Ozymandias

made by mouse, submitted by Mai
A script that causes text to decay by converting a text file to an image, then OCRing the image back to a text file. Doesn't only work on Ozymandias, but does work on Ozymandias... on multiple levels.

Zpoilers

made by dylnuge, opheliasdaisies, submitted by Mai
A great new spoiler feature for open source chat tool Zulip (everyone knows we're fans!), plus some good conversation in the PR comments that can help anyone gain a better understanding of how to contribute a feature to an open source application.

Roger Ebert x Amazon Prime

made by linstantnoodles, submitted by Mai
There are so many streaming options these days, it can be overwhelming. Save yourself a little time by using this list of Roger Ebert's favorite movies compiled by scraping both rogerebert.com and Amazon's offerings.

What is Spatial Audio?

made by lazerwalker, submitted by Mai
A useful overview of what spatial audio is and what cool applications might be possible with Apple's new head-tracking APIs!

Building the perfect audio visualization

made by nemo, submitted by Mai
An audio visualizer for custom animated wallpaper that adds curve-based rendering to the spectrumyzer project.

Old Code Gets Younger Every Year

made by bellmar, submitted by Mai
A great blog post that explores and debunks common truisms about legacy systems and technical debt.

An innocent query that caused Zulip downtime

made by punchagan, submitted by Mai
An investigation into a small bug that caused a big problem.

Etymology Explorer

made by Kaley, submitted by Mai
This program lets you explore etymology by visualizing phonetic and semantic connections between words. Inspired by Gabor Ugray’s talk on Chinese characters at !!con.

Ultimate Tic Tac Toe

made by jjst, submitted by Mai
An extra-dimensional tic tac toe game written in Elm, with networked multiplayer support.

Exploring the Vasulka PDF Archive

made by Ashley Blewer, submitted by Mai
A series of short investigations into meaningful archival access, created during RC's annual alumni reunion week. Technical overview here: https://bits.ashleyblewer.com/blog/2020/05/14/notes-on-exploring-the-vasulka-pdf-archive/.