Henry Wilkinson
@wilkinson.graphics
Designer who knows some things about web archives, OpenStreetMap enthusiast, occasional maker of music.
Prev @webrecorder.net Currently @EQTY
Prev @webrecorder.net Currently @EQTY
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the pre-LLM projects on my GitHub profile are like low-background steel
February 10, 2026 at 8:47 PM
the pre-LLM projects on my GitHub profile are like low-background steel
Finally! Decentralized Keybase!!
…Well, minus the PGP so far
…Well, minus the PGP so far
Soft launching my Keybase on atproto alpha: @keytrace.dev
Basically the identity verification system from keybase/keyoxide but storing the identity claims on your registry and signing them based on keys in mine.
It is not focused on PGP, but on making it possible for social apps to handle identity
Basically the identity verification system from keybase/keyoxide but storing the identity claims on your registry and signing them based on keys in mine.
It is not focused on PGP, but on making it possible for social apps to handle identity
February 10, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Finally! Decentralized Keybase!!
…Well, minus the PGP so far
…Well, minus the PGP so far
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"Animated Bokeh" has been on my whiteboard for a long time, and this is the result.
I thought it would just be for cheesy novelty effects, but it also does lightfield manipulation that was cooler than I expected.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kg_2...
I thought it would just be for cheesy novelty effects, but it also does lightfield manipulation that was cooler than I expected.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kg_2...
Digital Iris
YouTube video by Ancient
www.youtube.com
February 7, 2026 at 5:35 PM
"Animated Bokeh" has been on my whiteboard for a long time, and this is the result.
I thought it would just be for cheesy novelty effects, but it also does lightfield manipulation that was cooler than I expected.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kg_2...
I thought it would just be for cheesy novelty effects, but it also does lightfield manipulation that was cooler than I expected.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kg_2...
Consult my doctor… about drinking juice??
February 7, 2026 at 2:12 AM
Consult my doctor… about drinking juice??
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On this day in 1992, George H.W. Bush sent a memo to all White House staff about how fat his dog was
February 6, 2026 at 10:06 PM
On this day in 1992, George H.W. Bush sent a memo to all White House staff about how fat his dog was
Sad to see that Adobe is discontinuing Animate (Flash) today but hey, at least they're opening up the file format, open sourcing the editor, and have a clear transition path to their other maintained applications... right?
February 2, 2026 at 10:29 PM
Sad to see that Adobe is discontinuing Animate (Flash) today but hey, at least they're opening up the file format, open sourcing the editor, and have a clear transition path to their other maintained applications... right?
Kinda wild that you *need* an Apple account to use any software that doesn't come with the iPhone.
January 26, 2026 at 12:28 AM
Kinda wild that you *need* an Apple account to use any software that doesn't come with the iPhone.
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Imagine your car pulling over mid-drive to ask, “How’s your experience so far?” Ridiculous…until you realize that’s exactly how many apps behave now. How we normalized being interrupted by the products we bought to do work. Backseat Software: blog.mikeswanson.com/backseat-sof...
Backseat Software – Mike Swanson's Blog
blog.mikeswanson.com
January 18, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Imagine your car pulling over mid-drive to ask, “How’s your experience so far?” Ridiculous…until you realize that’s exactly how many apps behave now. How we normalized being interrupted by the products we bought to do work. Backseat Software: blog.mikeswanson.com/backseat-sof...
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Last term I tried an experiment: I walked into my Tech and Design Ethics class, admitted that I had *no idea* what to do about ChatGPT - so I would let them figure it out.
As in: their first project was to decide and write the ChatGPT policy for the class.
Here's what happened:
As in: their first project was to decide and write the ChatGPT policy for the class.
Here's what happened:
January 22, 2026 at 11:36 PM
Last term I tried an experiment: I walked into my Tech and Design Ethics class, admitted that I had *no idea* what to do about ChatGPT - so I would let them figure it out.
As in: their first project was to decide and write the ChatGPT policy for the class.
Here's what happened:
As in: their first project was to decide and write the ChatGPT policy for the class.
Here's what happened:
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formats over apps
A Social Filesystem — overreacted
Formats over apps.
overreacted.io
January 18, 2026 at 7:05 AM
formats over apps
Is anyone else getting hit with a brutal amount of spam email coming from Zendesk recently? Feels like somebody has figured out a new way to use their software to send people garbage support tickets.
January 18, 2026 at 6:17 AM
Is anyone else getting hit with a brutal amount of spam email coming from Zendesk recently? Feels like somebody has figured out a new way to use their software to send people garbage support tickets.
iOS App Patch Notes:
Cleaned the sink, added some sparkle and polish so that your experience is the super duper best! Improved performance and squashed the small buggy buggos to keep you zooming smoothly! Swapped the engine and replaced the timing belt!
We’ll NEVER tell you what really changed.
Cleaned the sink, added some sparkle and polish so that your experience is the super duper best! Improved performance and squashed the small buggy buggos to keep you zooming smoothly! Swapped the engine and replaced the timing belt!
We’ll NEVER tell you what really changed.
