March 29, 2020
Doom 3 in a Web Browser via WebAssembly
D3wasm - An experimental port of id Tech 4 engine to Emscripten / WebAssembly. Does exactly what it says on the tin. Even works in iOS.
This man runs a restaurant
LONG FURBS
Experience: long furbs. Long furbs are your childhood creepy/fun buddy, given length and new life. [more inside]
Some People
Some people aren’t on this list. Take heart: you are not the only person experiencing what you are going through. But be mindful: not everyone is having the same experience you are. Ultimately though, we are all in this together.
Since You're Isolating: Weird Podcasts!
As if life wasn’t weird enough, it’s time for another roundup of weird audio dramas! They may help you spend time while self-isolating or doing chores to take you away from the endless online meetings. Special feature for this installment: there are a ton of great weird podcasts coming out of Scotland these days (heralded by A Scottish Podcast), so I’ve marked them. As usual, I am focusing on paranormal ongoing stories as opposed to Science Fiction or Fantasy dramas or series of short stories, with or without framing elements, although there is obviously overlap. [more inside]
I disagree with the way you are failing to pleasure me.
In which Poppy blooms from a net-art creepypasta into one of the finest metal acts of 2020, "unapologetically embracing her desire to go heavy", and "folding elements of nu-metal and grindcore into her seasick melange". [more inside]
And the human race is filled with passion
i wrote this album from my own perspective of relationships I've had in winter, as well as what I've gone through and grown through emotionally as an adult. i recently had broken up with my ex-girlfriend and was going through a lonely period of time, even when i was with her - i thought id channel a lot of what i was feeling about lost love as well as seasonal depression
the story about a night of a rainy party in a small apartment living room <3 memories and moments unfold... xx. in a way this album is a follow up to rainworld from 2017.
the story about a night of a rainy party in a small apartment living room <3 memories and moments unfold... xx. in a way this album is a follow up to rainworld from 2017.
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A Moment of Groove
Remembering Bill Rieflin
Multi-instrumentalist and super-collaborator Bill Rieflin passed away this week too soon at the age of 59. Rieflin was best known for his work as a drummer, having toured and/or recorded with Ministry, Nine Inch Nails, R.E.M., The Minus Five, Robyn Hitchcock & The Venus 3, KMFDM, Lard, Revolting Cocks, Swans, King Crimson, and Taylor Swift. [more inside]
Why does every country have a different F#$%ing electrical plug?
Ok, maybe not every country, but with at least 12 different sockets in widespread use it sure feels like it to anyone who's ever traveled. So why are there so many? Funny story! Gizmodo explains. [more inside]
whiskey webs were unique to diluted American whiskey
Forget that tired-old coffee ring effect: “Whiskey webs” are the new hotness [Ars Technica] “Stuart Williams, a professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Louisville in Kentucky, noticed one day that if he diluted a drop of bourbon and let it evaporate under carefully controlled conditions, it formed what he terms a "whiskey web": thin strands that form various lattice-like patterns, akin to networks of blood vessels. Intrigued, he decided to investigate further with different types of whiskey—plus a bottle of Glenlivet Scotch whisky for comparison. It was the perfect project for his sabbatical leave to study colloids (suspended particles in a medium, like Jell-O, whipped cream, wine, and whiskey) at North Carolina State University. Fundamentally, it's the same underlying mechanism as the "coffee ring effect," when a single liquid evaporates and the solids that had been dissolved in the liquid (like coffee grounds) form a telltale ring. It happens because the evaporation occurs faster at the edge than at the center.” [Image Gallery][Paper: Multiscale Self-Assembly of Distinctive Weblike Structures]
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