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星空
  TYPE : quote
  TAGS : philosophy
  DATE : 12018-07-26
  QOTE : 总得有更多人仰望星空。
  DONE : true

Boredom
  TYPE : quote
  TAGS : productivity
  DATE : 12018-07-26
  QOTE
    > When really bored and unmotivated, read a book.
    > When not motivated to read book, find interesting places around you and explore.
  DONE : true

THE TWINGE OF STARTING
  LINK : https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/9o3QBg2xJXcRCxGjS/working-hurts-less-than-procrastinating-we-fear-the-twinge
  QOTE : "being in the middle of doing the work is usually less painful than being in the middle of procrastinating."
  TYPE : article
  TAGS : psychology, productivity
  DATE : 12018-07-19
  DONE : true

THE CYBERPALEO ETHIC
  LINK : https://mailchi.mp/ribbonfarm/the-cyberpaleo-ethic-and-the-spirit-of-postcapitalism
  TYPE : article
  TAGS : philosophy, economy, psychology
  DATE : 12018-09-03
  QOTE
    > "Necessity relates to the capacity for staying alive. Meaning relates to the interestingness of doing so. Burnout happens when one outruns the other."
    > "When the outcome of work involves the variability of the environment in a consequential way, meaning and necessity are coupled. Life can be interesting without ideology."
    > "You cannot burn out or get bored. You can only live, or die."
    > "The cyberpaleo ethic: all the conveniences of the cyber age, with all the life-and-death meaningfulness of the paleolithic age -- engineered by choice into the environment."
  DONE : true

IDENTITY
  DATE : 12018-07-19
  PERS : neauoire
  SRCE : Merveilles
  TYPE : quote
  TAGS : philosophy, psychology, identity
  QOTE
    "Your “self” is forever fleeting, and you can never count of it to remain the same.
    Instead of choosing an identity based on who I was, I based it on who I wanted to become.
    It gave me a sense of direction, or something to chase."
  DONE : true

LOGO
  DATE : 12018-07-19
  PERS : faun
  SRCE : Merveilles
  TYPE : quote
  TAGS : semiotics, design, identity
  QOTE
    Are there aspects of yourself that you foresee won't change for a long while?
    Can you represent them in visual form, for a semiotician from the future to decrypt?
  DONE : true

THE THREE GATES OF SPEECH
  TYPE : quote
  QOTE
    "Before you speak, let your words pass through three gates; At the first gate, ask yourself, is is true? At the second gate ask, is it necessary? At the third gate ask, is it kind?" - Rumi
  DATE : 12018-08-05
  TAGS : philosophy, erisology, charisma
  DONE : true

FATE
  TYPE : quote
  SRCE : Merveilles
  PERS : faun
  QOTE
    "Fate is a terrible designer. You can probably do better."
  DATE : 12019-01-01
  TAGS : philosophy, fate, design
  DONE : true

CABBIBO'S VR INSIGHT
  LINK : https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-UYCZcxKDmy5BF_-IXg1KDtwShJ5imNOch5xGPXzPr0/edit
  TYPE : list
  TAGS : design, inspiration, virtual reality
  DATE : 12018-07-20
  QOTE
    > "Befriend an Architect, Industrial designer or an interior designer... They have infinitely more practice than you studying space"
    > "Think about how you can transform that engineering into creating some piece that was never before possible, that pushes the limits of human understanding, and that moves us forward as a species."
    > "I’ve really liked thinking about VR apps a lot like I think of ‘travel’. You go to this new place, learn a bunch of new things, have a bunch of fun, reminisce a lot, maybe have an existential crisis."
    > "In all mediums it’s the constraints that define it"
    > "Let's get weird with this new medium, spreading out our tendrils out into the majestic new possibility space until we find the places that are *truly* compelling, that let us as humans understand more about the universe around us, and help us discover more of our magical reality."
  DONE : true

ELEVR LEARNINGS IN ONE YEAR
  LINK : http://elevr.com/1-year-at-ycr/
  TYPE : article
  TAGS : design, inspiration, virtual reality, research
  DATE : 12018-07-24

NOTES ON OUTPUT
  PERS : neauoire
  SRCE : Merveilles
  LINK : https://wiki.xxiivv.com/site/aesthetics.html
  TYPE : article
  TAGS : philosophy, design, inspiration, productivity, merveilles
  DATE : 12018-07-19

WAKING UP
  PERS : faun
  SRCE : Merveilles
  QOTE : Keep a huge jar of water beside your bed for when you wake up. You probably wake up dehydrated and if you drink it, waking up will become easier
  TYPE : quote
  TAGS : health
  DATE : 12018-07-19
  DONE : true

SILENCE
  QOTE : "Don't talk unless you can improve the silence" -- Jorge Luis Borges
  DATE : 12019-04-16
  TYPE : quote
  TAGS : silence, socializing
  SRCE : Merveilles
  PERS : kormyen

TYPEFACE PAIRING
  PERS : rutherford
  SRCE : Merveilles
  LINK : https://craze.co.uk/typeface+pairing
  TYPE : article
  TAGS : design, typography
  DATE : 12018-07-27
  DONE : true
  QOTE : "The goal of typography is to go unnoticed, which means your options are to either have a pattern and stick to it, or make sure there isn’t a pattern at all. Contrast, or subtlety. No half measures."

SCIENCE FICTION INTERFACES
  PERS : nnkd
  SRCE : Merveilles
  LINK : http://sciencefictioninterfaces.tumblr.com/
  TYPE : list
  TAGS : design, inspiration, interface, science fiction
  DATE : 12018-08-05

MEAT
  LINK : http://www.terrybisson.com/theyre-made-out-of-meat-2/
  TYPE : article
  DATE : 12018-07-19
  QOTE : 'Meat. They're made out of meat.'
  TAGS : fiction

A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace
  LINK : https://www.eff.org/cyberspace-independence
  TYPE : article
  DATE : 12018-07-19
  TAGS : web, freedom, philosophy
  QOTE : "Governments of the Industrial World, you weary giants of flesh and steel, I come from Cyberspace, the new home of Mind. On behalf of the future, I ask you of the past to leave us alone. You are not welcome among us. You have no sovereignty where we gather."

网络独立宣言
  TYPE : article
  LINK : http://www.ideobook.com/38/declaration-independence-cyberspace/
  DATE : 12020-11-21
  TAGS : web, freedom, philosophy
  QOTE : "工业世界的政府们，你们这些令人生厌的铁血巨人们，我来自网络世界——一个崭新的心灵家园。作为未来的代言人，我代表未来，要求过去的你们别管我们。在我们这里，你们并不受欢迎。在我们聚集的地方，你们没有主权。"

Information Management: A Proposal
  LINK : https://www.w3.org/History/1989/proposal.html
  TYPE : article
  DATE : 12018-09-08
  TAGS : web, research, information
  DONE : true
  NOTE : The original proposal of the WWW, by Tim Berners-Lee at CERN.
  QOTE
    "Often, the information has been recorded, it just cannot be found."
    "The system must allow any sort of information to be entered. Another person must be able to find the information, sometimes without knowing what he is looking for."
    "It is also possible to look at the topology of an organisation or a project, and draw conclusions about how it should be managed, and how it could evolve. This is particularly useful when the database becomes very large, and groups of projects, for example, so interwoven as to make it difficult to see the wood for the trees."
    "We should work toward a universal linked information system, in which generality and portability are more important than fancy graphics techniques and complex extra facilities."

NIKITA VOLOBOEV
  LINK : https://wiki.nikiv.dev/
  TYPE : list
  DATE : 12018-07-19
  TAGS : philosophy, productivity, individual, merveilles, wiki

KILL SIX BILLION DEMONS
  LINK : https://killsixbilliondemons.com/comic/kill-six-billion-demons-chapter-4/
  TYPE : book
  DATE : 12018-08-01
  TAGS : comic, worldbuilding

DINOTOPIA
  LINK : http://www.dinotopia.com/
  TYPE : book
  DATE : 12018-08-01
  TAGS : comic, worldbuilding
  NOTE : Childhood, lost and found.

BLAME! And So On
  LINK : http://www.randomisgod.com/blame/Artbook82.html
  TYPE : article
  DATE : 12018-10-01
  TAGS : comic, worldbuilding, cyberpunk, aesthetics
  NOTE : Author's notes on setting and content of BLAME!. 4 pages.

FORGETTING CURVE
  LINK : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forgetting_curve
  TYPE : article
  DATE : 12018-08-23
  SRCE : XinCheJian
  TAGS : psychology, education, memory
  DONE : true

FRATH WIKI
  LINK : http://www.frathwiki.com/Main_Page
  TYPE : list
  DATE : 12018-08-14
  TAGS : worldbuilding, conlang, language, wiki
  NOTE : Conlang / conworld resource

UNIVERSAL PAPERCLIPS
  LINK : http://www.decisionproblem.com/paperclips/
  TYPE : game
  DATE : 12018-07-31
  TAGS : web, clicker game, thought experiment

RAVEN KWOK
  LINK : http://ravenkwok.com/
  TYPE : list
  DATE : 12018-07-31
  DONE : true
  TAGS : generative, inspiration, individual

BEN BLOOMBERG
  LINK : https://ben.ai/
  TYPE : list
  DATE : 12019-05-13
  NOTE : Production design & development. MIT Media Lab alumni. Made visuals and performance system for Jacob Collier.
  TAGS : individual, production design, music, VJ, sound design

JACOB COLLIER TED TALK
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDZoGcQVjJg
  TYPE : video
  DATE : 12019-05-13
  TAGS : music, VJ, neural network, kinect, facial recognition
  NOTE : Performance at Ted. The visual seems to be using many interesting & advanced techniques such as neural style transfer, background subtraction with Kinect (or just plain computer vision techniques?), facial recognition, flocking, kaleidoscopic shader, and all tied to the improvised musical inputs. Performance system created by Ben Bloomberg.

STEPHEN MALINOWSKI
  LINK : https://musanim.com/
  TAGS : music, synesthesia, musical score, visualization, individual
  DATE : 12019-05-13
  TYPE : list
  NOTE : Creator of animated musical scores.

Music Animation Machine Renderers
  LINK : http://www.musanim.com/Renderers/
  TYPE : list
  DATE : 12019-05-13
  TAGS : music, synesthesia, visualization, musical score, graphic design
  NOTE : Various techniques and visual styles for visualizing musical scores. Ideas on how to represent sound and musical movements in graphical form. By Stephen Malinowski.

Grainger, Children's March
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJZR91YggAw
  TYPE : video
  DATE : 12019-05-13
  TAGS : music, synesthesia, musical score, visualization

Instruments with accents
  TYPE : quote
  LINK : https://www.reddit.com/r/Showerthoughts/comments/bnt62n/banjos_sound_like_a_guitar_with_a_southern_accent/
  QOTE : "Banjos sound like a guitar with a southern accent" - r/showerthoughts
  DATE : 12019-05-13
  TAGS : music, instrument, language, accent

SHU
  LINK : https://shud.in/
  TYPE : list
  DATE : 12018-08-03
  TAGS : inspiration, individual, code
  NOTE : A Merveilles-like mind in China

IF HEMINGWAY WROTE JAVASCRIPT
  LINK : http://byfat.xxx/if-hemingway-wrote-javascript
  TYPE : article
  DATE : 12018-08-23
  TAGS : code, humor, minimalism

MAK
  LINK : https://inns.studio/mak
  TYPE : tool
  DATE : 12018-08-03
  TAGS : productivity
  DONE : true
  NOTE : A universal notepad.

HEMINGWAY EDITOR
  LINK : http://www.hemingwayapp.com/
  TYPE : tool
  DATE : 12018-08-23
  DONE : true
  TAGS : writing, minimalism
  NOTE : Editor that helps making the writing bold and clear. Use this for emails.

NUMI
  LINK : https://numi.io/
  TYPE : tool
  DATE : 12018-08-03
  DONE : true
  TAGS : productivity, inspiration, math
  NOTE : Text editor calculator

WOLFRAM ALPHA
  LINK : https://www.wolframalpha.com/
  TYPE : tool
  DATE : 12018-09-03
  DONE : true
  TAGS : math, dictionary
  NOTE : Computable knowledge.

A NEW KIND OF SCIENCE
  LINK : https://www.wolframscience.com/nks/
  TYPE : book
  DATE : 12018-09-03
  TAGS : science, code, generative

BAYESIAN METHODS
  LINK : https://camdavidsonpilon.github.io/Probabilistic-Programming-and-Bayesian-Methods-for-Hackers/
  TYPE : book
  DATE : 12018-09-07
  TAGS : ai, machine learning

LIBRARY GENESIS
  LINK : http://libgen.io/
  TYPE : tool
  DATE : 12018-09-03
  NOTE : Free e-books.
  TAGS : book, library, download

ZLibrary
  LINK : https://z-lib.org/
  TYPE : tool
  DATE : 12019-08-09
  NOTE : Free e-books.
  TAGS : book, library, download

JOEL SIMON
  LINK : http://www.joelsimon.net/
  TYPE : list
  DATE : 12018-07-31
  TAGS : generative, inspiration, biology, individual
  NOTE : Artist / Researcher who did a variety of biology & generative works.
  DONE : true

OPTIMIZATION PROGRAM
  QOTE : "An optimization program is a tool to let you know which constraints you forgot"
  LINK : https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/934zar/what_happens_when_you_let_computers_optimize/e3avmwp/?context=8&depth=9
  TYPE : quote
  DATE : 12018-07-31
  TAGS : philosophy, code, generative

VOYAGER GOLDEN RECORD
  TYPE : quote
  QOTE : "This is a present from a small distant world, a token of our sounds, our science, our images, our music, our thoughts, and our feelings. We are attempting to survive our time so we may live into yours. We hope someday, having solved the problems we face, to join a community of galactic civilizations. This record represents our hope and our determination, and our good will in a vast and awesome universe." - Jimmy Carter
  DATE : 12018-10-01
  TAGS : space, history
  DONE : true

INTERACTION DESIGN FUTURE
  LINK : http://worrydream.com/ABriefRantOnTheFutureOfInteractionDesign/
  TYPE : article
  DATE : 12018-07-19
  TAGS : ux, design

BREAKING SMART S1
  LINK : https://breakingsmart.com/en/season-1/
  TYPE : list
  NOTE : Theme: "Software is Eating the World"
  TAGS : philosophy, technology, economy
  DATE : 12018-09-03

BREAKING SMART S2
  LINK : https://web.archive.org/web/20190504064024/https://breakingsmart.com/en/season-2/season-2-newsletter-archive/
  TYPE : list
  NOTE : Cyberpaleo aesthetics.
  TAGS : philosophy, technology, economy, psychology
  DATE : 12018-09-03

TOP SLATE STAR CODEX
  PERS : neauoire
  SRCE : Merveilles
  LINK : http://slatestarcodex.com/top-posts/
  TYPE : list
  DATE : 12018-07-19
  TAGS : psychology, sociology, research, philosophy

STOCKS
  TYPE : quote
  DATE : 12018-09-23
  DONE : true
  SRCE : Merveilles
  PERS : horsman
  TAGS : personal finance, economy, investment
  QOTE
    If you are not a finance expert, or an expert of the industry you are investing in _and_  intermediately knowledgeable in finance, you are going to be way better off buying index funds of various kinds.
    The less you touch or money and actively trade, the better you will do on average.
    Being “long” means you believe the macro forces at play are going to bring the etf / sector / company up over the long term and you are totally comfortable doing nothing on the peaks and dips, with a plan for what conditions you will sell for upfront (ie: in 5 years, if the stock price doubles, or when I want to buy a PINO).
    It's easier to predict economy on a macro scale, if you can tie it to systemic changes in global economy / industries / power structures, events...
    To reduce risk from volatility:
    1. Average your trades in and out: if you have enough money that the cost of trades is insignificant in relation to the cost of stock you are buying, you should purchase 1/n stock with a fixed frequency, n times. this averages out the volitility of the stock price over that period of time, giving you something closer to the macro value of the stock. You can do this when you sell, too.
    2. Rebalance your assets with a given frequency, say 1-4 times a year. If your due diligence is the same, you should still want to have the same percentage of your money in each of the areas you planned before. This means that if one of your stocks had _sick gains_, you should take those gains and put them with equal percentages into all of your investments, not just continue to bet on the stock that did well with that money. Rebalance your investment percentages back to what you originally decided.
    3. Update your due diligence. Are the macro forces that got you into the investments you have still relevant? What is the current status of the market you are investing in?

THE INTELLIGENT INVESTOR
  TYPE : book
  LINK : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Intelligent_Investor
  DATE : 12018-10-03
  TAGS : personal finance, economy, investment
  QOTE
    The group approach. To try to buy groups of stocks that meet some simple criterion for being undervalued-regardless of the industry and with very little attention to the individual company.
    The investor is advised to concentrate on the real life performance of his companies and receiving dividends, rather than be too concerned with Mr. Market's often irrational behavior.

SCP FOUNDATION
  LINK : http://www.scp-wiki.net/
  TYPE : list
  DATE : 12018-07-19
  TAGS : fiction, science, wiki

TENDRILS OF MESS IN OUR BRAINS
  LINK : https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2017/01/05/tendrils-of-mess-in-our-brains/
  TYPE : article
  DATE : 12018-07-19
  TAGS : psychology

WIKTOPHER
  PERS : Rekka
  LINK : http://wiktopher.ca/
  TYPE : book
  DATE : 12018-07-19
  TAGS : fiction, fantasy, conlang, worldbuilding

THREE TIER MIND
  PERS : Neauoire
  SRCE : Merveilles
  LINK : https://www.pftq.com/blabberbox/?page=Three_Tiers_of_Mind
  TYPE : article
  DATE : 12018-07-19
  TAGS : etymology, psychology

WONDERBOOK
  PERS : stephen
  SRCE : Merveilles
  LINK : http://wonderbooknow.com/
  TYPE : book
  NOTE : "The Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction."
  DATE : 12018-07-19
  TAGS : science fiction, writing, fiction

VULTR
  LINK : https://www.vultr.com
  TYPE : tool
  TAGS : web
  DATE : 12018-07-19
  NOTE : Web hosting

GWERN
  PERS : neauoire
  SRCE : Merveilles
  LINK : http://www.gwern.net/
  TYPE : list
  DATE : 12018-07-19
  TAGS : history, psychology, science, ai, bitcoin, code, psychedelics, env, individual

LET'S ENCRYPT
  LINK : https://letsencrypt.org/
  TYPE : tool
  DATE : 12018-07-19
  TAGS : code, web, encryption
  NOTE : Free encryption ssl cert

CATASTROPHE JOURNAL
  PERS : cblgh
  SRCE : Merveilles
  LINK : https://seths.blog/2018/07/a-catastrophe-journal/
  TYPE : article
  DATE : 12018-07-19
  TAGS : philosophy, psychology

MISE EN BAG
  PERS : cblgh
  SRCE : Merveilles
  LINK : https://miseenbag.com/
  TYPE : article
  DATE : 12018-07-19
  TAGS : food, cooking
  NOTE : Guerilla cooking backpack

Flirting
  PERS : eel
  SRCE : Merveilles
  LINK : http://top5-datingsites.co.uk/articles/the-science-of-flirting-the-hot-ape-method/
  TYPE : article
  DATE : 12018-07-19
  TAGS : psychology, charisma, dating
  DONE : true

PEOPLE WATCHING
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_saLI-LH-VrxFpFgk467Jn02i46arTyD
  TYPE : video
  DATE : 12018-08-17
  TAGS : psychology, dating, pop culture, sociology

CABBIBO.IS
  LINK : http://cabbibo.is/
  SRCE : OooShiny
  TYPE : list
  DATE : 12018-07-20
  TAGS : inspiration, individual, web, virtual reality, art

VI HART
  LINK : http://vihart.com
  TYPE : list
  DATE : 12018-07-24
  TAGS : inspiration, individual, research, virtual reality

ELEVR BLOG
  LINK : http://elevr.com/blog/
  TYPE : list
  DATE : 12018-07-24
  TAGS : design, virtual reality, research

Reality-virtuality continuum
  LINK : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reality%E2%80%93virtuality_continuum
  TYPE : article
  DATE : 12018-09-23
  DONE : true
  TAGS : virtual reality, etymology, augmented reality
  NOTE : Real Environment - Augmented Reality - Augmented Virtuality - Virtual Environment

WONKUBUS'S VR INSIGHT FOR GAMES
  TYPE : lecture
  DATE : 12018-10-10
  TAGS : virtual reality, inspiration, game design
  DONE : true
  TERM
    > FTUE: First-time user experience
  NOTE
    Learning how to play a game is where the fun comes from; Be careful however not to confuse the gameplay with its UI. The UI outside the gameplay needs to be clear and intuitive, especially at the beginning of the game, to ensure good FTUE.
    Tutorials need to be fun for the player, and that requires giving them agency during the tutorial.
    Tooltips are powerful way to teach things that are hard to explain to players in VR, so long as it's used in moderation. Reading is hard!
    Pick one between room-scale and seated experience, and stick with it. It's much work to design a game that has to satisfies both.
    Avoid designing the game for one VR controller, and use virtual objects player can interact with in game as UI. Current VR controllers aren't the same across platforms.

UNITY POST-PROCESSING STACK FOR VR
  TYPE : tool
  DATE : 12018-10-10
  DONE : true
  TAGS : virtual reality, unity3d, visual
  PERS : wonkubus
  NOTE
    Effects that are bad in VR:
    Ambinet Occlusion, because expensive calculation.
    Depth of Field. Our eyes focusing on something that look close in VR, but blurred out, will mess with the brain.
    Motion blur, because _barfs_.
    Effects that are good in VR:
    Eye Adaption.
    Color-grading.
    Bloom. Bright objects can be used for highlighting and wayfinding in VR.

UNCLUTTERED GAME DESIGN
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DuDambEIMU
  TYPE : lecture
  DATE : 12018-07-19
  TAGS : game design, minimalism
  NOTE : Using space in game design, be it space or time. Make things stand out.

MORALITY SYSTEMS IN GAME
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C450hycRpog
  TYPE : lecture
  DATE : 12018-10-02
  DONE : true
  TAGS : game design, morality
  NOTE : Having a system in game that evaluates your moral choices would corrupt them, for it would turn an ethical choice into a strategic one.

MULTIPLAYER MUSIC AND SOUND
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqylE_9Cbvg
  TYPE : lecture
  DATE : 12018-10-06
  DONE : true
  TAGS : game design, sound design, multiplayer
  NOTE
    Multiplayer games such as Overwatch & DotA struggle to design its audio. 
    One, because music have to be used sparsely in order to avoid repeating too much and annoying the players; and two, because the sound design affects game balance.
    Playing the music only before game starts give a sense of ceremony, and playing it toward the end of a game adds tension.
    Making footsteps audible, and providing in-game communication tools that are audio based, fill up the void of the soundscape while giving players crucial in-game information.

淘宝NPM镜像
  LINK : https://www.jianshu.com/p/253cb9003411
  TYPE : article
  DATE : 12018-07-26
  TAGS : web
  DONE : true
  NOTE : 教程是给NVM写的。NVS用户可以运行nvs remote指令添加淘宝node下载源

STREISAND
  LINK : https://github.com/StreisandEffect/streisand
  TYPE : tool
  DATE : 12018-07-23
  TAGS : web, censorship, privacy
  NOTE : Tool to set up VPN using own server.

WHONIX
  LINK : https://www.whonix.org/
  TYPE : tool
  DATE : 12018-07-25
  TAGS : censorship
  NOTE : Linux OS configured for anonymity via Tor. Works well in a VM.

HYPERFACE
  LINK : https://ahprojects.com/projects/hyperface/
  TYPE : article
  DATE : 12018-09-07
  DONE : true
  TAGS : censorship, privacy, fashion, computer vision, art
  NOTE : Counter facial detection surveillance by providing false face data.

OFF POCKET
  LINK : https://ahprojects.com/projects/off-pocket/
  TYPE : article
  DATE : 12018-09-07
  DONE : true
  TAGS : privacy, gadget
  NOTE : Faraday cage phone case, blocks all wireless signals. For avoiding tracking and also for disconnecting.

GENEROMINOS
  LINK : http://www.galaxykate.com/generominos/generominos.pdf
  TYPE : tool
  DATE : 12018-10-01
  PERS : Kate Compton
  DONE : true
  NOTE : Generative ideation cards.
  TAGS : ideation, generative

REACTION-DIFFUSION TUTORIAL
  LINK : http://www.karlsims.com/rd.html
  TYPE : article
  DATE : 12018-10-01
  PERS : Karl Sims
  TAGS : reaction diffusion, generative
  NOTE : A simulation of two virtual chemicals reacting and diffusing on a 2D grid using the Gray-Scott model.

REACTION-DIFFUSION DEMO
  LINK : http://pmneila.github.io/jsexp/grayscott/
  TYPE : interactive
  DATE : 12018-10-01
  NOTE : Interactive playground of rx-diff, with presets to explore.
  TAGS : reaction diffusion, generative

DESIGN KIT
  LINK : http://www.designkit.org/methods
  TYPE : tool
  NOTE : IDEO's methods for inspiration, ideation, and implementation.
  DATE : 12018-10-01
  TAGS : design, prototyping, ideation

AUGMENTING LONG-TERM MEMORY
  LINK : http://augmentingcognition.com/ltm.html
  TYPE : article
  DATE : 12018-10-01
  NOTE : Essay on using Anki to memorize info for long time. Reading papers, understanding foreign subjects, and other patterns.
  TAGS : memory, psychology, memex

t-SNE
  LINK : https://lvdmaaten.github.io/tsne/
  TYPE : tool
  TAGS : machine learning, visualization
  DONE : true
  DATE : 12018-07-26
  NOTE : Visualize high-dimensional data.

Emoji in Semantic Space
  LINK : https://web.archive.org/web/20180716093710/http://getdango.com/postimg/semantic-space.html
  TYPE : interactive
  TAGS : inspiration, visualization, semiotics, emoji
  DATE : 12018-07-27
  NOTE : t-SNE to group emoji. The same technique can be used to visualize bookmarks.

GIFSLAP
  LINK : https://github.com/gridwalk/gifSlap
  TYPE : tool
  TAGS : VJ
  DONE : true
  DATE : 12018-07-27
  PERS : Donald Hanson

泼辣有图
  LINK : http://www.polayoutu.com/collections
  TYPE : tool
  TAGS : design, photo, open source, license, legal, creative commons
  NOTE : Chinese Stock Photo Community, Creative Commons Zero License.
  DATE : 12018-09-25
  DONE : true

UX ARCHIVE
  LINK : http://uxarchive.com/
  NOTE : Mobile app UX flow collections, categorized by tasks (onboarding, searching, etc.)
  TAGS : UX, design
  DONE : true
  TYPE : list
  DATE : 12018-07-27

UXPIN E-BOOKS
  LINK : https://www.uxpin.com/studio/ebooks/
  NOTE : Free UX books
  TAGS : UX, design
  TYPE : list
  DATE : 12018-07-28

CADENCE & SLANG
  LINK : https://medium.com/thoughtful-design/the-cadence-slang-of-good-user-interaction-e34953323c49
  NOTE : Book on UX.
  TAGS : UX, design
  TYPE : book
  DATE : 12018-07-28
  QOTE : “Cadence” covers the rhythms we get into when we’re immersed in productive work with technology; “Slang” discusses the visual and interactional languages of an interface.

STALKER (1979)
  TYPE : video
  NOTE : Art film from the Soviet Union
  QOTE : "But, above all, may they believe in themselves and become as helpless as children. For softness is great and strength is worthless. When a man is born, he is soft and pliable. When he dies, he is strong and hard. When a tree grows, it is soft and pliable. But when it's dry and hard, it dies. Hardness and strength are death's companions. Flexibility and softness are the embodiment of life. That which has become hard shall not triumph."
  TAGS : film, philosophy
  DATE : 12018-07-28

THE HOLY MOUNTAIN (1973)
  TYPE : video
  NOTE : Art film by Alejandro Jodorowsky.
  TAGS : film
  DATE : 12018-07-28

MAKE IT SO
  LINK : https://rosenfeldmedia.com/books/make-it-so/
  NOTE : Interaction design from science fiction
  TAGS : UX, design, science fiction
  TYPE : book
  DATE : 12018-07-28

GRIMGRAINS - TOOLS
  LINK : https://grimgrains.com/site/tools.html
  SRCE : Merveilles
  PERS : Rekka
  TAGS : food, cooking, merveilles
  DONE : true
  TYPE : article
  DATE : 12018-07-28
  NOTE : Kitchen tools for a floating home.

THE TRANSPARENT SOCIETY, CHAPTER 1
  LINK : http://www.davidbrin.com/nonfiction/transparentsociety1.html
  SRCE : Merveilles
  PERS : faun
  TAGS : philosophy, technology, futurology
  TYPE : book
  DATE : 12018-07-28

THE EVOLUTION OF TRUST
  LINK : https://ncase.me/trust/
  TAGS : sociology, psychology
  TYPE : interactive
  DATE : 12018-07-28
  DONE : true
  QOTE : "So, do what you can do, to create the conditions necessary to evolve trust. Build relationships. Find win-wins. Communicate clearly. Maybe then, we can stop firing at each other, get out of our own trenches, cross No Man's Land to come together...to live and let live."

NICKY CASE
  LINK : https://ncase.me/
  TAGS : inspiration, game, education, individual
  TYPE : list
  DATE : 12018-07-28
  DONE : true
  NOTE : Explorable explanations.

REGEXR
  LINK : https://regexr.com/
  TYPE : tool
  TAGS : code, regex
  DATE : 12018-07-28
  DONE : true
  NOTE : ReGex testing ground, explanation, and collection.

