A while ago I made a post soliciting ideas that click, that seem magical and awesome, that fill you with wonder and a sense of possibility -- and maybe (this was my motivation, at least) that make you feel like you yourself could do something awesome like that. He didn't use the same language, but the other day @k00b asked a question that lives right next to that question in conceptual space, about what you'd do if you basically had your current resource flow, but 100% free time.
Apropos of both things, I just came across this via HN (discussion) and it was one of the most powerful clicks in a while. I'm in awe of what this person has built -- the technical and artistic accomplishment of it, but also the ... playfulness, the whimsy, the dedication. Can you imagine working on this over the last six years, steadily? And first building the tools to allow you to build the cool thing that you imagined?
Hopefully it will inspire other people too.
That was so cool. Thanks for posting it!
One interesting thing is the Library of Babel, though I never figured out how to use it.
https://libraryofbabel.info/
That is weird and cool. Presumably motivated by the Borges story?
Exactly! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Library_of_Babel_(website)
There are many layers of awesome here. It took me reading the FAQ to learn it is interactive - I couldn't imagine it was.
It's only kind of related, but I've been hunting, unsuccessfully, for contemporary wimmelbook paintings for some time. Something, perhaps the density, of art within art and stories within stories holds my attention well.
This is awesome.
Not nearly on the same scale, but I really enjoy this XKCD and this one for their interactive elements.
Pretty cool. When I first clicked into it I thought it was gonna be one of those infinite scroll things. Now that would've been out of this world