Linkblog

Welcome to my linkblog.

I post all kinds of links about topics including SEO, AI, music, life, and the Web. You can also follow the linkblog via an RSS feed wherever you get your RSS feeds... read?

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How the SP-404 Came to Dominate the Global Beat Scene
Given the meteoric rise in popularity the 404 has experienced over the past five to 10 years, it's worth asking the question: How did this sampler become such a global phenomenon, despite modest initial commercial success and a relatively slow adoption from the producer community?

29 Mar 2024 | Filed under: music
Searching for Tomorrow: The Story of Madlib and DOOM's Madvillainy
Following the 10th anniversary of Madlib and DOOM's telepathic mind meld of an album, Jeff Weiss traces the history of Madvillain and details how these two perpetually mystifying artists came together for an uncanny hip-hop classic.

29 Mar 2024 | Filed under: music
Everything I needed to know about writing, I learned from “Paid In Full”
Nearly twenty-eight years after its release, the album offers the best look at the lives of writers

27 Mar 2024 | Filed under: bloggingmusic
Wild Ramp Publishing
shout out to Keidra and her team!

06 Mar 2024 | Filed under: blogging
Blogroll.org
you'll never guess what this site does!

06 Mar 2024 | Filed under: blogging
Waxy.org
Andy Baio - blogger and Web technologist. I love a link blog

06 Mar 2024 | Filed under: techblogging
the soap zone
greatest website of all time

06 Mar 2024 | Filed under: techblogging
Floating Point Math
An in-depth analysis of floating point maths in different programming languages.

01 Mar 2024 | Filed under: techmathematics
St. Unix Clown College for the Criminally Insane
Home of the UNIX-HATERS Federation

07 Feb 2024 | Filed under: tech
Why does HTML think “chucknorris” is a color?
A fascinating rabbit hole involving CSS, colours, and random words.

02 Feb 2024 | Filed under: techthe internet
Infinite Craft
A super addictive game where you craft a variety of things by combining the four elements (earth, wind, fire, and water). Created by Neal Agarwal using a large language model called Llama 2

02 Feb 2024 | Filed under: techcreativitygaming
'Golfballia ambusta' and the tale of a fungus hoax
How three burnt golf balls gave mycology a 'Dada moment' and possibly an existential crisis.

29 Jan 2024 | Filed under: science
Please, don’t force me to log in
Juha-Matti Santala points out a lot of services needing account logins for arbitrary reasons.

28 Jan 2024 | Filed under: tech
1967 NFL Championship Game
Because of the adverse conditions in which the game was played, the rivalry between the two teams, and the game's dramatic climax, it has been immortalized as the Ice Bowl

28 Jan 2024 | Filed under: sport