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Metroid Baby, EndsOfInvention, and I have put together @contingencymsgs, a Twitter bot that alerts you about various fictional emergency situations.
posted by ignignokt at 10:25 AM on November 30, 2015 - 5 comments
Metroid Baby, EndsOfInvention, and I have put together @contingencymsgs, a Twitter bot that alerts you about various fictional emergency situations.
posted by ignignokt at 10:25 AM on November 30, 2015 - 5 comments
Final Consternation 4
An 11-minute supercut of screams
posted by azarbayejani at 9:10 AM on December 1, 2015 - 1 comment
An 11-minute supercut of screams
posted by azarbayejani at 9:10 AM on December 1, 2015 - 1 comment
Explaining Einstein's General Relativity on its 100th Anniversary, with the BBC
It's the 100th anniversary of Einstein's theory of General Relativity! The BBC recorded a conversation with me about Einstein's ideas, and they turned that recording into a short animated video. If you want to know more about general relativity, then (in my extremely biased opinion), this is a simple and fast explanation of the basic idea. (Also, I do not own the shirt that my animated avatar is wearing, but I wish I did.)
posted by freelanceastro at 1:17 PM on November 18, 2015 - 2 comments
It's the 100th anniversary of Einstein's theory of General Relativity! The BBC recorded a conversation with me about Einstein's ideas, and they turned that recording into a short animated video. If you want to know more about general relativity, then (in my extremely biased opinion), this is a simple and fast explanation of the basic idea. (Also, I do not own the shirt that my animated avatar is wearing, but I wish I did.)
posted by freelanceastro at 1:17 PM on November 18, 2015 - 2 comments
Stained Glass & Bike Taxidermy
This year I participated in my first Open Studios event. It was the culmination of nearly four years of learning stained glass and the first time I've ever shown my work publically. In preparation for the event, I put together a website and my brother, a graphic designer, created a logo for my studio. In addition to glass, I brought along several pieces of my bicycle taxidermy. I created a couple of these years ago after seeing Picasso's Cabeza de Toro, but received quite a bit of encouragement to produce more for show.
posted by Lighthammer at 10:36 AM on October 27, 2015 - 2 comments
This year I participated in my first Open Studios event. It was the culmination of nearly four years of learning stained glass and the first time I've ever shown my work publically. In preparation for the event, I put together a website and my brother, a graphic designer, created a logo for my studio. In addition to glass, I brought along several pieces of my bicycle taxidermy. I created a couple of these years ago after seeing Picasso's Cabeza de Toro, but received quite a bit of encouragement to produce more for show.
posted by Lighthammer at 10:36 AM on October 27, 2015 - 2 comments
It's Autumn on Arrakis
Our novelty twitter account @MuadDiBucks posts Dune quotes with the word "pumpkin" strategically inserted. (e.g. "Wherever there is pumpkin spice, there are worms." "Always?" Halleck asked. "Always.")
posted by womprat78 at 6:26 AM on October 24, 2015 - 3 comments
Our novelty twitter account @MuadDiBucks posts Dune quotes with the word "pumpkin" strategically inserted. (e.g. "Wherever there is pumpkin spice, there are worms." "Always?" Halleck asked. "Always.")
posted by womprat78 at 6:26 AM on October 24, 2015 - 3 comments
Scoring Lyrical Clichés with N-Grams
The first in a series of posts on my band website about using n-grams to score songs and albums on their use of lyrical clichés. In this post I am testing out the concept to see if it has any legs. Future posts in the series will get into rating a single lyricist over their career.
posted by thetruthisjustalie at 12:24 PM on October 23, 2015 - 5 comments
The first in a series of posts on my band website about using n-grams to score songs and albums on their use of lyrical clichés. In this post I am testing out the concept to see if it has any legs. Future posts in the series will get into rating a single lyricist over their career.
posted by thetruthisjustalie at 12:24 PM on October 23, 2015 - 5 comments
A long post about three months' worth of mass shootings
I wrote up a list of all the mass shootings that had happened in January, February and March of this year, and posted it to Facebook. Each event had a brief write-up from whatever news source I could find. Following the list are a bunch of words about the results of posting the list to Facebook, trends noticed, and a brief bit about what it's like, emotionally, to actually compile that list.
