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Sci-fi short stories disguised as Internet docs

2013 May 29, 2:48
The recent short story Twitter API returning results that do not respect arrow of time by Tim May written as a Twitter bug report reminded me of a few other short sci-fi stories written in the style of some sort of Internet document:
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“Jon Hamm And Adam Scott’s ‘greatest Event In Tv History’...

2012 Oct 12, 8:41


Jon Hamm And Adam Scott’s ‘greatest Event In Tv History’ Was A Tribute To A Forgotten ’80s Classic
If you know more about Simon and Simon than its intro and general premise, you’re better at TV than I am. If you’ve never heard of Simon and Simon, you’re the BEST at TV because, honestly, Simon & Simon — a CBS series about two mismatched brothers who ran a private detective service; it ran for eight seasons — wasn’t good.

Source: Uproxx

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laughingsquid: The Curious Government of the City of London...

2012 Sep 21, 6:10


laughingsquid:

The Curious Government of the City of London (not to be confused with London)

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theatlantic: How the 8.5” x 11” Piece of Paper Got Its...

2012 Sep 19, 6:37


theatlantic:

How the 8.5” x 11” Piece of Paper Got Its Size

Why do we use a paper size that is so unfriendly for the basic task of reading? According to a very interesting post by Paul Stanley, the rough dimensions of office paper evolved to accommodate handwriting and typewriters with monospaced fonts, both of which rendered many fewer characters per line. “Typewriters,” he explains, “produced 10 or 12 characters per inch: so on (say) 8.5 inch wide paper, with 1 inch margins, you had 6.5 inches of type, giving … around 65 to 78 characters.” This, he says, is “pretty close to ideal.”

Read more. [Image: Picsfive/Shutterstock]

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Alexandria 2.0: One Millionaire's Quest to Build the Biggest Library on Earth | Threat Level | Wired.com

2012 Aug 21, 7:00

Brief history and scope of the Internet Archive.

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idrawnintendo: Game Jinn.

2012 Aug 8, 1:08


idrawnintendo:

Game Jinn.

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(via An Unexpected Ass Kicking (joelrunyon.com))

2012 Aug 6, 4:08


(via An Unexpected Ass Kicking (joelrunyon.com))

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laughingsquid: Nope. Nik Tesla.

2012 Jul 16, 7:38


laughingsquid:

Nope. Nik Tesla.

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Worms Revolution developer diary gets everything wet | Joystiq

2012 Jun 30, 2:55

Brief history of Worms and info on the next entry in the series.

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BoingBoing reposts this great Cyberpunk parody photo from 12...

2012 Jun 5, 4:17


BoingBoing reposts this great Cyberpunk parody photo from 12 years ago, and Motherboard has a What happened to cyberpunk article.

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We never recovered the bicycle, of course. The lock itself...

2012 May 11, 6:28


We never recovered the bicycle, of course. The lock itself wasn’t attacked at all, as you can see.

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Timeline of the far future (wikipedia.org)

2012 May 6, 3:01

Answers those questions like “When will the Sun boil away the Earth’s oceans?” and “When will the Sun burn out?”, but brings up new questions like which supercontinent configuration will win? I’m hoping for Pangea Ultima as it has the best name.

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Can an Algorithm Write a Better News Story Than a Human Reporter? | Gadget Lab | Wired.com

2012 Apr 26, 9:53

As Hammond explained what he did, the critic became agitated. Times are tough enough in journalism, he said, and now you’re going to replace writers with robots? “I just looked at him,” Hammond recalls, “and asked him: Have you ever seen a reporter at a Little League game? That’s the most important thing about us. Nobody has lost a single job because of us.” At least not yet.

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Comedy Bang Bang preview and story.  Exciting!

2012 Mar 18, 1:57PermalinkCommentshumor comedy-bang-bang video ifc

Glitch Helperator

2012 Feb 29, 3:05

I've been working on the Glitch Helperator. It is a collection of tools and things I've put together for Glitch. It has a few features that I haven't seen elsewhere including:

Favorite Streets
A notebook in which you can save information about interesting streets and later use it to find your way back to them.
Birthday
Find out how old your Glitch is and the date of your next birthday in Glitch time or Earth time.
API Update History
A history of changes to the streets, skills and achievements of Glitch noting when new ones are added and when existing ones are changed.
It also has an interactive skill tree, find nearest feature tool, and achievement display. If you play Glitch, check it out.
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Grace Hopper on Letterman! (by cistheta2007)

2012 Feb 27, 1:25


Grace Hopper on Letterman! (by cistheta2007)

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More humor next trailer? (via Coming Distractions: Trailer:...

2012 Feb 13, 2:01


More humor next trailer? (via Coming Distractions: Trailer: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter)

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Remember when they killed off Superman?  One of the guys behind...

2012 Feb 5, 12:37


Remember when they killed off Superman?  One of the guys behind Chronicle has made this video explaining that whole thing.  Kind of like Drunk History but less drunk and more nerdy (via Death and Return of Superman)

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(via Stereogranimator: transform historical stereographs from...

2012 Jan 30, 8:47


(via Stereogranimator: transform historical stereographs from NYPL archives into animated gifs and 3d images)

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(via Defend our freedom to share (or why SOPA is a bad idea):...

2012 Jan 18, 3:21


(via Defend our freedom to share (or why SOPA is a bad idea): Clay Shirky on TED.com)

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