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February 23, 2016
— Brandon Hardesty’s web series on character actors is so good #
February 22, 2016
— incredible story of how ’80s government security policy was influenced by the film, though he wasn’t the first to report it #
— don’t miss the scan of the book it wrote, worth it for the illustrations alone #
— the interface for this incredible game, Hello Operator #
— “the one object in the museum’s collection off-limits to photographers” #
February 19, 2016
— 360° video of 500 episodes at the same time; try it in the YouTube app on your phone #
— “the simple story of one man’s enduring passion” #
— still feels like bad practice that Google indexes content that isn’t freely available on the web #
— the absurdly great launch lineup for XOXO’s new shared workspace in Portland #
February 18, 2016
— gorgeous visualization of Github projects by size and languages via r/InternetIsBeautiful #
February 17, 2016
— as much about how people make money on Tumblr, and Yahoo’s attempts to thwart it #
February 16, 2016
— barnburner of a performance #
— a neural network built in Quartz Composer #
February 15, 2016
— more than 10,000 public domain scans #
— great quote from Alec Baldwin in there #
— from Useless Press, a “publishing collective that creates eclectic Internet things” #
February 12, 2016
— painful new game from Bennett Foddy; epilepsy warning #
— Twitch meets Hangouts #
— make your own Kanye album cover #
— for Backblaze users, it’s the folder containing backup drive metadata #
February 11, 2016
— interesting approach to news app design #
— start with the Windows Showcase before deep-diving the rest #
February 10, 2016
— New Hampshire crosses the line from comedy to terror #
— the debut episode is a barnburner #
February 8, 2016
— it took 121 days to hit 100 funded projects, only three days for the most recent 100 funded #
— surprisingly informative, while also making me feel like I’m a warm corpse #
— if you’re in Portland, applications are now open for our shared workspace, opening this week #
February 7, 2016
— source code here, but good luck understanding it #
February 5, 2016
— coming soon to pretty much everywhere #
— safely run vintage DOS viruses in your browser #
February 4, 2016
— best on a desktop browser #
— pretty excited about this; related: Campaign Zero’s ten steps to ending police violence in America #
— better than it sounds; all his videos are pretty great #
January 27, 2016
— persuasive argument that the common in-joke normalizes online harassment #
January 26, 2016
— Sega continues to deny Michael Jackson’s work made it into the game, likely for legal reasons #
— Jon Blow’s epic, seven-year followup to Braid is out, and it’s something special #
— Nick DenBoer and Davy Force bat-shit insane remix of The Shining #
January 25, 2016
— navigate with the mouse, or watch in VR; related reading #
— analyzing the master recording in-studio with his long-time producer, Tony Visconti #
— a game jam inspired by classic screen savers, over 30 viewable in browser #
— I highly recommend turning on the auto-generated captions #
— using the preferred business model of war criminals everywhere via Belong.io #
January 24, 2016
— damning transcripts of customer support handing out customer details #
January 22, 2016
— a good start, though may not have much impact until the industry changes #
January 21, 2016
— he recorded a full jazz album playing piano, but he doesn’t know how to play piano #
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