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View and download every 3D model from the original Katamari Damacy game.

A review of the indie blog post aggregator.

Open source circuit-bent video processor that runs in your browser.

“You may not know what the open web is, but you’ll miss it when it’s gone”

A video explanation of the Bay Area Rapid Transit system, presented by the original engineering group.

Another new groovebox for “obsolete” handheld gaming hardware.

Reinforcement of avoidant coping mechanisms and reassurance seeking feels good in the moment.

“Where are we, given the internet?

has no later.

Thoughtful, self reflective examination of Consumerism from Jeremy Blake.

In browser collage maker.

AI and output-competence decoupling.

Documentary looking at pioneering women in electronic music.

Seminal electronic music documentary from the late nineties.

A platform for long form writing.

“Decoupling being anti-corporation from anti-technology is really important”

It’s useful and interesting, while feeling safe and comfortable.

Popular throwback headphones with a thin metal band and sponge ear pads.

A look at the past, present, and future of music as accessory.

“Maybe this is the essential blessing of the iPod: the software gives you the potential for an unlimited musical library, but the hardware’s limits still lock you into a committed relationship with the songs you choose.”

A fully featured modern groovebox for the Commodore Amiga (also available for Mac and Windows).

A new FM groovebox with a simple fast UI.

Interesting architecture for a drum machine: Single synth voice that is repeatedly resampled to build up kits.

“The real self is the part of you who survives the first reaction; the part that can be angry and still be kind, scared and still steady.”

Beautiful, chilling collaboration between Massive Attack, Tom Waits, and photographer thefinaleye.

Ebooks, drop shipping, courses, and affiliate link listicle sites are everywhere.

How social media rips us apart.

Using stop motion, a 90s video camera, and digital effects.

I made a little website for exploring the game catalog for the 8-bit Nintendo Entertainment System.

A conversation with Michael Pollan about what we do and don’t know about consciousness and why it continues to be one of the great miracles of nature.

Dungeons & Dragons style mechanics applied to the process of music production.

Artistic vision has taken a backseat to franchises and reboots.

Squarepusher enters his baroque period.

A critical look at “tech detoxes” and their similarity to the conservative ideal of the pastoral.

A modern faerie tale, exploration of sound, and psychological folk horror film.

Mylar Melodies sits down with Tim Exile and Tom Whitwell to talk about music technology.

Personal websites are a fun way to spend your time online.

Far from being a relic, the blog is a structurally sound format for thinking and publishing.

Python script that uses OpenStreetMap data to create minimalist customizable city map posters for any city in the world.

Patreon supported online motion design/video editor.

I’m not a big skeuomorphic guy, but I LOVE the idea of a generative color picker designed to look like a hardware synth.

Imagining multiple facets of a non-dystopian future.

Liz Bucar: “But maybe—and I’m genuinely asking—maybe we need to take seriously what religions have always understood: Imagination isn’t frivolous.

Live from the front porch.

“When people know they’re taking a mythologized substance with decades of counterculture mystique, outcomes improve dramatically.

Broey Deschanel on the transformation of feminism into a commodified individual project.

“[This short] film by director Jackie Radinsky, is as intimate and explosive as the album it accompanies.

“CARI defines a consumer aesthetic as a visual movement unified by overarching attitudes and themes that survived long enough or became popular enough to be appropriated by capital.”

Sam Valenti IV argues against obsessing over inputs in favor of “ use[ing] our disdain to foster more critique and a keen desire for greatness.”