Album art tag cloud
This nifty site takes your Last.fm or MusicMob profile and creates an embeddable cloud of album art (linked to artist pages) for your most played tracks. As with text clouds, the larger the image the more plays. I like.
Hi, I’m John Tolva!
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Recently this blog (and my Flickr account) turned 20 years old, forever in Internet years. I went back through it all, retracing digital footprints made on what feels like a different planet. Here are some highlights.
The Ampcamper
How I hauled myself, two teens, an 80 lb dog, and a whole load of crap 4000+ miles across six states in twenty days using an electric vehicle. And survived to tell the tale.
The Terror Tourist
A roughly monthly exploration of places in horror fiction — real or imagined, geographical or psychological — culled from The Heavy Leather Horror Show.
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Latest Photos
Marginalia
Stuff I’ve found interesting from around the web lately.
This to That (Glue Advice)
Because people have a need to glue things to other things
You Don’t Need A Full-Size Pickup Truck, You Need a Cowboy Costume
This is the golden age of full-size pickup trucks. Because the market demands it, and because the market is enormous and extremely profitable, the latest breed of pickup trucks is comfortable, commodious, potent, and dare I say luxurious.
National Marine Sanctuary System Posters
During the National Marine Sanctuary System's 50th anniversary celebration in 2022, a commemorative poster series was launched to capture the beauty and diversity of each site in the system. The posters are two sided, featuring original artwork on the front and educational information on the back.
trains.fyi 🚂
Track your train in North America with the trains.fyi train-tracker map. Created by rydercalmdown, more info here.
The DSKY Moonwatch from Apollo Instruments
DSKY instantly evokes a sense of nostalgia for the golden age of space travel. Now, you can experience it on your wrist!
Home
My name is Brandon Silverman. I’m a dad, former start-up founder and these days, a transparency activist (you can read more about some of my story here). But I’m also a designer. And like most designers, I’ve spent a lot of time over the last 15 years reading kottke.org.
For Love of God, Make Your Own Website
Browsing the internet used to be a hobby of mine. Ever since my dad got us a modem when I was around ten, I spent hours at a time just looking at different websites. The internet felt like a limitless expanse of free expression.
The Invention That Accidentally Made McMansions
This is a really interesting video about something called the gang-nail plate, a construction innovation that enabled larger roofs to be built on houses, removed the need for internal load-bearing walls, and made the process of construction cheaper & more efficient.
DOOM: The Gallery Experience
Something happened! HO HO HOPE you become a Newgrounds Supporter this year!
‘Everyone thought it would cause gridlock’: the highway that Seoul turned into a stream
On a crisp December morning, office workers and tourists stroll along a tree-lined stream in central Seoul, pausing on stepping stones that cross its flowing waters.