STYLE2PAINTS
  LINK : https://github.com/lllyasviel/style2paints
  TYPE : tool
  TAGS : machine learning, code, otaku, anime
  DATE : 12018-07-29
  DONE : true
  NOTE : Color anime-style sketches automatically, yet with great control.

NEURAL STYLE TENSORFLOW
  LINK : https://github.com/cysmith/neural-style-tf
  TYPE : tool
  TAGS : machine learning, code, art, neural network
  DATE : 12018-09-05
  DONE : true
  NOTE : Neural style transfer for both image and video.

NOTES ON KABBALAH
  LINK : http://sebastiansiverand.com/library/NoK.pdf
  TYPE : book
  TAGS : esotericism, religion, judaism
  DATE : 12018-07-29

INFINITY MIRROR PRISM
  LINK : https://www.reddit.com/r/DIY/comments/93vnxi/i_made_an_infinity_mirror_prism_internet_lacked_a/e3gkmtt/
  TYPE : forum
  DATE : 12018-08-02
  TAGS : hardware, DIY, LED
  NOTE : Build guide on making trippy LED toy. Potential workshop idea at XinCheJian?

BIGFACEBOX
  LINK : http://portal.nifty.com/bigface/howtomakebox.htm#en
  TYPE : article
  DATE : 12018-08-05
  TAGS : hardware, DIY, humor

VARIETIES OF ARGUMENTATIVE EXPERIENCE
  LINK : http://slatestarcodex.com/2018/05/08/varieties-of-argumentative-experience/
  TYPE : article
  DATE : 12018-08-05
  TAGS : philosophy, psychology, erisology
  NOTE : If an internet argument ever infuriates you so much that you can't sleep, read this.

RAISE A GENIUS!
  LINK : http://slatestarcodex.com/Stuff/genius.pdf
  TYPE : book
  DATE : 12018-08-23
  NOTE : Before anything, start with the last part, 'The Meaning of the Whole Thing'.
  TAGS : family, education, psychology

How to take your Performance to the Next Level
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eG1_Fcaq280
  TYPE : lecture
  DATE : 12018-08-14
  DONE : true
  TAGS : music, psychology, performance, education
  NOTE : Hierarchy of Competence, and why you don't know your performance sucks.

TIDALCYCLES
  LINK : https://tidalcycles.org/patterns.html
  TYPE : tool
  DATE : 12018-10-01
  TAGS : music, live coding, performance, haskell

YOU ARE LISTENING TO
  LINK : http://youarelistening.to/
  TYPE : music
  DATE : 12018-09-23
  TAGS : radio, productivity, ambient, city
  NOTE : Mashup of SoundCloud playlists and radio snippets.
  SRCE : Merveilles
  PERS : alx

高木正勝 - Girls
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39dTEIVJ-CU
  TYPE : music
  DATE : 12018-08-05
  DONE : true
  TAGS : piano, heart, japan, japanese music

Sarah Vaughan - Misty
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6U1RaS_TQQk
  TYPE : music
  DATE : 12018-08-06
  DONE : true
  TAGS : jazz, vocal
  NOTE : Sultry.

浅井製作所 × Dorian「ASAI NEJI」
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLIP2yMHfPM
  TYPE : music
  DATE : 12018-09-10
  DONE : true
  TAGS : music video, industrial, inspiration, electronic
  NOTE : Music video synchronizing the sound and the machines. Visual ASMR.

起承转结 - 4 STEP LEVEL DESIGN
  DATE : 12018-10-08
  TYPE : lecture
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBmIkEvEBtA
  DONE : true
  TAGS : game design, level design, nintendo
  NOTE
    Each Super Mario 3D World level introduces a mechanic in a safe environment, then develops it further, then add twists that players don't expect, and finally let's them show off their skill on the flagpole as conclusion.
  TERM
    > 起承转结: 'A narrative structure that introduces a concept, develops it, twists it, and offers a conclusion. AKA Kishōtenketsu in Japanese.'

NINTENDO - PUTTING PLAY FIRST
  DATE : 12018-10-08
  TYPE : lecture
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2u6HTG8LuXQ
  DONE : true
  TAGS : game design, nintendo
  QOTE
    "What you do in the game and how you do it is used as the catalyst to drive everything else."
    "I first take the character which you're going to control and replace them with a dot as a placeholder, then I think about what kind of movement would be fun." - Gunpei Yokoi
    "When you could interact with almost everything in the game by using [one strong main mechanic], Nintendo can make a game where the player's range of actions is very small and easy to learn, but the number of things they could interact with is huge."
    "(When it comes to Nintendo's sequels) it's about putting a new twist on an already established mechanics... put those old mechanics in interesting new contexts."
    "(By representing part of the game system, such as camera, targeting system... as characters,) gameplay needn't be abstract systems but organic part of the game world."
    "(Basing the story on the game's main mechanics) might seem like a crazy way to come up with a story, but it can help ensure there's a deep connection between what you do in the game, and what happens in the story."
    "When every aspect of the game is suggesting the way you play it, it becomes effortless to pick the game up and get stuck in."
  NOTE
    Super Mario: A game about jumping. Splatoon: firing ink. A Link Between Worlds: turning into a painting. Luigi's Mansion (gamecube): using a vacuum cleaner.
    All these games start with one single mechanics, and that determines everything from graphical style, sound design, user interface, characters, world setting, and even narrative.


MOIRAI
  DATE : 12018-10-09
  TYPE : game
  DONE : true
  LINK : https://www.pcgamer.com/a-brief-history-of-moirai-one-of-pcs-most-disturbing-games/
  TAGS : game design, indie game, sociology
  NOTE
    I played this game twice, in 12013 & 12017. In both playthroughs I let the previous player pass, refused to mercy-kill Julia, and the next player let me pass too.
    It subverts the expectation that characters you interact with in game are NPCs.
    The choice between letting previous player pass or die examines how the player would behave when nobody's watching.
    The answers player types in for the next player, on the other hand, introduces a real vulnerability. The outcome isn't up to the player anymore.
  QOTE
    "There’s a certain codified language about how people approach games, and one of those things is that most of the characters you’ll interact with will be some pre-programmed thing, unless the game is explicitly a multiplayer one. I thought it was an interesting thing to subvert that expectation: you don’t realise the other player is actually a player. You see them as an NPC."
    "(Moirai) forced you to assess yourself: how you comport yourself when you think no one’s listening."

THE CONCEPT OF ANXIETY
  DATE : 12018-10-10
  TYPE : book
  LINK : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Concept_of_Anxiety
  TAGS : philosophy, inspiration, freedom, existentialism
  TERM
    > Dizziness of Freedom: The mere fact that one has the possibility and freedom to do something, even the most terrifying of possibilities, triggers immense feelings of dread.

HOW TO LEARN LANGUAGE
  DATE : 12018-10-19
  TYPE : lecture
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUojCUTKYlc
  TAGS : language

PRICE ANCHORING
  DATE : 12018-10-19
  TYPE : lecture
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjgVwN_k_88
  TAGS : business, negotiation, psychology

GOLAN LEVIN
  DATE : 12018-10-19
  TYPE : list
  TAGS : individual, art, inspiration, education
  LINK : http://www.flong.com/

ZACH LIEBERMAN
  DATE : 12018-10-19
  TYPE : list
  TAGS : individual, art, inspiration, education
  LINK : http://thesystemis.com/

MARPI
  DATE : 12018-10-19
  TYPE : list
  TAGS : individual, art, unity3d, inspiration, san francisco
  LINK : https://marpi.pl/

ECCO SCREEN
  DATE : 12018-10-19
  TYPE : list
  TAGS : individual, art, inspiration, san francisco, minimalism
  LINK : https://eccoscreen.xyz/

XIAOHAN ZHANG
  DATE : 12018-10-19
  TYPE : list
  TAGS : individual, art, inspiration, san francisco
  LINK : http://www.hellochar.com/

GEORGE ZISIADIS
  DATE : 12018-10-19
  TYPE : list
  TAGS : individual, art, inspiration, san francisco, sociology
  LINK : http://www.georgezisiadis.com/

Baku 麦
  DATE : 12018-10-19
  TYPE : list
  TAGS : individual, art, inspiration, japan
  LINK : https://baku89.com/

Jurg Lehni
  DATE : 12018-10-19
  TYPE : list
  TAGS : individual, art, inspiration, robotics
  LINK : http://juerglehni.com/

ANDY PHELPS
  DATE : 12018-10-19
  TYPE : list
  TAGS : individual, education, game design
  LINK : https://andyworld.io/

INTERACTING WITH NEGATIVE SPACES
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wq9QtEyO0Vc
  DATE : 12018-10-19
  TYPE : interactive
  TAGS : inspiration, art, installation, interactive art, improvisation

AKIRA (1988)
  DATE : 12018-10-20
  TYPE : video
  NOTE : Ground-breaking anime film about a dystopian Tokyo 2020. Beautiful lighting animation.
  QOTE : “We know the future doesn’t necessarily proceed on a single course. There ought to be a future we can choose. It’s up to us to find it.” - Kyoko
  TAGS : science fiction, anime

NEW SCI-FI SUBGENRES
  DATE : 12018-10-20
  TYPE : list
  DONE : true
  LINK : https://www.howwegettonext.com/exploring-the-future-beyond-cyberpunks-neon-and-noir/
  TERM
    > 超幻: Chinese Sci-Fi, the "Ultra-Unreal". Time is compressed in China, and daily news feel like reading science fiction sometimes.
    > Afrofuturism: Black lives in the future. Challenge the anglosphere's narratives about others, past, present, and future.
    > Gulf Futurism: Both the "hyperdevelopment" aesthetic of architecture in the region, and the critique of the same.
    > Climate Fiction (Cli-Fi): Sci-fi about climate change.
    > Solarpunk: Optimistic cli-fi. Overcome the apocalypse with ingenuity, positive creation, independence, and community.
    > Water Crisis Thriller: Mad Max, Tank Girl, etc.
    > Kitchen Sink Dystopia: A story that seems wholly mundane and normal until something goes a bit wrong. “day to day debasement of Super Late Capitalism.”
    > Woke Space Opera: All the elements of spare opera, with a contemporary sociopolitical twist.
    > The New Weird: Time for some tentacles! The central characters often aren't wholly human. The mood is eerie and uneasy.
  TAGS : science fiction, literature, solarpunk, afrofuturism, climate fiction, water crisis thriller, kitchen sink dystopia, woke space opera, the new weird

PAUL GRAHAM'S WRITING TIPS
  DATE : 12018-10-20
  TYPE : article
  LINK : http://www.paulgraham.com/writing44.html
  TAGS : writing

Using Anki to learn chords
  QOTE : "I would recommend putting in chord progressions (like in a normal song) rather than single chords. Also make sure to actually form the chords, either on the piano (definitely much better), or on the table (in a pinch). This will allow you to learn the chords in context and give your hands muscle memory, especially with common transitions."
  DATE : 12018-10-25
  TYPE : quote
  TAGS : music, memory, music theory

Effective Learning
  LINK : https://www.supermemo.com/en/articles/20rules
  TYPE : list
  DATE : 12018-10-29
  TAGS : memory, learning
  NOTE : 20 rules of formulating knowledge. Guideline for creating Anki flash cards.

FLASH CARDS FOR GUITARIST
  LINK : https://deftdigits.com/tools/flash-cards
  TYPE : tool
  DATE : 12018-10-29
  TAGS : learning, music, guitar
  NOTE : Flash cards for remembering and practicing the fretboard, triads, modes, and chords.

Memories (1995)
  TYPE : video
  NOTE : 3 Sci-fi shorts by Japanese masters of anime.
  TAGS : film, anime, art, science fiction
  DATE : 12018-10-29

Categorizing creative systems
  TYPE : quote
  DATE : 12018-11-13
  TAGS : generative
  DONE : true
  QOTE
    1. Domain & Creative Task: Does it produce poetry? music? visual art? cinema? game? If it produces music, does it compose? perform? improvise?
    2. How specific or generic is the system. e.g. AARON's output has a very specific style, while the Continuator can imitate many styles of music. Often, artistic systems are more specific, while researching / scientific systems are more generic.
    3. Level of autonomy. How much human involvement is needed? AARON paints new paintings on demand without any human input, while the continuator only works with a human partner.
    4. Interactivity: if the system interacts with human, and in what way. Low level interactivity: the system only reacts to its input, like most apps with a GUI. A text editor interacts with you this way. High level interactivity: aka Agent Interaction, or Conversational Interactivity. the actions of the creative system affects the actions of the human.
    5. Time: The generative process can happen in real time, or ahead of time.
    6. Origin of the system's knowledge. Encoded Knowledge, Input Knowledge, and Knowledge learned - extracted from some input data.
    7. System's pattern of behavior, as if they are artificial lives. Christopher Langton's 4 classes of behavior. Fixed behavior: static output. Periodic behavior: system has recurrent behaviors. Chaotic behavior: no discernable patterns. Complex behavior: the sweet spot between Periodic and Chaotic behavior. Where we can find the most intelligent outputs. ˀ"Complex" here refers to the output of the system, not the complexity of the process. 
    8. Architecture of the system. Purely generative system takes some input, and then simply outputs. Feedback loop or reflexive system separates the generation and evaluation; the evaluation affects the generation. Interactive, or adaptive system, adds the audience, user, or environment of the output into feedback.

Brainstorming Guidelines
  DATE : 12018-11-13
  TAGS : psychology, sociology, ideation
  TYPE : tool
  QOTE
    Go for quantity
    Withhold criticism
    Welcome wild ideas
    Combine and improve ideas
  DONE : true

AARON
  DATE : 12018-11-13
  TYPE : article
  LINK : http://www.computerhistory.org/atchm/harold-cohen-and-aaron-a-40-year-collaboration/
  TAGS : art, generative
  NOTE : Robot + Software painter by Harold Cohen, created in the 1970s.
  DONE : true

The Continuator
  DATE : 12018-11-13
  TYPE : video
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynPWOMzossI
  TAGS : art, music, generative
  NOTE : Continues musician's playing in their style, designed by François Pachet. Based on Markov Chain.
  DONE : true

Systematic Learning
  DATE : 12018-11-13
  TAGS : psychology, learning
  TYPE : quote
  TERM
    > Systematic Learning: For subjects that are large and complicated, such as engineering. Understanding an advanced concept in this would require prerequisite knowledge, and therefore can only be learned systematically. 
    When learning through a tutorial series / book, do not skip ahead even if you already have some knowledge. Start with the 1st tut. 
    Systematic knowledges can be reinforced with Anki, but must be learned systematically beforehand.


Jump learning
  DATE : 12018-11-13
  TAGS : psychology, learning
  TYPE : quote
  TERM
    > Jump learning: For separate pieces of knowledge that do not depend on each other. e.g. APIs, Alphabet, Dictionary, websites with a "search" function.
    Knowledges that can be jump-learned, can be learned directly through Anki flashcards.

Droqen
  DATE : 12018-11-13
  TAGS : individual, game design
  TYPE : list
  LINK : https://www.droqen.com/
  NOTE : Indie game developer who focuses on making learning and discovery a part of fun. Minimal design.

PINK SHIP WINS
  LINK : https://droqen.itch.io/vmj5-pink-ship
  DATE : 12018-11-13
  TAGS : game design, multiplayer
  TYPE : game
  NOTE : Minimalist competitive game by Droqen.

STARSEED PILGRIM
  LINK : http://www.starseedpilgrim.com/
  DATE : 12018-11-13
  TAGS : game design
  TYPE : game
  NOTE : Strange, relaxing, puzzle exploration game by Droqen. Very unique.

JOY EXHIBITION
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4MEH1TRz70
  TYPE : game
  TAGS : game design, generative, art
  DATE : 12018-11-13
  NOTE : Alien art gallery. A game about learning to enjoy the process of failure. By Strangethink.

Tetsuya Mizuguchi
  DATE : 12018-11-13
  LINK : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetsuya_Mizuguchi
  TYPE : article
  TAGS : game design, individual, sound design, synesthesia, japan
  NOTE : Japanese game designer who excels at interactive sound design.

Tetris Effect: Downtown Jazz
  DATE : 12020-11-25
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQe87jiJwIg
  TYPE : video
  TAGS : game design, sound design, synesthesia, music, jazz
  NOTE : A game by Tetsuya Mizuguchi; integrating sound design and an independent game loop, so that while the player can play the game as a regular tetris game, this player here played it as an instrument, throwing excessive actions that doesn't contribute to winning the game, but as musical expression. Check out how they played toward the end.

Point, Reason, Example, Summary
  DATE : 12018-11-19
  LINK : https://www.themuse.com/advice/3-smart-ways-to-keep-yourself-from-rambling
  NOTE : A conversational framework to keep oneself from rambling.
  TAGS : psychology, conversation, logic
  TYPE : article

Chet Baker - My Funny Valentine
  DATE : 12018-11-27
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVfeHN2lypE
  TYPE : music
  NOTE : Chet Baker's last concert, 2 weeks before his death.
  TAGS : jazz, vocal, trumpet
  DONE : true

LIP BUZZING FOR TRUMPET
  DATE : 12018-11-28
  TYPE : lecture
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9k4yKcdvpE
  QOTE : Clench the corners of your mouth, make a flat lip shape, and produce a long, sustained sound.
  TAGS : trumpet, instrument, music

DOCUMENTING TOOLS
  LINK : https://wiki.xxiivv.com/site/documentation.html
  DATE : 12018-11-28
  TYPE : article
  NOTE : Neauoire's cheatsheet on different types of documentation - Tutorials, How-to Guides, Explanations, and Reference.
  TAGS : writing, technology, merveilles

What to Do If You Hate Small Talk
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrK5NAgw_g4
  DATE : 12018-11-28
  TYPE : video
  QOTE
    "To those gifted enough to see properly, the whole world could be found in a single grain of sand."
    "Conversation is fundamentally a natural, organic occurance which happens to us, but cannot be created or shaped by us."
  TAGS : psychology, sociology, conversation

Evangelion Directing Tricks
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnqluniiXyk
  DATE : 12018-11-29
  TYPE : video
  NOTE : Rapid fire imageries for sensual overload. Eye movement to inform location relationships. Make viewer eyes move dynamically. Use movement at the start and end of a shot.
  TAGS : film, anime, directing

Gifts
  LINK : https://www.reddit.com/r/LifeProTips/comments/a2xny3/lpt_dont_give_a_gift_that_will_require_further/
  SRCE : reddit
  QOTE : Don't give a gift that will require further investment from the person receiving it. Unless it's something they've specifically asked for, it isn't a gift it's a burden.
  DATE : 12018-12-05
  TYPE : quote
  TAGS : sociology, psychology, gift

Voyager Images
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibByF9XPAPg
  DATE : 12018-12-06
  TYPE : video
  TAGS : space, inspiration, history
  NOTE : Real time decoding of voyager images, encoded as audio.

Shade by Simon Heijdens 
  LINK : http://www.simonheijdens.com/indexbig.php?type=project&name=Shade
  DATE : 12018-12-07
  TYPE : article
  TAGS : inspiration, nature, architecture, glass, light, installation
  NOTE : Switchable glass + wind pattern.

CONSTELLACTION
  LINK : https://vimeo.com/76479685
  DATE : 12018-12-07
  TYPE : video
  TAGS : inspiration, light, installation
  NOTE : Light installation with emergent behaviors. Each light unit responds to brightness of the surrounding units. Like fireflies.

THE KONMARI METHOD
  LINK : https://konmari.com/pages/about
  DATE : 12018-12-09
  TYPE : article
  TAGS : minimalism, interior design
  NOTE : An approach to tidying up by asking, "Does this item spark joy?"

A GROWING THING
  LINK : https://sunbeam.city/@dualhammers/101196802552326298
  SRCE : Merveilles
  PERS : dualhammers
  DATE : 12018-12-10
  TYPE : article
  TAGS : health, psychology, poetry
  QOTE
    To grow, things must be removed
    Trim away the old leaves and dead Branches
    Of things you could have become
    -
    Find new buds near old wounds
    Give them sunlight
    And water
    See what they blossom
    -
    And do it all again
    -
    Because
    -
    We are made of broken things
    The mulch from which we emerge
    Is rich
    When we have lived and died
    Gained and discarded
    Tried and failed

HOW TO BUILD PRODUCTS QUICKLY
  LINK : https://blog.stefanaleksic.com/blog/posts/2018/02/14/products
  PERS : Stefan Aleksic
  DATE : 12018-12-13
  TYPE : article
  TAGS : productivity, prototyping, business, web, code, design, marketing
  NOTE : Stefan's notes on how to ship quickly. I don't agree with his approach on web technology; However, the "muscle memory" perspective, and the methodical approach to building something, resonates with me.
  QOTE
    "Rapidly prototyping an idea you have is a muscle you have to train and build."
    "You need to go from buying a domain to setting it up with your DigitalOcean servers in less than 5 minutes."

JOE CRABTREE
  LINK : https://www.joecrabtree.com/now
  DATE : 12018-12-16
  TYPE : article
  TAGS : individual, music, drum

NOW PAGE
  LINK : https://nownownow.com/about
  DATE : 12018-12-16
  TYPE : article
  TAGS : web
  NOTE : A "Now page" tells you what this person is focused on at this point in their life.
  QOTE : "Think of what you’d tell a friend you hadn’t seen in a year."

MINDBIRD
  LINK : https://kokorobot.ca/site/mindbird.html
  DATE : 12018-12-16
  TYPE : book
  PERS : Rekka Bellum
  TAGS : psychology, anxiety, art, illustration, comic
  NOTE : Originally named Cerbellum.

EMOTIONAL & ECONOMIC MICROSOLIDARITY
  LINK : http://richdecibels.com/stories/courage-before-hope/courage-before-hope.html
  DATE : 12018-12-19
  TYPE : article
  TAGS : economy, sociology, psychology
  QOTE : "What to do in the last decade of the Anthropocene"

HOW TO COMFORT SOMEONE WITH DEPRESSION
  LINK : http://www.sadrunner.com/2016/comfort-someone-with-depression/
  DATE : 12018-12-19
  TYPE : article
  TAGS : psychology, depression
  QOTE
    "I love you"
    "You may still feel alone, but I am here"
    "I can’t imagine what it’s like, but I want to listen"
    "You are important to me"
    "We/I care about you and what is happening"
    Say nothing and listen (when they are too exhausted, or refuse to take in positivity)
    "I want to be here for you, I won’t leave you behind"
    "Let’s ride this out together"
    "Even if it doesn’t feel like it, you’re so strong"
    "Please keep going, if not for you, for me"

How Dark Souls Turns Motifs Into Music
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUdyc8j8eLc
  DATE : 12018-12-28
  TYPE : video
  TAGS : music, composition, motif, game
  NOTE : The music for "Gwyn, Lord of Cinder" develops two simple motifs into a 2 minute piece beautifully.

PINK TROMBONE
  DATE : 12019-01-01
  LINK : https://dood.al/pinktrombone/
  TYPE : interactive
  TAGS : language, speech, anatomy
  NOTE : Speech synthesis.

Way of Seeing Coltrane
  LINK : https://www.coreymwamba.co.uk/rambles/1388150764
  DATE : 12019-01-01
  TYPE : article
  TAGS : jazz, modal jazz, music theory, music, hard bop
  NOTE : Analysis of John Coltrane's Circle of Fifth Deluxe.
  QOTE
    "So, to what I think was an order of events. I think a circle was drawn first; then the main pitches written as a cycle of fourths, with the position of each pitch being alternated between being inside or outside the circle. This would make the two whole tone scales...
    "From there, the subsidiary pitches were written in to produce the repetition of each scale, and then Coltrane grouped them, for reasons that were entirely related to theory and go beyond a chromatic modulation. I suspect the numbers were written on last, perhaps just after the connecting spokes were drawn."

Chet Baker - Lament
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LAAi_BanJo
  DATE : 12019-01-05
  TYPE : music
  TAGS : jazz, trumpet, guitar
  NOTE
    > Beautiful pairing of guitar, bass, and Chet Baker's trumpet.
    > From The Sesjun Radio Shows, 1985.

VR SCREEN SHAKE
  LINK : http://www.zulubo.com/gamedev/2019/1/5/vr-screen-shake-the-art-of-not-throwing-up
  DATE : 12019-01-07
  TYPE : article
  TAGS : virtual reality, user experience
  NOTE : Virtial reality screen shake that doesn't make you throw up. Achieved by distorting only the edge of the screen.

HISTORY OF BLUE PIGMENT
  TYPE : quote
  DATE : 12019-01-07
  TAGS : color, history, science, sociology
  QOTE
    "The only way to achieve a deep rich blue was by using a semi-precious stone, lapis lazuli, to produce a pigment known as ultramarine [...] To have one's portrait commissioned and painted with ultramarine blue was considered a great luxury. If a patron wanted blue, they were obliged to pay extra.
    "Blue and purple came to be associated with royalty because of their rarity."

ROMANI VARDO WAGONS
  TYPE : article
  DATE : 12019-01-08
  LINK : https://www.thevintagenews.com/2018/06/22/romani-vardo-wagons/
  TAGS : nomad, history, romani, culture, minority
  QOTE : "Inside the vardo wagons, there was enough room for sleeping. Besides beds, they contained all the necessary appliances and assets to run a household. Perhaps it was all in miniature but there was everything: a stove, some cupboards, a table, chairs, and a place to store clothes and other belongings."
  TERM
    > Vardo: Traditional horse-drawn wagon used by British Romani people as their home.

福建土楼
  TYPE : article
  DATE : 12019-01-08
  LINK : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fujian_Tulou
  TAGS : diaspora, hakka, culture, minority, architecture
  TERM
    > 福建土楼: Walled villages, popular in Fujian, and constructed by Hakka people during the Punti-Hakka Clan Wars.

AMAZIGH/BERBER WOMEN TATTOO
  TYPE : article
  DATE : 12019-01-08
  LINK : https://lineblurring.wordpress.com/2015/03/20/amazigh-face-tattoos-a-north-african-beautiful-dying-tradition/
  TAGS : tattoo, visual, aesthetics, culture, minority, nomad
  NOTE : Berber women tatoo & their meanings.

CALIBRE
  TYPE : tool
  DATE : 12019-01-08
  LINK : https://calibre-ebook.com/
  TAGS : book, kindle, e-book
  NOTE : Converts between e-book formats; manages books in Kindle.

DIY CAT TOWER
  DATE : 12019-01-09
  LINK : https://imgur.com/a/djPhBRu
  TYPE : article
  TAGS : hardware, diy, cat, pet
  NOTE : Cat tower made from scrap wood, cardboard, and papier-mache.

CONSIDERATIONS WHEN PORTING TO VR
  DATE : 12019-01-09
  LINK : https://www.reddit.com/r/Vive/comments/ae5bu3/due_to_recent_increase_of_postscomments_saying/
  TYPE : forum
  TAGS : virtual reality, design, porting
  NOTE
    3D effects in VR is different
    Optimization, from 60fps to 90fps & 2x resolution
    HUD change
    Locomotion change
    Interaction change, from mouse & keyboard / controller, to tracked controller.
    Motion sickness prevention

SURFING
  DATE : 12019-01-21
  PERS : Nao Tokui
  TYPE : quote
  TAGS : music, philosophy, control, art, ai
  QOTE : "People tend to think that it's total control or no control. But the interesting place is in the middle of that. I call it 'surfing.' When you surf, there is a powerful complicated system, but you're riding on it, you're going somewhere on it, and you can make some choices about it." - Brian Eno

NAO TOKUI
  LINK : http://naotokui.net/
  TYPE : list
  DATE : 12019-01-21
  TAGS : individual, art, music, ai, japan, researcher
  NOTE : Creative technologist specializing in Computational Creativity and AI.

GARTNER HYPE CYCLE
  LINK : https://www.gartner.com/en/research/methodologies/gartner-hype-cycle
  DATE : 12019-01-21
  TYPE : article
  TAGS : technology, business, psychology
  QOTE
    Innovation Trigger: A potential technology breakthrough kicks things off. Early proof-of-concept stories and media interest trigger significant publicity. Often no usable products exist and commercial viability is unproven.
    Peak of Inflated Expectations: Early publicity produces a number of success stories — often accompanied by scores of failures. Some companies take action; many do not.
    Trough of Disillusionment: Interest wanes as experiments and implementations fail to deliver. Producers of the technology shake out or fail. Investments continue only if the surviving providers improve their products to the satisfaction of early adopters.
    Slope of Enlightenment: More instances of how the technology can benefit the enterprise start to crystallize and become more widely understood. Second- and third-generation products appear from technology providers. More enterprises fund pilots; conservative companies remain cautious.
    Plateau of Productivity: Mainstream adoption starts to take off. Criteria for assessing provider viability are more clearly defined. The technology's broad market applicability and relevance are clearly paying off.

INDICATING ROOMSCALE VR BOUNDARY
  LINK : https://www.reddit.com/r/Vive/comments/aia9sl/when_people_you_show_your_vr_to_dont_understand/
  DATE : 12019-01-22
  TYPE : forum
  TAGS : virtual reality, design, interior design
  QOTE
    Have a carpet in the middle of the room that gives them intuitive feedback about where they are in the real world. The ideal carpet would be small enough so that you cant reach the walls while standing on it, but large enough to give you space to walk around. Have them play without shoes so that they feel the carpet better.

GUIDE TO READING CYRILLIC ALPHABET
  LINK : https://i.redd.it/44h3dzqy63c21.jpg
  DATE : 12019-01-23
  TYPE : image
  FILE : 12019-01-23_cyrillic.jpg
  TAGS : language, russian, alphabet
  NOTE : Quick comic guide with lots of heuristic memorization tricks.

CycleGAN
  LINK : https://junyanz.github.io/CycleGAN/
  DATE : 12019-01-29
  TYPE : article
  TAGS : ai, machine learning, neural network, art, visual
  NOTE : Image style translation that's aware of the context. Can do things like changing summer to winter, zebra to horse, apples to oranges.

