severak
7.2.2022 09:36:45
How Japan Saved Tokyo's Rail Network from Collapse (Part 1, 1945-1982)
The most consequential project in postwar Japanese rail history (not named Shinkansen)
severak
2.2.2022 01:48:56
Okuda Hiroko: The Casio Employee Behind the “Sleng Teng” Riddim that Revolutionized Reggae
The “Sleng Teng” riddim revolutionized reggae music in the mid-1980s, and has spawned hundreds of versions in the decades since then. Less well known is the story of how the distinctive bassline originated in a preset sample included on a Casio electronic keyboard and the work of a young developer fresh out of college.
severak
28.1.2022 10:41:54
‘It’s a glorified backpack of tubes and turbines’: Dave Eggers on jetpacks and the enigma of solo flight
When inventor David Mayman took to the skies, it seemed he’d answered an age-old longing for flight. So why did no one seem to care?
severak
27.1.2022 10:18:30
She was a notorious hacker in the ’80s — then she disappeared
Claire Evans searches for Susy Thunder.
severak
27.1.2022 00:25:42
Why Don't We Use the Math We Learn in School? - Scott H Young
from https://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2022/01/24/why-dont-we-use-the-math-we-learn-in-school/
severak
23.1.2022 14:29:43
"Hell Line": Lessons from Seoul's controversial privatized subway line
A dive into Seoul Metro's Line 9
severak
20.1.2022 13:56:51
The Internet Changed My Life
from https://pointersgonewild.com/2022/01/19/the-internet-changed-my-life/
severak
20.1.2022 10:13:32
Is Old Music Killing New Music?
All the growth in the music business now comes from old songs—with consumption of new music actually shrinking. How did we get here, and is there a way back?
severak
13.1.2022 16:34:13
Colors: Where did they go? An investigation.
Why do so many TV shows and movies look like they were filmed in a gray wasteland?
severak
12.1.2022 14:13:42
Naladili nás radioamatéři až v Japonsku, vzpomíná bývalý technik vysílače Topolná
severak
12.1.2022 14:00:02
Řidiči opilí Rohlíkem | Aktuálně.cz
Protest kurýrů digitálního supermarketu upozornil na tajemství "božího jídla bez front". A připomněl, kdo platí za pohodlí spokojených zákazníků.
severak
11.1.2022 10:35:24
19-Year-Old Student Hides Spy Camera In His Clothing To Take Secret Street Photos In The 1890s
Carl Størmer (1872-1957) enjoyed a hobby that was very, very unusual at the time. He walked around Oslo, Norway in the 1890s with his spy camera and secretly took everyday pictures of people. The subjects in Størmer's pictures appear in their natural state. It extremely differs from the grave and strict posing trends that dominated in photography during those years.
severak
11.1.2022 10:14:43
A Few Things I’ve Learned About Livestreaming
from https://dantepfer.com/blog/?p=1005
severak
10.1.2022 16:49:14
The Billionaires’ Fantasia
from https://thebaffler.com/salvos/the-billionaires-fantasia
severak
6.1.2022 11:47:41
Crypto: the good, the bad and the ugly
It has been very frustrating watching the rise of cryptocurrency (which, forgive me cryptographers, I will be calling "crypto" from here on) because a whole bunch of smart people in tech seem to be very, very excited about it. When good new things show up in tech, I've generally found them intriguing. I'm by no means an early adopter, but once the train is leaving the station I am generally on board. But crypto hasn't grabbed me like that. Every time I dig into crypto I find things that s
severak
6.1.2022 10:53:58
Nude Pictures on early Retro PCs — Was it Possible?
The JPEG image format was introduced in 1993 and GIF was released in 1987. Was it possible to watch nude photos on this lovely portable…
severak
3.1.2022 12:25:16
Digital Real Estate and the Digital Housing Crisis
As long as there has been digital real estate, there have been digital housing crises, which typically stem from a shortage of digital land.
severak
1.1.2022 20:53:34
Chindogu: Japan’s Art of Useless Inventions | Equilibrium Fans
from https://www.equilibriumfans.com/chindogu-japanese-art-of-useless-inventions/
severak
29.12.2021 14:26:13
The Book of Veles: How Jonas Bendiksen Hoodwinked the Photography Industry | Magnum Photos Magnum Photos
The photographer explains the many layers of intrigue that went into the creation of his book about misinformation in the contemporary media landscape
severak
29.12.2021 10:23:37
Making sounds using SDL and visualizing them on a simulated oscillosco
The most important part of Vectron is the real-time generation and visualization of audio. In the previous blog post I already built a simulated XY oscilloscope which I'll use to visualize the two ste
severak
28.12.2021 13:31:19
Inside the Online Movement to End Work
r/antiwork started as a small corner of far-left Reddit. Then the liberals came.
severak
23.12.2021 09:15:51
How to Draw S-Curved Arrows Between Boxes / Rectangles
When I was building the spatial “tool for thought”, Jade, one frequently requested feature was drawing arrows between blocks, so we could make mind maps, flowcharts, etc. Here’s how I made it.
severak
10.12.2021 17:32:20
Mondotram - portale italiano del tram e punto d'incontro per appassionati
severak
4.12.2021 15:59:16
The weirdest book in the world just turned 40. We talked to its creator.
Italian artist Luigi Serafini gives us a look inside the 40th anniversary edition of his beautifully bizarre Codex Seraphinianus.
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