Andrew Badr

Andrew Badr

@ab.bsky.social

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Andrew Badr
@ab.bsky.social

Even downloading the .rm file and playing it in VLC didn't work. What's more, I soon realized that there were hundreds of such poem recordings in the Atlantic's archives. I worried that it might go offline someday and this whole, valuable archive would be forever lost. 2/5

Andrew Badr
@ab.bsky.social

So, moving past my original desire to hear just that one poem, I wanted to preserve this archive for posterity. After surveying and cataloguing the content, I did three things: 1. Saved all the surviving audio files (a few of the original pages are sadly already gone!) to the Wayback Machine— 3/5

Andrew Badr
@ab.bsky.social

If I was going to divide the history of the Web into two parts, it might be Before Gmail and After Gmail. If three, FB newsfeed as the other milestone.

Andrew Badr
@ab.bsky.social

I'm presenting this work publicly for the first time tonight. Tune in to WordHack at @wonderville.nyc. More soon!

Andrew Badr@ab.bsky.social

Here's the cover of "صوت المرأة" (trans. Arabic: Sawt al-Mar'ah, "Woman's Voice") from November 1949. I'd heard that my grandfather, who I never met, helped publish an early feminist magazine in Lebanon. There isn't much about it online. I bought a few issues that I found for sale.

Andrew Badr
@ab.bsky.social

There’s a big pull towards post-sensory life, a deep change to human existence over the past few decades, away from sense-attention towards the symbolic and abstract. Worth being deliberate in how you personally choose to relate to this pull.

Andrew Badr
@ab.bsky.social

Vladimitch Hedberkov: I was the shadow of the waxwing slain by the false azure in the windowpane. I still am, but I was, too. #lowtamtweets

Andrew Badr
@ab.bsky.social

The strongest team wins the World Cup <50% of the time. There's even a pretty good chance that the winner isn't in the top 5. Do Europeans know this?

Andrew Badr
@ab.bsky.social

Merely observing the odds on Polymarket (where top-rated France is currently at 34% to win) isn't exactly the same as the first claim, because there's uncertainty in measuring which team is best. But I wonder how much work that uncertainty does. IOW, how would Polymarket odds change w/oracled ELOs?

Andrew Badr
@ab.bsky.social

Here's the cover of "صوت المرأة" (trans. Arabic: Sawt al-Mar'ah, "Woman's Voice") from November 1949. I'd heard that my grandfather, who I never met, helped publish an early feminist magazine in Lebanon. There isn't much about it online. I bought a few issues that I found for sale.

Andrew Badr
@ab.bsky.social

My goal is to make a website with translations. Just getting started. The Notes app's scanning feature doesn't cut it; Scanner Pro is effective for OCR purposes but loses color and has privacy issues. For now, please enjoy this effervescent Royal Gelatin ad. Could make a good t-shirt?