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December 30, 2020
— play PS1 games with friends in the browser with ROMs loaded from the Internet Archive via Hacker News #
— at least 60 employees left after their CEO instituted a ban on political activism earlier this year via @nathanielpopper #
— the last of two unsolved challenges from the pioneering ARG was finally solved via @lauraehall #
December 29, 2020
— an interesting counter-argument, laying out the case for factoring in more than age #
— after three years, BDG is leaving Polygon to work on new things via @briamgilbert #
— Double King creator Felix Colgrave released another bizarre animated short; don’t miss the computer UI at 3:40 #
— NYT’s visual reconstruction shows their negligence and reckless indifference to human life #
— deep-dive into a low-stakes mystery that traces back to ramen noodles in World War II #
— Ed Yong looks at the challenges facing the U.S. in its coronavirus response next year #
December 24, 2020
— the world’s largest retailer routinely knocks off products and then suspends or hides their listings #
December 23, 2020
— the latest in Jack Plotnick’s Disney studio satires, where he inserts himself into vintage footage #
— expertly done Star Trek remix #
— plenty of speculation and gossip, but that just makes it more fun to read via @moiragweigel #
— a brief guide to how it works and what makes it special, along with some recommendations #
— The Pudding and Mike Lacher made a music snob AI that mocks your listening habits #
December 22, 2020
— like Super Hexagon in a fractal pizza hellscape via @molleindustria #
— all the articles Businessweek staffers wish they’d written #
— this goes unexpected places, including the office of a sitting state senator #
— opening the floodgates to a new era of copyright trolling #
— I love everything about this story #
— the full video of the call is unreal, detailing the FSB’s failed assassination and attempts to cover it up #
December 21, 2020
— the Kansas City Star reports on, and apologizes for, its own racist history via MetaFilter #
— days before Flash dies, the Brothers Chaps finished their 15-year-old game with help from Jez, SmallBu and Paul and Storm via @StrongBadActual #
December 17, 2020
— made by Jennifer Daniel and Bhavik Singh #
— their “bread on Bing” response is kind of laughable #
— very competitive with Netlify’s pricing and a generous free tier #
December 16, 2020
— good idea, but not too useful without the full text; alternately, read Substack newsletters as RSS feeds #
— The Great Gatsby, Mrs. Dalloway, The Gold Rush, Sweet Georgia Brown, The Trial, and many more #
December 15, 2020
— amazing David Li project lets you control machine-generated voices trained on 16 hours of audio from four opera singers #
— oh well, back to Meerkat #
December 14, 2020
— love seeing You’re Wrong About getting the attention it deserves #
— Black influencers are underpaid, and face discrimination from brands and recommendation algorithms #
— it’s surprisingly delightful to be someone’s only fan for a few minutes via b3ta #
— grow letters by simulating the mycelium growth found in fungi via It's Nice That #
— some great picks including Blaseball, Spiritfarer, If Found…, and Wide Ocean, Big Jacket #
December 13, 2020
— bring doodles to life with your webcam, made with Tensorflow.js, FaceMesh, and PoseNet models via @yemount #
— killing countless apps in the process; Open Library’s APIs may be a good replacement via Hacker News #
— impressive and very active game-like social space via @pixelyunicorn #
December 11, 2020
— very excited for Open Roads, We Are OFK, and Season #
— music video made from 2,117 photos over 101 days of lockdown #
— don’t miss the video where they break it down #
— I had no idea this was even possible via The Verge #
— Vulture’s first, and hopefully last, quarantine culture awards #
— includes interviews with Harry Brewis, Lindsay Ellis, and Todd in the Shadows #
December 10, 2020
— game adaptation developed by the creators of Reigns and written by interactive fiction legend Emily Short #
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