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”
fireworks
The internet isn’t for humans anymore. Bots use the internet more than we do; use shapes design.
Another Friday, another lump of links for your clicking pleasure. In this issue: saving things, minor league baseball team names, and more.
Across town:
Summer starts
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Here are some things to click for the 22nd week of 2024.
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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
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
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
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.
Boring Sound Kit
A sound kit for prototyping and play.
linkpantry.com
A collection of links on various topics.
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Ordered back to the office, top tech talent left instead, study finds.
wapo.st/3UXOJDe (gift link)
Abandoned blogs
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The gentle art of pottering — That’s Not My Age
May is the unofficial start of the pottering season. For the uninitiated, pottering involves wandering aimlessly around the house or garden in a pleasingly disassociated meditative state, straightening pictures, wiping plant leaves, or de-bobbling jumpers.
A neat little ASCII town to explore
A 3D Model of the now deceased Beauly Elm. The tree was “… rumored to be older than Britain itself.” Via Atlas Obscura.
Surrounded by dreck, the digital citizen is discovering that the best way to find what she used to get from social platforms is to type a URL into a browser bar and visit an individual site.
The Revenge of the Home Page (newyorker.com)