Live Lightning Map
“See lightning strikes in realtime nearby your area. Get free online access to maps of former and current thunderstorms. A contribution by Blitzortung.org and contributors.”
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An Illustrated History of Urban Legends
“A sceptical enquiry into urban legends, from Atlantis to the hollow Earth conspiracy, and everything in between.”
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Not Built For This is a 6-part series from 99% Invisible. It explores how climate change is laying bare the vulnerabilities in the American built environment and how communities across the country have been left to bootstrap their own survival.
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Flip through (YouTube) channels like the old days. /via bencrowder.net
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Photo by Asako Narahashi from her collection half awake and half asleep in the water. /via notes.husk.org
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“I like to describe my job in terms of “The Door Problem”. Are there doors in your game? Can the player open them? Can the player open every door in the game? Or are some doors for decoration? How does the player know the difference?”
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A new edition of Things to Click! This edition covers an 8-bit lens, community connection, research as fun, suburbs' as horror movies, and more - all jam-packed!
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American suburbs are full of ugly, empty, liminal spaces: spaces you are not meant to linger in or enjoy. They’re the creepy hallways of the built environment, and you can’t feel comfortable traversing them unless you’re zooming past them in a car.
American Suburbs Are a Horror Movie and We’re the Protagonists
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America’s 7-Elevens to become ‘Japanese style’: “Japan’s 7-Eleven locations – referred to as konbini – have a different vibe. There, they put a focus on “tantalizing food,” according to TODAY. Items found at Japanese 7-Eleven stores include onigiri (rice balls), fried chicken, sushi, egg sandwiches, fresh pastries, mochi and hot bar items”
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The internet isn’t for humans anymore. Bots use the internet more than we do; use shapes design.
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Another Friday, another lump of links for your clicking pleasure. In this issue: saving things, minor league baseball team names, and more.
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Across town:
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Summer starts
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Here are some things for you to click, entries include hand drawn sunspots, googly eyed library robots, and more. You can subscribe via email or RSS.
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Here are some things to click for the 22nd week of 2024.
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Another edition of Things to Click for your Friday! Subscribe via email or RSS if you are so inclined.
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If the web is now a metaphorical barren wasteland, pillaged by commercial interests and growth-at-all-costs management consultants, then I’m all the more motivated to keep my little patch of land lush, and green, and filled with rainbow flowers.
— My own little patch - Rach Smith
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The scale of the algorithm exceeds even our own understanding; its returns benefit only its owners and leave the rest of us awash in noise and bereft of understanding.
— Unscalable, Hand-Crafted Lists of Links - Christopher Butler
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Every place I’m from is gone because it’s not just a place, it’s a place at a certain time. It would take a time machine to go back.
— Should I move back to France? - Mike Monteiro
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Should I move back to France?
“Every place I’m from is gone because it’s not just a place, it’s a place at a certain time. It would take a time machine to go back.” -
airtraveldesign.guide
A resource for air travel designers, policy makers and enthusiasts, that describes the design of artifacts / spaces / systems that impact the passenger experience of air travel.
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Boring Sound Kit
A sound kit for prototyping and play.
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