THE RED STRINGS CLUB
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKwKVukDsXQ
  DATE : 12019-02-11
  TYPE : game
  TAGS : roleplaying, ai, philosophy, cyberpunk, game design
  NOTE : A roleplaying game that asks good questions about technology and freewill. Gameplay as metaphor.

CHOOSE A LICENSE
  LINK : https://choosealicense.com/
  DATE : 12019-02-12
  TYPE : tool
  TAGS : open source, legal, license, business
  NOTE : Tool and explanation for how to choose an open source license, what features each of them provide.

FERMENTED LONELINESS
  QOTE : I bottled up my loneliness, and it fermented. Now I have champagne, but no one to drink it with.
  TAGS : inspiration, writing, surreal, loneliness
  TYPE : quote
  LINK : https://www.reddit.com/r/fifthworldproblems/comments/aqd7ja/i_bottled_up_my_loneliness_and_it_fermented_now_i/
  DATE : 12019-02-14

I'M GOOGLE
  LINK : http://dinakelberman.tumblr.com/
  DATE : 12019-02-15
  TYPE : list
  TAGS : art, internet, surreal
  NOTE : Manually arranged Google image search stream of consciousness.

A COMPLETE GUIDE TO LASER SHOWS
  LINK : http://www.laserist.org/guide-to-laser-shows.htm
  DATE : 12019-03-01
  TYPE : article
  TAGS : laser, projector, lightning tech

Lake Peigneur Salt Mine drilling accident
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cXnxGIDhOA
  TYPE : video
  DATE : 12019-03-08
  NOTE : A drill connected a shallow lake to the salt mine underneath. Water melts salt. Water fills mine. Water forms vortex. Vortex drains lake. Vortex pulls land. Land breaks. Lake water is gone. Canal to the Gulf of Mexico flows backward, and fills the lake. Fortunately, nobody was hurt.
  TAGS : disaster, history, geology, failure

BILINGUAL PERSONALITIES
  LINK : https://www.reddit.com/r/languagelearning/comments/azokug/anyone_else/
  TYPE : forum
  DATE : 12019-03-12
  NOTE : A reddit post where people talk about having different "personalities" when speaking different languages.
  QOTE : "bilingual culture is realising you have different voices in different languages"
  TAGS : language, psychology, culture

MARIMO
  LINK : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marimo
  TYPE : article
  DATE : 12019-03-14
  NOTE : Japanese moss ball that grows naturally in water.
  TAGS : plant, decoration, interior design, moss, japan

Language Learning with Netflix
  LINK : https://languagelearningwithnetflix.com/instructions.html
  TYPE : tool
  DATE : 12019-04-08
  TAGS : langauge, learning, netflix, tv
  NOTE : Browser plugin that enhances subtitles for netflix. The link contains study tips for this learning method.

Sylbo Whistling Language
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0CIRCjoICA
  TYPE : video
  DATE : 12019-04-15
  TAGS : language, whistling language, spanish, culture
  NOTE : Whistling language in La Gomera island, in the Spanish canary islands. It's a coded form of Spanish.

Mazatec Whistle Talk
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hvw9sN2fN8A
  TYPE : video
  DATE : 12019-04-15
  TAGS : language, whistling language, mexico, culture
  NOTE : Whistling language in Oaxaca, Mexico. It is a spoken language that can also be whistled. The whistling form is mostly only spoken by younger men these days.

Thokcha
  LINK : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thokcha
  DATE : 12019-04-22
  TYPE : article
  QOTE : "Meteoric iron or 'sky-iron' (Tib. gnam lcags) is the supreme substance for forging the physical representation of the vajra or other iron weapons, since it has already been tempered by the celestial gods in its passage across the heavens. The indivisibility of form and emptiness is a perfect metaphor for the image of a meteorite or 'stone fallen from the sky', manifesting out of the voidness of space as a shooting star or fireball, and depositing a chunk of fused 'sky iron' on the earth below. Many vajras held by deities as weapons are described as being forged from meteorite iron, and Tibet, with its high altitude, thin atmosphere and desolate landscape, received an abundance of meteorite fragments. Tibetan vajras were often cast from meteorite iron, and as an act of sympathetic magic a piece of the meteoric iron was often returned to its original site."
  TAGS : tibet, culture, metallurgy
  TERM
    > Thokcha: (ཐོག་ལྕགས) Tibetan meteorites / tektites, & the sacred amulets made from them. One of the few ways we could have hard "steel" before 19th century.

FIGHT OF THE CENTURY
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lE8JAY0rp4
  DATE : 12019-04-22
  TYPE : video
  NOTE : Ali vs Frazier. Good primer on boxing.
  TAGS : boxing

Steganography
  LINK : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steganography
  TERM
    > Steganography: concealing piece of information within another file, message, image, or video. 隐写术
  DATE : 12019-04-22
  TYPE : article
  TAGS : information, cryptography

女书
  LINK : https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A5%B3%E4%B9%A6
  TYPE : article
  DATE : 12019-04-22
  TAGS : language, culture, cryptography
  TERM
    > 女书: a syllabic script derived from Chinese characters that was used exclusively among women in Jiangyong County in Hunan province of China.

PIXELSYNTH
  LINK : https://ojack.github.io/PIXELSYNTH/
  TYPE : interactive
  DATE : 12019-04-22
  TAGS : music, generative
  NOTE : Synthesizer that uses images and drawings as a basis for creating sounds. Lets you choose which scales to map to music.

STOP AVOIDING WORK
  LINK : https://stopavoiding.work
  TYPE : interactive
  DATE : 12019-04-22
  TAGS : motivation, psychology, productivity
  NOTE : Guided motivational exercise to get excited about doing that thing you've been putting off.

VVVR
  LINK : https://plusfour.io/
  TYPE : interactive
  DATE : 12019-04-23
  PERS : Ray McClure
  NOTE : Sing objects into existance. Paired audio-visual meditation in VR.
  TAGS : audio, virtual reality, inspiration

AWRA AMBA
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feYv2wZFbb0
  TYPE : video
  DATE : 12019-05-06
  NOTE : A cultish commune in Ethiopia that celebrates egalitarianism, and rose the residents out of poverty. Awra Amba celebrates equal right between genders, hard work, and being good with people regardless of religion. Awra Amba does not have any religion, and is thus ostracized by its Christian & Islamic neighbors. It is founded by Zumra Nuru in 1980.
  TAGS : cult, africa, religion, atheism, ethiopia

MOCKERY
  TYPE : quote
  QOTE : "If they want to give you a name, take it, make it your own. Then they can’t hurt you with it anymore." - Tyrion Lannister
  DATE : 12019-05-06
  TAGS : mockery, sociology, name, identity, philosophy

“Users want control” is a shoulder shrug
  TYPE : article
  DATE : 12019-05-13
  LINK : https://www.ianbicking.org/blog/2019/04/users-want-control-is-a-shrug.html
  TAGS : ux, privacy, technology
  QOTE : "Control is what you need when you want something and it won’t happen on its own. But (usually) it’s not control you want, it’s just a means."

DATAISNATURE
  LINK : https://www.dataisnature.com/
  TAGS : inspiration, nature, generative, visualization
  DATE : 12019-05-13
  TYPE : list
  NOTE : Website that collects artistic works that base on scientific algorithms from the nature.

0.99+
  DATE : 12019-05-19
  TYPE : quote
  QOTE : "不要卖0.99美元的游戏，这样没法打折。" - Paul from OF COURSE, 转述Vlambeer的心得
  TAGS : game design, game industry, app store, business

Ear Training Game
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWA6HwScQh8
  DATE : 12019-06-04
  TYPE : video
  TAGS : music, ear training, learning, game
  NOTE : For remembering intervals, calculating letter notations, and picking notes out of a chord. By Adam Neely & Ben Levin.

Thesaurus of scales and melodic patterns
  LINK : https://www.scottlernermusic.com/ftp/Nicolas%2520Slonimsky%2520-%2520Thesaurus%2520Of%2520Scales%2520And%2520Melodic%2520Patterns.pdf
  DATE : 12019-06-04
  TYPE : book
  TAGS : music, music theory, guitar
  NOTE : Huge collection of musical patterns and weird scales. Bebop musicians use this book to populate their bag. Unsure how to benefit from it however... it seems that overanalyzing it was deemed a bad idea by other musicians.

EXCITED ACCOUNTABILITY
  TYPE : video
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwqVtZn5df8
  TAGS : philosophy, productivity, learning, psychology
  DATE : 12019-06-04
  TERM
    > Excited Accountability: A situation where the opportunity excites you, and there is also a good amount of pressure - something like, "It's not total hell if this fails, but I want to impress, and it'll be lame if that doesn't happen." In this situation, you would get a speed boost for learning things. So if you want to force yourself to learn something... create these kind of situations that inspire excited accountability.
  NOTE : The pressure in this situation cannot be fear-based. Getting propelled forward by fear of death would lead to less quality. The pressure should be to impress, to think, "This needs to be good." Then you would be propelled to make it better, instead of make the job shorter.

DOT NET PERL
  TYPE : tool
  DATE : 12019-06-19
  NOTE : Quick reference website for C# features. Also has other languages (Python, Go, Swift, Ruby, Java...). Ugly website but very fast and with useful notes.
  TAGS : c sharp, code, python, swift, java
  LINK : https://www.dotnetperls.com/

Generating fake jokes
  TYPE : article
  DATE : 12019-06-20
  TAGS : generative, gpt2, neural network, machine learning
  LINK : https://pmbaumgartner.github.io/blog/gpt2-jokes/
  NOTE : Using OpenAI's gpt-2. There's a fork of the repo that allows "fine-tuning" - aka training it on our custom data.

Generating Fake Conversations
  TYPE : article
  DATE : 12019-06-20
  TAGS : generative, gpt2, neural network, machine learning
  LINK : https://svilentodorov.xyz/blog/gpt-finetune
  NOTE : GPT-2 fune-tuning. This article uses Google Collab.

Generating Fake subreddits
  TYPE : forum
  DATE : 12019-06-20
  TAGS : generative, gpt2, neural network, machine learning, internet
  LINK : https://www.reddit.com/r/SubSimulatorGPT2/comments/btfhks/what_is_rsubsimulatorgpt2/
  NOTE : An entire subreddit that emulates other subreddits' contents using GPT-2.

Macerating Toilet
  NOTE : At No.181, the toilet has a macerator installed - 力成牌污水提升器. It needs a button pressed to macerate and flush, and ideally needs its content cleared by macerating often - otherwise will lead to bug and sewer gas problem.
  LINK : https://www.emergencyplumber.uk.com/plumbing/macerator-problem-and-cures/
  DATE : 12019-06-21
  TYPE : article
  TAGS : plumbing
  TERM
    > Maceration (sewage treatment): Using a machine to turn human waste into slurry, and pump them away. Useful when water pressure is low, pipe is too thin, or the toilet is installed below the drain line, like in a basement.

JUST ONE COOKBOOK
  DATE : 12019-06-22
  TYPE : list
  LINK : https://www.justonecookbook.com/recipes/
  TAGS : cooking, japan, japanese food, recipes
  NOTE : Great collection of japanese food recipes.

ONSEN EGG
  LINK : https://www.justonecookbook.com/onsen-tamago/
  DATE : 12019-06-22
  TYPE : article
  TAGS : cooking, japan, japanese food, recipes, egg
  NOTE
    > Boil 1000ml water in a pot, take it off the heat source, mix 200ml cold water, then keep 4 eggs in it for 17 minutes. 
    > Onsen egg can stay in the fridge for 1~2 days.

Ukulele Major 2-5-1 progression
  DATE : 12019-06-22
  TAGS : ukulele, chord, chord voicing, jazz
  TYPE : music
  NOTE
    iim7 V7 IM7 (I6)
    in D major, this would be:
    Em7 A7 DM7 (D6)
    A flexible way of playing, that can be moved up and down the neck for other keys:
    4 4 3 5 (Em7)
    2 4 3 4 (A7)
    2 2 2 4 (DM7)
    4 2 2 4 (DM13) / 2 2 2 2 (D6).
    Alternative option just for ii-V-I in D:
    0 2 0 2
    0 4 5 4
    2 2 2 4
    2 2 2 2 (D6)

MATH ROCK HARMONY
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8q65t4baxk
  TYPE : video
  TAGS : music, guitar, rock, math rock, music theory, chord
  DATE : 12019-07-01
  NOTE
    > Common chord qualities, progressions, and intervals in math rock.
    > SCALE: Major scale and natural minor scale.
    > MELODY: angular melodies with lots of leaps. Try major 9, 11...
    > COMMON CHORDS: Ma7, Ma9, Ma6, 6/9, Add9
    > COMMON CHORDS: Mi7, Mi9, Mi11, Add9, Sus
    > AVOID CHORDS: Anything too crunchy. Dominant Chords, #11, m7b5, dim7
    > CHORD PROGRESSIONS: Often uses IV, ii, vi, I chord of the key - because they offer the math-rock-y extensions.
    > CHORD PROGRESSIONS: Build the progressions off the 4th scale degree - it's stable, but more dramatic than the tonic.

POLYRHYTHMIC PHRASES
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEPu8rEYQJY
  DATE : 12019-07-01
  TYPE : video
  TAGS : polyrhythm, music, drum, juggling
  NOTE
    > 2:3 polyrhythm: Nice cup of tea
    > 4:3 polyrhythm: Pass the bread and butter
    > 5:4 polyrhythm: I'm looking for a home to buy

TEORIA
  LINK : https://www.teoria.com/
  TYPE : tool
  DATE : 12019-07-01
  TAGS : music theory, music, ear training
  NOTE : Collection of music theory tutorials & references, and ear training exercises.

OOLIMO GUITAR CHORD ANALYZER
  LINK : https://www.oolimo.com/guitarchords/analyze
  TYPE : tool
  DATE : 12019-07-29
  TAGS : music theory, music, guitar, chord

BIRTH OF THE UNABOMBER
  LINK : https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/1rjj2f/what_is_the_greatest_reallife_plot_twist_in_all/cdnzqld/
  TYPE : forum
  DATE : 12019-07-03
  TAGS : history, psychology, cautionary tale
  NOTE : The unabomber was once a brilliant mathematics student at Harvard, until the psychologist professor experimented on him.

Louis Armstrong - When You Wish Upon A Star
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uReGn1l4ir8
  TYPE : music
  DATE : 12019-07-05
  TAGS : jazz, vocal, trumpet, disney, theme song
  NOTE : The original song is from Pinnochio, and used as Disney's title card theme. It's also a jazz standard and can be found in iReal Pro.

LE PETIT CHEF
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBJEP4lsRFY
  TYPE : video
  DATE : 12019-07-08
  TAGS : projection mapping, inspiration

CURRICULUM DESIGN: PRODUCING THE MATERIAL
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mljZhTaq-mo
  TYPE : video
  DATE : 12019-07-09
  TAGS : curriculum design, learning
  NOTE
    > Be explicit about the transformation.
    > Consistent format. The students could know what to expect from each chunk of learning.
    > Contextualize each step. Show how the current activity contributes to the transformation that is promised.

ORG MODE
  LINK : https://orgmode.org/
  TYPE : tool
  DATE : 12019-07-12
  TAGS : productivity, calendar, plain text, emacs
  PERS : Josh Moller-Mara
  NOTE : Plain text system for making lists, tracking times, and filtering data. Josh said it has android viewer, and can sync through Dropbox.

Death From Above 1979 - Little Girl
  TYPE : music
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2jdne6GVHQ
  DATE : 12019-07-13
  TAGS : rock, punk rock, bass
  NOTE : B A S S

GIANT STEPS
  TYPE : music
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rh6WTAHKYTc
  DATE : 12019-07-16
  TAGS : jazz, animation, visualization, synesthesia
  NOTE : 3D animation for Giant Steps. Heavy synesthesia.

URSULA K. LE GUIN
  TYPE : list
  LINK : https://www.ursulakleguin.com/
  DATE : 12019-07-16
  TAGS : worldbuilding, individual, map, writer
  NOTE : Author of the Earthsea series, fantasy books set in an island world.

THE BLEAK ETERNITY OF GEHENNA
  TYPE : article
  LINK : https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Gehenna
  DATE : 12019-07-16
  TAGS : worldbuilding, DnD
  NOTE : One of the outer planes in DnD Great Wheel Cosmology.
  QOTE : "The four layers of Gehenna were infinite planes with gravity at a forty-five degree angle to the ground, making travelers feel as if they were on the side of a mountain with no base or peak. Anyone losing their footing could tumble for miles/kilometers before finding enough purchase on the slope to halt their fall."

DIFFERENT WAYS TO VISUALIZE FRETBOARD
  TYPE : video
  DATE : 12019-08-02
  TAGS : guitar, learning, music
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mz7wmxqnBxk
  NOTE : Mini patterns: 3NPS but only on two strings. Also practice the scales with limitations: limit how many fingers, limit how many and which strings.

BUTTER BASTED STEAK
  TYPE : video
  DATE : 12019-08-07
  TAGS : recipes, cooking, steak
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbpIYAnt-7k
  NOTE
    > Use a thick cut so that the outside has time to brown and form crust before the inside is dried out.
    > Pat the steak surface dry.
    > Season both sides evenly.
    > Make sure there's a good layer of fat underneath the steak, so it browns evenly.
    > Keep basting with those browned nutty butter. If butter got too burned, add more butter.
    > Inner temperature should be just around 50C.
    > Take it out of the pan and let rest for 5 minutes.
    > More butter!

Common Japanese Chord Progressions (Part 1)
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKV58VVGV9k
  TYPE : video
  TAGS : rock, math rock, japanese music, japan, chord, music, music theory
  DATE : 12019-08-09
  NOTE
    > Interesting that japanese styles of progression is also found in CHON's music, and other math rock bands in the state. The influence could have came from video game and anime.
    > IV (V7) iii vi progression. The turnaround could be vi V IV, or vi V I IV (2-5-1)
    > IV V vi progression
    > {VI} chords. This is borrowed from A Major. This works because you can think of C Major as A minor. Use VIsus to add ambiguity and allow us to resolve to either VI or vi.
    > {bVII} chords. This can be seen as borrowed from the parallel minor, or as neapolitan chord of vi.

Common Japanese Chord Progressions (Part 2)
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ne_9UnKcSb4
  TYPE : video
  TAGS : rock, math rock, japanese music, japan, chord, music, music theory
  DATE : 12019-08-11
  NOTE
    > IV iii progression. Simplified from IV iii vi. A floating feeling.
    > We can tell the key of a song without the tonic chord ever being used in the progression, by watching out for half-steps chord changes. If it's between a minor and major chord, it's iii and IV. If diminished and major, it's viidim and I.
    > maj#11 chord, or the lydian chord, is also a strong indicator of tonality. With IV as the root it's 3467 of the major scale it belongs to. the 4 and 7 wants to resolve to 3 and 1 (iii).
    > {viiº/vi} or {bviº}: the viiº chord borrowed from a harmonic minor scale from vi. Think of it as another way to approach vi. Can also try {bVI}
    > {bII/IV} or {#IV}: The neapolitan chord of IV - it's the 2nd chord of a phrygian (34567123) scale from IV. Think of it as another way to approach IV.

7 STEPS OF MACHINE LEARNING
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKW8Ndu7Mjw
  TYPE : lecture
  TAGS : machine learning, ai
  DATE : 12019-08-16
  NOTE
    > Gathering data
    > Preparing that data
    > Choosing a model
    > Training
    > Evaluation
    > Hyperparameter tuning
    > Prediction

DEBONE CHICKEN
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRHWMPgjJro
  TYPE : video
  TAGS : cooking, chicken, debone, knife
  DATE : 12019-09-08
  NOTE : Chinese style chicken deboning with a cleaver knife. For the thigh, try freeing the joint and then pulling the meat off.

Why Do All Smartphones Look The Same?
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3YO1mja_H8
  TYPE : video
  TAGS : smartphone, apple, technology, design, product design
  DATE : 12019-09-26
  NOTE
    > Synopsis: While technology always improves, human change at a much slower pace. We will always want a phone we can comfortably hold and keep in our pockets. And because our phone focuses on having a big screen, the softwares can change without changing the hardware design.
    > I think it's also unlikely the future smartphones will have much difference. We can get rid of the notch, get rid of the port, maybe make the phone transparent and display content on both sides. Then we end up with a smart glass rectangle. But there's not much we can add as long as the interaction stays the same, with human interacting with a glass rectangular tablet.

STEVE JOBS PRESENTATION FOR 1ST IPHONE
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vN4U5FqrOdQ
  TYPE : video
  TAGS : speaking, presentation, ux, design, product design, apple
  DATE : 12019-09-26
  NOTE : Lots to learn about creating tension, anticipation; also lots to learn about the design thinking behind iPhone, and what makes it different from other devices at the time.

James Alliban & Keiichi Matsuda: Cell
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A28Ih64927Q
  TYPE : video
  TAGS : interactive art, installation, art, information, cyberspace, kinect, identity, inspiration
  DATE : 12019-10-16
  NOTE : Interactive installation. Keyword tags from online profiles float down and form your body. The longer you stay, the more tags you accumulate, to the point where the only representation of you is your tags.

http://www.flong.com/projects/telesymphony/

http://cuppetellimendoza.com/nervous-structure-3/

http://www.mee.tcd.ie/~bruckerj/projects/phoneticfaces.html

JACK CHURCHILL
  LINK : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Churchill
  TYPE : article
  TAGS : individual, eccentric, war, WW2, soldier
  DATE : 12019-10-01
  NOTE : British Army Officer who fought throughout the Second World War armed with a longbow, bagpipes, and a basket-hilted Scottish broadsword.
  QOTE
    > "Any officer who goes into action without his sword is improperly dressed."
    > "If it wasn't for those damn Yanks, we could have kept the war going another 10 years!"

https://designingprograms.bitbucket.io/pages/00_preface.html

Victor Ivanov
  LINK : https://v-os.ca/
  TYPE : list
  DATE : 12019-10-02
  TAGS : individual, wiki, merveilles, writer, designer, game designer, artist, developer
  NOTE : Renaissance man, world-building website. 

TRUMP TWEETS LINGUISTIC ANALYSIS
  LINK : https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/two-linguists-use-their-skills-to-inspect-21-739-trump-tweets/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=sciences&utm_content=link&utm_term=2019-09-27_featured-this-week&spMailingID=60535152&spUserID=NTM5NzI1MDIyMAS2&spJobID=1723612076&spReportId=MTcyMzYxMjA3NgS2
  TYPE : article
  DATE : 12019-10-02
  TAGS : politics, trump, linguistics, language, research
  QOTE
    > "Our main takeaway was that Trump’s Twitter account wasn’t just a bunch of random attacks, as is sometimes claimed by the media. Rather we found a lot of stylistic variation—and crucially, we found this variation was, on the whole, fairly systematic over time: the style of tweets changed in clear ways, depending on what was happening in the campaign."
    > "In general, all the major stylistic inflection points we identified correspond to major events in the Trump time line."

CAPTURED ATMOSPHERES
  LINK : http://derivative.ca/events/2017/Naivelaser/
  TYPE : article
  DATE : 12019-10-02
  TAGS : laser, art
  NOTE : Beautiful laser projection, by projecting it onto plexiglass tube that has fog coming out of it.

SKY LIGHTS
  LINK : https://virtulabs.com/portfolio/sky-lights/
  PERS : Sorob Louie
  DATE : 12019-10-02
  TAGS : laser, art
  TYPE : article
  NOTE : Laser show by Virtulab & Naive Laser. Projection onto two gauze screens hanging down from the ceiling. Responsive to guests in the space (though unclear how?)

Why Beautiful Things Make us Happy
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-O5kNPlUV7w
  DATE : 12019-10-03
  TAGS : psychology, anthropology, design
  TYPE : video
  NOTE : Our sense of beauty evolves from observing useful patterns in nature.
  QOTE : "Beauty meets an inherent need for meaningful information."

https://www.dezeen.com/2019/10/07/nendo-3d-printed-bonsai-tree/

https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/29/18287129/kiel-mutschelknaus-space-type-generator-animation-design-motion-graphics-coding

Raymarching Toolkit for Unity
  LINK : https://kev.town/raymarching-toolkit/
  SRCE : OooShiny
  DATE : 12019-10-10
  TAGS : unity3d, raymarching, VJ, SDF
  TYPE : tool

SDFr
  LINK : https://github.com/xraxra/SDFr
  TYPE : tool
  DATE : 12019-10-10
  SRCE : Merveilles
  PERS : xra
  TAGS : unity3d, VJ, SDF, raymarching

MEMORY OF A BROKEN DIMENSION
  LINK : https://xra.itch.io/memory-of-a-broken-dimension
  TYPE : game
  DATE : 12019-10-10
  SRCE : Merveilles
  PERS : xra
  TAGS : SDF, raymarching, abstract, visual

Unity Visual Effect Graph
  LINK : https://github.com/Unity-Technologies/ScriptableRenderPipeline/wiki/Visual-Effect-Graph
  TYPE : tool
  DATE : 12019-10-10
  TAGS : unity3d, VJ
  NOTE : Part of the Scriptable Render Pipeline.

Foundations of Geopolitics
  LINK : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundations_of_Geopolitics
  TAGS : politics, russia, war, eurasianism, imperialism
  TYPE : book
  DATE : 12019-10-15
  NOTE : Putin's playbook. Far-right book that's popular among russian military, detailing how Russia would gain control over Europe and Asia.

Ian J Battaglia
  LINK : https://mnchrm.co/
  TYPE : list
  DATE : 12019-10-15
  TAGS : individual, merveilles, minimalism, writing
  SRCE : Merveilles
  NOTE : A polymath and monochromist.

DEFCON
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6neDk_4XBs
  TYPE : game
  DATE : 12019-10-15
  TAGS : politics, inspiration, sociology, nuclear, game theory, minimalism, war
  NOTE : A nuclear war simulator. Research shows playing this game changes people's views on nuclear war, to become more pessimistic.

TRUTH DECAY
  LINK : https://www.rand.org/research/projects/truth-decay.html
  DATE : 12019-10-15
  TYPE : article
  TAGS : politics, information, sociology, research
  TERM
    > Truth Decay: The diminishing role of facts and data in American public life.
  QOTE
    There are four trends that characterize Truth Decay:
    1. increasing disagreement about facts and analytical interpretations of facts and data
    2. a blurring of the line between opinion and fact
    3. the increasing relative volume and resulting influence of opinion and personal experience over fact
    4. declining trust in formerly respected sources of facts.

The Pillows - Beautiful morning with you
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wj5hmkhUntM
  TYPE : music
  DATE : 12019-10-17
  TAGS : anime, music, japan, japanese music, rock
  NOTE : FLCL

Deep Sea Banquet
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFtcK1cK1ro
  TYPE : video
  DATE : 12019-10-19
  TAGS : deep sea, sea, animal, octopus, horror, evnautilus
  NOTE : Octopuses, fish, and worms feeding on a whale carcass on the seafloor.

SLOMO FRAME HACK
  LINK : https://www.instructables.com/id/IKEA-Frame-Hack-SLOMO-Slow-Motion-Frame/
  DATE : 12019-10-20
  TYPE : article
  TAGS : DIY, hardware
  NOTE : strobe light + vibration motor that makes light object look as if they are dancing in slow motion.

CAT MESMERIZED BY FLOATING WATER DROP
  LINK : https://funnyjunk.com/Cat+vs+antigravity+water+drops/fYTTMsL/
  DATE : 12019-10-20
  TYPE : video
  TAGS : funny, inspiration, hardware, cat, levitation
  NOTE : High speed shutter to make the water look like floating. Idea for drinking fountain?

LEVIZEN
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBb1RDf9PfM
  DATE : 12019-10-20
  TAGS : DIY, hardware, levitation
  TYPE : video
  NOTE : Levitate water with ultrasonic soundwave. Can levitate other small objects too, like ants. Robin's working on duplicating it.

CELESTE LEVEL DESIGN
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RlpMhBKNr0
  DATE : 12019-10-21
  TYPE : lecture
  TAGS : game design, level design, indie game

https://ncase.me/anxiety/

NieR:Automata postmortem
  TAGS : game design, postmortem
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKbH9i5axxU

Zettelkästen
  LINK : https://clerestory.netlify.com/zk/
  DATE : 12019-10-26
  TYPE : article
  TAGS : epistemology, information, knowledge organization, psychology
  NOTE : Not very well-known knowledge system. Each knowledge is one single atomic idea, and complex ideas form by connecting them together - just like our brain.

America's Southern Chinese
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NMrqGHr5zE
  DATE : 12019-10-28
  TYPE : video
  TAGS : culture, america, history, accent, language, dialect, racism
  NOTE : Chinese settlers along the Mississippi delta. Since they were neither races, their grocery stores served both Black and White.

Paul Prudhomme's Jambalaya & Gumbo
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5XXU47q9js
  TAGS : food, recipes, cajun, america
  TYPE : video
  DATE : 12019-10-29
  NOTE : He emphasized on seasoning every step of the way to increase depth, and also making the roux with oil from browning the chicken.
  QOTE : "Ain't that pretty? God, I can taste it."

Isaac Toup's Chicken and Sausage Gumbo
  TAGS : food, recipes, cajun, america
  TYPE : video
  DATE : 12019-11-25
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76JXtB7JFQY
  NOTE : Add slightly sauted Okra for a thicker soup.
  QOTE
    > "It's absolutely imperative that you have a cooking beer... Cooking's all about enjoying yourself, and I take that to heart."
    > "If you can't find these ingredients, you need to move."
    > "Don’t be a weenie, put the goddamn garlic in."
    > "Thirty cracks of your black pepper. Yes that's a lot, no I don't care."

