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September 25, 2015
— Vi Hart on the oddities of Happy Birthday to You beyond its copyright status #
September 24, 2015
— uses a camera for positioning and tracing imagery, looks so much easier #
— gorgeous new cyberpunk adventure game #
— illustrations of the internet from patent applications #
September 23, 2015
— she felt her past life online was holding back her changing voice #
— but it’s not technically in the public domain, it’s an orphan work #
— pick a street, look up, and try to OCR the sky #
— that should help motion sickness from VR, right? #
September 22, 2015
— after seven years of blogging interesting NYC locations, the scout is making his own movie #
— Markov-generated community; see also: Subreddit Simulator #
— going full circle, now owned by the board that inspired it #
— Nicky Case’s explorable explanation of exposure therapy, and how we learn and unlearn #
— Darius Kazemi found a unique solution to the ad blocking debate #
— an interview/portrait project at XOXO 2015, a sequel to last year’s For Yourself #
September 21, 2015
— they don’t think or act like other startups #
September 18, 2015
— I’m torn, I think it just delays the inevitable shift to unblockable alternatives to traditional ads #
— not sure how well it would work outside of XOXO, but it was huge for us #
September 8, 2015
— this is the first music recommendation algorithm that actually seems to work for me #
— from Milo Targett, the creator of Lido Sim #
September 7, 2015
— I’m kind of surprised more journalists don’t do this kind of analysis, the Twitter API’s great for it #
September 3, 2015
— like Hypercard meets Mixel, odd and interesting; the API is shockingly robust for a brand new iOS app #
— the new offshoot of Jason Scott’s Archive Team, saving physical materials #
— remarkable cluelessness from an established event organizer; also: worthless manfeelings #
— @quest_glitches is just beautiful #
— The Auralnauts reimagine the Death Star as a laser tag arena complex #
— how to turn a clear statement into vague and distant nonsense #
September 1, 2015
— very short stories composed entirely of dictionary example sentences #
August 30, 2015
— beautifully edited supercut, love the cadence #
August 29, 2015
— lyrics replaced with social media profile pics; Anarchy in the FB, Tweeted Love #
August 26, 2015
— spirited defense of motherhood for independent artists #
— Darius Kazemi made a rant generator about moving away from cities using real census data #
— Only 0.04% of women ever checked their messages, compared to 64.7% of men #
August 23, 2015
— “Some nerds just want to watch the world burn.” #
August 22, 2015
— over a year old, but new to me; part of the short film lineup at Dismaland #
— more genius from Neil Cicierega; related: guide to the races of Star Warms #
August 21, 2015
— see the before and in-progress photos to get a better sense of the undertaking #
— surprised they were able to find that many non-nude players #
August 20, 2015
— finally read the book last month, I’m very excited about this #
— Steven Johnson on the steady increase of indie artists making a living #
— “A whole lotta cash is flowing from old television networks to new internet properties” #
— also: Sarah Jeong’s followup on the copyright status of hacked user info #
— crawls Shodan for insecure VNC servers and connects you to one #
— multiple species, some that bite and cause rashes #
— the most mediocre place on Earth; love the Cinderella pumpkin crash #
— with original notes and site map via Kottke #
August 19, 2015
— like a real-life text adventure game puzzle #
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