- Revolutionary Rice
Short summary on how a genetic tweak to rice could revolutionise agriculture. Still years off, but being seriously worked for now. - Film Freak Central – Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)
A review of Batman vs Superman with a lot to say about the relationship between superheroes and Kaiju. Well worth a read.
Category: Digitalia
Links for Thursday March 24th 2016
- transphobic-joke-detection
Interesting write up how someone engineered their Twitter joke-bot to try and avoid transphobia.
Links for Monday March 21st 2016
- Tarot Cards | Complex Networks
Tarot for understanding the 21st century. - How Many Decimals of Pi Do We Really Need?
A NASA engineer explains the errors introduced by rounding Pi at various scales. More interesting than you think.
Links for Sunday March 20th 2016
- Man Combines Random People’s Photos Using Neural Networks And The Results Are Amazing
These are stunning. Can't quite believe they're computer generated.
Links for Friday March 18th 2016
- react-calendar-timeline – React Components
Might be very useful for a thing at work
Links for Thursday March 17th 2016
- No Wool, No Vikings
Fascinating write up of the role of wool in viking civilisation.
Links for Friday March 11th 2016
- Wintergatan – Marble Machine
Just an absolute musical marvel. Go watch.
Links for Friday March 11th 2016
- Lychee — Self-hosted photo-management
Might want to have a play with this, see if I can get it to join up with other tools, so I've actually got my own database of my photos. - London to the letter: meet Edward Johnston, the font of all tube style
Good article, more importantly: that's an exhibition I really want to see. - A 3-Hour Long Mixtape of Goth History
Exactly what it says on the tin, but an interesting, deep-cuts type offering.
Links for Thursday March 10th 2016
- Enter the Oubliette Room Escape
Really good, spoiler free, write up of this room.
Links for Wednesday March 9th 2016
- The Old River Thames
The Thames, around 1870 to 1920. Lovely.