Videos
Video: Welcome Home
Yes, it’s an ad. BUT, it’s also Spike Jonze, so bear with me.
[Update: AdWeek has a great behind the scenes look at this video.]
Video: Sandman Universe
While I would of course prefer Neil handling further Sandman work, I’m still excited for this, and it sounds like a great set of writers. I’ve always wanted to see more exploring Daniel’s Dreaming, and it looks like these will be set mostly in that period.
Link: The Boho’s Lament
Via Kottke. This is about New York and the Village, but I feel like it’s about more than that. It’s about the homogenization, pacification, and gentrification of the places that were previously the havens of the freaks and weirdos who struggled to fit in anywhere else. It’s about society (and how we interact with it) becoming performative, and anything that deviates from the norm becoming a spectacle for others. You can sense some anger and frustration in this video, and I definitely get why. People who have been outcast, or are considered weird or a freak are people, and shouldn’t be treated as a spectacle or a tourist destination.
Because Space
Yesterday’s Falcon Heavy launch:
And here’s a stream of a car, in space, in a wide orbit around Earth and Mars for the next billion years:
This is exciting on a lot of levels.
Video: Your Attention
This sums up my feelings about a lot of the internet these days.
AI Created Soundscapes
Via Kottke.org, a demo of a deep learning algorithm creating audio soundscapes based on Google Street View. Kinda fascinating:
More about the project (and a usable demo!) here: http://imaginarysoundscape.qosmo.jp.
Video: Radiohead’s I Promise
For some context: this was apparently an unreleased B-Side from OK Computer. Since the album is now 20 years old (!), they’re re-releasing it and including 3 unreleased tracks as part of it. Fun track.
Rick and Morty and the Search for Meaning
Thunderclouds
This video is part of stormlapse.com, which is exactly what the name suggests: stunning footage of timelapsed storms. Found via Kottke.org, which after all these years continues to be a treasure.