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March 12, 2015
— remind me why it isn’t standard practice to send archives to the Internet Archive on shutdown? #
— the experimental student magazine that my mom runs is in the beta test #
March 11, 2015
— epic fanfic novel written by an AI researcher, half the length of the whole Potter series, ending this Saturday #
— sad to see GigaOm shut down this week, but that’s lot of VC #
— it’s amazing nobody’s been killed yet #
March 10, 2015
— garbage ruling with a dangerous precedent #
— using your microphone to detect motion in the browser #
— disgusting new revelations courtesy of Edward Snowden #
March 9, 2015
— headed by Leigh Alexander and Laura Hudson, with a focus on diverse games writing #
— emoji on your face, a side project from cacheflowe #
March 7, 2015
— a small online community that deletes itself once it’s indexed by Google #
March 6, 2015
— I secretly hoped this was how the Star Wars Kid story would end, but no such luck #
March 5, 2015
— Tim Schafer’s been trending on Twitter all day because of this #
— from 2013, but new to me via MLKSHK #
March 4, 2015
— 16 years is a long time, and he’s handling the transition in the best way possible #
— I’ve seen every episode, and it’s a supremely watchable journey of making a game #
— tortured right-wing metaphors for making people angry at the FCC #
March 3, 2015
— announcing the fourth festival this September #
March 2, 2015
— David OReilly’s Tumblr of photorealistic CG art, with one small caveat #
March 1, 2015
— the tech notes are worth reading #
— OpenCV image processing to play a brutally hard game #
February 28, 2015
— breaking down the UX of first-time users, and archiving site/app history in the process #
— every couch gag at the same time, Star Wars in 60-second clips, and many more; Fusion dubbed them “superfuses“ via Kottke #
February 27, 2015
— worth it for the GIF alone #
— with the requisite Jaron Lanier appearance, I love how he pronounces “2007” #
February 26, 2015
— bizarre illusion that’s split my Twitter stream in two #
— “The fundamental unit of the blog is not the blog post. The fundamental unit of the blog is the stream.” #
— the difference between a student and teacher of an evolving language via Belong.io #
— the Breakout demo mentioned in the article via Kottke #
— reading Twitter on a journey where years pass every time you refresh your feed via Boing Boing #
— go, Team Internet! also: what the rules mean in plain English #
— using OpenType ligatures to replace buzzwords with censor bars #
February 25, 2015
— love the timeline view #
February 24, 2015
— see who’s buying drugs on Venmo #
— irrational fears over child safety are skewed by media and bad stats #
— assuming you’re good and fair and make good, fair decisions can perpetuate the status quo #
— the portrayal of graphic designers in film and TV via Belong.io #
— well, that explains the DDoS I’ve been dealing with for the last 12 days #
— a hybrid of Twitter and blogging #
February 23, 2015
— automatic audio supercuts from the creator of videogrep #
February 22, 2015
— photos that look like vector illustrations; more on his portfolio #
February 19, 2015
— adding automated ephemerality to Twitter #
— “I have to live in the richest, deepest, most productive way I can.” via @aa #
— “Real programmers only need a 1 and 0 key.” #
February 18, 2015
— Chrome add-on adds googly eyes to photos, or tries anyway #
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