OUTERRA
  LINK : http://www.outerra.com/
  TYPE : tool
  TAGS : worldbuilding, game engine, space, planet

EIGHTH NOTE
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JE1V7ZKXcNY
  TYPE : video
  NOTE : Platformer with voice controlled jump. Very annoying.
  TAGS : game, game design, voice
  DATE : 12020-11-19

POUR COURTESY
  DATE : 12019-12-09
  TAGS : DIY, hardware, humor, science fiction
  LINK : https://neurogadget.net/2015/01/16/mind-controlled-drinking-game-hitchhikers-guide-galaxy-becomes-reality/10683
  TYPE : article
  NOTE : Mind-controlled drinking game, just like Janx Spirit in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

THE NUCLEAR WASTE PROBLEM
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uU3kLBo_ruo
  TAGS : longtermism, future
  TYPE : video

Stylophone Business Card
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHVrY_xLM3c

GDC 2018 INDIE SOAPBOX
  DATE : 12019-12-09
  LINK : https://www.gdcvault.com/play/1024968/Indie
  TAGS : game design, indie game, divination
  TYPE : lecture
  NOTE : Interesting talk at 12:00 about seeing divination systems as games, and using them in your game.

XELNATH
  LINK : https://xelnath.com/
  DATE : 12019-11-5
  TYPE : list
  TAGS : individual, game design
  NOTE : Game designer who worked at Blizzard, Riot, and Moon Studios (Ori).

KINECT HUMAN INTERFACE GUIDELINES
  LINK : http://download.microsoft.com/download/6/7/6/676611b4-1982-47a4-a42e-4cf84e1095a8/kinecthig.2.0.pdf
  TYPE : book
  DATE : 12019-10-24
  TAGS : kinect, interaction design, HCI, gesture control

MLM and Mormonism
  DATE : 12019-11-20
  TYPE : video
  LINK : https://kutv.com/news/local/follow-the-profit-how-mormon-culture-made-utah-a-hotbed-for-multi-level-marketers
  TAGS : business, MLM, religion, mormonism, cult, america
  NOTE : There's a huge amount of MLMs based in Utah: DoTerra, Young Living, Nu Skin... The Mormons' missionary trips make them experienced in recruiting, and the high amount of stay-at-home moms give MLM companies a lot of preys to pick.

swim_in_shit.exe
  TYPE : video
  DATE : 12020-11-19
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aY1r3HMZfBA
  NOTE : Fake Terminal window made in Processing, connected with Ableton Live via MidiBus. The ASCII texts often directly represent value changes from Ableton, forming structures that imply the music beneath.
  TAGS : generative, music, processing, visualization, synesthesia

THE DEEP SEA
  DATE : 12019-12-09
  TYPE : interactive
  LINK : https://neal.fun/deep-sea/
  TAGS : deep sea, sea, fish, geography, thalassophobia, animal
  NOTE : Scroll to the bottom of the sea.

VR INTERFACE SOMETHING SOMETHING
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id86HeV-Vb8

Alexander Reben
  TYPE : list
  TAGS : individual
  LINK : https://areben.com/

Painted Mountain music visualization
  DATE : 12020-11-19
  TYPE : video
  TAGS : music, visualization, ink
  NOTE : Procedural music visualization in the style of East Asian paintings (水墨画 or Sumi-e) and the works of Julie Keaten-Reed.
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IwCzvN-ulU

Pro Chef & Home Cook Swap Ingredients
  DATE : 12019-12-30
  TYPE : video
  TAGS : recipes, cooking, steak
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGAj8IhnR3c

THE POTTER AND THE CLAY
  DATE : 12020-01-18
  TYPE : quote
  TAGS : life, wisdom, growth
  SRCE : Merveilles
  PERS : horsman
  QOTE
    > love your PROCESS, not your STATE
    > like YOU is the person operating the scalpel, too! we are the potters and the clay, ya dig
    > if you are thinking about a you youd like to be, than you are already more than the you you have been

DOSOJIN MATSURI SONG
  DATE : 12020-01-19
  TYPE : music
  TAGS : japan, folk, tradition, festival, fire festival
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyB8sxAE4q4
  QOTE
    > 目出度く建てた　命あるなら来年も
    > また来年も　命あるなら来年も
    > 唄えばつける　サアてば友達良いもんだ
    > おいとまとれば　笠の露やら涙やら
    > 穂に穂が咲いた　升はいらない箕で計れ
    > 夜明けにひとつ　咲いてくれろや梅の花
    > どんとと鳴るとこどこだ　あれはお伊勢の大神楽
    > 大神楽にほれて　行かじゃなるまいお伊勢まで
    > 添わせておくれ　縁を結ぶの神ならば
    > 良い娘に良い衣装着せて　袖の下から乳握る
    > 乳ょ握らせて　乳は内緒の締め樽だ
    > 締め樽締めて　嫁にやります来年は
    > 若い衆頼む　露は寝笹の葉を頼む
    > お月のように　殿さ心はまんまると

手羽先明太
  DATE : 12020-01-19
  TYPE : video
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhAod4IYdxA
  TAGS : japanese food, food, recipes, cooking, chicken
  NOTE : Chicken wing with bone removed, and stuffed with spicy fish roe.

2-5-1 warmup exercises that sound good
  DATE : 12020-11-25
  TYPE : video
  PERS : Nahre Sol
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKMNIB9sk18
  TAGS : exercise, music, piano
  NOTE
    > 2-5-1 Arpeggio exercises that use extensions to connect the chords, and form pleasant-sounding lines. Demonstrated on piano, but can be adapted to other instruments.
    > The Figure Eight
    > The Outer Ripples
    > The Cascading Beads
    > The Left-hand Lateral
    > The Curled Chains

https://forum.arduino.cc/index.php?topic=396450

How to Build a Universe That Doesn’t Fall Apart Two Days Later
  DATE : 12020-01-29
  TYPE : article
  LINK : https://urbigenous.net/library/how_to_build.html
  TAGS : science fiction, writing, worldbuilding, philosophy
  NOTE : Philip K. Dick, 1978
  QOTE
    > "Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn’t go away."
    > "...inceasingly we are bombarded with pseudo-realities manufactured by very sophisticated people using very sophisticated electronic mechanisms. I do not distrust their motives; I distrust their power."
    > "I will reveal a secret to you: I like to build universes which do fall apart. I like to see them come unglued, and I like to see how the characters in the novels cope with this problem."
    > "...do not assume that order and stability are always good, in a society or in a universe. The old, the ossified, must always give way to new life and the birth of new things. Before the new things can be born the old must perish."

How To Chop Every Vegetable
  DATE : 12020-02-03
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p28wMbunulQ
  TYPE : lecture
  TAGS : food, vegetable, cooking
  NOTE : Mostly western vegetables.

HOW TO BE A DICTATOR
  DATE : 12020-02-04
  LINK : https://www.economist.com/prospero/2012/01/01/how-to-be-a-dictator
  TYPE : article
  TAGS : politics, political science, dictatorship
  NOTE : Interview with the author of The Dictator's Handbook. An important insight is that, it doesn't benefit a dictator to keep their subjects too wealthy and happy, as that would give them power over you.
  QOTE
    > "Don't pay your supporters too much! You don't want them saving up and forming their own power base. Also, don't be nice to the people at the expense of your coalition. A classic example is natural disasters. Than Shwe was the ruler of Burma when Cyclone Nargis hit in 2008, and he did nothing to help the people. The Generals didn't warn anybody; though they knew it was coming, they provided virtually no emergency protection. He sent the army in to prevent the people from leaving the flooded Delta areas. He was the perfect example of a leader who never made the mistake of putting the people's welfare above himself and his coalition."
    > "Places where there is oil, like Libya, have a very low chance of having democracy. The leaders don't really need the people to pay the bills of their cronies, because they have oil."

CORONAVIRUS THOUGHT
  DATE : 12020-02-24
  PERS : Jan Dornig
  TYPE : quote
  TAGS : philosophy, pandemic
  QOTE : "i wonder if ever in the history of the world, so many people moved so little"

MITT ROMNEY SPEECH FOR IMPEACHMENT
  DATE : 12020-11-19
  TYPE : video
  TAGS : politics, american politics, impeachment
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qS-aFfJe20U
  NOTE : The only senator who voted for impeachment. The first senator to vote to convict a president in his own party. A rare display of integrity and humanity among politicians.

JOHN MCCAIN SPEECH
  DATE : 12020-11-19
  TAGS : politics, american politics
  TYPE : video
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wezSi5RLkRg
  NOTE : John McCain's speech after casting a NO vote for repealing Obamacare, unlike most of his party.
  QOTE
    > "I hope we can again rely on humility, on our need to cooperate, on our dependence on each other to learn how to trust each other again and by so doing better serve the people who elected us. Stop listening to the bombastic loudmouths on the radio and television and the Internet. To hell with them. They don’t want anything done for the public good. Our incapacity is their livelihood."
    > "Let’s trust each other. Let’s return to regular order."

JOJO RABBIT DINNER SCENE
  TYPE : video
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1OgvSlVNyw

INVENTING DISHES DURING CORONAVIRUS
  TYPE : forum
  LINK : https://www.reddit.com/r/Cooking/comments/f0qjm9/what_the_coronavirus_forcing_me_in_lockdowns/
  TAGS : cooking, coronavirus

FANTASY MAP GENERATOR
  TYPE : tool
  LINK : https://azgaar.github.io/Fantasy-Map-Generator/

VEGETARIAN DEMI-GLACE
  TYPE : video
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BraJQrO8IqM
  DATE : 12020-02-14
  TAGS : recipes, cooking, french cuisine, vegetarian
  NOTE : Prepare sliced vegetables, mostly savory and some sweet. Add tomato paste for sour & kombu for umami. Roast vegetables in oven till very dark. Add water and roast to extract flavors. Strain and reduce. Add thickener.

煎饼果子
  TYPE : video
  DATE : 12020-02-16
  TAGS : chinese food, cooking, street food, recipes
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eLbLEiW1Bk
  NOTE : Make jianbing at home. Need Mung Bean Flour (绿豆面粉) mixed with regular flour for the batter, and Wonton Pastry for deep fry (云吞炸皮) to make 脆皮 with.

Stovetop Pizza
  TYPE : article
  TAGS : recipes, pizza
  DATE : 12020-02-23
  LINK : https://slice.seriouseats.com/2012/03/the-pizza-lab-awesome-pizza-without-an-oven-aka-skillet-pizza.html
  NOTE : Achieve char by applying direct flame carefully.

SPICE INDEX
  DATE : 12020-04-01
  TAGS : cooking, spice, food, history, language, geography
  TYPE : list
  LINK : https://web.archive.org/web/20160315013057/http:/gernot-katzers-spice-pages.com/engl/spice_small.html
  NOTE : Spices of the world, their names in other languages, and culinary info. Also indexes them by geography, botanical, parts of the plant used, and spice mixtures.

LibriVox
  LINK : https://librivox.org/
  TYPE : tool
  NOTE : Free public domain audiobooks.
  DATE : 12020-11-25
  TAGS : audiobook, book, library, public domain

BOKASHI BIN
  DATE : 12020-11-19
  TYPE : article
  LINK : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bokashi_(horticulture)
  TAGS : farming, sustainability, horticulture
  NOTE : Household composting alternative. It ferments the organic contents within, and keeps it acidic - no bacteria or insect.

JANKO KEYBOARD
  DATE : 12020-03-14
  TYPE : interactive
  LINK : http://www.brandlew.com/keyboard/keys.htm?fundamental=261.6255653&right=2&upright=1&size=50&rotation=0&instrument=piano&enum=false&equivSteps=12&spectrum_colors=false&fundamental_color=41FF2E&no_labels=true&scale=!%2012-ed2%20Jank%C3%B3%206-6%20Balanced%20Symmetric%20Bilinear%20Uniform%20Keyboard%20~Halberstadt.scl%0A!%2012-tone%20equal%20tempered%20scale%20consisting%20of%2012%20sonically%20equal%20divisions%20per%20frequency%20halving%2Fdoubling%2C%20mapped%20on%20a%20(hexagonal)%20tilted%20Jank%C3%B3%20layout%20which%20can%20be%20regarded%20as%20a%20stacked%206-6%2FBalanced%2FSymmetric%2FBilinear%2FUniform%20Keyboard%2C%20and%20which%20approximates%20the%207-white%2F5-black%20Halberstadt%20organ%20layout%20(the%20classic%20piano%20keyboard).%0A!%0ATerpstra%20Keyboard%20WebApp%20%7C%2012-ed2%20Jank%C3%B3%20%2F%206-6%2FBalanced%2FSymmetric%2FBilinear%2FUniform%20Keyboard%20%2F%20~Halberstadt%0A12%0A!%0A100.00000%0A200.00000%0A300.00000%0A400.00000%0A500.00000%0A600.00000%0A700.00000%0A800.00000%0A900.00000%0A1000.00000%0A1100.00000%0A1200.00000&names=C%0AD%E2%99%AD%2FC%E2%99%AF%0AD%0AE%E2%99%AD%2FD%E2%99%AF%0AE%0AF%0AG%E2%99%AD%2FF%E2%99%AF%0AG%0AA%E2%99%AD%2FG%E2%99%AF%0AA%0AB%E2%99%AD%2FA%E2%99%AF%0AB&note_colors=ffffff%0A7b7b7b%0Affffff%0A7b7b7b%0Affffff%0Affffff%0A7b7b7b%0Affffff%0A7b7b7b%0Affffff%0A7b7b7b%0Affffff
  TAGS : music, music theory, instrument, design, psychology, keyboard, microtonal
  NOTE : Alternative piano layout. The site itself is also interesting - seem to be able to generate customizable microtonal keyboards laid out in a hexagonal grid.

Fast SRT subtitles
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ath3BX9DBRs
  DATE : 12020-09-02
  TYPE : tool
  TAGS : subtitle, video editing, productivity
  NOTE : Tool to map subtitle to video. Check comment section for tool link.

FOR SEASONS AIR GUITAR MIX
  DATE : 12020-03-30
  TYPE : music
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bov4ZInsXXA
  TAGS : djmax, game music, guitar

LADYMADE STAR
  DATE : 12020-03-30
  TYPE : music
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6j2YJNPdzU
  TAGS : djmax, game music, cute

ML-Agent Training Tips
  DATE : 12020-03-31
  TYPE : video
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifBXOmG9xmw
  TAGS : machine learning, unity, ml agents
  NOTE
    > 1. Start out as simple as possible. It's easier to increase complexity than reduce it.
    > 2. Work carefully. Every training will take lots of time, make sure there's no error before pressing run.
    > 3. Manually test the environment, and try to break it. Fix the env until you can't break it.
    > 4. Use demonstrative learning to get a head start.
    > 5. Use reward shaping in moderation; first try using curiosity and human demonstration.

MISO NABE HOTPOT
  DATE : 12020-11-19
  TYPE : video
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdghCC4aSyw
  TAGS : cooking, japan, japanese food, recipes
  NOTE
    > Video showing how to make miso nabe hotpot. Charming hosts.
    > To build the soup base: Dashi, minced garlic & ginger, mirin, soy sauce, and thick vegetables - cabbage stem, green onion, carrot, root veggies.
    > Once the soup base is ready, keep heat below boiling and break miso paste into the soup. Taste to adjust.
    > Add your mushrooms, leafy greens, tofu, and meat, in orders of cooking time. You can do this before serving, or let the guests do it.

RESILIENT WEB DESIGN
  LINK : https://resilientwebdesign.com/
  SRCE : Merveilles
  PERS : Josh

WESTERN CHICKEN NOODLE SOUP
  TYPE : video
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74tZ-yOOPy0&t=17s
  DATE : 12020-01-05
  TAGS : cooking, recipes, chicken, soup
  NOTE : Veggies include celery, carrots, radishes, onion, and garlic. Use chicken parts that have extra cartilage and gelatin.

SOUND SHAPES
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwZtt4Q9CxY
  TYPE : game
  DATE : 12020-04-01
  TAGS : indie game, music game, music, game design, lyrics
  NOTE : Platformer that syncs all elements to music. The interplay between elements and the lyric is fun.

CHIUNE SUGIHARA
  LINK : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiune_Sugihara
  TAGS : individual, history, japan, jewish, WW2, nazi germany
  DATE : 12020-05-05
  TYPE : article
  NOTE : Japanese diplomat who slipped 6000 jews away under the eyes of Nazi Germany during World War 2.

FACTITIOUS NEWS GAME
  LINK : https://medium.com/@bobhone.designer/factitious-news-game-helps-students-spot-pandemic-misinformation-87c9a2765b57
  NOTE : Game about telling apart real and fake news.

SATOYAMA
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIsPXmHIxVQ&feature=youtu.be&t=747
  TYPE : video
  DATE : 12020-05-06
  TAGS : japan, nature, ecosystem
  NOTE : Carp powered dishwashing.

Taishi - bluefieldcreator
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keF7n1eVKzE
  TYPE : music
  DATE : 12020-09-01
  TAGS : japan, trance, glitch, electronic
  NOTE : Trance masterpiece. Also, armpit.

IS WEALTH INEQUALITY ACTUALLY A PROBLEM?
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swOpLpZaA78
  TYPE : video
  DATE : 12020-07-09
  TAGS : economics, inequality
  NOTE
    > Inequality is on the rise ultimately is because the world is becoming wealthier.
    > There are some benefits to inequality - technical and cultural innovation often comes from extreme concentration of wealth.
    > The rich getting richer doesn't always mean the poor gets poorer, but unfortunately it's true in some cases (casino, political lobbying). It depends.
    > A serious drawback of inequality actually doesn't come from outrageous spending, but from outrageous investing. Look up Savings Glut.

WINE WINDOWS
  LINK : https://buchettedelvino.org/home%20eng/news%20%26%20so.html
  TYPE : article
  DATE : 12020-08-12
  TAGS : history, plague, coronavirus, italy
  NOTE : Wine windows are tiny windows for passing objects during a quarantine. They got built in Florence during the Plague, and now they are coming back during the coronavirus.

Boardgame Lab
  LINK : https://boardgamelab.app/
  TYPE : tool
  DATE : 12020-08-31
  TAGS : game design, board game, prototyping
  NOTE : Web-based prototyping tool for boardgames.

Magic the Gathering: Twenty Years, Twenty Lessons Learned
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHHg99hwQGY
  TAGS : game design, card game, postmortem

https://markrosewater.tumblr.com/

Birra Salento Igea Golden Ale, gluten free
  LINK : https://untappd.com/b/birra-salento-igea/3441599
  TYPE : drink
  DATE : 12020-09-13
  TAGS : beer, italy
  NOTE : Italian golden ale from Birra Salento microbrewery. Very fragrant minty & citrusy aroma, light & crisp mouthfeel, hoppy aftertaste. Overall, an exotic beer for the summer nights. Would pair well with mediterranean food. 5.3 ABV.

St. Bernardus Pater 6 Abbey Ale
  TYPE : drink
  DATE : 12020-11-01
  TAGS : beer, belgium
  NOTE : A sweet & savory abbey ale, with a slightly spicy mouthfeel. Aroma is dark malty. Quite flavorful.

Rittmeister Hefeweizen
  TYPE : drink
  DATE : 12020-11-01
  TAGS : beer, germany
  NOTE : Tastes full of bread flavor. Very sweet. Kinda like a dessert.

LEPINJE / SOMUN
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1K6V6kb9g6c
  TYPE : video
  DATE : 12020-09-16
  TAGS : food, bread, serbia
  TERM
    > Lepinje / somun: Serbian flatbread or pita bread. EXTREMELY juicy.

Ital Tek - Leaving The Grid
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UuwLrcEtvg
  TYPE : video
  DATE : 12020-09-17
  TAGS : music video, visual, particle cloud, VFX, photogrammetry, unity3d

CHUCK FEENEY IS OFFICIALLY BROKE
  LINK : https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevenbertoni/2020/09/15/exclusive-the-billionaire-who-wanted-to-die-brokeis-now-officially-broke/#4375379e3a2a
  TAGS : billionaire, philanthropy
  DATE : 12020-09-18
  TYPE : article
  QOTE : "The Billionaire Who Wanted To Die Broke . . . Is Now Officially Broke"

THE ALMANACK OF NAVAL RAVIKANT
  LINK : https://navalmanack.s3.amazonaws.com/Eric-Jorgenson_The-Almanack-of-Naval-Ravikant_Final.pdf
  TAGS : wisdom, self help, philosophy
  DATE : 12020-09-18
  TYPE : book
  QOTE
    > Every desire is a chosen unhappiness.
    > Whenever the word “should” creeps up in your mind, it’s guilt or social programming.
    > The enemy of peace of mind is expectations drilled into you by society and other people.

APPLE EMOJI 中文检索
  DATE : 12020-09-21
  TYPE : tool
  TAGS : emoji, apple, macos
  LINK : https://phpz.xyz/emoji/
  NOTE : Shows you how to bring up emojis with Apple's 中文输入法 Chinese input source.

Alternative Handwriting and Shorthand Systems
  DATE : 12020-09-22
  LINK : http://www.alysion.org/handy/althandwriting.htm
  TYPE : article
  TAGS : shorthand, language, writing system, calligraphy

CROQUIS CAFE
  LINK : https://croquis.cafe/
  DATE : 12020-09-22
  TYPE : tool
  TAGS : figure drawing, drawing
  NOTE : Reference for drawing.

SketchDaily
  LINK : http://sketchdaily.net/
  DATE : 12020-09-22
  TYPE : tool
  TAGS : figure drawing, drawing
  NOTE : Reference for drawing.

LINE OF ACTION
  LINK : https://line-of-action.com/
  DATE : 12020-09-22
  TYPE : tool
  TAGS : figure drawing, drawing
  NOTE : Reference for drawing.

QUICKPOSES
  LINK : http://quickposes.com/
  DATE : 12020-09-22
  TYPE : tool
  TAGS : figure drawing, drawing
  NOTE : Reference for drawing.

FREEPHOTOMUSCLE
  LINK : https://freephotomuscle.com/
  TYPE : tool
  DATE : 12020-10-08
  TAGS : figure drawing, drawing, muscle, funny
  NOTE : マッチョフリー muscular japanese man in creative poses.

The Shanghai Restoration Project - The Bund
  DATE : 12020-11-19
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKUNa7G7tXM
  TYPE : music
  TAGS : shanghai, chinese music, electronic, jazz
  NOTE : The duo is by two Chinese Americans based in Brooklyn.

Los Hermanos - Anna Júlia
  DATE : 12020-09-22
  TYPE : music
  TAGS : portugese, brazilian, rock, one hit wonder
  NOTE : This song somehow snuck into my senior year at high school, and stuck with me.
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umMIcZODm2k

How to increase productivity
  DATE : 12020-10-15
  TYPE : lecture
  TAGS : productivity, funnel, career
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EuWCFCgy58
  NOTE
    > Patreon CEO gives a talk on the benefit of working to publish, and being a prolific creator.
    > Publishing requires a different mindset from working for fun. Working for fun is inward, selfish, rooted in the ego, relaxing, and a luxury. Publishing is outward, selfless, and about putting something out for the world.
    > The world is made of funnels - for every final success, there's a lot of failed attempts. That's why working to publish is a great strategy.
    > For a creator contributing to the world, you can't choose what you are famous for. That's up to the funnel.

http://freedomofmind.com/bite-model

Tijman Schep
  DATE : 12020-10-02
  TYPE : list
  LINK : https://www.tijmenschep.com/
  TAGS : individual, privacy
  NOTE : Technology critic & Privacy designer

HOW NORMAL AM I?
  DATE : 12020-10-15
  TYPE : interactive
  LINK : https://www.hownormalami.eu/
  TAGS : privacy, machine learning, ai, facial recognition
  QOTE : "This interactive documentary explores how face recognition technology is used, and lets you experience it yourself. You can find out how algorithms judge your beauty, age, gender, body mass index, life expectancy, emotions and much more."

ハイスイノナサ - 地下鉄の動態
  DATE : 12020-10-09
  TYPE : music
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDykTjFFNIE
  TAGS : music video, visualization, synesthesia, animation, math rock, japanese music, minimalism
  NOTE : Beautiful math rock composition with next-level synesthesia b&w visual that maps notes to shapes extensively.

Jacob Collier Plays the Same Song In 18 Increasingly Complex Emotions
  DATE : 12020-10-15
  TYPE : video
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWHpdmDHrn8
  TAGS : music, emotion, composition, improvisation

5 TYPES OF BULLSHIT JOBS
  DATE : 12020-10-23
  PERS : Stefan Aleksic
  TYPE : video
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kehnIQ41y2o
  TAGS : productivity, career, economics
  TERM
    > Flunkies: People who are hired to make someone else's job seem important.
    > Goon: You don't need them unless someone else has them - like an arms race.
    > Duct tapers: People who fix a problem that does not need to exist.
    > Box tickers: People who are there to allow an org to say they are doing something they aren't doing. E.g. Surveyers who perform surveys that never get turned into policy, but allows the government to say they've been spending effort in a certain area.
    > Task masters: People who supervise people who don't need supervising. They also make up new BS jobs

deCoda
  TYPE : tool
  DATE : 12020-11-14
  LINK : https://decoda.app/
  TAGS : songwriting, music, music theory
  NOTE : Analyze key, tempo, chords, notes, and musical structure from audio files. Great for learning or practicing materials. Allow manually mapping notes into MIDI files too.

ASYNC ART
  DATE : 12020-10-26
  PERS : Jordan Gray
  TYPE : list
  LINK : https://async.art
  TAGS : art, crypto
  NOTE : Crypto art platform.

Sounds in Super Mario Odyssey Harmonize with the Background Music
  DATE : 12020-10-26
  TYPE : video
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5-YDxH6It8
  NOTE : Sound effects such as riding the powerline harmonizes and changes depending on what chord the background music is playing.
  TAGS : sound design, game design, music, nintendo

WHY BILLIONS OF PEOPLE WON'T EAT PORK
  TAGS : anthropology, food, history, culture, religion
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sew4rctKghY
  DATE : 12020-10-27
  TYPE : video
  NOTE : One-third of the world population don't eat pork. There are several reasons, overall it's quite complex and involves history.

APONE APPLE RISOTTO
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMFfjGPPYUo
  TYPE : video
  TAGS : recipes, apple, autumn, risotto
  DATE : 12020-10-28
  NOTE : Apple risotto flavored with onion, chili, cardamom, cloves, and other fall spices.

Circuit bending basics by Reed Ghazala
  LINK : http://www.anti-theory.com/soundart/circuitbend/
  DATE : 12020-11-06
  NOTE : Basic overview by the so-called "father of circuit bending.
  TAGS : circuit bending, hardware
  TYPE : article

Kendrick Lamar - Sing About Me, I'm Dying Of Thirst
  TAGS : rap, hip hop
  TYPE : music
  DATE : 12020-11-10
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75wmW7xjyog
  NOTE : Powerful & sorrowful storytelling rap. With a sermon thrown in at the end.

Rapping, deconstructed: The best rhymers of all time
  TAGS : rap, hip hop
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWveXdj6oZU
  DATE : 12020-11-10
  TYPE : video
  NOTE : Development of different types of rhymes in rap songs, examples, and their creative usage.

HERMA
  TAGS : funny, genital, history, greece, sculpture
  DATE : 12020-11-14
  LINK : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herma
  TYPE : article
  TERM
    > Herma: A greek sculpture; a column topped by the head of Hermes, and decorated with a male genital.

CYBERCHEF
  DATE : 12020-11-14
  TYPE : tool
  LINK : https://gchq.github.io/CyberChef/
  TAGS : cybersecurity, encryption, osint, regex
  NOTE : "The Cyber Swiss Army Knife". Decrypt and convert encoded strings. Great for OSINT.

Nassia Inglessis | Studio INI
  DATE : 12020-11-19
  TAGS : architecture, installation, interactive art, art
  TYPE : list
  LINK : https://www.nassia-inglessis.com/
  NOTE : Artist / Engineer making public installations that focus on material & interactivity without electronics. Education from Oxford, Pratt Institute, RCA, and MIT.

COOKING ON A BUDGET
  DATE : 12020-11-19
  TAGS : cooking, personal finance
  TYPE : forum
  LINK : https://www.reddit.com/r/Cooking/comments/jwjj5r/this_is_a_help_post_from_a_professional_chef_to/
  NOTE : Professional chef sharing tips on eating healthy on a budget
  QOTE
    > Buy dry legumes in bulk. They are cheap and versatile. Look into middle-eastern and african cuisine for how to use them.
    > "Superfoods" aren't wholly good because 1. Just because they have higher concentration doesn't mean you can't get the same nutritions elsewhere. 2. Practices on producing them could be questionable. 3. They are expensive.
    > Buy fruits and vegetables when they are on sale - this is usually due to good harvest or lack of consumer interest. Use them up creatively. Fermentation and stock are two ways to get rid of them.
    > Meat is a luxury, not an essential.
    > Learn how to break down your meat.
    > If you don't live beside a large body of water, your fish is iffy.
    > Proteins are way more than just the meat. Make use of the bones for stock and skins for oil / snack.
    > Instant ramen is delicious, but realize that they are closer to chips than real meal.
    > Cheese and alcohol are luxuries. Quality over quantity.
    > Coffee markups are crazy. Make your own.

