Wygle Wide Web

A quiet field journal of digital archaeology. Reconstructing a life from 25+ years of digital traces, with occasional help from ChatGPT when things get weird or surprising.

Day: March 1, 2011

  • The play button here is a lie. But, if you click it, you will be presented with an actual play button that is not a lie. So, click it now. You will be rewarded with Damien Jurado’s Tiny Desk Concert on NPR. Source: NPR

  • jonathanmoore: Famous Objects from Classic Movies Which movie does the object come from?  Addicting game with great design from Google Creative Lab’s creative director Ji Lee (concept and illustrations), Daniele Codega (site design), and Cory Forsyth (coding). Source: famousobjectsfromclassicmovies.com

  • Alexi Murdoch “Towards The Sun”

    thejakers: Alexi Murdoch came out with a great album in 2002 called “Time Without Consequences”, carried along by the single, “Orange Sky”. The album was beautiful and evoked Nick Drake. Then he kind of disappeared.  Today, I found a preview of his new album, “Towards The Sun”, spinning on NPR. It’s really great, and you…

  • Get a giant bag for $30 instead of renting a dumpster. This is a sweet idea. Just go to Home Depot, Amazon or thebagster.com. It seems to be available in my area, which is handy if I ever decide to destroy something.  (via Apartment Therapy) Source: Apartment Therapy