The ‘Dune’ Screenplay Was Written in MS-DOS: The Oscar winning screenwriter of ‘Dune’ writes in an MS-DOS program that can only hold 40 pages in memory.
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Stuff I find around the web that interests or amuses me.
This is really clever, and I’m totally on board: What if every film Keanu Reeves has starred in is actually just Neo in another iteration of the Matrix?
The Muslimness of Dune: A Close Reading of “Appendix II: The Religion of Dune”: “Dune does not cheaply plagiarize from Muslim histories, ideas, and practices, but actively engages with them.”
Dune’s Not a White Savior Narrative. But It’s Complicated. | by Haris Durrani: “Do you think Dune is a white savior narrative? Well, you’re wrong. To accept that interpretation is to re-inscribe an account of the novel promulgated by adolescent white boys since the first of Frank Herbert’s Dune books came out in the 1960s.”
Breakthrough infection odds: 1 in 5,000 or better.
In Seattle on an average recent day, about one out of every one million vaccinated residents have been admitted to a hospital with Covid symptoms. That risk is so close to zero that the human mind can’t easily process it.
If you have a love of classic musicals (and an Apple TV+ account), Schmigadoon! is absolutely wonderful. Highly recommended.
GitFinder: A fast and lightweight Git client for Mac with Finder integration.
TextSniper – Capture and extract any text from your Mac’s screen: Instantly capture non-selectable text from YouTube videos, PDFs, images, online courses, screencasts, presentations, webpages, video tutorials, photos, etc. It’s so simple and easy as taking a screenshot with a built-in snipping tool for Mac.
Unclack for macOS: Unclack is the small but mighty Mac utility that mutes your microphone while you type. No more getting called out for clacking your way through a Zoom meeting on your clicky keyboard!
Map of the Internet — Halcyon Maps
Inspired by design of historical maps, this project aims to concisely, but still comprehensively visualize the current state of the World Wide Web, and document the largest and most popular websites over the period of 2020-2021, along with their countless aspects and features.