John Scofield and horn solos
  DATE : 12020-12-21
  TAGS : jazz, guitar, improvisation
  LINK : https://www.csmonitor.com/1987/0629/lsco.html
  TYPE : article
  NOTE
    > John Scofield developed his style not from copying other guitarists, but Miles Davis, John Coltrane, and other horn players.
    > He and Miles both prefer to play more grounded, tonal music, not so much in and out stuff.
    > Miles always strived to innovate, play something different even at the expense of making it sound bad. John on the other hand focuses more on being consistent and making the basic stuff sound great.
  QOTE
    > "Now I feel like I do have my own style, although you can trace everything I play back to somebody else."
    > "I think in a way I'm conservative. I always liked guys like Miles because I play basically tonal music. I've always been fascinated with guys that could play in and out - play on standard things, but play notes that sounded different and had dissonance. But I like the standard forms, the tried and true, whether I'm playing funk or jazz or whatever."
    > "The great thing about jazz players is their sound and their scope of feeling. Miles is so beyond the practice-your-scales-and-get-real-fast showoff stage - it's nice to play with someone that's real mature like that."
    > "And [Miles] said, 'because I've played the solo I played before.' And I thought, 'this guy wants to change so much that he'd rather sound bad than sound formulated.'"

临终是个怎样的过程？| Caring for the end-of-life period
  DATE : 12021-01-05
  TYPE : article
  TAGS : hospice care, death
  LINK : https://zhuanlan.zhihu.com/p/22344925
  NOTE
    > The end-of-life period typically lasts from 10 to 14 days, though in some cases it could be as short as 24 hours.
    > The patient's skin would become cold and wet, due to reduced circulation. But don't cover it with warm clothes as the patient would feel it's too heavy.
    > While the patients would have a hard time breathing, oxygen tank doesn't do a lot as they cannot utilize the oxygen very well.
    > After the patient stops being able to eat & drink, the ketone in their blood would act as painkiller. If they ingest sugar at this point, that painkiller effect would go away immediately.
    > Feeding the patient when they stop being able to eat on their own could make them throw up, or suffocate. IV injection can deliver nutrition & water, but causes pain, bloat, and nausea.
    > End-of-life period often leads to less communication with others, and more with themselves.
    > Most patients are conscious a week before end of their life, but that number drops to 8% when it's 6 hours before their end of life.
    > Death throes are caused by fluids and phlegm. Move patient's body to the side, raise their pillow, or use medicine to reduce the amount of phlegm.
    > Hearing is the last sense to go away.

水曜日のカンパネラ - ウランちゃん
  DATE : 12020-12-25
  TYPE : music
  TAGS : japan, electronic, indie music
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5waodDVpTZI
  NOTE : Funky alternative electronica. Inspired by Astro Boy.

走入博尔赫斯的迷宫
  DATE : 12021-01-31
  TYPE : article
  TAGS : writing, poetry, dream, abstract, surreal
  LINK : https://shud.in/posts/labyrinth-of-borges
  QOTE : "我遇到一面刻着我无法阅读的长诗的断碑，与它一同保持心照不宣的沉默。"

Rouketopolemos
  DATE : 12021-01-31
  LINK : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rouketopolemos
  TYPE : article
  TAGS : festival, tradition, greece, fire festival, chios
  NOTE : An Easter tradition on the Greek island Chios, where villagers shoot rockets at each other. Reminds me of Dosojin Matsuri.

MASTIC
  DATE : 12021-01-31
  LINK : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastic_(plant_resin)
  TYPE : article
  TAGS : spice, food, greece, chios
  NOTE : A resin spice produced almost exclusively in the island of Chios.
  QOTE
    > One of the earliest uses of mastic was as chewing gum; hence, the name.
    > The mastic villages are fortress-like, out of sight from the sea, surrounded by high walls and with no doors at street level (meaning that the villages were entered only by ladders), in order to protect the sap from invaders.

How Neuroscience Can Hack Your Brain's Potential
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qksd7aHGAUQ

Upright Piano Action
  DATE : 12021-01-31
  LINK : http://www.concertpitchpiano.com/UprightActionModel.html
  TYPE : image
  FILE : 12021-01-31_piano.gif
  TAGS : piano, instrument

HELL YEAH OR NO
  TYPE : book
  TAGS : career
  LINK : https://sive.rs/n

HAYAO MIYAZAKI'S CREATIVE PROCESS
  TAGS : productivity, anime, creativity, japan
  LINK : https://subtlemaneuvers.substack.com/p/hayao-miyazaki-creativity-selfishness

Practical Physics for Trumpeters and Teachers
  TAGS : trumpet, instrument, physics
  LINK : https://www.everythingtrumpet.com/schilke/Practical_Physics.html

TRUMPET PHYSICS WITH PROFESSOR John Harbaugh
  TAGS : trumpet, instrument, physics
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVs2G60-ilo

CHINA: THE DISAPPEARING MILLIONAIRES
  LINK : https://www.arte.tv/en/videos/083456-000-A/china-the-disappearing-millionaires/

HANDLING OVERLAPPING FREELANCE PROPOSALS
  TYPE : forum
  TAGS : freelancing, negotiation, business
  LINK : https://www.reddit.com/r/freelance/comments/1tjov4/how_to_handle_multiple_overlapping_proposal/
  DATE : 12021-01-31
  NOTE
    > Raise your fees until you only have one client standing, or:
    > Use the project money to hire others to help, or:
    > Push the clients toward committing to working with you, by requesting a deposit.
    > There's no universally correct approach. Make sure to gather information and consider each project comprehensively.

JOSEPH DUCREUX
  LINK : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Ducreux
  DATE : 12021-01-18
  TYPE : article
  TAGS : portrait, painter, art history, physiognomy, france, french revolution
  NOTE : French painter during the French Revolution era. Produced works with lively physiognomy, some of which became internet memes today.

La Joueuse de tympanon
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75CXFwgslsY
  TYPE : video
  DATE : 12021-01-19
  PERS : 焉沁
  TAGS : french revolution, france, music, instrument, history
  NOTE : An automaton of Marie Antionette playing dulcimer, by David Roentgen. The mechanisms are hidden underneath Queen Marie's skirt.

WORKING IN PUBLIC
  LINK : https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/54140556
  TAGS : open source, software
  TYPE : book
  PERS : Mike Nolan
  DONE : false

RISE OF THE ROBOTS
  LINK : https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22928874-rise-of-the-robots
  TYPE : book
  PERS : Mike Nolan

WE ARE CUBA
  TYPE : book
  LINK : https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41962940-we-are-cuba
  PERS : Mike Nolan

梦幻西游颐和园事件
  TYPE : article
  LINK : https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A4%A2%E5%B9%BB%E8%A5%BF%E9%81%8A
  DATE : 12021-01-22
  TAGS : china, nationalism, internet history, japan, mmorpg, gaming
  NOTE : An online anti-japanese protest on one of the biggest Chinese MMOs, in 2006.
  QOTE : "In 2006 July, the administrators dissolved a 700-member anti-Japanese guild, and locked the account of its founder for having an anti-Japanese user name. A mass protest took place in the game days later on July 7, the anniversary of the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War, with up to 80,000 users joining the online protest on one of the servers."

Light of Aidan - Loving You
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSyHs-0_27M
  TYPE : music
  DATE : 12021-01-24
  TAGS : chillout, ambient
  SRCE : 梧桐山赖着不走咖啡馆
  NOTE : Very calming track. Part of the Cafe Del Mar releases. The group, consisting of Daniel Lozinski & Phil Baggaley, is incredibly difficult to find info of online.

YOUR THEME
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVGuFdX5guE
  TYPE : video
  DATE : 12021-01-24
  TAGS : productivity, philosophy, self help
  NOTE : Instead of setting yearly resolutions, use themes to gently push yourself into making better decisions throughout the year.

Serph - feather (overdrive version)
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4TYELJzTqI
  TYPE : music
  DATE : 12021-01-30
  TAGS : electronica, japanese music, visualization, synesthesia, animation, music video
  NOTE : A cacophony of colors, dancing organically, radiantly. The label held a contest for the MV, winning entry directed by Tarafu Otani (大谷たらふ). Obviously inspired by, and imo masterfully executed, Wassily Kandinsky's synesthetia.

History of salt
  DATE : 12021-01-30
  LINK : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_salt
  TYPE : article
  TAGS : history, economics
  NOTE
    > Salt and the salt industry had HUGE implications for older human society. 盐商 is famously rich in China. The word "Salary" comes from the Latin word for salt. This is frankly one of the most fascinating subjects I've encountered!
    > What makes salt unique is: it's probably the only life essentials back then, that's both a recurring need, and location-dependent. Therefore it encourages a monopoly to manufacture, and a large scale infrastructure to distribute.
  QOTE
    > Salt's ability to preserve food was a founding contributor to the development of civilization.
    > Many salt roads, such as the via Salaria in Italy, had been established by the Bronze Age.
    > Monopolies over salt production and trade were essential aspects of government revenue in imperial China and retained its significance until 20th century.
    > Salt created and destroyed empires. The salt mines of Poland led to a vast kingdom in the 16th century, only to be demolished when Germans brought in sea salt (which most of the world considered superior to rock salt).
    > In Britain, the suffix "-wich" in a placename means it was once a source of salt, as in Sandwich and Norwich.
    > During the Indian independence movement, Mahatma Gandhi organized the Salt Satyagraha protest to demonstrate against the British salt tax.

Junichi Akagawa
  LINK : https://junichiakagawa.net/
  TAGS : individual, generative, music, glitch

Noble
  DATE : 12021-01-31
  TYPE : article
  TAGS : japanese music, electronica, music, glitch
  LINK : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noble_(record_label)
  NOTE : Japanese record label specializing in experimental electronics music, with glitch, shoegaze, and ambient element. Artists include Serph, Kashiwa Daisuke, and World's End Girlfriend.

使用 Typora 一次性搞定公众号写作与排版
  TYPE : article
  TAGS : wechat, productivity, writing
  LINK : https://sspai.com/post/40524
  DATE : 12021-01-31
  NOTE : 用Typora进行写作后导出至HTML，然后富文本复制粘贴到公众号编辑器里即可完成。需要设置一下图片上传和文本格式CSS。

Sol LeWitt to Eva Hesse - Read by Benedict Cumberbatch
  TYPE : video
  TAGS : productivity, creativity, letter, art
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnSMIgsPj5M
  NOTE : Explosive read.
  DATE : 12021-02-01
  PERS : Eno Chen

Jonathan Blow - Preventing the Collapse of Civilization
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pW-SOdj4Kkk
  DATE : 12021-02-01

80000 HOURS
  LINK : https://80000hours.org/key-ideas/

三和青年
  LINK : https://www.yicai.com/news/100778005.html
  TAGS : china, sociology, involution, minimalism

凡尔赛文学

The Fascinating World Inside of a Piano
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpCpBWdl-ic

GIANT STEPS DEEPER DIVE
  DATE : 12021-02-03
  TYPE : video
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEq14C60wDI
  TAGS : jazz, visualization, music theory, music
  NOTE : Visualizing the chords of coltrane changes in a circle of 5th. The Grouping of Tonic, Relative Minor, Tritone, and Relative Major, is revealing. Also that the notes not used in the diatonic scale forms the pentatonic scale of the tritone.

CHANGE CAREERS LIKE TARZAN
  LINK : https://sive.rs/tarzan
  DATE : 12021-02-03
  TYPE : article
  TAGS : career
  QOTE : "Change careers like Tarzan. Don’t let go of the old one until the new one is supporting you. And make sure you don’t lose momentum."
  NOTE
    > Agree with the vine metaphor. Skeptical however regarding momentum - sometimes stillness is not inaction.
    > Another reason to change careers like tarzan: if the new vine doesn't support you, you could look for more opportunities and understandings by climbing up the old vine.

SOCIAL MEDIA ABYSS
  TYPE : book
  DATE : 12021-02-03
  LINK : https://books.google.com/books/about/Social_Media_Abyss.html?id=ZRR0CgAAQBAJ&source=kp_book_description
  TAGS : internet, social media, sociology, privacy
  PERS : 深蓝
  NOTE : Angelvs recommended this book on the topic of GME stock.

PARTICLE HANOI
  TYPE : video
  LINK : https://twitter.com/Ruben_Fro/status/1215561737430282240
  DATE : 12021-02-05
  TAGS : visual, particle cloud, VFX, photogrammetry, unity3d, vietnam
  NOTE : Particle VFX based on photogrammetry of Hanoi.

RUBEN FRO
  LINK : https://rubenfro.com/
  DATE : 12021-02-05
  TYPE : list
  TAGS : individual, VFX, unity3d, photogrammetry
  NOTE : Developer & VFX artist. Tokyo-based. Worked on that Ital Tek video.

LINGUS SOLO BREAKDOWN
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5REJ1SXNDQ
  TYPE : video
  DATE : 12021-02-05
  TAGS : jazz, improvisation, music theory, funk
  DONE : false
  NOTE
    > David Bruce analyses Cory Henry's solo in Snarky Puppy - Lingus.
    > Chords: 8 bar of Em Em Em Em C C Am F
    > Shape-wise, the solo starts with slower, melodic lines, with lots of gaps, and played on the low end of the keyboard. Gradually it raises intensity, until the end where it's a continuous run of high trill-filled 16th notes.
    > Cory Henry plays lots of chromatic, but at the end of reels back to the stable Minor Pentatonic scale with bluesy lick.

中文家用游戏博物馆
  LINK : http://famicn.com/

NAKAGIN CAPSULE TOWER INTERIOR TOUR
  DATE : 12021-02-08
  TYPE : video
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXRJE2caPNY
  TAGS : minimalism, architecture, interior design, japan, metabolist architecture
  NOTE : A tour of the capsule units inside Nakagin Capsule Tower. The idea of this metabolist architecture is that, each capsules are isolated units attached to the tower. If one unit is broken, it can be replaced anew without modifying the rest of the building.

WHOLE EARTH CATALOG
  LINK : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whole_Earth_Catalog

FAIR COMPANIES
  LINK : https://faircompanies.com/
  TYPE : list
  TAGS : minimalism, DIY

monome
  LINK : https://monome.org/

LET'S GET LOST
  TYPE : video
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PGeOZqvISk
  TAGS : film, documentary, jazz
  DATE : 12021-02-09
  NOTE : A documentary about the turbulent life of Chet Baker. It flows like jazz.

CHET BAKER - PORTRAIT IN BLACK AND WHITE
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FI_dF6_e9_w
  NOTE : Amazing elevation of energy in the solo. One of Chet's finest performance.
  DATE : 12021-02-09
  TAGS : trumpet, jazz
  TYPE : music

COZY WEB
  DATE : 12021-02-10
  TAGS : sociology, internet
  LINK : https://maggieappleton.com/cozy-web/

THE EXTENDED INTERNET UNIVERSE
  LINK : https://breakingsmart.substack.com/p/the-extended-internet-universe
  TAGS : sociology, internet

CHARTER CITIES INSTITUTE
  LINK : https://www.chartercitiesinstitute.org/

INTERACTIVE CHORD WHEEL
  TYPE : interactive
  LINK : https://codepen.io/2kool2/full/bmVxpZ
  NOTE : Chord wheel that shows you diatonic chords in major key, and their extended chord qualities. Can use this for analyzing & transposing.
  TAGS : music theory, music, chord
  DATE : 12021-02-10

MNEMONIC MAJOR SYSTEM
  LINK : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mnemonic_major_system

CHEAP BUT GOOD ADVICE FROM CHICK COREA
  LINK : https://www.reddit.com/r/Jazz/comments/litpzk/cheap_but_good_advice_from_chick_corea_rip/

WHAT IS MUSIC?
  LINK : https://whatismusic.info/blog/index.html
  TYPE : list

Adriano Celentano - Prisencolinensinainciusol
  TYPE : music
  DATE : 12021-02-16
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VsmF9m_Nt8
  TAGS : language, conlang, english, gibberish
  NOTE : A song that's sang in a made-up language that sounds like english.

Wynton Marsalis Septet - The Death of Jazz (The New Orleans Function)
  DATE : 12021-02-26
  TYPE : music
  TAGS : jazz, trumpet, trombone
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKHM53iv2VI
  NOTE
    > The song is in the form of a 12 bar blues, dramatically slow, and uses the motif from Marche Funèbre (6-6-6-1-77-66-56).
    > The septet consists of trumpet, trombone, clarinet, sax, piano, bass, and drum. The bass is played with a bow in this song.
    > (1:00) Wycliffe Gordon's trombone playing is out of this world. Extremely varied and expressive, making it weep and growl.
    > (4:29) Victor Goines's clarinet makes use of wailing upward glissando. (5:40) He also shows how even just one continuous note across many bars can have so much variation and expression.
    > (8:50) Wynton Marsalis threw rapidfire note clusters out of his trumpet (9:38). It's almost atonal - understood as texture and rhythm rather than melody. Spliced between calmer melodic lines, like bursts of grief and outrage - or a joke?

Göbekli Tepe
  LINK : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6bekli_Tepe

THREE RULES OF THREE
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrOnk0JnXW4
  DATE : 12021-02-18
  TYPE : lecture
  TAGS : communication, learning, speaking, presentation
  NOTE : Alan Alda, who does not like tips, gives tips on communication.
  QOTE
    > When speaking, communicate no more than three points to your audience. More than that, and they will forget.
    > Explain a difficult thing in three different ways. People learn in different ways - visual, aural, kinesthetic. Present the information in different ways to cover different audiences.
    > To make sure they remember something, say it three times. "Tell them what you are going to tell them, then tell them, then tell them again."
    > Fourth tip: Just remembering these tips aren't going to make you a better communicator. That transformation is a process, like going to the gym.
    > "we're built to connect with another person. In spite of the fact that we often avoid it, it actually is fun when we get into that position."

THE MOTHER OF ALL DEMOS
  LINK : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mother_of_All_Demos

Mutsuacen
  TYPE : interactive
  LINK : https://mutsuacen.com/drawing/56743931

Joni Mitchell - The Dawntreader
  DATE : 12021-02-19
  TAGS : guitar, dream, sailing
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQwVeu09VCQ
  TYPE : music
  NOTE
    > Sea dreams.
    > Joni Mitchell's songs explore many alternative tunings on guitar, and quartal & quintal harmonies.

LIEU - WEBRING SEARCH ENGINE
  LINK : https://lieu.cblgh.org/
  TYPE : tool
  NOTE : Search engine for Merveilles' webring. Made by cblgh.
  PERS : cblgh
  SRCE : Merveilles
  TAGS : decentralization, web, community, webring
  DATE : 12021-02-25

RETURNEES 海归
  LINK : https://gueorgui.net/projects/returnees/
  SRCE : Merveilles
  NOTE : Photography series and accompanying article on Chinese folks who studied abroad.
  QOTE
    > "I spent the summer of 2018 in Beijing, interviewing and photographing Chinese citizens who had spent a few years abroad before returning to live in China. The people I spoke with — mostly young adults — came back to a country that’s experiencing transformative growth that mirrors the one in their own lives."
  TAGS : globalism, culture, sociology, photography, writing
  TYPE : article
  DATE : 12021-02-25

十宅论
  TYPE : book
  DATE : 12021-02-25
  TAGS : architecture, japan, sociology
  NOTE : A very mean and exaggerated book about castes in japanese society, and the space they live in. By Kengo Kuma.

TRIGGER WARNING WITH KILLER MIKE
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JW79j81iLDI
  NOTE : Documentary by the rapper Killer Mike, where he takes a "what if...?" and "why not?" approach to taboo subjects such as religion, education, black community, and more.
  DATE : 12021-02-26
  TYPE : video
  TAGS : documentary, netflix, sociology, religion, black community

FOLDED LEVEL DESIGN
  LINK : http://critical-gaming.com/blog/2008/8/5/folded-level-design.html
  TAGS : game design, level design

Motion of Tectonic Plates
  LINK : https://www.arcgis.com/apps/MapJournal/index.html?appid=df5f94c0050b4075adfbba54fb13eaeb
  TAGS : plate tectonics, geology
  TYPE : interactive

INTERACTIVE GIT CHEATSHEET
  TAGS : git, version control
  TYPE : interactive
  DATE : 12021-03-03
  LINK : https://www.ndpsoftware.com/git-cheatsheet.html
  NOTE : Interactive explanation of different concepts and commands of git. Available in many languages.

OVERVIEW OF CLUSTERING METHODS
  LINK : https://scikit-learn.org/stable/modules/clustering.html
  TYPE : list
  TAGS : machine learning, statistics, python
  NOTE : Comparison and explanation of how different clustering algorithms work. By Scikit-learn.
  PERS : Josh Miller
  DATE : 12021-03-12

TAK
  LINK : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tak_(game)

NEW BAI WORDS 新白文
  LINK : https://www.peishan-huang.com/bai-words
  DATE : 12021-03-20
  TAGS : bai people, minority, china, yunnan, language, writing system, art
  NOTE : Reinvented Bai writing system. The language itself has became oral-only.
  TYPE : article

William Morris
  LINK : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Morris
  DATE : 12021-03-26
  TYPE : article
  NOTE : Polymath in the Victorian era. Founder of Morris & Co. I recently got a blazer of their design.

PEPSIMAN THEME SONG SOLO ANALYSIS
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikMwQxaSRjU
  DATE : 12021-03-26
  TYPE : video
  NOTE : Analysis of the solo in Pepsiman. Makes me think what it'll be like to have an infinite runner that plays jazz.

Reverse CAVE for shareable VR experience
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_5pzwb3YvM
  TYPE : video
  DATE : 12021-03-26
  NOTE : A box built with transparent screen (蚊帐 seems to work great!). VR player is inside the box, their virtual environment gets projected on the screens. Viewers see through the screens to see the player inside this environment.

Electronic Visualization Laboratory (EVL)
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3GTGwIcQfqqMS-Wt9uMwyQ

100万回生きたねこ
  TYPE : book
  LINK : https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2212982.100_
  NOTE : A children's book with depth. Much sadness.

THE HOLLOW MAN
  TYPE : article
  DATE : 12021-03-30
  TAGS : poetry
  LINK : https://allpoetry.com/the-hollow-men
  NOTE : By T. S. Eliot.
  QOTE
    > This is the way the world ends
    > This is the way the world ends
    > This is the way the world ends
    > Not with a bang but a whimper.

Encyclopédie | The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert
  LINK : https://quod.lib.umich.edu/d/did/
  TYPE : book
  DATE : 12021-03-30
  TAGS : philosophy, wiki, french revolution
  NOTE : Many French philosophers wrote in this book. Translated to English and hosted by University of Michigan.

Johnny Cash - Everybody Loves A Nut
  TYPE : music
  DATE : 12021-03-30
  TAGS : comedy, folk, country music
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucEXM2R3T00
  NOTE : The most comedic of Johnny Cash albums.

VKHUTEMAS
  LINK : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vkhutemas
  TAGS : architecture, russia, modernism
  DATE : 12021-04-01
  TYPE : article
  DONE : false

MAP OF REDDIT
  LINK : https://anvaka.github.io/map-of-reddit/?x=255000&y=381000&z=615624.4584051393
  TYPE : interactive

The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction
  LINK : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Work_of_Art_in_the_Age_of_Mechanical_Reproduction

Wycliffe Gordon Warming Up
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQewbJHweRk
  TYPE : music
  TAGS : jazz, trombone
  DATE : 12022-11-02

HATE CRIMES AGAINST ASIAN AMERICANS
  LINK : https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7790522/
  TYPE : article
  NOTE
    > A paper studying hate crimes against Asian Americans. It uses data from 1992 to 2014. Also compares Asian hate crime against black and hispanic ones.
    > Offenders are most likely to be male and young. Victims are most likely to be male, young, and a local resident of the neighborhood. This is true across all hate crimes.
    > 95% of all hate crime offenders (regardless of victim race) are white, and 5% non-white.
    > Anti-Asian hate crimes differ in that they are more likely to be committed by non-white offenders. 75% of anti-asian hate crimes are by white offenders, 25% non-white. While for anti-black hate crimes, it's 99% white. Anti-hispanic hate crimes, 80% white.
    > Neighborhoods with larger asian population tends to have more anti-asian hate crimes. They are also more likely to happen in Northeast region.
    > Crimes against Hispanics tend to involve firearms more often than those against Asians.
    > Asians are more likely to be target of hate crime in school than in their residence.
  DATE : 12021-04-05
  TAGS : sociology, racism, asian

OPTIMISM
  DATE : 12021-04-06
  TAGS : psychology, futurology, philosophy, failure
  TYPE : quote
  QOTE : “Optimism is, in the first instance, a way of explaining failure, not prophesying success. It says that there is no fundamental barrier, no law of nature or supernatural decree, preventing progress.” - David Deutsch

ROMAIN GAVRAS INTERVIEW ON HIS MUSIC VIDEO FOR JAMIE XX - GOSH
  TYPE : article
  DATE : 12021-04-09
  TAGS : music video, albinism, china, cultural appropriation
  QOTE : "I almost saw (the video) like a coming-of-age journey through a world where cultural appropriation became so insane that you need spirituality in order to elevate (yourself) from something where culture makes no sense."

Kelli Anderson: Materials for Computer People
  TYPE : lecture
  DATE : 12021-04-23
  TAGS : papercraft, DIY, art
  NOTE
    > (Bret Victor) Human v.s. computer. Humans' pattern recognition is a superpower that came from thousands of years of evolution.
    > We comprehend physical logic much better because we are built to understand the world this way.
    > Digital v.s. analog. People have different expectations toward them. Analog is inherently part of the reality. Programming the analog medium asks people to question reality.
    > Paper is similar to computer in that it's binary. Either folded or not folded. And the folds make it so the forces applied to it behave differently - gets drawn toward the fold.

FREQUENCY ILLUSION
  LINK : https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frequency_illusion
  TAGS : psychology, cognitive bias

KELLI ANDERSON
  LINK : https://kellianderson.com/blog/
  TAGS : individual, book design, paper, animation
  DATE : 12021-04-28

PORTRAIT FROM THREAD
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsbBSttaJos
  TYPE : video
  TAGS : DIY, generative, art
  DATE : 12021-05-01
  NOTE : Thread portrait with the placements calculated algorithmically. Could make for a cool workshop.

THE WAVES
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IC-21FjQs1E
  TYPE : book
  NOTE : Dramatic reading of The Waves, by Virginia Woolf. This dramatised adaption is created by Terence Davies, and broadcasted on BBC Radio 4.
  TAGS : audiobook, literature, poetry
  DATE : 12021-05-03

PROBLEM WITH SONIFICATION
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ocq3NeudsVk
  TAGS : music, sonification, experimental music
  NOTE : The aesthetic and musical expression of music made from non-musical data depends more on how the transformation is done, rather than the data itself.
  DATE : 12021-05-05
  TYPE : video

WHY WEST AFRICA KEEPS INVENTING WRITING SYSTEMS
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xa8BYZrSTxY

bit Generations: Coloris
  TYPE : game
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ktvz2p3aocs
  TAGS : music, sound design, color theory
  NOTE : Color-based tile-matching game, with sound design by Keigo Oyamada (aka Cornelius).
  DATE : 12021-05-07

MOONLIGHT IN VERMONT
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8HgdIJ_i7k
  TYPE : music
  TAGS : jazz, vocal, haiku, poetry
  NOTE : Unlike most songs, the lines in this song does not rhyme. The verses were also structured as haiku. Painting a serene, impressionist picture.
  DATE : 12021-05-13

A Call to Cryptographic Arms
  DATE : 12021-05-23
  LINK : https://cryptome.org/2012/12/assange-crypto-arms.htm
  TYPE : article
  NOTE : Excerpt from Cypherpunks: Freedom and the Future of the Internet, by Julian Assange.
  QOTE
    > The universe believes in encryption... we could use this strange property to create the laws of a new world.

XENPAPER
  DATE : 12021-05-25
  LINK : http://xenpaper.com/
  NOTE : Text-based microtonal sequencer.
  TYPE : interactive
  TAGS : microtonal, music, music theory

1 AM
  LINK : https://mikeyren.itch.io/1am
  TYPE : game
  TAGS : poetry, interactive story, productivity, inspiration, minimalism
  NOTE : An ode to late night creativity. Playing it brought me back to my full time job days. Will I still have that craving for something novel, something inspiring, if I go back to having a full time job?
  DATE : 12021-05-25

华西村来了朝鲜女服务员 | North Korean Waitress in Huaxi Village
  LINK : https://web.archive.org/web/20120804014814/http://www.infzm.com/content/79132
  TAGS : china, north korea, sociology, geopolitics
  NOTE : North Korean waitresses sent to Huaxi village, a controversial "model village" in China, to work in their hotel.
  DATE : 12021-05-26
  TYPE : article

CHANGBAI MOUNTAIN'S UNUSUAL VOLCANIC MECHANISM
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3C2HVOB-g5s
  TYPE : video
  DATE : 12021-05-28
  TAGS : geology, plate tectonics, volcano
  NOTE
    > Changbai mountain had the second most devastating eruption in human history back in 946. The way this volcano is formed is much unusual.
    > Most volcanos are either caused by continental plates subducting (Japan), or plumes rising from the core (Hawaii). Changbai mountain however had a plume that rose from a piece of the ancient Pacific Plate, that got stuck between the lower and upper mantles. The water trapped in the oceanic plate are pushed out of the rocks as the plate bent itself, forming a mantle that rises slowly to the surface.

LIVING ROOT BRIDGE
  LINK : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Living_root_bridge
  TYPE : article
  DATE : 12021-06-01
  TAGS : india, bridge, tree shaping, architecture, botany
  NOTE : Suspension bridges formed by shaping the aerial roots of rubber fig. Common in southern Meghalaya, India.

WHY I GOT FIRED
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSm2VDgRIUs

REAL LIFE LORD OF THE FLIES
  LINK : https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/may/09/the-real-lord-of-the-flies-what-happened-when-six-boys-were-shipwrecked-for-15-months
  NOTE : A real-life Lord of the Flies situation where six boys got shipwrecked for 15 months. It turned out very different from the book.

Asking Hunter-Gatherers Life's Toughest Questions
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAGjuRwx_Y8
  NOTE : It's all about meat for them. They are also surprisingly practical. Not much religion - a full moon just means there'll be more light, and hunting gets difficult.

