I’ve always been a fan of Jack’s solo work and his work as part of Pomplamoose. His new electronic sound is excellent as well.

Skycons is a set of ten animated weather glyphs, procedurally generated by JavaScript using the HTML5 canvas tag.

I personally am worried by the dependency on Evernote, but it seems like a great way to get a web presence if you’re a heavy user already.

John Frusciante releases a song in memory of his friend.

I’ve finally come to terms with the movie Sourcecode. But at first, I hated it.

The premise is that scientists have built a machine that can:

1) extract remnants of memory from a person’s brain and 2) allow a 2nd person’s consciousness to then enter those memories and experience them firsthand.

They then use this machine to have someone enter the memory of a person present at a train bombing, so that he can find the culprit and stop the next crime.

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The New York Times crossword puzzle the day before the 1996 presidential election.

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These mostly-still images with subtle animations add a great new depth to photographs.

See more at Jamie Beck’s Tumblr

After the 3/11 earthquake, #prayforjapan was a hashtag used for people around the world to send messages of encouragement to Japan. prayforjapan.jp is a site that is collecting heartwarming tweets from Japanese users, as well as messages from outside the country.

I got emotional after reading just a few of these messages. The earthquake was a terrible tragedy, but amidst all of that I feel admiration for the spirit of the Japanese people. Messages like this show that people have really come together to help one another, and it give me great hope for the country’s recovery.

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Chrono Trigger basically began as a jam session — a couple of star designers and a manga artist getting together to brainstorm and seeing what they might produce. No pressure. No cynicism.

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Ultimately, the best thing about Chrono Trigger is something that can’t quite be quantified in terms of mechanics, aesthetics, or plot. It’s impossible to play without getting the sense that that its designers really had a lot of fun in conceiving it (barring a stomach ulcer or two) and were wholly dedicated to making sure they got it right. Chrono Trigger is a labor of love effected by a group of very talented game designers, and their enthusiasm for the project permeates every aspect of the experience.

Talk about nostalgia. I still consider Chrono Trigger to be the best game of all time, and this article expresses its appeal perfectly. If you haven’t played it before, fire up the emulator. If you have played it before, reading this will make you want to play again.

I might even say that I didn’t grow up in any meaningful way before I started high school.

I’ve always felt like I have very limited memories of middle school and elementary school. The problem, as I realized recently, isn’t that I have few memories. Rather, it is that my memories don’t seem to include my thoughts – what I wondered, what I thought about, and how I felt about certain things. When probing my memories I get plenty of clear images, but I can’t help but feel like an observer; I can see my past-self doing things and reacting to events, but I have no idea what that child was thinking. I mean, I can guess. I’m sure I’d be pretty good at guessing, since I know the kid well, but it’s strange that this isn’t part of the memory.

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