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Holy Shit, Technology: Black MIDI Magic

by Paddy Johnson on September 27, 2013

The frantic pace of digital life has given birth to a music genre. It’s called “black MIDI”, because the visualization in a midi file– which can carry multiple channels of electronic information– is so packed with waveforms that it’s almost entirely blacked out. You end up with a pulsing electronic symphony so powerful that you have to go holy shit, technology.

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Best Link Ever! Distractions Sell Cars

by Paddy Johnson on August 12, 2013
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There’s a bizarre bit of small print on the top of Lingscars.com, a website dedicated to leasing cars at low prices to UK drivers, and today’s Best Link Ever! “I live inside this website Monday to Friday 9am-6pm, to give you the very best service and make your experience a happy one! – I am Ling, accept no substitutes.” Ling is available to chat if you are.

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Best Link Ever: The Useless Web

by Ian Marshall on August 8, 2013
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The internet is a big, beautiful place, and thanks to Tim Holman it’s now easier than ever to get directed to single statement, single page websites. Rejoice, for the Internet Gods have spoken. The Useless Web takes you to any number of new and classic internet goodies with the click of a button, making it our new Best Link Ever. Say goodbye to the next hour of your life.

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Best Link Ever: Block by Block, Brooklyn’s Past and Present by BRKLNR

by Ian Marshall on August 5, 2013
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The folks at BRLYNR, a Brooklyn-obsessed blog, are really good at innovative and informative maps. They’ve made a map about journalism coverage neighborhood by neighborhood, a map about the most dangerous bike routes, and now, an interactive map that uses color to depict when every building in Brooklyn was built.

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Best Link Ever: Rap Board

by Ian Marshall on July 12, 2013
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We’ve all had our share of internet soundboards, but this one is better than any other we’ve seen in our history of forever. Let us present The Rap Board, your home for iconic rap sound bites that range from the Gucci Mane “yeaaa!” to the Lil Jon “YYEAA-YUH”. Every sound is organized alphabetically by rapper (find all your classic Puff Daddy and P Diddy sounds filed under “Diddy”). Lil Wayne has nine sounds, and we should all be grateful. On the other hand, Will Smith has more sounds on this board than Kanye West, which really isn’t fair given the range of weird noises that grace Yeezus. We all need to complain to the Internet Gods over that injustice.

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Best Link Ever! Kittycat Snowstorm!

by Paddy Johnson and Ian Marshall on June 25, 2013
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Your day just got a hell of a lot better. Let us introduce you to Catflakes, a website that floats cat heads and legs in snowflake shapes across your screen.

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Best Link Ever! Oh My Gosh! Wiggles!

by Paddy Johnson on July 29, 2011
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This video may be old news — it already has over 500,000 views — but I’m posting it anyway. Rainbow sponge products; war time art I can get behind!

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