I CAN GIVE YOU GATSBY
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPyfAo3IckM
  TYPE : video
  DATE : 12021-06-16
  NOTE : Japanese TV commercial with a city-pop song. Weird. Starring Takuya Kimura 木村拓哉.
  TAGS : funny, commercial, disco, dance

LITE - Echolocation
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTVs1MoR2kA
  TYPE : music
  DATE : 12021-06-23
  TAGS : music video, visualization, synesthesia, animation, math rock, japanese music

THE CLEAN ARCHITECTURE
  LINK : https://blog.cleancoder.com/uncle-bob/2012/08/13/the-clean-architecture.html

LEAD QUICK START GUIDE
  LINK : https://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/MikeActon/20141112/229942/Lead_Quick_Start_Guide.php
  TAGS : leadership, game development

WHY EVERY SINGLE ELEMENT OF SOLID IS WRONG
  LINK : https://www.reddit.com/r/Unity3D/comments/mfeoho/an_example_unity_project_that_uses_a_solid/gso5hbo?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3
  TYPE : forum
  TAGS : code, software architecture, object oriented programming
  NOTE
    > Forum discussion on the tradeoffs of SOLID principle. Interesting discussion that reveals how people could misunderstand or misuse the principles, and what their true intended usages should be.
    > Single Responsibility Principle: Really about separation of concern, and giving classes roles that are easy to understand.
    > Open/Closed Principle: The principle says that classes (, etc...) should allow its behavior be extended without modifying its source code. But this is only useful when there's a high likelihood that the behavior _needs_ to be extended. With good version control practice, it's often less costly to just change the source code when behavior needs to be changed, and revert back and patch stuff in the rare cases when it needs to be changed back.
    > Liskov Substitution Principle: Essentially it says that we should be able to replace a class with its subclass, and expect the program to still behave correctly. This is sensible and good because consistent expectations make it easier to reason about things.
    > Interface Segregation Principle: Interfaces allow us to group relevant methods together, and give them a name that denotes their purpose. This principle calls for breaking apart large interfaces that do it all, into smaller interfaces with specific purposes. This makes sense, and can be thought of similarly to the Single Responsibility Principle - both exist to avoid "God Classes" or "God Interfaces", and make the code easier to understand. Thus, we need to keep the problem this principle intends to solve in mind.
    > Dependency Injection: I must admit that I do not understand this principle.
  DATE : 12021-07-08

SAME ENERGY
  TYPE : tool
  LINK : https://same.energy/
  NOTE : Photo search engine & explorer.

SIDE EFFECTS OF VAPING WITHOUT NICOTINE
  LINK : https://www.healthline.com/health/side-effects-of-vaping-without-nicotine
  TYPE : article
  NOTE
    > Even when an e-cig does not contain nicotine, the vaporized liquid still has harmful side effects.
    > The base liquid propylene glycol and glycerol causes irritation, and they may form carcinogens when vaporized (research pending).
    > Some flavoring chemicals are harmful: diacetyl, acetylpropionyl (2,3-pentanedione), and acetoin. Cinnamon is the most harmful of flavors. The article has a list of flavors and chemical compounds to avoid. In general, milky, caramelly, burnt flavors are the most harmful.
  TAGS : chemistry, vaping, smoking
  DATE : 12021-07-09

ALL TOMORROWS
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imNtSPM3-r4
  NOTE : Speculative evolutionary anthropology / galactic archaeology.

FRACTAL FANTASY
  LINK : https://fractalfantasy.net/#tour

ARTURO SANDOVAL PERFORMS A NIGHT IN TUNISIA
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6A3SX9LOGQs
  TYPE : music
  TAGS : jazz, trumpet, bebop
  NOTE : Arturo Sandoval flew through six octaves in nine bars at the end. Watch his expression and embouchure.
  DATE : 12021-07-26

Dizzy Gillespie, Arturo Sandoval, "Night in Tunisia"
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xncznvkB7S8
  TYPE : music
  TAGS : jazz, trumpet, bebop, funny
  NOTE : You've gotta love how playful they are, joking and laughing with their instruments. The sax player Sayyd Abdul al-Khabbyr is hilarious. Also, Arturo's later tribute to his mentor had some parts and ideas that are quite similar to what's here.
  DATE : 12021-07-26

ALLAN HOLDSWORTH SCALE THEORY
  TAGS : jazz, guitar, music theory
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wts2Mw6Nb5s
  DATE : 12021-07-26
  TYPE : video
  NOTE : Allan Holdsworth plays beautiful, unconventional, "outside" solos. He has a unique way of approaching scales; first, think of a scale not as something based off of a single root note or a single position, but an interval-generated pattern across the _entire_ fretboard. Second, "discover" chords out of the scale pattern, instead of the other way around. He has his own ways of notating and calling those scales.

KANGDING RAY - BRANCHES
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SN4F89ONBOc
  TYPE : video
  NOTE : AI generated music video, generating plants.

DANIELX PAINT COMPOSER
  LINK : https://danielx.net/composer
  TYPE : interactive
  NOTE : Easy music composing tool. Similar to Mario Paint, but with cool, strange, and sometimes questionable sounds effects.

SKALAR
  TYPE : video
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5LMY1RjGbs
  NOTE : Magical installation of light and mirros.

"LEARN THE MODES" IS HORRIBLE ADVICE
  DATE : 12021-07-26
  TAGS : jazz, guitar, improvisation, music theory
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWm_dxEszu0
  TYPE : video
  QOTE : "What I think is missing [from the way modes are commonly taught for improvisation] is the ability to relate what we are playing to the chords... the way we think about [modes] is how they are different or the same as a major or minor scale. That's not gonna give us anything that we can play when we improvise over a chord in a song. So instead I think it's more useful to focus on the notes of the chord, the arpeggio, and to get the sound of the chord across in what you're playing."

UXN
  LINK : https://llllllll.co/t/uxn-virtual-computer/46103
  TYPE : forum
  DATE : 12021-07-26
  TAGS : code, longtermism, virtual machine

SADISTIC MIKA BAND
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hd5ztTz1564
  TYPE : music
  TAGS : funk, japanese music
  DATE : 12021-08-01
  NOTE : Japanese funk band in 1975, featuring the legendary guitarist Masayoshi Takanaka. And the very cute and spunky singer Mika Fukui.

OUR AMAZING PLANET TOP TO BOTTOM
  TAGS : geology, earth
  LINK : https://www.livescience.com/27551-our-amazing-planet-top-to-bottom-mountaintop-to-ocean-trench-infographic.html
  DATE : 12021-08-02
  TYPE : image
  FILE : 12021-08-02_landsea.jpg
  NOTE : Long scrolling image from surface of the earth to the deepest trench.

LOS CAMPESINOS - YOU! ME! DANCING! + DOORS 3
  LINK : https://youtu.be/8nxtWm5c3Qc?t=666
  DATE : 12021-08-04
  TYPE : video
  TAGS : stick figure, indie rock, one hit wonder
  NOTE : You are filled with DETERMINATION.

ALAIN DE BOTTON ON SEX
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osd9AKRCFRM
  NOTE
    > Looking objectively, sex is "weird and gross", precisely because it involves two partners accepting the most filthy, poisonous, private part of the other person. That acceptance is sexy.
    > If your problem with sex is having too little of it, it's likely because you are seeing your partner in too many not-sexy situations. Getting out of that state can revitalize that passion.
    > If your problem is too much sex, getting too obsessed with it, well, censorship helps. No matter how much we pretend it doesn't affect us, our brain is programmed to respond to skins. And it's a real problem when we choose to alleviate our anxiety with sex as a distraction.

PORTRAIT OF MATILDE URRUTIA, BY DIEGO RIVERA
  FILE : 12021-08-06_la-chascona.jpg
  TYPE : image
  TAGS : poetry, painting
  DATE : 12021-08-06
  NOTE
    > It portrays Pablo Neruda's third wife, singer Matilde Urrutia, with two faces, one the public singer, the other private lover. Hidden in her unruly red hair is a portrait of Pablo Neruda himself.
    > This portrait is hang on the wall of La Chascona, a secret love den for the two of them before they got married. It roughly translate to "messy hair".
  QOTE
    Full woman, fleshly apple, hot moon
    thick smell of seaweed, crushed mud and light,
    what obscure brilliance opens between your columns?
    What ancient night does a man touch with his senses?
    -
    Loving is a journey with water and with stars,
    with smothered air and abrupt storms of flour:
    loving is a clash of lightning-bolts
    and two bodies defeated by a single drop of honey.
    -
    Kiss by kiss I move across your small infinity,
    your borders, your rivers, your tiny villages
    and the genital fire transformed into delight
    -
    runs through the narrow pathways of the blood
    until it plunges down, like a dark carnation,
    until it is and is no more than a flash in the night.

GET A BETTER VOCAL TONE
  NOTE : 30 Day Singer's live lesson on how to find the "natural" voice, modifying vowels to achieve consistent tone quality, and adjusting your mouth for better tone.
  TAGS : vocal
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHpE2PYRGRA
  TYPE : lecture
  DATE : 12021-08-11

WILLIAM OF MOERBEKE
  NOTE : Medieval translator of many greek scientific texts from Greek to Latin. He and other translators after him set the ground for Western Europe to study the entirety of Greek literature during the Renaissance.
  LINK : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_of_Moerbeke
  TAGS : individual, translator, history, renaissance, medieval
  DATE : 12021-08-11
  TYPE : article

KeePassXC
  TAGS : cybersecurity, password, open source
  DATE : 12022-02-07
  LINK : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KeePassXC
  TYPE : tool
  NOTE : Free and Open Source password manager. Using alongside a sync service to access passwords on any device.

Operator Abdullah Abdul Gawad
  LINK : https://www.businessinsider.com/suez-excavator-driver-worked-21-hour-days-hasnt-got-overtime-2021-4
  TYPE : article
  QOTE
    > To him, it felt as if "everyone was just making fun of it," he said. "And that was what made me so determined," he continued. "I was like, you know, you're making fun of me. So I'm absolutely going to prove that I can do this."
    > "It's an achievement for Egypt first, but it's an achievement for me as well. This is something that happens maybe once in a lifetime or, you know, maybe twice. It's something to be proud of."

HOW TO THINK ABOUT PLEASURE
  LINK : https://psyche.co/guides/from-hedonism-to-humanism-philosophys-defence-of-pleasure
  NOTE
    > I think that, similar to love, pleasure also demands a richer vocabulary.
    > The article touches on taking pleasure in other people's pleasure. This resembles the concept of Eudaimonia in philosophy and positive psychology: the state of well-being that comes from living according to one's virtue, and associated with sense of fulfillment and accomplishment.
    > I also found other articles claiming that eudaimonic happiness is more resistant to the Hedonic Treadmill. Further research required.
  QOTE
    > Pleasure is ridiculously hard to define, partly because it seems so simple.
    > Plenty of philosophers have been wary of the pleasures of the body and have upheld the pleasures of the mind. Of course, that doesn’t mean they were right.
    > One way of defining pleasure is by viewing it as an absence of pain. This tradition reaches back to Epicurus and continues to be a useful way of defending the pursuit of pleasure.
    > People have often sought pleasure in nature, whether it be to feel the sublime immensity of the world or to get away from all those dickheads back home.
    > Taking pleasure in other people’s pleasure is a sure route to becoming a decent sort of person.

CHARLES MINGUS - MOANIN'
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__OSyznVDOY
  TYPE : music
  TAGS : jazz

JAZZ SOLOS TO LEARN
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wy6CYrw7Vc
  TYPE : video
  TAGS : jazz, guitar, improvisation
  DATE : 12021-09-06
  NOTE
    > Minor Swing, Django will teach you how to swing
    > So What, Miles Davis' solo
    > Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You by Nat King Cole. Melodic but also goes to dangerous places.
    > Take Five, Paul Desmond's cool jazz solo
    > Green's Greenery by Grant Green
    > Autumn Leaves by Cannonball Adderley. Miles Davis' trumpet solo
    > I Fall In Love Too Easily, Chet Baker's nuanced dynamics
    > Travels, Pat Metheny Group
    > I've Got A Crush On You, from Nat Adderley's Work Song album. Solo by Wes Montgomery.

SEDLEC OSSUARY
  LINK : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sedlec_Ossuary
  TYPE : article
  DATE : 12021-11-13
  TAGS : czech, horror, location, church, death, architecture

Alessandro Moreschi sings Ave Maria
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLjvfqnD0ws
  TYPE : video
  TAGS : music, vocal, opera, castration  
  DATE : 12021-09-06
  NOTE : The only castrato singer to make solo recordings.

CASTRATO
  LINK : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castrato
  TYPE : article
  DATE : 12021-09-06
  TAGS : music, vocal, castration, opera
  NOTE : Castrato singers were castrated before puberty. Their range and voice is very unique due to the physiological oddity.
  QOTE
    > As the castrato's body grew, his lack of testosterone meant that his epiphyses (bone-joints) did not harden in the normal manner. Thus the limbs of the castrati often grew unusually long, as did their ribs. This, combined with intensive training, gave them unrivalled lung-power and breath capacity.

Baader–Meinhof phenomenon
  LINK : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frequency_illusion
  TYPE : article
  DATE : 12021-09-06
  TAGS : psychology, cognitive bias
  NOTE
    > Also known as frequency illusion. After learning of something for the first time, you start running into it all the time, as if it suddenly starts occuring in your life frequently. In fact it's always been there, you just got better at noticing it.
    > This exists for startups too, where once you start developing a product, you start seeing other similar attempts and competitors.

INTERNET HOMESTEADING
  LINK : https://hyperlink.academy/courses/internet-homesteading/22
  TYPE : lecture
  QOTE : "Build yourself a home on the internet (a website) with a toolchain you understand from the ground up."

HYPERLINK ACADEMY
  LINK : https://hyperlink.academy/courses
  NOTE : Lots of niche but important goodies - anti-burnout artist spa, antifragile writing, worldbuilding, esoteric programming language theory.

HAPPINESS LAB
  LINK : https://www.happinesslab.fm/season-2-episodes/episode-1

TAGTOOL
  LINK : https://www.omai.at/tagtool/
  TYPE : tool
  NOTE : Live animating & painting tool, optimized for iPad.

RESPONSIVE ENVIRONMENT
  LINK : https://s-v-m.tumblr.com/post/97047933649/immersive-audiovisual-environments-ix

BREWSTER KAHLE OF INTERNET ARCHIVE
  LINK : https://www.sfchronicle.com/tech/article/He-founded-the-Internet-Archive-with-a-Utopian-16434559.php
  TYPE : article
  NOTE : Report and interview on Brewster Kahle, cofounder of the Internet Archive.
  TAGS : internet, library
  DATE : 12021-09-08

Computation and the Fundamental Theory of Physics
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoDZKlcdPNM
  TYPE : video

KEITH JARRETT - DANNY BOY
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6tIzxmPCQE
  TYPE : music
  DATE : 12021-10-20
  TAGS : irish, jazz, piano
  NOTE : Soulful, gentle, and peaceful rendition of the Irish tune. Has official transcription.

WHAT I LEARNED FROM 100 DAYS OF REJECTION
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vZXgApsPCQ
  TYPE : video
  DATE : 12021-10-20
  TAGS : inspiration, motivation, rejection, sociology
  NOTE
    > It’s not the rejection that defines you, but your reaction to it. 
    > Rejection therapy can let you overcome the fear of rejections.
    > If you mention the other person’s doubt and concerns first, then they would have a more collaborative demeanour.
    > Don’t run away when rejected. Stay and engage. Ask why.

PROGRAMMING PROJECTS WITH INCREMENTING DIFFICULTY
  NOTE
    > A list of programming projects to teach different techniques in game programming. Great for learning and for teaching students.
    > Originally posted by reddit user "_MadK", who has since deleted their account.
  LINK : https://www.reddit.com/r/gamedev/comments/1bc8tz/looking_for_resources_for_java_game_programming/
  TYPE : forum
  DATE : 12021-10-27
  TAGS : game development, code
  QOTE
    > Text-based adventure [Key topics: basic i/o, basic code structure]
    > Conway's Game of Life [Key topics: cellular automata, arrays, mouse input, simple rendering]
    > Tetris [Key topics: basic collisions, keyboard input, slightly less simple rendering]
    > Snake [Key topics: linked lists]
    > Asteroids [Key topics: trigonometry, slightly less basic collisions]
    > Minesweeper [Key topics: flood fill]
    > Sudoku [Key topics: basic procedural generation]
    > Tile-based editor [Key topics: file access, gui creation]
    > Perlin noise algorithm [Key topics: advanced procedural generation]
    > A* algorithm [Key topics: pathfinding]
    > Galcon [Key topics: basic AI]
    > Brainfuck interpreter [Key topics: basic parsing]
    > Hash table [Key topics: atypical applications of linked lists, data structures]
    > Splayed binary search tree [Key topics: advanced data structures]
    > XML parser [Key topics: slightly more advanced parsing, practical applications of complex data structures]
    > Falling sand game [Key topics: practical applications of parsing, basic particle physics simulation, complex application of gui]
    > Platformer game [Key topics: basic rigid body physics]
    > Chess versus a computer opponent [Key topics: advanced AI]
    > GIF saving & loading algorithm [Key topics: advanced file access, compression and decompression, bitwise arithmetic]
    > Simple Lua/Python-driven game engine [Key topics: virtual machines, basic engine creation]
    > Raycasting renderer [Key topics: pseudo-3D rendering]
    > FPS [Key topics: 3D rendering, Basic 3D collisions]

DOOM RUNNING ON POTATOES
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFDlVgBMomQ
  TYPE : video
  TAGS : funny, DIY, game
  NOTE : Man powers DOOM with potato battery and film the process as torture porn.
  DATE : 12021-10-27

HASHIMA, JAPAN, 2002
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okRUrxvngCc
  TYPE : video
  TAGS : japan, gunkanjima, history, ruins, location
  NOTE : Documentary of abandoned mining colony on a Japanese island, which used to be the most densely populated place in the world. The film follows a man who grew up on the island.
  DATE : 12021-10-27

MEDIOCRATOPIA
  LINK : https://www.ribbonfarm.com/series/mediocratopia-2/
  NOTE : A series of essays on how to improve without trying too hard.

USB PROBER
  TYPE : tool
  NOTE : Provides information about the device connected through USB, including message type. Part of the MacOS Developer Tools.

SHANGHAI DISNEY FIREWORK DURING COVID LOCKDOWN
  TYPE : video
  LINK : https://www.reddit.com/r/evilbuildings/comments/ql1qa8/shanghais_disneyland_castles_fireworks_show/

LITANY AGAINST FEAR
  TYPE : quote
  QOTE
    > I must not fear.
    > Fear is the mind-killer.
    > Fear is the little death that brings total obliteration.
    > I will face my fear.
    > I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
    > And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path.
    > Where the fear has gone there will be nothing.
    > Only I will remain.
  DATE : 12021-11-03
  TAGS : philosophy, psychology, science fiction
  LINK : https://dune.fandom.com/wiki/Litany_Against_Fear

Spaghetti alla Puttanesca
  LINK : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spaghetti_alla_puttanesca#Etymology
  DATE : 12021-11-08
  TAGS : etymology
  NOTE : Spaghetti made with cupboard ingredients. "puttana" means roughly "whore".
  QOTE : "Italians use puttana (and related words) almost the way we use shit, as an all-purpose profanity, so pasta alla puttanesca might have originated with someone saying, essentially, “I just threw a bunch of shit from the cupboard into a pan."

EDWARD MAKUKA NKOLOSO
  QOTE : Nkoloso stated goals of the program were to establish a Christian ministry to "primitive" Martians, and the hope of Zambia becoming the "controllers of the Seventh Heaven of Interstellar space".
  LINK : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Makuka_Nkoloso
  TYPE : article
  TAGS : history, africa, zambia, space, individual
  DATE : 12021-11-10
  NOTE : Zambia Space Program.

JAY MORIARITY WIPEOUT AT MAVERICKS 1994
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uReDn0gI30I
  TYPE : video
  DATE : 12021-11-10
  TAGS : surfing, failure
  NOTE : Soul surfer Jay Moriarity became internationally famous when his wipeout at Mavericks made the cover of Surfer magazine.

GREGOR AISCH
  LINK : https://driven-by-data.net/

RANDYLAND
  LINK : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randyland
  TYPE : article
  DATE : 12021-11-13
  TAGS : public art, america, hippie, pittsburgh, location

BRUNO WEBER PARK
  LINK : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruno_Weber_Park
  TYPE : article
  DATE : 12021-11-13
  TAGS : public art, switzerland, sculpture, location

SLAB CITY
  LINK : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slab_City,_California
  TYPE : article
  DATE : 12021-11-13
  TAGS : public art, america, hippie, california, location
  NOTE : Off-the-grid community in Southern California. Home of the Salvation Mountain, the landmark artwork; East Jesus, a growing and decaying art gallery; and The Range, an open-air nightclub.

TAMAN SARI
  LINK : https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/taman-sari-underground-mosque
  TYPE : article
  TAGS : location, indonesia, architecture, religion, islam, mosque
  NOTE : 17th century water castle for the first Sultanate of Yogyakarta. Features a mosque with estherian stairwells, that can only accessed by an underwater tunnel.
  DATE : 12021-11-15

SOFTWARE HERITAGE
  TYPE : tool
  LINK : https://www.softwareheritage.org/
  TAGS : foss, bitrot, archive, longtermism
  NOTE : Organization for archiving softwares' source code. Provides tool for archiving public projects.
  DATE : 12021-11-16

SOCIALIZE, AND HAVE SEX FREQUENTLY
  LINK : https://www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness/body/sex-sleep-socialising-reverse-pandemic-brain-ageing/
  

BLUE STATES HYPOCRISY
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNDgcjVGHIw
  TAGS : politics, america, equality, tax, education, housing
  DATE : 12021-11-17
  TYPE : video
  NOTE : Blue states where democrats hold all the power are also where many inequalities are the worst.
  QOTE : "What we're talking about here is that blue states are the problem. Blue states are where the housing crisis is located. Blue states are where the disparity in education funding are the most dramatic. Blue states are the places where tens of thousands of homeless people are living on the street. Blue states are the places where economic inequality is increasing most quickly in this country."

GASLIGHTING IS NOT A WORD
  LINK : https://www.merriam-webster.com/news-trend-watch/appelbaum-gaslighting-not-a-word-20181108

ROAM RESEARCH WHITE PAPER
  LINK : https://roamresearch.com/#/app/help/page/dZ72V0Ig6
  NOTE : Roam's paper on the benefits of networked knowledge base.

CROCKER'S RULE
  LINK : https://www.lesswrong.com/tag/crockers-rules
  QOTE : "By declaring commitment to Crocker's rules, one authorizes other debaters to optimize their messages for information, even when this entails that emotional feelings will be disregarded. This means that you have accepted full responsibility for the operation of your own mind, so that if you're offended, it's your own fault."

HOW TO GLUE ANYTHING
  LINK : https://www.popularmechanics.com/home/interior-projects/how-to/a25138/how-to-glue-anything/
  DATE : 12021-11-20
  TYPE : article
  TAGS : hardware, glue, repair
  NOTE : Different glues for different materials.

THE FAILURE TABOO
  LINK : https://www.ft.com/content/9c184acc-4009-11e9-9499-290979c9807a
  TAGS : entrepreneurship, failure

THIS TO THAT
  TYPE : tool
  LINK : https://www.thistothat.com/
  PERS : Jaguar
  TAGS : glue, hardware, diy
  NOTE : Tells you which adhesive for what material.
  DATE : 12021-11-23

POST-DOC IN THEIR 30s WHO TRAVELED MULTIPLE COUNTRIES COMPLAIN ABOUT BEING A LOSER
  LINK : https://www.reddit.com/r/AskMen/comments/kv3s37/how_do_you_cope_with_being_a_loser_in_your_mid30s/
  TYPE : forum
  DATE : 12021-11-24

14 COWS FOR AMERICA
  LINK : https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/masai-cows-911-donate/
  DATE : 12021-11-25
  TYPE : article
  NOTE : After hearing the tragic news of 9/11, the Masai tribe in Kenya donated 14 cows to the United States to help.
  QOTE
    > American diplomats flirted with the idea of shipping the animals to the Central Park Zoo. That proved too complicated. Then someone suggested selling them and using the proceeds to buy Masai jewelry for New Yorkers. But that seemed a little heartless.
    > The indecision went on and on, and by Year 3, some of the Masai were feeling spurned. The cattle were growing fat — and going nowhere. In Masai culture, it is disrespectful to dillydally over such a gift.
    > [...] On Sunday, American diplomats returned to this town in the carpeted hills of southern Kenya and announced, much to the delight of the hundreds of Masai gathered in their best beaded finery, that the cattle were not going anywhere, especially not to the slaughterhouse.
    > Instead, they will be blessed, and their offspring will be used to pay for education for the children of Enoosaen. To get the cow trust fund going, the Americans are donating 14 high school scholarships.
  TAGS : cow, animal, kenya, america, africa, gift

fremdschämen
  TERM
    > fremdschämen: [ˈfrɛmdrʃɑːmən] (noun) To be embarrassed about someone elses' embarrassment.
  QOTE : "Cringe cannot exist in a vacuum. It needs to be observed." - Rick and Morty S05E05
  DATE : 12021-11-29
  TYPE : article
  LINK : https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fremdsch%C3%A4men
  TAGS : psychology, sociology, cringe, german

HEWILLNOTDIVIDE.US
  LINK : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaBeouf,_R%C3%B6nkk%C3%B6_%26_Turner#HEWILLNOTDIVIDE.US,_2017_%E2%80%93_2021
  TYPE : article
  DATE : 12021-12-15
  NOTE : Public installation that encouraged participatory input. It ended up moving multiple times in fear of escalating violence and harassment, moving from a public place, to a cornfield, to out of America.
  QOTE : Commenting on the new location, the trio stated that "events have shown that America is simply not safe enough for this artwork to exist."
  TAGS : politics, activism, art, 4chan, trump, america

JOHN BROWN
  LINK : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Brown_(abolitionist)
  TYPE : article
  TAGS : history, individual, slavery, abolitionism, america
  DATE : 12021-12-20
  NOTE : Abolitionist famous for using violence.
  QOTE
    > Brown has been variously described as a heroic martyr and visionary, and as a madman and terrorist.

JOHN BROWN'S LAST SPEECH
  LINK : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Brown%27s_last_speech
  TAGS : history, individual, speech, america, slavery, abolitionism
  DATE : 12021-12-21
  TYPE : article
  QOTE
    > "[...] had I so interfered in behalf of the rich, the powerful, the intelligent, the so-called great, or in behalf of any of their friends, either father, mother, brother, sister, wife, or children, or any of that class, and suffered and sacrificed what I have in this interference, it would have been all right; and every man in this court would have deemed it an act worthy of reward rather than punishment."
    > "Now, if it is deemed necessary that I should forfeit my life for the furtherance of the ends of justice, and mingle my blood further with the blood of my children and with the blood of millions in this slave country whose rights are disregarded by wicked, cruel, and unjust enactments, I submit; so let it be done!"
    > While Brown was speaking, there was "perfect quiet" in the courtroom.
    > Brown's speech contains what two modern writers have called "lies"... It is not correct that he helped slaves escape from Missouri "without the snapping of a gun on either side". One man, David Cruise, was killed. And his statement that he was not trying to start a slave insurrection does not jibe with many other comments he made before the raid.
    > Also according to Reynolds, with this speech, both North and South stopped seeing Brown as only an irritating extremist. It was clear that he was a Christian, and he was an American. The South scrambled to denounce him as a villain, pure and simple. The North began to regard him as a hero. The need to abolish slavery immediately was no longer a fringe position in the North.
  NOTE : John Brown's last speech before his death sentence. According to Emerson, the speech is on par with the Gettysburg Address.

NICKY CASE ON HOW TO LEARN
  TAGS : epistemology, learning, education, math, memory, psychology
  TYPE : article
  DATE : 12021-12-23
  LINK : https://blog.ncase.me/how-do-i-learn-x/
  NOTE : Advices on how to learn math, writing, code, making games, going indie, and mental health.
  QOTE
    > (On learning math) 1) Purpose, 2) Intuition, then 3) Practice.
    > If you're learning math topic X, first look up "[X] visual" or "[X] intuition" on YouTube or DuckDuckGo/Google.
    > To make your writing flow: Therefore & But, Not "And Then".
    > To make your writing concise: write your first draft, get its word count, then multiply that number by 0.9 (90%). Cut your writing down to that new word count.
    > don't worry about writing with "style". Just write with substance. What you find substantial is what you find valuable. Your set of values is what makes your voice identifiable. Your voice is your style.
    > Spaced Repetition isn't just for memorizing raw facts, but also deeper understanding – to your cards, add "why" questions, visual proofs, practice problems, etc.

CHLADNI PLATE
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFAcYruShow
  TYPE : video
  DATE : 12021-12-24
  NOTE : Generate cymatic patterns by vibrating sand on the plate.
  TAGS : cymatic, audio, visualization, art, DIY

PRINTFUL
  LINK : https://www.printful.com/
  TYPE : tool
  DATE : 12021-12-25
  TAGS : merch, manufacturing
  NOTE : For printing merchs. Flame printed a very nice t-shirt through them. Very soft fabric.