posted by FeatherWatt at 8:10 PM on October 13, 2015 - 2 comments
I wrote up a list of all the mass shootings that had happened in January, February and March of this year, and posted it to Facebook. Each event had a brief write-up from whatever news source I could find. Following the list are a bunch of words about the results of posting the list to Facebook, trends noticed, and a brief bit about what it's like, emotionally, to actually compile that list.
posted by FeatherWatt at 8:10 PM on October 13, 2015 - 2 comments
@Everyword: The Book
Instar Books just released a book version of my Twitter bot @everyword, which tweeted every word in the English language over the course of seven years (2007 to 2014). The book includes the entire run of the bot, with favorite and retweet counts for each word, along with an introduction by me in which I talk about the bot's origins and how running a (modestly) high-profile Twitter account came to affect my life.
posted by aparrish at 9:29 AM on October 13, 2015 - 2 comments
Instar Books just released a book version of my Twitter bot @everyword, which tweeted every word in the English language over the course of seven years (2007 to 2014). The book includes the entire run of the bot, with favorite and retweet counts for each word, along with an introduction by me in which I talk about the bot's origins and how running a (modestly) high-profile Twitter account came to affect my life.
posted by aparrish at 9:29 AM on October 13, 2015 - 2 comments
Armoured Commander
I made a game! It's a roguelike. Would appreciate any suggestions and feedback to continue improving it.
posted by sudasana at 7:59 AM on October 9, 2015 - 5 comments
I made a game! It's a roguelike. Would appreciate any suggestions and feedback to continue improving it.
posted by sudasana at 7:59 AM on October 9, 2015 - 5 comments
Twitter bots 4 momz!
A trio of parenting-related Twitter bots: @FakeMomAdvice, @FakePregAdvice, and @TrendyNames.
posted by Metroid Baby at 10:26 AM on September 24, 2015
A trio of parenting-related Twitter bots: @FakeMomAdvice, @FakePregAdvice, and @TrendyNames.
posted by Metroid Baby at 10:26 AM on September 24, 2015
Decrypting Rita
I've spent the last four and a half years making this comic. It's about a robot lady dragged outside of reality by her ex-boyfriend. She's got to pull herself together across four parallel worlds before a hive mind takes over the planet. It's finished now. And it's all free online. "Decrypting Rita is that rarest and most refreshing of things: a science–fiction story that feels like it comes from the future." - Phil Foglio "Deliriously confusing and addictive... It’s kind of wonderful." - Peter Watts "Very post-singularity, much upload, wow." - Charlie Stross
posted by egypturnash at 8:10 AM on October 7, 2015 - 3 comments
I've spent the last four and a half years making this comic. It's about a robot lady dragged outside of reality by her ex-boyfriend. She's got to pull herself together across four parallel worlds before a hive mind takes over the planet. It's finished now. And it's all free online. "Decrypting Rita is that rarest and most refreshing of things: a science–fiction story that feels like it comes from the future." - Phil Foglio "Deliriously confusing and addictive... It’s kind of wonderful." - Peter Watts "Very post-singularity, much upload, wow." - Charlie Stross
posted by egypturnash at 8:10 AM on October 7, 2015 - 3 comments
olduse.net: a real-time historical exhibit
Usenet, updated in real time as it was thirty years ago.
posted by joeyh at 1:40 PM on September 30, 2015 - 8 comments
Usenet, updated in real time as it was thirty years ago.
posted by joeyh at 1:40 PM on September 30, 2015 - 8 comments
Google Images for Slack
I've written a little web service that lets you search Google Image Search from Slack. I've found it to be a good companion to giphy. Here's the code and instructions to set it up.
posted by ignignokt at 9:18 AM on September 30, 2015
I've written a little web service that lets you search Google Image Search from Slack. I've found it to be a good companion to giphy. Here's the code and instructions to set it up.
