The /etc page

This page is kind of a catch-all for miscellaneous things I think are neat, but don't really fit under any of the other pages of this site. Expect things added sporadically.

Visual

• The Ransom Center's movie poster collection consists of an estimated 10,000 posters and spans the entire history of film from the silent era to the present day. Searchable!
• CARI, or Consumer Aesthetics Research Institute, is an online community dedicated to developing a visual lexicon of consumer ephemera from the 1970s until now.

Aural

• Songs Like X generates playlists of songs given a single track, and in my experience does a better job at this than a lot of peer-based reccomender systems (ex last.fm playlists, spotify radio). Only available through Spotify, unfortunately.
• Zophar's Music Domain: rips of over 19,000 videogame soundtracks.

Lit.

• FLATLINE CONSTRUCTS: GOTHIC MATERIALISM AND CYBERNETIC THEORY-FICTION
  • alternate pdf version with additional foreward
  • audiobook version
• Reincarnation of the Goddess: Translation of the original Megami Tensei light novel.
• Lockpicking Guide: worth noting that you can bypass many doors without even touching the lock! Slide doors that open away from you, and card doors that open towards you.