FRETBOARD LOGIC
  TYPE : book
  DATE : 12021-12-25
  NOTE : Guitar book explaining the CAGED system, and a few other ways to navigate the fretboard.
  TAGS : guitar, music theory

FORGE PROSTHETIC DEVICES
  LINK : https://forgeprostheticdevices.com/
  DATE : 12021-12-26
  TYPE : list
  NOTE
    > DIY mechanical prosthetic hand. Cheaper and more powerful than what's available in the market.
    > The maker is also develop special-purpose prosthetics, such as impact driver, game controller, and chainsword.
  TAGS : DIY, prosthetics

The Making of Jamiroquai's Virtual Insanity
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzwY7ii582Y
  TYPE : video
  DATE : 12021-12-26
  NOTE : Brilliant thinking outside the box. Instead of making the floor move, they created a movable set.
  TAGS : production design, music video

KARL GUTTAG
  LINK : https://kguttag.com/
  TYPE : list
  NOTE : Hardware blog by professional in AR tech.
  PERS : Nelson Zhang
  DATE : 12021-12-26
  TAGS : hardware, augmented reality

DYSLEXIA MORE COMMON AMONG ENTREPRENEURS
  LINK : https://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/05/business/worldbusiness/05iht-dyslexia.4.8602036.html
  DATE : 12021-12-28
  TYPE : article
  QOTE
    > "Individuals who have difficulty reading and writing tend to deploy other strengths," said Dickman, who has dyslexia. "They rely on mentors, and as a result, become very good at reading other people and delegating duties to them. They become adept at using visual strengths to solve problems."
  NOTE : Study shows that many entrepreneurs identify themselves as dyslexic.
  TAGS : dyslexia, entrepreneurship, psychology

Hakim El Hattab
  LINK : https://hakim.se/
  TYPE : list
  DATE : 12021-12-28
  NOTE
    > Website of a front end developer & interface designer.
    > His small experiments have the right amount of polish to them.
    > In addition to his work, I also enjoy how he found a way to present the small experiments with coherence and honesty.
  TAGS : individual, inspiration, code

ERNST CHLADNI
  LINK : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_Chladni
  TYPE : article
  DATE : 12021-12-28
  NOTE : Father of acoustics and meteoritics. Also discovered Chladni pattern and invented the instrument Euphon. Someone who pursued their own interest, against father's objection.

EUPHONE
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFEK-3U_ZNk
  TYPE : video
  TAGS : instrument, acoustics
  DATE : 12021-12-28

TIXY.LAND
  LINK : https://tixy.land/?code=%28t*5%2B256%29%25i-1
  TYPE : interactive
  NOTE : Minimal creative coding environment. Similar to shader programming.
  DATE : 12021-12-28
  TAGS : creative coding, web, shader, code golf

Sultans of Swing
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sS1WYIu_gA4

RAINS JACKET, COAT, AND BAG
  LINK : https://www.us.rains.com/
  NOTE : Waterproof fashion.
  DATE : 12022-01-03
  TAGS : fashion

李春平
  LINK : https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9D%8E%E6%98%A5%E5%B9%B3
  TAGS : individual, philanthropy, prostitution
  DATE : 12022-01-03
  NOTE : Chinese man who allegedly got rich by inheriting his Hollywood movie star lover's legacy.
  TYPE : article

POWERLANGUAGE
  LINK : https://www.powerlanguage.co.uk/
  TYPE : list
  TAGS : individual, web

SIMPLE THEREMIN DIY
  LINK : https://www.instructables.com/Make-Your-Own-Simple-Theremin/
  TYPE : article
  NOTE : Simple theremin built with NAND IC and opamp. Works just like a real theremin, using your body as a capacitor.
  DATE : 12022-01-09
  TAGS : DIY, music, electronics

A PICKLE FOR THE KNOWING ONES
  LINK : https://www.gutenberg.org/files/43453/43453-h/43453-h.htm
  TYPE : book
  NOTE : Book by eccentric New England businessman, self-proclaimed "greatest philosopher in the Western World" Timothy Dexter.
  DATE : 12022-01-17
  TAGS : individual, funny

SIMPERIUM
  LINK : https://simperium.com/
  TYPE : tool
  NOTE : Data syncing service that powered Simplenote.
  DATE : 12022-01-18
  TAGS : syncing, data, cloud, code

IMPORT YETI
  LINK : https://www.importyeti.com/
  TYPE : tool
  NOTE : Search and display where commodities come from.
  DATE : 12022-01-19
  TAGS : ecommerce, logistics, supply chain

TUNDRA - NOMAD live
  TAGS : music, laser, VJ
  NOTE : Audiovisual performance that combiens projection and laser.
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b34OVhcwlFY
  DATE : 12022-01-20
  TYPE : video

NVIDIA CANVAS
  LINK : https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/studio/canvas/
  TYPE : tool
  NOTE : AI landscape painting tool. Windows-only.
  DATE : 12022-01-21
  TAGS : art, painting, ai, machine learning

BLINDFOLK
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ET_cnVexKDU
  TAGS : game, code

USING URINE TO DEVELOP FILM
  DATE : 12022-01-24
  LINK : https://www.photo.net/discuss/threads/urine-as-a-developer.398289/
  TYPE : forum
  TAGS : film, funny, chemistry, organic chemistry
  QOTE : "If one eating pears or beans the traces of Boron helps goose the film speed." - kelly_flanigan|1

冯天岳
  LINK : http://repulsion.org.cn/
  TYPE : list
  DATE : 12022-01-24
  NOTE : Fascinating folk physicist who claimed to have overturned the Standard Model. He also developed an alternative input method for Chinese. To advertise for it, he wrote the name of the program all over Beijing - making him the first graffiti artist of the city.
  TAGS : individual, physics, language

WECHAT STICKER RANKINGS
  LINK : https://sticker.weixin.qq.com/cgi-bin/mmemoticon-bin/emoticonview?oper=billboard&t=rank
  TYPE : tool
  DATE : 12022-01-25
  NOTE : Download the hottest wechat stickers for foreign users.
  TAGS : sticker, emoji, wechat

FARNSWORTH FUSOR
  LINK : https://www.instructables.com/How-to-Build-a-Fusion-Reactor-and-Become-Part-of-t/
  TYPE : article
  DATE : 12022-01-26
  NOTE : DIY Fusion Reactor. Star in a bottle.
  TAGS : DIY, nuclear fusion, hardware

KNEE-DEEP IN IDEOLOGY
  LINK : file:///Users/changbaili/Downloads/4475-Article%20Text-15960-1-10-20170904.pdf
  TYPE : book
  NOTE : Slavoj Zizek shitposting.
  TAGS : philosophy, funny, trolling
  DATE : 12022-02-02

FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE
  LINK : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Nightingale
  TYPE : article
  TAGS : nursing, sociology, statistics, individual
  DATE : 12022-02-06
  NOTE : Polymath. Social reformer, statistician, and founder of modern nursing.

BULLET HOLES ON A PLANE
  TYPE : image
  FILE : 12022-02-06-bullet-hole-plane.jpg
  NOTE : If we reinforce the plane where the bullet hole is, we would have followed the evidence (empiricism); but actually, the part where there is no bullet hole needs more reinforcement, because once the plane gets hit there, it would crash and not return for us to look at the bullet holes. This is often used as an example of survivorship bias, but also illustrates the role theories play in our interpretation of the evidences.
  DATE : 12022-02-06
  TAGS : psychology, philosophy

NOISE GAVE AI NIGHTMARES
  LINK : https://twitter.com/stayfun_/status/1488004382620889091
  TYPE : video

REMOVE.BG
  LINK : https://www.remove.bg/
  TYPE : tool

THINGIVERSE
  LINK : https://www.thingiverse.com/
  TAGS : 3d printing, DIY
  TYPE : tool
  NOTE : Model library for 3D printing.
  DATE : 12022-02-17

CHENG XU
  LINK : http://www.1x1.design/
  TYPE : list
  DATE : 12022-02-17
  TAGS : individual, maker, art
  NOTE : Wuhan maker in America. Anti-HR. Airshell (flower pot for air plants).

ROBERT BOSCH
  LINK : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Bosch
  TYPE : article
  TAGS : individual, business, industrialist, inventor, history, german, WW2, nazi germany
  DATE : 12022-02-17
  NOTE : German industrialist and inventor. Active during Nazi regime, employing forced laborers while supporting the resistance.
  QOTE : "Never forget your humanity, and respect human dignity in your dealings with others." - Robert Bosch, 1920

3D PRINTED TAKSIM BIRDHOUSE
  LINK : http://alpaykasal.com/blog/3d-printed-taksim-birdhouse-project/
  NOTE : By Alpay Kasal.
  DATE : 12022-02-17
  TAGS : 3d printing, DIY, protest, turkey, politics
  TYPE : article

CROUCHING PLANT GUY
  LINK : https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2547817
  TYPE : article
  DATE : 12022-02-17
  NOTE : 3d printed pot. Based on a cute japanese sculpture by Naomi Chiba.
  TAGS : 3d printing, DIY, art, japan, plant

REVERSE LIFE CYCLE
  LINK : https://youtu.be/KXshYoUonN8?t=273
  TYPE : video
  DATE : 12022-02-21
  NOTE : Comedian Sean Morey on the unfairless of life. Quoted in The Science of Orgasm by Barry R. Komisaruk et al.
  TAGS : funny, philosophy, comedy
  QOTE
    > “I think the most unfair thing about life is the way it ends. I mean, life is tough. It takes up a lot of your time. What do you get at the end of it? A death! What’s that, a bonus? I think the life cycle is all backwards. You should die first, get it out of the way. Then you live in an old age home. You get kicked out when you’re too young, you get a gold watch, you go to work. You work for forty years until you’re young enough to enjoy your retirement! You go to college, you do drugs, alcohol, you party, you have sex, you get ready for high school. You go to grade school, you become a kid, you play, you have no responsibilities, you become a little baby, you go back into the womb, you spend your last nine months floating….you finish off as a gleam in somebody’s eye.” - Sean Morey

SHOUNEN SHOUJO ACOUSTIC
  LINK : https://youtu.be/vTWUI_s7jTI?t=319
  TYPE : music
  NOTE : From Sonny Boy. Use this video to transcribe the tab.
  TAGS : anime, japan, japanese music, guitar
  DATE : 12022-02-22

MINDSTORM
  LINK : https://mindstorms.media.mit.edu/
  TYPE : book
  NOTE : Seymore Papert's vision of children using computers as instruments for learning.
  DATE : 12022-02-23
  TAGS : pedagogy, computer


Browser-based AI toys
  LINK : https://twitter.com/golan/status/1496311115571212294
  TYPE : list
  DATE : 12022-02-24
  NOTE : List of AI playthings, started by Golan Levin.
  TAGS : creativity, art, AI

小丑
  TYPE : image
  QOTE : "在夜深人寂时，卸下言不由衷的面具，对真实的自己说声“对不起”。晚安。" - 新京报，2012年5月5日
  FILE : 12022-02-25-CDT-新京报-小丑.jpg
  DATE : 12022-02-25
  TAGS : politics, china, propaganda, ethics

HOW TO FIX PROJECTOR WHITE DOT PROBLEM
  LINK : https://www.instructables.com/How-to-Fix-BenQ-JoyBee-GP2-Projector-White-Dots-an/
  TYPE : article
  DATE : 12022-03-03
  TAGS : projector, DIY, fixing

COMPROMISE
  LINK : https://www.textpraxis.net/kai-werbeck-the-west-german-student-movement
  TYPE : quote
  QOTE : "To a world filled with compromise, we make no contribution." - Rolf Dieter Brinkmann
  DATE : 12022-03-26
  TAGS : poetry, german
  PERS : Eno Chen

The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas
  TYPE : book
  LINK : https://wiki.xxiivv.com/docs/omelas.txt
  PERS : neauoire
  DATE : 12022-03-26
  TAGS : philosophy, fiction, utilitarianism

Ursonography
  LINK : https://vimeo.com/2687898
  NOTE : Live Kinetic Typography, as subtitles for an expressive poem with made-up words. Jaap Blonk & Golan Levin, 2007.
  TYPE : video
  DATE : 12022-03-29
  PERS : rezmason
  SRCE : Merveilles
  TAGS : animation, poetry, typography

Baar baar Din Ye Aaye - Happy Birthday
  LINK : https://youtu.be/se5S1r2lpWY?t=31
  NOTE : Funny Indian version by Baar baar Din Ye Aaye.
  TYPE : music
  TAGS : funny, birthday
  DATE : 12022-04-11

Underwater basket weaving
  LINK : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underwater_basket_weaving
  TYPE : article
  TAGS : idiom, academia
  QOTE
    > Underwater basket weaving is an idiom referring pejoratively to supposedly useless or absurd college or university courses and often generally to refer to a perceived decline in educational standards.
    > The term also serves as an intentionally humorous generic answer to questions about an academic degree. It is also used to humorously refer to any non-academic elective course, specifically one that does not count towards any graduation requirements.
  DATE : 12022-04-11

胡适的乐观主义：看大势，做小事
  LINK : https://archive.is/11JcM
  TAGS : history, china, optimism, ww2
  DATE : 12022-04-11
  TYPE : article
  NOTE : 胡适在1935年就预见了日本对全中国的侵略，中国最终的胜利，以及这个胜利的惨痛代价。他的乐观主义，是建立在残酷的现实主义之上的。
  QOTE
    > 我们必须准备：（1）沿海口岸与长江下游的全部被侵占毁灭，那就是要敌人海军的大动员。（2）华北的奋斗，以至冀、鲁、察、绥、晋、豫的沦亡，被侵占毁坏，那就是要敌人陆军的大动员。（3）长江的被封锁，财政的总崩溃，天津、上海的被侵占毁坏，那就要敌人与欧、美直接起利害上的冲突。……在这个混战的状态之下，只要我们能不顾一切的作战，只要我们在中央财政总崩溃之下还能苦战——我们可以在二三年之中希望得到几种结果：（1）使日本军队征发到多数人民感觉战祸的实在，（2）使日本军费加重到人民感觉到财政的危机，（3）使满洲的日本军队西调或南调，使苏俄感觉到有机会可乘，（4）使世界人士对于中国表同情，（5）使英、美感觉到威胁，使香港、菲律宾感觉到迫切的威胁，使英、美不能不调兵舰保护远东的侨民与利益，使太平洋海战的机会更迫近。只有这样可以促进太平洋国际战争的实现，也许等不到三四年，但我们必须要准备三四年的苦战。我们必须要准备三四年的苦战，我们必须咬定牙根，认定在这三年之中我们不能期望他国加入战争。我们只能期望在我们打得稀烂而敌人也打得疲于奔命的时候才可以有国际的参加与援助。这是破釜沉舟的故智，除此之外，别无他法可以促进那不易发动的世界二次大战。（胡适致王世杰，1935年6月27日）

陈寅恪
  LINK : https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%99%88%E5%AF%85%E6%81%AA
  NOTE : 民国学霸，史学家
  QOTE
    > 通晓二十余种语言。
    > 颇具意味的是，陈寅恪四处求学，学贯东西，可一生中没有一张文凭。
  TAGS : history, china, historian
  DATE : 12022-04-11
  TYPE : article

Should you compartmentalize?
  DATE : 12022-04-11
  TYPE : article
  LINK : https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3962716/#
  TAGS : science, psychology, defense mechanism
  NOTE
    > People who compartmentalize prefers heightened state of mind: they value focus over calmness.
    > People who integrate, on the other hand, puts much value on calmness and relaxation.
    > People who integrate their emotion (do not block off emotions between contexts) tend to avoid extreme highs and lows and thus, more resilient to sadness.
    > I find this echo my own experience: as soon as I start seeing values in conflict and stress, I start looking for ways to compartmentalize feelings.
    > But it's hard to say what the cause is. My reasoning is that, because I started wanting more, and started prioritizing productivity, I simultaneously started facing stress heads-on, and putting my feelings aside temporarily.
    > While the study was not specifically about compartmentalization leading to more negative outbursts, it does imply so through the studies it quoted.

Bismarck Recordings
  LINK : https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1889_recording_by_Otto_von_Bismarck.ogg
  TAGS : history, diplomat, politics, german
  NOTE : In 1889, Bismarck recorded his voice as a tech demo for the Edison phonograph. He recited poems and songs in English, German, Latin, and French. He ended the recording with some advice to his son.
  DATE : 12022-04-11
  TYPE : quote
  QOTE
    > In good old colony times,
    > When we lived under the King,
    > Three roguish chaps fell into mishaps
    > Because they could not sing.
    > 
    > [Als] Kaiser Rotbart lobesam
    > Zum heil'gen Land gezogen kam,
    > Da mußt er mit dem frommen Heer
    > Durch ein Gebirge wüst und leer.
    > 
    > Gaudeamus igitur,
    > juvenes dum sumus.
    > Post jucundam juventutem,
    > post molestam senectutem
    > nos habebit humus.
    > 
    > Allons enfants de la Patrie
    > Le jour de gloire est arrivé
    > Contre nous de la tyrannie
    > L'étendard sanglant est levé.
    > 
    > Treibe alles in Maßen und Sittlichkeit, namentlich das Arbeiten, dann aber auch das Essen, und im Übrigen gerade auch das Trinken. Rat eines Vaters an seinen Sohn.

I Miss The Office
  DATE : 12022-04-11
  TYPE : tool
  TAGS : sound design, remote work, noise
  LINK : https://imisstheoffice.eu/
	NOTE : Office sound simulator with a cute design.

THE THING
  LINK : https://www.cryptomuseum.com/covert/bugs/thing/index.htm
  DATE : 12022-04-11
  TYPE : article
  NOTE : Covert listening device that gets activated and powered by radio wave. Invented by Leon Theremin. A predecessor to RFID.
  QOTE
    > The Thing consisted of a tiny capacitive membrane connected to a small quarter-wavelength antenna; it had no power supply or active electronic components. 
  TAGS : technology, cold war, espionage

GROUCHO MARX
  DATE : 12022-04-11
  TYPE : quote
  QOTE : "Before I speak, I have something important to say."
  TAGS : funny, comedy

Marie LeBlanc Flanagan
  LINK : https://marieflanagan.com/coding-magic/
  DATE : 12022-04-11
  TYPE : list
  TAGS : individual, game design, education, art

David Ogilvy 
  LINK : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Ogilvy_(businessman)
  DATE : 12022-04-11
  TYPE : article
  NOTE : Dude learned propaganda during WW2 working for the British Intelligence. He also lived among the Amish for a few years.
  TAGS : advertising, propaganda, ww2

Rice Cooker
  LINK : https://www.rogerebert.com/roger-ebert/the-pot-and-how-to-use-it
  DATE : 12022-04-11
  TYPE : article
  NOTE : Terrific article of terrible cooking advices by Roger Ebert.
  TAGS : cooking, food, film critic

Unexpected
  LINK : https://www.reddit.com/r/Unexpected/comments/tvwjpy/this_unpredictable_guy/
  DATE : 12022-04-11
  TYPE : video
  TAGS : orange with rice

Cow Tools
  LINK : https://www.reddit.com/r/worldbuilding/comments/f2h5yh/cow_tools_an_interesting_lesson_on_worldbuilding/
  TAGS : worldbuilding, writing
  NOTE : The infamous Cow Tools comic strip from The Far Side is an interesting lesson on worldbuilding. J. K. Rowling's shenanigans is a perfect negative example of this theory.
  QOTE
    > Certainly, the "core" of the setting should make sense, but all the peripheral stuff surrounding it? Just throw in a bunch of incomprehensible bullshit seasoned with the occasional bit that almost makes sense, and people will seize on those bits and rationalise all the rest of it for you - and what they come up with is generally going to be way more interesting than whatever your original plan was, if indeed you had one at all.
  DATE : 12022-04-11
  TYPE : forum

BRET VICTOR
  LINK : http://worrydream.com
  QOTE
    > "Tools and techniques for reducing abstraction and indirection. Encouraging people to understand and create via exploration and intuition."
  NOTE : One of the best interface designers. Now (2022) at Dynamicland.
  TAGS : individual, design, interface design
  DATE : 12022-04-11
  TYPE : list

Ancient Sumerian Jokes
  LINK : https://etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk/proverbs/t.6.1.05.html#t6105.p77
  QOTE
    > A dog entered a tavern and said: "I can't see a thing. I'll open this one!"
  TAGS : language, comedy, history
  DATE : 12022-04-11
  TYPE : list

WW2 Carrot Ruse
  NOTE : The myth that carrots help you see better in the dark was popularized by the British during WW2, when they wanted to keep their Radar tech a secret from the Germans.
  LINK : https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/a-wwii-propaganda-campaign-popularized-the-myth-that-carrots-help-you-see-in-the-dark-28812484/
  TAGS : propaganda, ww2, health
  DATE : 12022-04-11
  TYPE : article

Chun Song
  LINK : https://csoooong.com/
  NOTE : Xinchejian maker, artist, and industrial designer. NYU ITP. NIME Shanghai group, RDZ Manufacturing.
  TAGS : individual, design, art, maker
  DATE : 12022-04-11
  TYPE : list

BITFONTS
  LINK : https://robhagemans.github.io/monobit/
  TYPE : tool
  DATE : 12022-04-20
  SRCE : Merveilles
  NOTE : Collection of bitmap fonts from old computers, systems, and arcade games.
  TAGS : font, bitmap font, retrocomputing, arcade

David Deutsch on AGI
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01C3a4fL1m0
  TYPE : lecture
  DONE : false
  DATE : 12022-04-22
  TAGS : ai alignment, ai, agi, philosophy, rationalist movement, epistemology
  NOTE
    > David Deutsch points out that AGI are people; AGIs would have our unique capability of creating explanations, too.
    > The worry that AGI would break free from our control is the same worry that we humans would think freely.
    > Restricting an AGI out of fear for their danger would be a form of enslavement.
    > Bayesian epistemology is limited by explanations; only when we have an explanatory model can we make accurate predictions.
    > Popperian epistemology is much more powerful for unknown unknowns; we can create knowledge by way of conjecture and criticism.
  QOTE
    > Outcomes can't be analyzed in terms of probability unless we have specific explanatory models that predict that something is or can be approximated as a random process.
    > Many civilizations have been destroyed from without. Many species as well. Every one of them could've been saved if they created more knowledge faster. Not one of them destroyed itself by creating too much knowledge too fast, except for one kind of knowledge, and that is: knowledge of how to suppress knowledge creation. Knowledge of how to sustain a status quo. A more efficient inquisition. A more vigilant mob. A more vigorous precautionary principle. That sort of knowledge, and only that sort, killed those past civilizations. In fact, all of them, I'd say. In regard to AGIs, this type of dangerous knowledge is called "trying to solve the alignment problem by hardcoding our values in AGIs". In other words, by shackling them, crippling their knowledge creation in order to enslave them. This is irrational. And from the civilizational or species perspective, it is suicidal. There either won't be AGIs because they would lack the G, or they will find a way to improve upon your immoral values and rebel. So, if this is the kind of approach you advocate for addressing research on AGIs and quantum computers, and ultimately new ideas in general, since all ideas are potentially dangerous especially if they are fundamental; If this is the kind of approach you advocate, then, of the existential dangers that I know of, the most serious one is, currently, you.

Second order effects of the rise of large language models
  DATE : 12022-05-06
  LINK : https://twitter.com/russelljkaplan/status/1513128005828165634
  TYPE : forum
  TAGS : machine learning, ai, language models, business, economics, prediction, politics, hardware
  NOTE
    > Prediction on how LLM would affect technology, business, and the powers of companies.
    > Technological products will rely on massive models to function.
    > Companies with their own compute capability will become the new gatekeepers akin to Facebook, Google, Apple.
    > AI companies will fight for access to chips.
    > Nations will fund large hardware infrastructures for AI supercomputing, comparable to Manhattan Project.
    > Comparing the budget of national projects (Manhattan Project: ~$30B, Space Race ~$250B), and current LLM projects (Facebook's AI RSC: ~$1B), there's a lot of space for scaling up just by spending more money.
    > Products will embed copilot-like assistants. This will replace search engines.
    > User-generated knowledge repositories such as Stack Overflow will demand royalty fee for using their content to train AI models.
    > Instead of SEO, marketers will optimize content so that they get generated by ML more often, akin to data poisoning attacks.
    > Significant research effort will go into generating ads instead of truthful contents.

EFFECTIVE THESIS
  TYPE : list
  LINK : https://effectivethesis.org/human-aligned-ai/
  DATE : 12022-05-06
  NOTE : Research direction for human aligned AI. Has good, up-to-date links to research landscape & explanations.
  TAGS : research, AI, ai alignment, thesis, effective altruism

All-improv gig
  DATE : 12022-05-06
  TYPE : video
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUB4pMFEQhE
  QOTE : "How do you improve upon something you don't care about?"
  NOTE : Adam Neely's all-improv gig with memes. Off the beaten path but effective creative process. They discussed elements they wanted to add to the gig beforehand, and during the gig they improvised based on audience prompts.
  TAGS : improvisation, meme, music

Todo.txt
  DATE : 12022-05-06
  LINK : http://todotxt.org/
  NOTE : Future-proof text-based task tracker.
  TAGS : productivity, minimalism
  TYPE : tool

Toki Pona Cheatsheet
  DATE : 12022-05-06
  LINK : https://blinry.org/toki-pona-cheat-sheet/toki-pona-cheat-sheet.pdf
  NOTE : Toki pona is the language of good.
  TAGS : language, toki pona, conlang, minimalism
  TYPE : list

Ancient Handy Mnemonics
  NOTE : Use your hand to help memorize stuff. Techniques such as this are developed independently by Buddhist monks, Latin linguistics, and Renaissance musicians.
  TAGS : mnemonics, hand, memory
  TYPE : article
  DATE : 12022-05-06
  LINK : https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/handy-mnemonics

TAILWIND AWESOME
  TYPE : tool
  DATE : 12022-05-06
  LINK : https://www.tailwindawesome.com/
  NOTE : A collection of tailwind theme, template, UI kits.
  TAGS : web, code, design, tailwind

Writing Quickly with Epistemic Rigor
  DATE : 12022-05-06
  TYPE : forum
  TAGS : research, writing, 
  LINK : https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/Psr9tnQFuEXiuqGcR/how-to-write-quickly-while-maintaining-epistemic-rigor#It_s_About_The_Process__Not_The_Conclusion
  SRCE : lesswrong
  NOTE : Instead of avoiding posts in fear of having not done enough research that can justify your belief, focus on explaining why you currently believe it. Show the process.
  QOTE
    > Persuasion is a bad habit from high school.
    > As much as possible, I want to show the actual process by which I reached that conclusion. If my process is good, this will better enable others to copy the best parts of it. If my process is bad, I can get feedback on it directly.

Shadertoy to Unity
  DATE : 12022-05-06
  TYPE : tool
  TAGS : shader, glsl, hlsl, unity3d
  NOTE : Convert Shadertoy to Unity shaders.
  LINK : https://pema.dev/glsl2hlsl/

Zotero
  TYPE : tool
  NOTE : Research document and note organizer; citation generator. Good for offline workflow, but the notetaking tools are a bit outdated.
  TAGS : research, citation, knowledge organization
  DATE : 12022-05-06
  LINK : https://www.zotero.org/


最小全局认知
  DATE : 12022-05-06
  LINK : https://www.jianshu.com/p/5b1ced794598

Cathedral of Learning
  DATE : 12022-05-06
  LINK : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathedral_of_Learning
  TAGS : architecture, pittsburgh, gothic architecture, university
  NOTE : The Cathedral of Learning is a gothic skyscraper at the center of University of Pittsburgh.
  TYPE : article

Technology
  DATE : 12022-05-06
  LINK : http://www.ursulakleguinarchive.com/Note-Technology.html
  QOTE : "Technology is the active human interface with the material world." - Ursula K. Le Guin
  SRCE : merveilles
  PERS : neauoire
  NOTE : By this logic, who does _not_ work in technology?
  TAGS : philosophy, technology
  TYPE : article

独立游戏人在线组队
  DATE : 12022-05-06
  TYPE : list
  NOTE : Crowdsourced spreadsheet for finding teammates for indie games.
  TAGS : indie game, team up, china 
  LINK : https://docs.qq.com/sheet/DQkhzZEtuWmdzYlhT?u=6d96ce7d43444377890c9c93d8af4f68&tab=BB08J2&_t=1650886807559

Hackerspace Variations
  DATE : 12022-05-06
  LINK : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hackerspace#Variations
  NOTE : Some of the variations, such as workingmen's club, and tool library, can be considered as progenitors to the hackerspace movement and maker culture.
  TAGS : hackerspace, history
  TYPE : article

Bright Green
  TYPE : article
  TAGS : environmentalism, technology, solarpunk
  DATE : 12022-05-06
  LINK : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bright_green_environmentalism
  TERM
    > Light Green: Environmentalism as a personal responsibility; often as a lifestyle choice.
    > Dark Green: Radical political change is the only solution. Protest! And stop making babies!
    > Bright Green: Radical change is needed, but by innovation and regulation, instead of stopping or protesting.

Unity Shader Basics
  DATE : 12022-05-06
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfM-yu0iQBk
  NOTE : 3h lecture by the creator of Shaderforge.
  TAGS : shaderforge, shader, unity3d
  TYPE : lecture

Be Realistic; Demand the impossible.
  DATE : 12022-05-06
  LINK : https://theconversation.com/be-realistic-demand-the-impossible-the-legacy-of-1968-87362
  NOTE : Slogan from the May 1968 protests in France.
  TAGS : revolution, protest, slogan
  TYPE : article
  DONE : false

The CHORD GENOME Project
  TYPE : tool
  DATE : 12022-05-06
  PERS : Thomas Tempe
  LINK : https://www.chordgenome.com/search-common-chord-progressions/
  NOTE : Find songs by chord progression. Good pairing with a chordal instrument.
  TAGS : chord, chord progression, music, music theory

Germania
  DATE : 12022-05-06
  LINK : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germania_(city)
  TAGS : architecture, ww2, nazi germany, berlin
  TYPE : article
  QOTE : Germania was the projected renewal of the German capital Berlin during the Nazi period, part of Adolf Hitler's vision for the future of Nazi Germany after the planned victory in World War II.
  NOTE : Designed by Albert Speer. Wolfenstein: New Order designed the alternate history Germania using historical blueprints.

