The Friday Links

Hello Friday folks.

It’s August!

One foot in front of the other…

Let’s go!

Future Me

“Write a letter to the future”

Enter your email address, or the address of someone you want to receive the message. Write the message. Set a date for it to be sent.

I’ve seen a few of these since the 1990s and most of them disappeared, but I still think it’s a cool concept.

Identifying Generational Gaps in Music

Discovered on BoingBoing.

“This project is inspired by a YouTube trend where Gen Z’ers film themselves listening to Queen, The Beatles, and Led Zeppelin for, astonishingly, the first time.”

“I want to quantify this: music that I assumed was culturally pervasive, but in actuality has no reason to be revered by folks outside my generation.”

A super interesting quiz / treatise on multi-generational penetration of music.

Is This the New Vivian Maier? Alberto di Lenardo

“…Stashed away in the space were more than 8,000 stunning photographs that the man, Alberto di Lenardo, took throughout his life, still perfectly preserved in all their hyper-saturated Kodachrome glory.”

A lot of Kodachrome here. Beautifully shot.

There is an Instagram feed as well.

Lifespan Candle

You are a candle.

When you get lit, you melt, meaning you only have so much time to do things.

A super challenging side scroller.

Found by Alexis S.

And there we go! Friday! Linked up again.

I hope you are all as well as you can be.

Hopefully see you again next Friday.

Stay safe!

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Oh hello there, Friday!

And where I live, it’s a long weekend! Yaaaaaay!

I hope you are all safe and well. No joke at all.

Also farewell to July. Holy cow that was fast. (To me.)

OK! Friday Links time!

Michael Velliquette: Paper Sculpture

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“Michael Velliquette is a paper sculptor whose intricate works combine exuberant abundance with an inventive formalism.”

These almost look like they’re 3d printed. I imagine they look stunning in person.

Well done.

Photoreal Roman Emperor Project

“Using the neural-net tool Artbreeder, Photoshop and historical references, I have created photoreal portraits of Roman Emperors. For this project, I have transformed, or restored (cracks, noses, ears etc.) 800 images of busts to make the 54 emperors of The Principate (27 BC to 285 AD).”

This is fascinating. Incredible work.

Note: There are links to different eras of the leadership which feature more of the artwork.

Somewhat making the rounds, and for good reason.

Geoquiz

The game gives you a country and you have to correctly click on it on the map.

Super challenging. I’ve been trying to just memorize African countries. If they had it for just that, I’d probably be using this every day.

Anyway: great!

Metamaze

A fairly challenging side-scroller with some great sound effects.

Fun!

There we go. Friday links!

Have an excellent (long?) weekend, and see you next week.

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Yaaaaaaaay Friday!

For me this was a fast week. But good! Hopefully for you as well.

Let’s begin!

MyHeritage: Photo Enhancer

“Enhance your family photos automatically with the world’s best deep learning technology. Faces will come into sharp focus!”

This is amazing.

You can upload any photo that has bothered you for how blurry the image was, and this will bring it into reasonable focus.

Just a great idea.

Sent in by Janet P.

Supercook

Not sure what you want to eat? Only have a few ingredients in your fridge / cupboards?

Enter your ingredients here and it will provide a variety of actually pretty great recipe choices.

My only issue is the sorting of ingredients. I spent a good amount of time trying to find “potatoes”.

But also: once you choose an ingredient, it suggests other ingredients.

Potato News Today

“A no-frills, no-nonsense daily account of breaking global potato news stories”

I came for the assumed “hilarity” of the site (it IS hilarious!) but then stayed for this story about McCains, a huge Canadian packaged food company, coming up with innovative regenerative farming practices.

But it’s still kind of funny.

Perfect Peel

Press and hold to peel a variety of unlikely fruits and vegetables in a very satisfying way.

Oddly: in the screenshot, I’m peeling a… football? Weird. (But delicious?)

Sent in by Traci T.

And there ya go. Linked. For Friday!

Have a great weekend everybody. Stay safe. Hang in there.

See you next week.

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Hallooooo Friday!

And where I live, we’re hot! Crazy hot. I hope you’re all safe and comfortable and happy.

It’s links time!!

90s Festival Generator

Every page load will create a random selection of 90s bands with some randomized design choices.

Band names link to a sample live performance. Super cool.

If The Moon Were A Pixel

A perpetually scrolling example of the vastness of space.

Sent in by Katrina

Hollowed-Out Jet Engine Camper Took 6 Years, 1,000 Hours to Build

“Many things are done with grounded aircraft — some rust away in airplane graveyards, while others are sold away to newcomer airlines. But in the time of the coronavirus crisis, people are finding new uses for unused planes, including one mechanic who converted a 1967 Vicker VC10 airliner engine nacelle into a customized camper that fits on a trailer…”

The mechanic: Steve Jones.

This is a beautiful design. Well done.

Also: Suuuuuper tiny. SUPER tiny.

Tallest Tree

“Grow your tree as tall as possible in this tower stacking game. Try to land the blocks perfectly to stack your combo multiplier.”

Also: if you don’t land the block precisely, the size you landed becomes your next block.

Super challenging. Very satisfying.

Sent along by Jennifer R.

There we are. Linked!!

Happy Friday!

See you next week.

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Well helloooooo Friday!

My city is in the midst of a heatwave, *and* we had our very first Tornado watch a couple of days ago. 2020 IS A LOT!!

But we made it to Friday! Huzzah!!

Links time!

Explore The Last Supper

Created by Google Arts and Culture. A deep dive into the materials, history and composition of this legendary Da Vinci artwork.

