There seems to be this kind of richness of the tactile experience that’s afforded by pushing buttons. They’re not perfect for every situation, but I think increasingly, we’re realizing the merit that the interface offers.
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Links for Week 45, 2024
An illustrated guide to science-backed mood boosters. A zine about reclaiming your life from digital technology. A tool for searching independent websites. A collection of the “best” marketing headlines on the internet. Over the Garden Wall’s 10th anniversary …
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In 1976, a television crew filming an episode of the show “The Six Million Dollar Man” descended on a rundown funhouse in Long Beach, California. While filming, they accidentally broke the arm off a wax dummy. Except it wasn’t a wax dummy. It was a real body. The body of a notorious train robber from the early 1900s, named Elmer McCurdy
What a wild story from The Atlas Obscura Podcast!
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Any code I’ve written, any glib digital creation, disappears into the infinite feed. But a playground will stubbornly stand for the next twenty years, pointing to big ideas in computer science. It’s something I think about often.
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De La Soul opened a donut shop for their latest video “Oodles of O’s”. The video features cameos by artists, actors and personalities, all to honor the legacy of Dave, aka Trugoy the Dove.
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IKEA Catalog from a Near Future
Some design fiction on the " …possible evolutions of home life, consumer trends and needs, and related topics in the categories of domestic life, food, urban life, travel, leisure, and entertainment."
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OtherNetwork
OtherNetwork: OtherNetwork is a new type of cultural institution that connects independent art spaces worldwide.
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Forums Are Still Alive, Active, And A Treasure Trove Of Information
Forums Are Still Alive, Active, And A Treasure Trove Of Information: Here are the Internet forums that are still alive and kicking and full of information and interesting people.
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"Hell isn’t other people. Hell is people trying to make a group decision. And decisions are fucking..."
“Hell isn’t other people. Hell is people trying to make a group decision. And decisions are fucking exhausting.” - How to make choices
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"The networks we use to communicate across fields and distances, to find our friends and learn from..."
“The networks we use to communicate across fields and distances, to find our friends and learn from people unlike ourselves—and to organize ourselves to respond to acute crises and long, grinding institutional failures—are the same networks that are making so many of us miserable …
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The networks we use to communicate across fields and distances, to find our friends and learn from people unlike ourselves—and to organize ourselves to respond to acute crises and long, grinding institutional failures—are the same networks that are making so many of us miserable and/or deranged.
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Career Hacks of the Ancients
“There has never been a shortage of people willing to make other people suffer so they can build a monument to themselves.”
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Paper Apps
“Paper Apps are a fun, smart alternative to screen time. Check out our solo games like DUNGEON and GOLF, as well as gamified tools like TO•DO and NUTRI•TRACK. For the full experience, we recommend grabbing a couple of Pencil Dice as well!”
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Websites, Done Cheap “More convenient than a new hobby!”
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Clarity hacks
“If you want readers to do something, tell them what it is.”
