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November 14, 2023
— James Somers reflects on the changing nature of programming with AI assistance via Jeremy Keith #
— it’s like they’ve created their own parallel version of fair use’s balancing test #
November 13, 2023
— Miles Klee on another low-stakes unsolved internet mystery, like Celebrity Number Six via Garbage Day #
— paint your nails in a retro website heavily inspired by MacPaint and Kid Pix via Chris Glass #
November 10, 2023
— streaming now on Curiosity Stream #
— click ingredients to expand them, giving you instructions on how to make Eggs Benedict from scratch in a mere 17.5 years via b3ta #
November 9, 2023
— they should give the domain back to Heather Champ via Kottke #
November 8, 2023
— it boomed during the pandemic for live performance and personal connection, but has always struggled with sexual predators #
November 7, 2023
— on AI regulation, free speech on social networks, and the future of democracy and the internet #
— I love the trend of small journalist collectives going indie, like Defector, Hell Gate, and 404 Media #
— David Friedman’s outstanding oral history of NYC’s Celebrity Talking Taxi program, also available in article form and on the Internet Archive #
November 6, 2023
— heavily inspired by HyperCard, a free multimedia tool for making interactive documents on or off the web via bryanbraun.com #
— Cabel Sasser tells the history of a quirky 1980s electronics catalog, scanning 55 of them for the first time #
— I think I like this one-man-band version better than the original song #
November 2, 2023
— Peter Jackson’s team used a voice separation model to isolate John’s vocals from his muddy 1977 demo #
November 1, 2023
— remarkable collection of interactive music theory tools #
— selections from the archive documenting life in New England between 1850-1920 can be found on Cappucci’s site, Facebook, and Instagram #
— a growing collection of free online creative tools for all ages, open to submissions that meet the criteria via joy.recurse.com #
— There I Ruined It delivers another voice-cloned masterpiece #
— playing a battle royale as a pacifist turns into a parable about survival in a world that discourages solidarity and mutual aid #
October 30, 2023
— the stream is stuck in an endless glitchy loop #
— deeper than it appears with over 100 unlisted videos and multiple secret endings #
October 28, 2023
— a 2015 thesis on the history of ASCII art focused on its use in the Amiga warez and BBS scenes, translated and updated for 2023 via Good Internet #
— their autonomous murderbots are much more fun with a top hat, googly eyes, and British accent via Good Internet #
October 26, 2023
— fascinating post by Simon Willison with details about how ChatGPT was instructed to use DALL-E 3 #
— her side quest is building a castle from the stone she’s quarried, I just wonder what her neighbors think #
— Bellingcat’s tips for spotting misinformation and disinformation using real, recent examples #
— Mia Sato investigates whether the SEO-driven trend of naming your business “X Near Me” actually works #
October 25, 2023
— including the first spam email, first MP3, first livestream, and dozens of notable early websites with a working browser and Flash emulation #
October 24, 2023
— a GTA V mod that lets players leave floating persistent messages anywhere in the game world for others to find #
October 23, 2023
— a great overview for the technically-minded about a powerful tool for search, recommendations, and classification #
October 22, 2023
— obsessed with this chonky pool game from the creator of Holedown, out now for iOS/Android, Switch, and Windows #
— a charming personal website with each section introduced by four-panel comics via heydingus.net #
— the original review is worth reading, a thoughtful and nuanced take that makes the subway artist’s reaction even more bizarre #
— Zach Gage launched a puzzle game community with 500 invite codes released every day by, of course, solving a puzzle #
October 17, 2023
— two of my favorite internet weirdos joined forces to make musical madness #
— the followup to the equally-challenging Moderator Mayhem from Techdirt’s Mike Masnick #
— “my toxic trait is I can’t shake that naïve optimism of the early internet”; same here, Katie #
— Louie Zong is back with his annual Halloween ghost jam #
October 16, 2023
— Jasper’s spreadsheet collects over 200 examples from 1919 to today, ranked by accuracy and difficulty via @plentyofalcoves #
— Erin Kissane completed her four-part series about the role of Meta and Facebook in the Rohingya genocide #
— a near-complete archive of the Whole Earth Catalog and related publications from 1970 to 2002 via @longnow #
October 10, 2023
— a tiny JS library for making retro games and experiences inspired by the ZX Spectrum and QBasic #
October 9, 2023
— Mark Slutsky interviewed the visionary director in 2007 about Paprika, published here in full for the first time #
— Adam Neely’s fascinating breakdown of her musical influences, appeal to young audiences, and the modern state of jazz #
— open until Halloween, explore a spooky multiplayer world where a thousand ghosts have shared their pumpkin designs #
October 5, 2023
— yet another Zelle horror story, this time with scammers hacking contractors’ email accounts to solicit payments from their customers #
— browser add-on that reverses many of the most annoying changes under Musk, including yesterday’s removal of link titles #
October 2, 2023
— for the ninth year, Laura E. Hall’s popup daily newsletter of spooky stuff is posting every day of October #
— Cyriak made a new animation, his first in two years #
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