posted by ignignokt at 9:18 AM on September 30, 2015
TauntBot
TauntBot is an exercise in generated language. It uses a rather huge and growing corpus of hand-selected words, and an interesting set of rules, for hand-crafting them into verbose insults. It then posts these to Twitter. It replies to people, I'm hoping to get it to trade barbs with them. Yes, I'm a terrible person. Now, with that out of the way...
posted by ephemerae at 7:50 AM on September 30, 2015 - 20 comments
TauntBot is an exercise in generated language. It uses a rather huge and growing corpus of hand-selected words, and an interesting set of rules, for hand-crafting them into verbose insults. It then posts these to Twitter. It replies to people, I'm hoping to get it to trade barbs with them. Yes, I'm a terrible person. Now, with that out of the way...
posted by ephemerae at 7:50 AM on September 30, 2015 - 20 comments
Eudaimoneers is an invitation-only boutique ad network for indie gaming publishers and gaming fans
Display advertising on the web is kind of broken. It's become an escalating war of all against all, and gamers are the adblockingest demographic there is. Eudaimoneers wants to call a truce, bring back a little trust and integrity, and make things better for indie gaming site owners, for the gamers who visit their sites, for advertisers who want to reach them, and do some good in the process: we will donate 10% of our revenues to charities selected by network members every month.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 4:18 PM on September 22, 2015 - 7 comments
Display advertising on the web is kind of broken. It's become an escalating war of all against all, and gamers are the adblockingest demographic there is. Eudaimoneers wants to call a truce, bring back a little trust and integrity, and make things better for indie gaming site owners, for the gamers who visit their sites, for advertisers who want to reach them, and do some good in the process: we will donate 10% of our revenues to charities selected by network members every month.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 4:18 PM on September 22, 2015 - 7 comments
me irl
Me irl is a subreddit where every post must be titled "me irl". The prompt is to post "selfies of the soul". It has 250k subscribers, and is responsible for several of the highest scoring links on reddit of all time, including #7. This is the burden I carry with me.
posted by The Devil Tesla at 6:02 PM on September 2, 2015 - 9 comments
Me irl is a subreddit where every post must be titled "me irl". The prompt is to post "selfies of the soul". It has 250k subscribers, and is responsible for several of the highest scoring links on reddit of all time, including #7. This is the burden I carry with me.
posted by The Devil Tesla at 6:02 PM on September 2, 2015 - 9 comments
The Mosquito Crate: a CAPTCHA Exclusively for Spammers
This summer, our forums were inundated with spam. Lots and lots of spam. Because I can't mail the spammers a crate of mosquitos, I made a CAPTCHA that only they can see, and that can't possibly be answered correctly.
posted by bigbigdog at 6:02 PM on September 2, 2015 - 6 comments
This summer, our forums were inundated with spam. Lots and lots of spam. Because I can't mail the spammers a crate of mosquitos, I made a CAPTCHA that only they can see, and that can't possibly be answered correctly.
posted by bigbigdog at 6:02 PM on September 2, 2015 - 6 comments
Villanelle Bot: Poems Written by Twitter
A bot that writes poems poems in the villanelle form, built using Twitter posts from random people. The poems live on Tumblr, and are announced @villanellebot.
posted by avoision at 5:35 AM on August 27, 2015 - 8 comments
A bot that writes poems poems in the villanelle form, built using Twitter posts from random people. The poems live on Tumblr, and are announced @villanellebot.
posted by avoision at 5:35 AM on August 27, 2015 - 8 comments
Bork bork bork!
I am reenacting clips of the Swedish Chef cooking things.
posted by aaanastasia at 7:02 AM on August 24, 2015 - 6 comments
I am reenacting clips of the Swedish Chef cooking things.
posted by aaanastasia at 7:02 AM on August 24, 2015 - 6 comments
The Ephemerides
A bot that pairs randomly selected images from outer planet space probes with computer-generated poems. Also available on Tumblr.
posted by aparrish at 9:21 AM on August 20, 2015 - 3 comments
A bot that pairs randomly selected images from outer planet space probes with computer-generated poems. Also available on Tumblr.
posted by aparrish at 9:21 AM on August 20, 2015 - 3 comments