Timelapses, delicious parks, and appliance music.
1st July 2024
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Hello! It has been now been six months, half a year, since I went on sabbatical! And I'm still really enjoying it. Here's some good stuff I've found on the internet this week:
First up, on this week's Lateral, Karen Chu from Good Job Brain, Bob Hagh and Lizzy Skrzypiec face questions about rough recreations, reluctant referees and Rubik's records. (We're two-for-two on six-word alliterations!)
First up, on this week's Lateral, Karen Chu from Good Job Brain, Bob Hagh and Lizzy Skrzypiec face questions about rough recreations, reluctant referees and Rubik's records. (We're two-for-two on six-word alliterations!)
Elsewhere on YouTube:
- You know the Wikipedia "philosophy game", where you go to any article, keep clicking the first link, and eventually you end up at Philosophy? Not
David analyses how one small change broke that rule, and finds a lot of other interesting data along the way. Full marks for some really clever 3D animation and design to explain that data, too. (Thanks to several people who sent this over!)
- An incredible series of timelapses from Boxlapse, almost too much for one video. Despite the title, this isn't a single 15-year timelapse: it's multiple timelapses of plants growing from seeds, a long compilation that adds up to that time overall. A staggering amount of effort and detailed work went into this. (Thanks
Ivan!)
- Les Fo'Plafonds perform ACDC's Thunderstruck with a toaster, pans, fridge door, electric mixer, and more. (Compare this with the legendary cover of Total Eclipse of the Heart by Hurra Torpedo, broadcast in the 90s and uploaded to YouTube 18 years ago.)
And around the rest of the web:
- I've talked about AI-generated music generators here before: now, you can listen to the AI-generated ripoff songs that got those generators sued. (Occasional strong language in lyrics.) Scroll down to half way through the article for the compilation. The
early ones are near-clones: the later ones, not so much. Assuming the case makes it to court rather than being settled, it's going to be complicated, nuanced and difficult.
- The very final delivery of coal has arrived at the last coal-fired British power station.
- "Delicious Parks": 5-by-5 mile sections of US National Parks, depicted as if they were tiny miniature models.
And finally: a cursor museum. (Works best on desktop.)
All the best,
— Tom
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