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  • TypeParis Now26 🇫🇷 Elliot Jay Stocks

    See the full details on the event’s website…

    The Other Day · 10:00
  • Recent gigs and talks Simon Collison

    Torn Sail at Squire PAC; L-R: Jim Baron, Henry Claude, Huw Costin, John Thompson and Jeff Davenport. John Newling at Beam, 19th February. I’ve known renowned artist Jo…

    Today · 10:00
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    • Return to Tokyo, Part 3
  • Making apps out of Spite Jon Hicks

    I love apps that ignore traditions and explore new, different ways of doing something. Such is the case with Spite, a new app for playing your own music library. As James Reeves the creator explains:…

    Today · 09:15
  • Weimar/Nazi/evangelical films Rob Weychert

    A watch list for progressive masochists from Becca Rothfeld’s “The MAGA Theory of Art” in Art in America. Just as Weimar and Nazi films pandered to white-collar workers who refused to confro…

    Today · 07:53
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    • Entries logged without comment for the week ending 3/28
    • 🔗 Claire Tabouret’s Stained-Glass Windows for Notre-Dame Divide French Society, with a Legal Threat Looming
  • Ultra-Rare DJ Set From Daft Punk’s Thomas Bangalter Jason Kottke

    For his recent London run of shows, Fred Again coaxed Daft Punk’s Thomas Bangalter out of his helmet and in front of the decks for a 2-hour collaborative DJ set. And you can watch the w…

    Yesterday · 14:51
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    • Test footage from a slime simulator game made by former...
    • A list of chain restaurants whose names contain unusual...
    • There’s an upside-down “H” on the...
    • A comparison of different sorting algorithms (bubble,...
    • Stephen Colbert is co-writing a Lord of the Rings movie...
    • “Feminism is far from dead, but people love to...
    • We watched Zoolander last night and right before the...
  • Hawai’i Chris Coyier

    I’m just back from the United States 50th state, a staggering 2,500 miles from the mainland. For the next week or two, I’ll pronounce it Ha-Vie-ee, like how it’s pronounced in the na…

    Two Days Ago · 12:05
  • Studio Notes #77 Dan Cederholm

    Howdy, folks. Here are this week’s Studio Notes™—quick bits delivered to you each Friday. 🧳 I love Antiques Roadshow. And the best segments of the show are the ones wher…

    Two Days Ago · 08:35
  • I got yet another digital typewriter: The BYOK Cassidy Williams

    I love my single-purpose devices, and I got another one for distraction-free writing called the BYOK!…

    Three Days Ago · 18:00
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    • A history of styling choices leading to native CSS
  • My 8-year-old vibe-coded a video game about playing music with Michael McDonald Brad Frost

    My 8-year-old vibe-coded a video game called “Play With Michael McDonald”, and she wanted to present it. So here’s Ella! The origin story After playing some Mario Party minigames th…

    Three Days Ago · 13:32
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    • Coding Club
  • Sentient Design Workshop Courses Josh Clark

    May 13–14, 2026 11:00am – 3:00pm ET Check your time zone $895 ($995 starting April 23) Register Training a Team? Email us about discounts for five or…

    Three Days Ago · 06:45
  • Salter Cane gig on Saturday, April 4th in Brighton Jeremy Keith

    People of Brighton, mark your calendars: Saturday, April 4th. That’s when Salter Cane will be playing in The Hope And Ruin. It’s not just Salter Cane though. We’ll be joined by Skyscrapers fr…

    Four Days Ago · 10:41
  • Citywide Updated and Expanded Jason Santa Maria

    Big Citywide update today! I’ve added lowercase to the family, plus over 170 new characters, expanded diacritics and symbols, and a fresh round of refinements to existing letterforms, spac…

    Four Days Ago · 07:15

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