirring and receiving Internet outrage
— a rite of passage for every outgoing Valleywag editor, until Gawker stops funding their miserable behavior #
The Awl on Shitpics
— the artifacts of any media format define its aesthetic like a cultural permalink #
Max Temkin on the logistics of Cards Against Humanity's Black Friday Bullshit
— the scratch-and-sniff poop button is an especially nice touch #