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I made a simple chrome extension to copy the URLs of every tab in the current window to the clipboard...

I made a simple chrome extension to copy the URLs of every tab in the current window to the clipboard https://github.com/stringertheory/chrome-copy-tabs

An experiment with something like ridgeline maps, except with dots: here's the Chesapeake bay with (1) randomly sampled dots, (2) dots...

An experiment with something like ridgeline maps, except with dots: here's the Chesapeake bay with (1) randomly sampled dots, (2) dots sampled on a grid, and (3) lines.

Combined day 1 (points) and day 2 (lines) of #30DayMapChallenge

Just moved @FrontPagesBot@botsin.space to @FrontPagesBot@mastodon.social.Huge thanks to @colin for running the botsin.space server for these...

Just moved @FrontPagesBot@botsin.space to @FrontPagesBot@mastodon.social.

Huge thanks to @colin for running the botsin.space server for these years!

morphing sketchy faces https://observablehq.com/@stringertheory/morphy-quick-face

morphing sketchy faces https://observablehq.com/@stringertheory/morphy-quick-face

finally got around to tidying up @FrontPagesBot https://botsin.space/@FrontPagesBot/113377540091790320

finally got around to tidying up @FrontPagesBot https://botsin.space/@FrontPagesBot/113377540091790320

I wrote a notebook with some data visualizations + analysis of the Chicago sprint triathlon...

I wrote a notebook with some data visualizations + analysis of the Chicago sprint triathlon https://observablehq.com/@stringertheory/chicago-sprint-triathlon

#chicago #triathlon #dataviz

big day for getting things in the mail from creative people I admire. thanks @shiffman and @b0rk !

big day for getting things in the mail from creative people I admire. thanks @shiffman and @b0rk !

love that XOXO Festival registration is by lottery https://2024.xoxofest.com/ (wish I could make it!)

love that XOXO Festival registration is by lottery https://2024.xoxofest.com/ (wish I could make it!)

instructions for switching your browser to google's less-cluttery search results https://tenbluelinks.org/ I am loving it so far

instructions for switching your browser to google's less-cluttery search results https://tenbluelinks.org/ I am loving it so far

FoodJust the minis out, as usual.Why do they not make more minis?! The frozen waffle/pancake market is not efficient

Food

Just the minis out, as usual.

Why do they not make more minis?! The frozen waffle/pancake market is not efficient

Spiders listen to their webs as a way of sensing food and danger. Some even tune the strings of their web to better sense where things...

Spiders listen to their webs as a way of sensing food and danger. Some even tune the strings of their web to better sense where things are.

With SpiderHarp, a team at Oregon State flipped this around to *make* music. A robot spider sits in a web of steel and orange cord, 'listening' to vibrations like real spiders do. A musician turns the web into a harp to make music.

https://www.spiderharp.com/

The Trans-Harmonium is a deconstructed antique piano re-wired to play a collection of radios tuned to twelve frequencies, one frequency for...

The Trans-Harmonium is a deconstructed antique piano re-wired to play a collection of radios tuned to twelve frequencies, one frequency for each key chromatically. C is reserved for classical when possible, while A, B, D, E, F, G are tuned chronologically based on local stations. The sharps/flats are tuned in between stations, picking up static and overlapping dialog.

https://www.emily-francisco.com/projects/the-trans-harmonium-a-listening-station

I published an @observablehq notebook about what I've learned about modes (in music)...

I published an @observablehq notebook about what I've learned about modes (in music) https://observablehq.com/@stringertheory/exploring-musical-modes

Would love to see this neighborhood map for other cities (and to see it change over time!)...

Would love to see this neighborhood map for other cities (and to see it change over time!) https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/upshot/extremely-detailed-nyc-neighborhood-map.html

Could you have learnt to patter flash the argot of costermongers, hawking sanguinary James and other...

Could you have learnt to patter flash the argot of costermongers, hawking sanguinary James and other belly-timber?

https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/dictionary-of-modern-slang/

Too hot to go outside, so I'm playing with the concept described in Michael Winkler's book "The Image of...

Too hot to go outside, so I'm playing with the concept described in Michael Winkler's book "The Image of Language".

https://observablehq.com/@stringertheory/the-image-of-language

Screenshots of news sites. One of these is not like the othershttps://botsin.space/@FrontPagesBot/110341336594860350

Screenshots of news sites. One of these is not like the others

https://botsin.space/@FrontPagesBot/110341336594860350

The discussion about large language models going on at #StochasticParrotsDay https://www.twitch.tv/dair_institute is a breath of fresh...

The discussion about large language models going on at #StochasticParrotsDay https://www.twitch.tv/dair_institute is a breath of fresh air.

The first session was full of practical info about how large language models work, and grounded discussion of potential risks and harms. All without dismissing the possibility of ethical and useful applications.

Highly recommend for journalists/anyone that's trying to cut through all the noise about AI and LLMs right now.

Rare 9/9 on the same topic https://silent.stream/@FrontPagesBot/109619633698639017

Rare 9/9 on the same topic https://silent.stream/@FrontPagesBot/109619633698639017

I took a look at how the activity of people I follow (excluding bots, orgs, etc) on twitter has changed.The drop in active tweeters has been...

I took a look at how the activity of people I follow (excluding bots, orgs, etc) on twitter has changed.

The drop in active tweeters has been about 5–10% (less than I was expecting!) but the drop in median number of tweets has been pretty big (more than I was expecting?)