WikiFlix
A Netflix-inspired UI for public domain films, animations, shorts, and similar media that the Wikimedia project has archived and catalogued in some way. Contains some real classics, including much of […]
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The chicken-egg problem of movie microformats
Sara proposes some broader microformats support for media consumption, beyond the existing u-watch-of. The existing option does little to differentiate the type of content (YouTube versus […]
The modern way of serving images
A very thorough overview of how to write a modern, performant, HTML-driven image component that is as optimised to serve the most appropriate image as possible. There are some very neat tricks in […]
The last tyrant
A beautifully animated and incredibly well-scored short film about the K/T extinction, and the legacy it left. Incredibly, this turns out to be the final in a series of animated […]
White liberal performative art
An inciteful, well written, and intensely interesting (and important) look at media trends within modern white, liberal culture, focused around Bo Burnham's Inside but touching on a much […]
Floaters
"RC5-01 this is RC5-01" 😂 There's nothing specifically science fiction about this short, and that's what makes it great. Simple animation, a timeless plot, and excellent voice acting. As io9 put […]
Astartes: Warhammer 40K short
It's a few years old, but I was blown away by Astartes. Sure, the lore is a bit dense so I didn't fully know what was going on, but the story was well crafted enough that it kept me hooked […]
Edit video by editing the transcript
What a clever idea: a video editor that works by transcribing your content and then syncing the waveform with the text. Edit one, edit both. I haven't given it a whirl (no relevant need right now) […]
Maximally optimising image loading for the web
Malte has put together a brilliant overview of the various techniques that are currently available on the web natively for loading images in the most performant and user-centric ways possible. I'm […]
Prometheus unbound
Is Prometheus a good movie or a bad movie? My answer is yes, and I feel like this deep dive into the mythology underpinning the film is part of why. There's a lot to […]
You can't stop us
I mean damn the latest Nike video is astonishingly well […]
Drumming in the Air
It's July, which means it should be time for the annual Walthamstow Garden Party festival. As the Garden Party is funded and run by the Barbican and Guild Hall groups, who are also heavily […]
Lbry
On the face of it, Lbry is a YouTube competitor based on privacy and community. You can tip creators directly, but otherwise it basically works as you'd expect, only with fewer features (no […]
The beauty of progressive enhancement
Manuel wanted to see how a new site he'd built worked on the updated Nokia 3310, which rocks a paired-down version of Opera Mini (yikes!). The answer? Surprisingly well, thanks to some clever […]
A guide to responsive images
A pretty exhaustive overview of the HTML and CSS options that we now have for responsive image layouts. Here are some key […]
Thoughts on Disney+
Two months after Disney+ launched I'm still a huge fan of the content catalogue but swing between feeling bemused and exasperated at the actual experience of using the service.
Game of Thrones: A Retrospective
Last night was the grand finale of Game of Thrones and whilst everyone else is jumping on this bandwagon I figured I'd throw my own thoughts into the ring.
The Marvel-ous Collection: A Beginning
I'm a pretty big fan of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, so it felt a bit ridiculous when I was given Guardians of the Galaxy: Volume 2 for Christmas. To be clear, the gift wasn't ridiculous; […]