Off topic fun

https://xkcd.com/1877/ →

http://mobile.digitalartsonline.co.uk/news/illustration/british-library-over-million-free-vintage-images-download/ Need some vintage visual inspiration – or a real antique elements for an illustration, design or motion project? Then check out the British Library’s collection. These centuries-old copyright-free images include everything from from book illustrations to photos – and cover subjects from flowers to cycling and children’s books to maps. →

http://trumpipsum.net/ Make Placeholder Text Great Again! →

http://www.boredpanda.com/cultural-torture-comics-things-in-squares-cale/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=thehumortrain →

http://inktank.fi/upsides-bad-finnish-summer/ This funny article claims that there are upsides even in bad summer weather. →

http://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/17-jokes-that-only-smart-people-will-really-appreciate/ →

http://www.iflscience.com/technology/ai-trying-to-design-inspirational-posters-goes-horribly-and-hilariously-wrong/ Now, a new AI has appeared on the wilderness of the Web, and it goes by the name InspiroBot. As you might expect, it designs “Inspirational Posters” for you →

https://techcrunch.com/2017/06/23/watch-this-guy-play-super-mario-bros-irl-in-central-park-using-hololens/?utm_source=tcfbpage&sr_share=facebook Super Mario Bros. is iconic, so it’s a natural target for augmented reality development, where everything nostalgic is new again. This demo, created by Abhishek Singh, really is amazing, however. Singh recreated the first level of Super Mario Bros. as an augmented reality game on Microsoft HoloLens. →

http://www.commitstrip.com/en/2017/06/19/security-too-expensive-try-a-hack/ Sadly so true. →

https://techcrunch.com/gallery/worst-volume-controls/ Fed up with those sensitive volume sliders? It could be A LOT worse. Redditors dreamed up the most absurd possible interfaces for controlling the sound on a video.  →