Say goodbye to May, folks. It’s been swell!
And now: some Friday Links!
“This site provides an alternative way of browsing the NYPL’s incredible Photographic Views of New York City, 1870s-1970s collection. Its goal is to help you discover the history behind the places you see every day.”
Think of a kind of Google Street View composed completely of very old stills. I could spend hours on this.
“At first glance the Querkles are nothing but a seemingly random arrangement of indecipherable overlapping circles but cunningly hidden within each one is a famous face waiting to be revealed.”
“I miss the olden days, where you had a nice physical handset you could slam into the phone to relieve your tension, but mobile phones just don’t provide the same pleasure. Undeterred, I set out to create a rotary phone that was also a mobile phone.”
Pretty impressive, and the guy is funny.
GameBoy Emulation with JavaScript
The list of games is crazy big. I tested a few of them and they definitely do work. That is remarkable!
Amazing. I love this concept. It’s both artwork and a puzzle.
A 10-step guide to party conversation for bioinformaticians
[Somewhat self-explanatory]
A funny but insightful read from bioinformatician Alicia Oshlack.
See you next week!
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