Cool 3D World

“Cool 3D World is a collaborative multimedia project between Brian Tessler and Jon Baken.”

There is SO MUCH here! Some really incredible, creepy, bizarre visual work. The interface is a bit of a nightmare (try to click on the “About” link on the homepage. Super challenging.)

A note: some of their work can be NSFW, and generally a little creepy. They remind me a bit of Cyriak, who I’ve featured here many times.

Weird. Funny. Extremely unique.

Paperboyo

This is artist and maker Rich McCor who creates paper templates of popular movie characters which he then incorporates into his household to do thing like organize cables.

Playful, whimsical, detailed, funny.

h/t my modernmet

School Bus Demolition Derby

Self explanatory

A good stress reliever during these crazy, crazy times.

And that is that! All done. (For this week.)

Thanks for playing along at home.

See you next Friiiiday!

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Well happy Friday everybody!

And where I live… it’s HOT!

Happy North American Holiday weekend.

Links time let’s gooooooo…

World’s largest wet collodion plate created in abandoned house converted into a camera

“Wet colldion” is basically the old school, 1800s-era method of photography.

A house…. That’s actually a camera. Insane.

There is a full 30+ minute documentary in this article. Worth a look. Just beautiful.

All The Minutes

“a Twitter clock by @studiomoniker”

This site will show tweets that state the current time based on your local computer’s clock.

A weird choice but okay!

BirdNet

Created by the an Ornithology team and a Machine Learning team at Cornell University.

“Our research is mainly focused on the detection and classification of avian sounds using machine learning – we want to assist experts and citizen scientist in their work of monitoring and protecting our birds.”

I used this to identify a red-tailed hawk that is nesting in my neighborhood. Pretty amazing technology here.

Mining Around Zenox

Sort of a “Lunar Lander” style game but without the concern of running out of fuel.

Challenging!

I hope you’re all still hanging in there wherever you are. It’s July! It felt like that would never get here.

Stay safe. Happy July. See you next week.

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Welcome to Friday everybody!

Officially Summer now. That feels good. Next week is a lot of holidays in North America. That also feels good.

But today is Friday! And you know what that means…

When You Use Face Swap App On Your Tattoo…

I love technology…

I could never have predicted this happening. It’s great.

NYTimes: How The Virus Won

“It started small. A man near Seattle had a persistent cough. A woman in Chicago had a fever and shortness of breath.”

A beautifully executed dynamic scrollable website story.

Also a devastating breakdown of the compound failures to stop this virus from spreading in the US.

Fun with statues! (36 Photos)

Old, but I had not seen it. Maybe you hadn’t either. They’re funny!

Survival Ball

Basically an arkanoid / breakout / pong game, but with extra tension.

Fun! Tense!

We have arrived at the end for this week.

I hope you are all safe, and healthy, and calm, and as happy as possible during all of this.

Enjoy your Friday, and the coming Summer week.

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Well how do ya like that? Friday! Huh!

All of a sudden.

This week was fast for me. Hopefully normal for all of you. Hope you’re all hanging in there.

Links time! This week I sadly only found three great ones.

Here we go.

{Shan, Shui}*

“Procedurally-generated vector-format infinitely-scrolling Chinese landscape for the browser.”

The result looks like a 15th century Chinese landscape scroll.

Codebase here.

Beautiful!

NoPaint

“Press PAINT if you like what you see or NO if you don’t”

A sort of randomly self-generated art… thing. But with human intervention and encouragement. Weird little site.

End Of Run

Use arrow keys or your mouse to move your square. Square counts up. You want to cover the target square with the same number.

It’s challenging!

It also has some delightful music.

And that’s that! All linked up.

Enjoy your Friday, and your weekend.

See you in seven days!

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It is Friday!

And we’re halfway through June already.

I hope you are all safe and well.

It’s links time! Here we go.

Window Swap

“Open a new window somewhere in the world.”

Volunteers live stream the view outside their window. I like this.

Virus Cafe

“You are matched with a random partner

You are given a deep question to discuss

You have 2 minutes to discuss it!”

So basically: brief chatroulette for covid-19.

Note: it installs a browser extension. It only uses Audio and Video. If none of that not your jam, totally understood.

A Parade of Earthly Delights: Floating Bosch Parade Celebrates Painter Hieronymus Bosch in Spectacular Aquatic Event

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Lots more on Instagram and YouTube.

Circular

Capture coins, avoid the bad guy. Simple. (Simple?)

Very addictive game which actually has delightful chiptune music.

Ta daaa! Friday. Links. Friday Links!!

Thanks for following along.

Happy weekend! (What’s that?)

See you next Friday.

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Happy Friday!

Apologies, this week was busy. And not a good one. And so I only have three links. And so I’m sorry.

1910’s America In Color

Using a film process known as “Autochrome”, color photography was possible far earlier than you may think. It was just very complicated and expensive.

Something about very old photography that either is color or has been colorized using modern techniques really makes it feel like it’s right now.

Related tangent: Marina Amaral is at the forefront of this and I thought it was worth mentioning her work.

Map Crunch

“Explore the world via Google Street View. MapCrunch teleports you to a random place in the world. Discover the vast array of imagery captured by Google in 50 countries, featuring spectacular scenery, magical moments and the utterly unexplainable”

I’ve posted a few of these over the years but this one has some truly unique destinations.

Since none of us can travel for real right now, this is okay.

Spend Bill Gates’ Money

Only $90 billion left…

That is what I’ve got.

Happy Friday! I hope its a good one where you are.

Hang in there. Have a great weekend.

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