posted January 2, 2018 #

Welcome to 2018! Brand new podcast right out of the gate. 25 minutes of great new music: https://t.co/nHmZP2UNIW https://t.co/lSIoE4jFtT

Glitch TV Bot

posted January 2, 2018 #

Live Broadcast Video is a tricky undertaking - so much data being pushed at once is surely going to result in some bad packets, dropped frames and assorted glitches. When that happens, Glitch TV Bot is there to capture the mayhem. It's a feed of imagery ranging from the extremely datamoshed to the pleasantly deranged.

My only complaint is that there's a lot of content being pumped out, enough to clog your feed. Aside from that, it's a fascinating journey into digital entropy.

The Electric State

posted January 2, 2018 #

Simon Stalenhag recently launched, funded and shipped an art book called The Electric State. The narrative behind these dystopian images is established well but with enough vagueness to add your own flavoring:

In late 1997, a runaway teenager and her yellow toy robot travel west through a strange USA, where the ruins of gigantic battle drones litter the countryside heaped together with the discarded trash of a high tech consumerist society in decline. As their car approaches the edge of the continent, the world outside the window seems to be unraveling ever faster as if somewhere beyond the horizon, the hollow core of civilization has finally caved in.

On the whole, it's a beautiful collection of images featuring a not so beautiful future. It's no wonder that the Russo brothers optioned it for a film.

See more on Simon's official site.

First Dates

posted January 2, 2018 #

I recently discovered the BBC show First Dates, a decidedly sweet show and not at all what you'd expect if you grew up with the likes of Singled Out or Next!. The show's concept is simple, put two people on a blind date and see how they interact and possibly get along. It's not a hidden camera show, not filled with Date Challenges or anything subversive - it's just people on a date trying to find a connection. Each episode features three to four couples but the entire season is filmed inside the same restaurant and features the restaurant staff checking in with the couples along the way.

Maybe that doesn't sound entirely enticing but it's both pleasant and entirely engaging. It's also a nice reminder that even when people don't connect romantically, they can be civil, funny and have a nice time together; despite those differences.

Watch a bunch of clips on YouTube and get convinced.

posted January 2, 2018 #

Here are some tweets that made me laugh in 2017: https://t.co/ou77nCMM1Z

posted January 2, 2018 #

Crazy Colors II — Robin Rundkvist https://t.co/cEUCnvTxdS

posted January 2, 2018 #

the logan paul thing is literally the mr show sketch about the cast of the real world searching anne frank's attic for the beanbag

posted January 2, 2018 #

I swear, in 2018 I will convince the @instagram ad algorithm that I have plenty of bras and mattresses.

Brutalist Architecture Dump

posted January 1, 2018 #

Approved

posted January 1, 2018 #

https://t.co/iEAN31RSND

posted January 1, 2018 #

todays the only day you can rt this https://t.co/dV5IcmPh46

posted January 1, 2018 #

Down with New Years resolutions. I wrote a list of #2018Liberations instead. (Join me?) https://t.co/fbr0JYdy38

TLJ thread

posted January 1, 2018 #

Conversations about the new Star Wars can definitely be tiresome but there's some real gems if you make it through this whole thread.

posted January 1, 2018 #

i only make computer games about doors https://t.co/dZmb1Z8CR8

posted January 1, 2018 #

I closed 2017 by making my debut at The Ryman. I opened 2018 by getting both Taco Bell and Krystal on the way home.

posted January 1, 2018 #

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posted December 31, 2017 #

rt fat yoshi for good luck this 2018 https://t.co/2lsBkeWSIe

posted December 31, 2017 #

Having a grand ol time on https://t.co/cZYc4LCOew https://t.co/5Em4scYDBz

posted December 31, 2017 #

This is the only good photo I took this year https://t.co/KhpMzNnNfP