Links for Tuesday March 29th 2016

My Heroic and Lazy Stand Against IFTTT (Pinboard Blog)
One of the last links I'll get shipped by IFTTT, because they're being dicks.

Links for Friday March 25th 2016

Revolutionary Rice
Short summary on how a genetic tweak to rice could revolutionise agriculture. Still years off, but being seriously worked for now.
Film Freak Central – Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)
A review of Batman vs Superman with a lot to say about the relationship between superheroes and Kaiju. Well worth a read.

Links for Thursday March 24th 2016

transphobic-joke-detection
Interesting write up how someone engineered their Twitter joke-bot to try and avoid transphobia.

Links for Monday March 21st 2016

Tarot Cards | Complex Networks
Tarot for understanding the 21st century.
How Many Decimals of Pi Do We Really Need?
A NASA engineer explains the errors introduced by rounding Pi at various scales. More interesting than you think.

Links for Sunday March 20th 2016

Man Combines Random People’s Photos Using Neural Networks And The Results Are Amazing
These are stunning. Can't quite believe they're computer generated.

Links for Friday March 18th 2016

react-calendar-timeline – React Components
Might be very useful for a thing at work

Links for Thursday March 17th 2016

No Wool, No Vikings
Fascinating write up of the role of wool in viking civilisation.

Goat Trap

Links for Friday March 11th 2016

Wintergatan – Marble Machine
Just an absolute musical marvel. Go watch.

Links for Friday March 11th 2016

Lychee — Self-hosted photo-management
Might want to have a play with this, see if I can get it to join up with other tools, so I've actually got my own database of my photos.
London to the letter: meet Edward Johnston, the font of all tube style
Good article, more importantly: that's an exhibition I really want to see.
A 3-Hour Long Mixtape of Goth History
Exactly what it says on the tin, but an interesting, deep-cuts type offering.