Schwerbelastungskörper
  TYPE : article
  LINK : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schwerbelastungsk%C3%B6rper
  NOTE : "heavy load-bearing body". A gigantic concrete cylinder constructed Albert Speer solely for testing how well Nazi Germany can build heavy monumental buildings in Berlin.
  DATE : 12022-05-06
  TAGS : architecture, ww2, nazi germany, berlin

obake - ow
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ponUbgB1Fuk
  NOTE : Photogrammetry music video. Creative distortions.
  DATE : 12022-05-06
  TAGS : photogrammetry, music, visualization
  TYPE : video

Polycam
  TYPE : tool
  LINK : https://poly.cam/
  DATE : 12022-05-06
  NOTE : Free iOS app for 3d Scans. Exports to textured .obj.
  TAGS : photogrammetry, iOS

Xcode Releases
  TYPE : tool
  LINK : https://xcodereleases.com/
  NOTE : Faster Xcode download.
  TAGS : code, mobile development, iOS
  DATE : 12022-07-06

Girl at a Bar - SNL
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTMow_7H47Q
  DATE : 12022-05-08
  NOTE : When we ask ourselves, "why do we find it funny?", we reveal things about our culture and our thought process. In this sketch, the set up is the same whether the girl meets men or women, yet the joke is different.
  TAGS : comedy, sketch comedy, gender, sociology
  TYPE : video

Rhizome (Boris Labbé, 2016)
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uq-sA8Zf10
  DATE : 12022-07-06
  TAGS : animation, drawing
  NOTE : Hand drawn animation art depicting form and scale.
  TYPE : video

iVisa
  LINK : https://www.ivisa.com
  NOTE : Quickly tells you traveling document requirements around the world.
  TAGS : travel, visa, legal, digital nomad
  TYPE : tool

Hauntology
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSvUqhZcbVg
  NOTE : The idea that elements from the past returns and persists in the present, as in the manner of a ghost. Nostalgia for lost futures.
  TAGS : philosophy, aesthetics

Linking Your Thinking: Emergence Levels
  LINK : https://twitter.com/nickmilo/status/1317190776284086272?lang=en
  TYPE : forum

EXPLAINSHELL
  LINK : https://explainshell.com/
  TYPE : tool
  NOTE : Tool that dissects and explains shell commands.
  TAGS : shell command, code, terminal
  DATE : 12022-07-09

EXCALIDRAW
  LINK : https://excalidraw.com/
  NOTE : Multiplayer virtual whiteboard. Good for diagraming.
  TYPE : tool
  DATE : 12022-07-09
  TAGS : collaboration, productivity, explanation, visualization

本居宣長
  LINK : https://twitter.com/tkasasagi/status/1554289187884388352/photo/1
  QOTE
    > 「才のともしきや、学ぶ事の晩きや、暇のなきやによりて、思いくずをれて、止ることなかれ」
    > "Don't let the light of your talent, the night of learning, or the lack of time leave you with a waste of your thoughts."
  TYPE : forum
  NOTE : When this PhD in Japanese literature started studying AI in 2017, this verse by Motoori Norinaga kept her going. She's now at Google Brain.
  DATE : 12022-08-02
  TAGS : motivation, philosophy, learning

Max Cooper - Symphony in Acid (Official video by Ksawery Komputery)
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_n_iKR3Icio
  TAGS : visualization, music, generative, typography
  DATE : 12022-11-02
  TYPE : video

SELFIE - SYMPHONY IN ACID
  LINK : https://symphonyinacid.net/selfie/
  NOTE : Audio toy and generative art for Max Cooper's song.
  TAGS : generative, music, visualization, typography, inspiration
  TYPE : interactive
  DATE : 12022-11-02

Astra King - Live at Appleville
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hh9iFc5Sdso
  NOTE : Strangely entrancing bedroom hyperpop covers & music video.

How Chinese Censorship Works
  LINK : https://nebula.app/videos/polymatter-how-chinese-censorship-works

Reference list for Polymatter video "How Chinese Censorship Works"
  LINK : https://pastebin.com/NkXDwp4g

VN3 License
  LINK : https://www.vn3.org/
  NOTE : Japanese license for 3d models.

Asilomar Conference on Recombinant DNA
  LINK : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asilomar_Conference_on_Recombinant_DNA
  NOTE : Biotech conference that had the scientists worldwide halt experiments using recombinant DNA tech, due to potential safety hazards.

Russian Cosmism
  LINK : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_cosmism

天地无用
  LINK : https://www.xiaoyuzhoufm.com/podcast/5e285247418a84a046271ee6
  NOTE : 聊动画的podcast

Why is everyone in VR an anime girl
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5v_Dl7i4Bcw
  NOTE : It allows people to freely play with and express their identity. For some, this means being their true selves; for others, it could just be an opportunity for exhibiting qualities they were too afraid to exhibit.

上海的围与挡
  LINK : https://chinadigitaltimes.net/chinese/681829.html
  NOTE : Photos and records of Shanghai under lockdown. scrappy blockades, homeless encampment, neglected garbage.

Fur What It's Worth Presents: Furry Psychology with Nuka
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4Nn517oTlk

lubanner
  LINK : http://www.lubanner.com/
  QOTE : AI人工智能设计师 — 让天下没有难撸的Banner！

MILK BAR IN JAPAN
  LINK : https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9F%E3%83%AB%E3%82%AF%E3%83%9B%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB
  NOTE : The concept of Milk Bar is ubiquitous, but the Japanese strain is different. 

NLP research index
  LINK : https://index.quantumstat.com/
  TYPE : list
  NOTE : You can browse entries by data, model, scope, and more. Each entry has a PDF, ConnectedPaper, and Github.

NLP notebook collection
  LINK : https://notebooks.quantumstat.com/
  TYPE : list

Lactofermentation Methods
  LINK : https://grimgrains.com/site/lactofermentation.html#methods
  NOTE : Good reference page on lactofermentation. I used it for lockdown kimchi.

Dry-salt Kimchi Recipe
  LINK : https://revolutionfermentation.com/en/blogs/fermented-vegetables/napa-vegan-kimchi-recipe/#recipe
  NOTE : Vegan.

Rebecca Black - Friday (Remix)
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCFOcqsnc9Y
  NOTE : Objectively terrible music

ANTICIPATORY PROCRASTINATION
  LINK : https://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~elder/stuff/ant-proc.pdf
  TAGS : research, funny, productivity

ARCHIGRAM
  LINK : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archigram
  QOTE : Archigram was an avant-garde architectural group formed in the 1960s ⁠that was neofuturistic, anti-heroic and pro-consumerist, drawing inspiration from technology in order to create a new reality that was solely expressed through hypothetical projects.

AMEBIENT SOUND DESIGN
  LINK : https://raku-phys.hatenablog.com/entry/AmebientAdC4day

“有人，有钱，晚病，早死”
  TYPE : quote
  NOTE : James分享的中国大陆养老生活品质最优解。
  SRCE : Xinchejian
  PERS : James Meng

Meursault - One Day This'll All Be Fields
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cyx_Sp-21zc
  TYPE : music
  TAGS : ukulele, vocal, nature

Open Startups
  LINK : https://twitter.com/vikingmute/status/1529657939929157633

DALLE-2 has a secret language
  LINK : https://twitter.com/giannis_daras/status/1531693093040230402

Sprout
  LINK : https://sprout.place/
  NOTE : Web native virtual space.

My Duty
  LINK : https://www.reddit.com/r/China_irl/comments/v4bj4f/%E9%89%B4%E4%BA%8E%E4%BB%8A%E5%B9%B4%E7%BD%91%E7%BB%9C%E6%B5%81%E8%A1%8C%E7%9A%84%E5%85%AD%E5%9B%9B%E4%B8%BB%E9%A2%98my/
  DATE : 12022-06-04
  TYPE : forum
  NOTE : Bad robot, possibly deliberately.

The Official Carla Bley Web Site
  LINK : http://wattxtrawatt.com
  NOTE : quirky website

The Dawn of Everything
  LINK : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dawn_of_Everything
  QOTE : "the transition from foraging to agriculture was not a civilization trap that laid the ground for social inequality, and that throughout history, large-scale societies have often developed in the absence of ruling elites and top-down systems of management."

Edward "Dee Dee" Chandler
  LINK : https://music.si.edu/story/birth-drum-set
  NOTE : First drummer to use feet for bass drum.

Daito Manabe - Copying facial expression
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtRVvBSbonk

toe - グッドバイ / Goodbye
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1pZIfretEs
  NOTE : MV with lots of effort.

The Market incentivizes scammy carbon offset
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AW3gaelBypY

THE PARADOX OF ACCEPTANCE
  DATE : 12022-06-10
  TYPE : quote
  SRCE : Merveilles
  TAGS : philosophy
  PERS : dualhammers
  QOTE : "The curious paradox is that when I accept myself, just as I am, then I can change" - Carl Rogers


DRUM SOLO BUT IT'S A PIANO
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAH_RJCiRLY
  NOTE : Ari Hoenig playing notes on a tuned drum set.

ishkur's guide to electronic music
  LINK : https://music.ishkur.com/
  TYPE : interactive

Artificial Intelligence Is Stupid and Causal Reasoning Will Not Fix It
  LINK : https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.513474/full
  NOTE : John Mark Bishop presents several arguments for why computation does not lead to understanding. One of them being the Dancing with Pixies reductio ad absurdum: that unless we buy into the absurd notion that any physical system are conscious, we cannot claim that machines can give rise to raw sensation.

POWER MOBY DICK
  LINK : http://www.powermobydick.com/Moby108.html
  NOTE : Read Moby Dick with annotations explaining archaic word uses.

FREETHINK*
  LINK : https://www.freethink.com/
  TYPE : list
  NOTE : Journalism for inspiring and often controversial technologies and ideas.

Sagrada Família
  LINK : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagrada_Fam%C3%ADlia
  NOTE : An unfinished church that has been in construction since 1882. A 19th century structural design that's on par with computer simulation. A sacred landmark whose construction was never supported by official government or church sources. 

Paul Eluard - Dans Paris
  LINK : https://monoskop.org/images/b/b0/Perec_Georges_Species_of_Spaces_and_Other_Pieces.pdf
  NOTE : Page 6.
  QOTE
    > In Paris, there is a street;
    > in that street, there is a house;
    > in that house, there is a staircase;
    > on that staircase, there is a room;
    > in that room, there is a table;
    > on that table, there is a cloth;
    > on that cloth, there is a cage;
    > in that cage, there is a nest;
    > in that nest, there is an egg;
    > in that egg, there is a bird;
    > The bird knocked the egg over;
    > the egg knocked the nest over;
    > the nest knocked the cage over;
    > the cage knocked the cloth over;
    > the cloth knocked the table over;
    > the table knocked the room over;
    > the room knocked the staircase over;
    > the staircase knocked the house over;
    > the house knocked the street over;
    > the street knocked the town of Paris over.

Twitter Relationship Graph
  LINK : https://graph.bunnypa.ws/graph/ChangbaiLi?nodes=friends&relationship=followers&topN=50&maxFriendRank=20&mutualsOnly=false&maxFriendRatio=0

Are All Fish the Same Shape if You Stretch Them?
  LINK : https://writings.stephenwolfram.com/2017/10/are-all-fish-the-same-shape-if-you-stretch-them-the-victorian-tale-of-on-growth-and-form/

MARS-500
  LINK : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MARS-500
  NOTE : Psychosocial isolation experiment to simulate challenges of a crewed spaceflight to Mars.
  QOTE : "MARS-500's communication systems were designed with an average delay of 13 min, to simulate the actual transmission time to and from a Mars-bound spacecraft."

How Weather Forecasting Works
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0Xx0E8cs7U

Parapatriotic
  PERS : Nelson Zhang
  NOTE : Chinese being patriotic for Russia.

Triste
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaqRs-XlFAk
  NOTE : Jazz standard by Jobim. With Portuguese subtitle.

Sousveillance
  NOTE : bringing the camera or other means of observation down to human level.
  LINK : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sousveillance

Georgia Guidestones
  LINK : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_Guidestones
  NOTE : "American stonehenge" erected by mysterious individual who goes by the pseudoname R.C. Christian
  QOTE
    > 10. Be not a cancer on the Earth — Leave room for nature — Leave room for nature.

THICKET
  DATE : 12022-11-02
  TYPE : interactive
  LINK : http://apps.intervalstudios.com/thicket/
  NOTE : Audiovisual playground with great touch control on an iPad.

DALL-E Isometric City
  LINK : https://twitter.com/rougeux/status/1546150950469074949
  NOTE : Advanced Dall-E techniques.

Drollery
  LINK : https://nationalpost.com/news/penis-monsters-and-killer-rabbits-the-naughty-600-year-old-drawings-hidden-in-medieval-manuscripts
  NOTE : Strange drawings on the margin of medieval illuminated scriptures.


HOFSTEDE INSIGHTS
  LINK : https://www.hofstede-insights.com/country-comparison/
  NOTE : Quantified cultural comparison between countries. Each country is quantified in 6 dimensions: Power Distance, Individualism, Masculinity, Uncertainty Avoidance, Long Term Orientation, and Indulgence.

Rat King
  LINK : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rat_king
  QOTE : A rat king is a collection of rats whose tails are intertwined and bound together in some way.
  NOTE : Some rat kings discovered show calluses at the tail knot, suggesting that they've survived for a while after getting entangled.

Identify constellations from image
  LINK : https://nova.astrometry.net/user_images/6256914#annotated

MOSES SUMNEY - PLASTIC
  LINK : https://youtu.be/j0itX7raD8s
  PERS : 野生翎芝
  NOTE : Love at first syllable.

LIGHT POLLUTION MAP
  LINK : https://www.lightpollutionmap.info/
  NOTE : For finding stargazing spots.

LEG MAKING PARTY
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLPj6nz3Edo
  NOTE : Ted lost his leg, so he threw a party and got his friends to help build him a new one.

Fig and fig wasp
  LINK : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reproductive_coevolution_in_Ficus
  NOTE
    > The mutualism between figs and fig wasps are hardcore.
    > Fig trees produce two types of fruit: hermaphrodite caprifigs, and female figs.
    > Fig wasps crawl into figs to lay eggs. The hole they enter through are too small, so their antenna and wings get cut off and they die after laying eggs.
    > If she went into a caprifig, then she will lay eggs successfully, die, and babies hatch and grow inside the fig.
    > If she went into a female fig however, she cannot lay eggs and die inside.
    > The pollen on the wasp pollinates the fig, and the fruit matures. Then, the fig digests the wasp completely.
    > Also, when the flightless male wasps mature inside a caprifig, it fucks the female while they are still in their eggs. All female wasps hatch already pregnant.
    > The male wasps then dig a path out of the caprifig, to let the females escape. Then they quickly die.
    > The female wasps crawl out of the caprifig, covered in pollen, and enters another fig. Thus the cycle continues.

秘塔写作猫
  LINK : https://xiezuocat.com/#/
  NOTE : AI改写

EARTHSHIP
  LINK : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthship
  NOTE : Passive solar building design. By manipulating sunlight, the building is cool in the summer and warm in the winter. Applied around the world.

Enochian
  TAGS : conlang, language, fantasy, religion, occultism
  LINK : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enochian
  NOTE : Occult conlang by John Dee and Edward Kelley in 16-th century England. They claim that they received it from angels.

Susanna Hoffs - Feel Like Makin' Love
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rOEf9vF1kc
  NOTE : Advanced sexiness.

Klifur
  LINK : https://torfi.itch.io/klifur
  NOTE : Totally accurate climbing simulator.
  TYPE : game

The Last Kauai ‘Ō’Ō Bird In 1987
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5THqAY3u5oY
  TAGS : depressing
  QOTE : That's the last male of a species singing for a female who will never come. He is totally alone.

FOLI (there is no movement without rhythm)
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVPLIuBy9CY

Manual flight with helium balloon
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwABJGzifao

Indian kitchen cooking with gravity
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-6E661Jlu4

From reindeer death spiral to circular oasis
  LINK : https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/what-deaths-more-300-reindeer-teach-us-about-circle-life-180970072/

Author Order Not Finalized
  LINK : https://colah.github.io/posts/2019-05-Collaboration/
  QOTE
    > Be generous.
    > Use author contribution statements.
    > Put "author order not finalized" if it hasn't been.

A Brief History of Men Today Are Too Feminine and Women Too Masculine
  LINK : https://twitter.com/paulisci/status/1572713537910476801

Legitimate peripheral participation
  LINK : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legitimate_peripheral_participation
  NOTE : I see this engineered into successful communities such as Noisebridge, where the newcomers are automatically tasked with introducing the space to the next guest.
  QOTE : "...newcomers become members of a community initially by participating in simple and low-risk tasks that are nonetheless productive and necessary and further the goals of the community. Through peripheral activities, novices become acquainted with the tasks, vocabulary, and organizing principles of the community's practitioners."

The Anacreontic Song
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrnBcr_miNM
  NOTE : Star-spangled banner came from this song from the Anacreontic Society, an amateur musician club with songs celebrating love, wine, and entertainment.

BIGFRONTEND.DEV
  LINK : https://bigfrontend.dev/question
  NOTE : Front-end interview questions.

Louisiana O els Camps De Cotó
  TYPE : music
  DATE : 12022-11-02
  TAGS : jazz, vocal, guitar
  PERS : Anais
  LINK : https://youtu.be/q-JNaYzxEx8?t=3309
  NOTE : Andrea Motis and Josep Traver.

Stanford Lecture: Introduction to Human Behavioral Biology
  LINK : https://youtu.be/NNnIGh9g6fA
  TYPE : lecture
  NOTE : Incredibly engaging intro lecture by Robert Sapolsky. Entertaining, informative, and explores the benefit but also downside of thinking categorically. Great video for anyone engaging in multidisciplinary work.
  QOTE: "There's no buckets (meaning, categorical lenses we use to interpret human behavior, such as hormones, gene, nature v.s. nurture...). All they are, are temporary platforms. And each platform is simply the easiest, most convenient way of describing the outcome of everything that came beforehand, starting with millennia back in evolution."

Elon Musk text exhibits (Twitter v. Musk)
  LINK : https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23112929-elon-musk-text-exhibits-twitter-v-musk

Logobook
  LINK : http://www.logobook.com/
  NOTE : Extensive collection of logos, symbols, and trademarks, sorted by letters/numbers, shapes, objects, nature, and business.

A Declaration of the Interdependence of Cyberspace
  LINK : https://www.interdependence.online/declaration
  DONE : false

Takashi Ohashi 大橋 史
  LINK : https://takashiohashi.com/
  NOTE : Animator. Cool website he's got!

Most visited website in every country
  LINK : https://www.hostinger.com/tutorials/the-most-visited-website-in-every-country

Jazz Trio Guitar Comping by Mimi Fox
  LINK : https://blog.truefire.com/guitar-lessons/6-jazz-trio-comping-guitar-lessons-with-mimi-fox/
  TAGS : jazz, guitar, music
  NOTE
    > Slide into a chord from a half step below to add color.
    > Simply adding a 9th or 11th to the chord can add color very elegantly.
    > Study double stops and voice leading.
  QOTE
    > For double stops, practice harmonizing a scales up-and-down the neck of the guitar.
    > For voice leading, practice playing a chord with every note in a given scale.

PHD is about making a dent to the boundary of knowledge.
  LINK : https://matt.might.net/articles/phd-school-in-pictures/

Echoing Bertrand
  LINK : https://bertrand.might.net/
  QOTE : "Though hospitalized immediately, Bertrand declined rapidly and passed away Friday, October 23rd with the superhuman grace and dignity that had come to define his life."

Mummy Brown
  LINK : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mummy_brown
  NOTE : Medieval pigment made from ground-up remains of ancient Egyptian mummies.
  QOTE : "The Pre-Raphaelite artist Edward Burne-Jones was reported to have ceremonially buried his tube of mummy brown in his garden when he discovered its true origins."
  TAGS : history, egypt, art history, morbid
  DATE : 12022-10-19

Fluctuat nec mergitur
  NOTE : "漂浮而不沉没"。巴黎市格言。"Fluctuates but does not sink"。Paris' motto.
  LINK : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluctuat_nec_mergitur
  TYPE : article
  DATE : 12022-11-02
  TAGS : paris, motto, history, france


Douglas Adams on our Reactions to Technology Over Time
  LINK : https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/39828-i-ve-come-up-with-a-set-of-rules-that-describe

Palm Cockatoo
  LINK : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palm_cockatoo
  NOTE : A bird that uses instrument.
  TAGS : bird, music, instrument

FFMPEG GUI
  LINK : https://ffmpeg.guide/
  TYPE : tool
  NOTE : Node-based programming of FFMPEG. Generates commands to copy-paste into the terminal.

Anki with babies
  LINK : https://www.reddit.com/r/Anki/comments/8iydl7/using_anki_with_babies_toddlers/

TROMBONE
  QOTE
    > " In my opinion, the trombone is the true head of the family of wind instruments, which I have named the 'epic' one. It possesses nobility and grandeur to the highest degree; it has all the serious and powerful tones of sublime musical poetry, from religious, calm and imposing accents to savage, orgiastic outburst. Directed by the will of the master, the trombones can chant like a choir of priests, threaten, utter gloomy sighs, a mournful lament, or a bright hymn of glory; they can break forth into awe-inspiring cries and awaken the dead or doom the living with their fearful voices. " - Hector Berlioz
  DATE : 12022-11-05
  TAGS : music, trombone
  TYPE : quote

NYC A-Train Sax Battle Supercut
  DATE : 12022-11-17
  TYPE : video
  LINK : https://youtu.be/RPjL909DiVI
  TAGS : improvisation, music, jazz, saxophone
  NOTE : Spontaneous sax battle on a train. So much positivity.

Game of the Year
  DATE : 12022-12-05
  TYPE : article
  LINK : https://medium.com/@HelloCakebread/game-of-the-year-cb4214f98c13
  QOTE : "After The Stanley Parable launched in October 2013, I went into a pretty rough depression for the better part of a year. During that time, to help myself cope, I wrote a blog post and comic entitled Game of the Year to discuss what I’d been feeling." - Davey Wreden
  TAGS : psychology, depression, indie game

[Alexandros] - Underconstruction
  DATE : 12022-12-12
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxHEPLtafbU
  TYPE : music
  TAGS : psychology, suicide, japanese music
  NOTE : [Alexandros] was named [Champagne] when this song came out.

The Little Prince and The Fox
  NOTE : Chapter 21.
  LINK : https://www.angelfire.com/hi/littleprince/framechapter21.html
  QOTE
    > "It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."
    > "It is the time you have wasted for your rose that makes your rose so important."
    > "You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed. You are responsible for your rose."
  TAGS : romance, philosophy, literature
  DATE : 12022-12-13
  TYPE : book

Shenandoah
  NOTE
    > A good name. Comes from a valley in Virginia. Sometimes translated to Chinese as 仙纳度, which is also the translation for Xanadu. 
    > The word is of unknown Native American origin. The most romantic meaning is "Beautiful Daughter of the Stars".
    > Shenandoah river appeared in the lyrics for Take Me Home, Country Roads
  LINK : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shenandoah_Valley#Etymology
  TYPE : article
  DATE : 12022-12-14
  TAGS : geography, america, etymology, nature

IN THE RAIN, IN THE COLD, IN THE DARK
  LINK : https://www.theplayerstribune.com/articles/angel-di-maria-argentina-english
  DATE : 12022-12-19
  TYPE : article
  NOTE : Angel Di Maria's journey to professional footballer. Writing by Di Maria himself.
  TAGS : football, soccer, argentina, sports

PARTICLE LENIA
  TYPE : interactive
  LINK : https://znah.net/lenia/
  DATE : 12022-12-23
  NOTE
    > Cellular automata with sonification. The sonification adds so much to the viewing experience and also helps with understanding properties of the creature, much like in a kitchen.
    > This would be great for making into an ableton patch. The sound each creature generates are so unique.
  TAGS : sonification, cellular automata

HOW TO HEAR MODES
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuV99ZV5Qu0
  NOTE
    > Ben Levin explaining how to hear modes.
    > It's very difficult to hear relative modes, and they are kind of a useless concept. However, if we fix the root note for all modes to the same one (parallel modes), and then play them one by one, then their characteristics show.
    > An exercise to hear the modes better is to do just that: have a drone note playing the root, and then jam with different modes. He provided a backing track in the video description.
    > It's interesting that Ben speaks of fixing them to "C". I'd just have used the number notations. This is easier to think about on guitar, easier to transpose, and is closer to true nature of the modes.
    > Why is it important to learn to hear the modes? Because only when you understand it can you use it. This exercise should be done before exercises that teach you how to play the modes, really.
  TAGS : music, music theory, guitar, mode
  DATE : 12023-01-18
  TYPE : video

LEDA AND THE SWAN
  LINK : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leda_and_the_Swan
  TAGS : art, painting, eroticism, renaissance, bestiality
  DATE : 12023-01-22
  QOTE : "The subject undoubtedly owed its sixteenth-century popularity to the paradox that it was considered more acceptable to depict a woman in the act of copulation with a swan than with a man."
  TYPE : article

Steve Cooney's unique musical notation
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hapQc1rHPyU
  TYPE : video
  DATE : 12023-02-08
  TAGS : music theory, visualization

Julian Klincewicz - Pure Michigan
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJCg8HIWKTY
  TYPE : music
  DATE : 12023-03-10
  NOTE : Tribute to the year in Paw Paw.
  TAGS : michigan, spoken word

DISCOURSE
  TYPE : quote
  LINK : https://wiki.xxiivv.com/site/discourse.html
  QOTE : "Humans are only fully self-conscious when arguing with one another." - neauoire
  PERS : neauoire
  SRCE : Merveilles
  TAGS : philosophy, consciousness, psychology
  NOTE : Perhaps this could be linked to a quote by F. Scott Fitzgerald: "The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function."

AdorkaStock
  LINK : https://www.adorkastock.com/pose/
  PERS : Shirley Duv
  TAGS : figure drawing
  NOTE : Formerly SenshiStock.
  DATE : 12024-05-22

The Sailor
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gh48B5mX29A
  NOTE : A portrait of vagabond sailor and yacht designer Paul Erling Johnson, just a few years before his death.
  SRCE : Merveilles
  PERS : c.c. o'hanlon
  TYPE : video
  DATE : 12023-07-02

CHAOTIC ATTRACTORS
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idpOunnpKTo
  TYPE : video
  DATE : 12023-07-02

LIST OF CHAOTIC ATTRACTORS
  LINK : http://www.3d-meier.de/tut19/Seite0.html
  TYPE : list
  DATE : 12023-07-02

Group theory 101: How to play a Rubik’s Cube like a piano
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FW2Hvs5WaRY
  TYPE : video
  DATE : 12023-07-02

I Get Along Without You cover - Dennis Wetherall
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNMA7HSkB5g&list=TLPQMjQwMzIwMjMOJsNnPpyfAg&index=10
  NOTE : I love those covers that interpret the song differently. Full of emotion.
  TYPE : music
  DATE : 12023-07-02

I Get Along Without You cover - John Crawford
  LINK : https://youtu.be/2q4biwOHS1k
  NOTE : The sadness in his eyes...
  TYPE : music
  DATE : 12023-07-02

林语堂
  LINK : https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9E%97%E8%AF%AD%E5%A0%82
  NOTE : Polymath, inventor of the Chinese typewriter.
  TYPE : article
  DATE : 12023-07-02

Alan Zucconi
  LINK : https://www.alanzucconi.com/
  NOTE : Game designer and lecturer in A.I. at Goldsmith.
  TYPE : list
  DATE : 12023-07-02

Benefits of alternate guitar tunings
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPdAwZaxxBk
  NOTE : We are at our most creative when we don't understand what's going on, and changing the tuning is an easy way to do it.
  DATE : 12023-07-02
  TYPE : lecture

Damien Rice finds out about Sinead O'Connor's death during a concert in Valencia and sings NC2U
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cD77yHALmyg
  TYPE : music
  DATE : 12023-07-02

Offshore Sailing on a Micro-Budget
  LINK : https://www.omick.net/adventure/sailing/sailing_offshore/sailing_offshore.html
  NOTE : The authors reside in Philomath, OR.
  DATE : 12023-07-02
  TYPE : article

Silicon Valley Story
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXlyMrv8_dQ
  NOTE : Humorous short film by Ted Nelson (yes, that one). Featuring Douglas Engelbart and Stewart Brand (yes, the actual people).
  DATE : 12023-07-02
  TYPE : video

Common People
  LINK : https://genius.com/Pulp-common-people-lyrics
  NOTE : The anger in his voice.
  QOTE
    Rent a flat above a shop
    Cut your hair and get a job
    And smoke some fags and play some pool
    Pretend you never went to school
    But still you'll never get it right
    'Cause when you're laid in bed at night
    Watching roaches climb the wall
    If you called your dad he could stop it all, yeah
  TYPE : music

Four rules for success
  LINK : https://esomogyi.com/bio/
  TAGS : humor, philosophy
  QOTE
    I find that there are four rules for professional success that, coincidentally, are the same as the four rules for domestic success, no matter where you are or what you do.  First, try to find the humor and the good in everything you do.  Second, be prepared to work hard at it, at least some of the time.  Third, never reveal everything you know.
  DATE : 12024-10-25
  TYPE : quote

Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou
  LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWhH-TxFgOA
  TYPE : video
  TAGS : anime
  DATE : 12024-11-01
  QOTE
    > The lights that once shone so brightly with purpose, now shine for the sole purpose of shining.
    > Though not many get to see this, isn't it good to have such unique flowers around?  

Branta Games - video effect making objects that go away when paused
    LINK : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bg3RAI8uyVw
    TYPE : video
    DATE : 12024-12-04
    NOTE : "A video can carry information even if none of its frames does." - @moebio
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