Slop Cannons LOVE purple for some reason. “Slop UI is the UI that AI cooks up that looks off, where it’s not supposed to be, doesn’t serve a purpose or when a UI is too generic.” The article identifies 10 […]
A foundry for bastard web fonts. For example: “It’s Times New Roman but every seventh letter is jarringly sans serif.” Bastardica lets you mix, stretch, and squish fonts right in the browser, then export the result as a usable file. […]
People who are going to change the world. “In pursuit of a hyperhuman, beautiful, and sincere future.” Alexey Guzey keeps a running list of people he thinks will change the world. The second link is to a version I had […]
Someone hacked the FBI. “A sample of 5,000 alleged agents seen by 404 Media includes names, addresses, phone numbers, and details on FBI employees’ spouses.” I think this reinforces my default assumption that all of our data is effectively public, […]
User inter-face. I don’t really know how to describe this, but I suggest you spend 60 seconds watching it. ~ learn more
A theory on how the French bistro got its name. “Bystro! Bystro!” is Russian for “Quick! Quick!” and there’s a popular legend that Russian soldiers in occupied Paris yelled it when they wanted food. ~ learn more
Aristocrats are basically chimpanzees. The piece argues that a post-work world might look less like creative bliss and more like status games and relentless social tracking, with “intrigue” as the organizing activity. ~ learn more
One life, drawn at random from all who have ever lived. “You’ll draw, step by step: a year, a place, a life, each taken at random from real data.” A simple little site that forces you to feel how weird […]
A 3D archive of restrooms. A growing repository of publicly accessible bathrooms. “There is perhaps no space in society that better captures the creativity and impertinence of humans when they know that nobody else is watching.” ~ learn more
Humpbacks keep ruining orca hunts. They’ll sometimes physically shield the prey: “The humpback arches its chest out of the water to keep the seal high and dry, above the reach of the frustrated killer whales circling below.” Researchers compiled “115 […]