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January 12, 2021
— inspired by Simone Giertz’s teeth wall via MetaFilter #
— Archive Team grabbed 56 terabytes of public data from Parler in its last day online, including EXIF metadata #
— NYT’s visual investigation into the insurrection at the Capitol via Kottke #
January 8, 2021
— they rejected the app and will remove it from the App Store if they can’t comply #
January 5, 2021
— reflecting on working with one of his heroes on “Phantoms” and “Police Myself” #
— after ten months, Alec Robbins wrapped his absurdist NSFW meta-comic about his very real wife, Betty Boop via Garbage Day #
— finally, a neural network that can create illustrations of Pikachu wearing a Christmas sweater and drinking a latte #
— if you have a spare Atari Portfolio hanging around, please send it to Bert #
— Roderick posted an apology this morning, which is a start #
January 2, 2021
— mount your browser tabs as a filesystem via Hacker News #
— each week this year, Aaron A. Reed will profile a text-based computer game from 1971-2021 #
January 1, 2021
— after five years away, Rusty Foster revives his excellent media newsletter on Substack #
December 31, 2020
— great list from one of my favorite linkbloggers #
— he passed away on October 31, but his family waited to disclose it publicly #
December 30, 2020
— created with OpenAI Jukebox #
— go play with Vectorpark one last time #
— 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 #
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