29heads upcut out just the head: background and body gone, then refine by hand. optional hd hair-matting pass. the whole screen glows like a head. runs in your browser
28word of mouthbrowse the web, but the page only shows up inside your mouth, cut to the shape of your open lips. open wide to read, move your head to peek around, close to hide. runs in your browser
27spin offload two live radio stations onto decks and mix them like a dj: crossfade, eq, filter sweep, loop the last few seconds of a live stream, and drop drum pads on top
26due processa photo editor where every effect is a physical process: riso, cyanotype, halftone, polaroid. watch each one develop, tweak the real knobs. runs in your browser
25log onone public log of everyone who's here right now, and how long they stayed. you get a random name you can change, and a clock that only ticks while you're really there
24public accessflip through tv channels of public-domain video from the internet archive, complete with static between stations
23unreal when i shop my faceedit a picture with friends in real time — your webcam face is the cursor, and whatever tool you grab is hoisted over your head
22keyword saladupload a photo and get bourglor-style hyper-literal, keyword-stuffed captions (part reaction-archive, part aliexpress product title), then post to a searchable archive
21swear jara jar that fills up off the live bluesky firehose, one swear at a time, each shown in context. slurs filtered out
20linked outthe day's real news, rewritten as insufferable linkedin humblebrags: "i'm thrilled to announce..."
19stroke of geniustype any drawing tool and it draws like the real thing: pencil, spray can, water bottle dipped in paint, dragon breath
18much obligedpatron of the farts: spend favor, not money, to dedicate someone's meal, a bench, or an unwritten page to whoever you like
17crodie chowreal toronto restaurants with names too absurd to be real — a gallery + map
16well readpaste any article and re-typeset it into a reading layout you fully control
15forks givena fork economy: get a random handful of forks each day and give them to posts you appreciate
14roll calla public wall of people's rss subscriptions: drop yours and read over everyone's shoulder
13weather or notlocation-first weather channels: call the sky's next move, surf where people are guessing, chat with your area
12cite seeingpaste a paper, follow its citations and backlinks down the rabbithole
11for yousearch your name: find the books secretly dedicated to a you
10gloss overpaste any link, get a glossary of its terms defined only by real dictionaries
09paper-trailsurf research papers by how they read: semantic river + a field map, inspired by jabbic
08course loadtype a topic, pick real internet archive items, build a weekly syllabus
07clock ittime is a social construct.. and can therefore be crowdsourced..
06sound offupload sounds, auto-pitch-detected, curate your own soundboard
05read the rooma temporary holding space for friends to read and annotate pdfs together in real time
04handshaketwo-player trade table for digital scraps. swap on mutual confirm
03faces-placesexploring pareidolia phenomena and how humans/machines might interpret them
02hear, herean ephemeral group (text-to-speech) chat that tunes you into the present moment
01jabbicjudge a book by its cover.. inspired by max bittker's exploration engine