21–30 of 131 posts
this is cool as well as your other side projects :)
https://nothing-together.sonnet.io
Sometimes * I communicate with random people via that site, without any words, just sending little "plomks" to each other.
* literally 30 seconds ago!
I opened the webpage, settled myself down, and clicked "Start". A lovely bong resonated through my headphones, and I relaxed. Immediately, one of the foster kitten sidled past me with a half-butchered gecko, still weakly struggling. I leapt up, grabbed a nearby broom, and gave chase. What followed was an episode of Tom & Jerry, but with more swearing. As I managed to part the cat from the gecko and punt the gecko out…
Don't like: "at the intersection of". 1/10
Overall: 4/10.
Trying to use technology to get people to spend some time meditating is fun :) I especially enjoyed the gong sound, the font selection, and the friendly wording in your app. My WIP attempt at achieving something similar: https://ant.care/ There's a button "breathe for food" that'll trigger a similar effect as your website. The difference is that the user is given a digital reward ("food") which they use to feed their…
I’ve been running it for a short while and they’ve dug a little L shape with blue pheromones vertically, and purple horizontally - looks like they are putting food in the horizontal but one ant is stuck behind a food block. Poor Taquan.
Edit: the ‘view crater’ button also crashes the simulation, at least on an M2 Air using Chrome 120
Not that anyone asked: I've long given up on meditation timers. I go to a room without any digital technology except for a Casio F91W. I have gotten good at gauging how long I've been concentrating for and if I have aversion to continued sitting I just peek at the watch to know how long it's been. This is a solved problem that costs $0 and I don't have to worry about receiving personalised ads because I'm into 'mindf…
Very useful and beautiful, thanks for sharing! This also gave me the idea to use web tech to build the timer I always wanted, which is the reverse of this one: a bong when the timer expires, but also ticks every minute (or 5) while the timer is running. Edit: you also have a very beautiful website... and extremely nice drawings!
https://untested.sonnet.io/Things+to+support+my+own+well-bei...
hit me up via hello @ or my newsletter on untested.sonnet.io and I'll message you when I have it.
There is also an amazing “together” mode: https://nothing-together.sonnet.io/ https://untested.sonnet.io/Sit.%2C+(together)
(plomking still feels more personal to me than communicating via text for some reason)
Not that anyone asked: I've long given up on meditation timers. I go to a room without any digital technology except for a Casio F91W. I have gotten good at gauging how long I've been concentrating for and if I have aversion to continued sitting I just peek at the watch to know how long it's been. This is a solved problem that costs $0 and I don't have to worry about receiving personalised ads because I'm into 'mindf…
Yup. I count my breaths in batches of 12 (batch count on the in breath, breath count on the out breath). So like "1-1, 1-2, ..., 1-12, 2-1, 2-2" and it works out that the batch count is the number of minutes I've been meditating. So if I want to meditate for 10 minutes I do 10x 12-counts. No technology needed, can be done anywhere, anytime.
I call this doing nothing with... nothing. It aligns closer to the spirit of emptiness.
Trying to use technology to get people to spend some time meditating is fun :) I especially enjoyed the gong sound, the font selection, and the friendly wording in your app. My WIP attempt at achieving something similar: https://ant.care/ There's a button "breathe for food" that'll trigger a similar effect as your website. The difference is that the user is given a digital reward ("food") which they use to feed their…
I’m curious what the ants are up to, do they do a great deal currently? I’ve been running it for a short while and they’ve dug a little L shape with blue pheromones vertically, and purple horizontally - looks like they are putting food in the horizontal but one ant is stuck behind a food block. Poor Taquan. Edit: the ‘view crater’ button also crashes the simulation, at least on an M2 Air using Chrome 120