January 15, 2026 at 3:40 PM
iOS App Patch Notes:
Cleaned the sink, added some sparkle and polish so that your experience is the super duper best! Improved performance and squashed the small buggy buggos to keep you zooming smoothly! Swapped the engine and replaced the timing belt!
We’ll NEVER tell you what really changed.
Cleaned the sink, added some sparkle and polish so that your experience is the super duper best! Improved performance and squashed the small buggy buggos to keep you zooming smoothly! Swapped the engine and replaced the timing belt!
We’ll NEVER tell you what really changed.
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Everybody thinks 'https://' stands for 'hypertext transfer protocol secure' but it actually stands for 'head to this place, sucka' followed by a colon and two laser sounds
January 13, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Everybody thinks 'https://' stands for 'hypertext transfer protocol secure' but it actually stands for 'head to this place, sucka' followed by a colon and two laser sounds
2026 is the year of the Linux desktop! ...Is what I would say if I could post this from my Linux install because the wifi drivers don't work out of the box and now I need to figure out how to install them.
January 2, 2026 at 4:05 AM
2026 is the year of the Linux desktop! ...Is what I would say if I could post this from my Linux install because the wifi drivers don't work out of the box and now I need to figure out how to install them.
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you’re right! it feels mostly awful to Go Online™, these days. the internet in a sad state, for reason after reason after reason. but there is a way to fix it; to trade the voidful howling for a quiet & joyful song.
here’s how to win the war for the soul of the internet, and build the Web We Want.
here’s how to win the war for the soul of the internet, and build the Web We Want.
A Website To End All Websites | Henry From Online
How to win the war for the soul of the internet, and build the Web We Want.
henry.codes
January 1, 2026 at 7:27 PM
you’re right! it feels mostly awful to Go Online™, these days. the internet in a sad state, for reason after reason after reason. but there is a way to fix it; to trade the voidful howling for a quiet & joyful song.
here’s how to win the war for the soul of the internet, and build the Web We Want.
here’s how to win the war for the soul of the internet, and build the Web We Want.
New blog post! This time, a reflection on the Wikireader: a dedicated gadget from 2010 that lets you read a text-only version of Wikipedia. 15 years later and it still works better than ever!
wilkinson.graphics/blog/2025-12...
wilkinson.graphics/blog/2025-12...
I Like The Wikireader
What's 2010 is cool again!
wilkinson.graphics
December 21, 2025 at 1:11 AM
New blog post! This time, a reflection on the Wikireader: a dedicated gadget from 2010 that lets you read a text-only version of Wikipedia. 15 years later and it still works better than ever!
wilkinson.graphics/blog/2025-12...
wilkinson.graphics/blog/2025-12...
Everyone else is posting their word clouds, but I'm keeping the streak alive!
December 3, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Everyone else is posting their word clouds, but I'm keeping the streak alive!
Musicbrainz Picard doesn't write release and track relationships so now I need to go back and re-tag my entire music library to get those sweet details about who played what instruments on which tracks.
...But because they DO write a unique ID to each file this should be a simple bulk edit!
...But because they DO write a unique ID to each file this should be a simple bulk edit!
December 3, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Musicbrainz Picard doesn't write release and track relationships so now I need to go back and re-tag my entire music library to get those sweet details about who played what instruments on which tracks.
...But because they DO write a unique ID to each file this should be a simple bulk edit!
...But because they DO write a unique ID to each file this should be a simple bulk edit!
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Fran Sans — a typeface inspired by San Francisco light rail displays — is gorgeous and this excellent article really shows you how deep a typography designer will go 👏👏👏
emilysneddon.com/fran-sans…
#typography #design
emilysneddon.com/fran-sans…
#typography #design
November 24, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Fran Sans — a typeface inspired by San Francisco light rail displays — is gorgeous and this excellent article really shows you how deep a typography designer will go 👏👏👏
emilysneddon.com/fran-sans…
#typography #design
emilysneddon.com/fran-sans…
#typography #design
Playing around with gaussian splats! The end result is cool, but the structure-from-motion camera visualization was pretty neat too!
November 24, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Playing around with gaussian splats! The end result is cool, but the structure-from-motion camera visualization was pretty neat too!
The year is 2025. I still cannot right click an image in a google doc and hit "Download" to save it to my local computer.
November 20, 2025 at 6:22 AM
The year is 2025. I still cannot right click an image in a google doc and hit "Download" to save it to my local computer.
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![[Scene is a kitchen - a middle aged woman called JANET is boiling peas at the stove. A younger more colourfully dressed woman named LIZ approached her.]
JANET:
Ugh...
LIZ:
What's up?
JANET:
I am so bored of cooking peas!
LIZ:
Have you tried...
AI peas?
JANET:
AI peas?
LIZ:
They're peas with AI!
[Liz holds up to us a packet of peas labelled: Pea-i AI - Peas with AI].
LIZ:
Al-powered peas harness the potential of your peas
JANET:
What
LIZ [Now a voiceover as we cut to a whizzy technology diagram of peas all connected by meaningless dotted lines]
Why not take your peas to the next level with Al Peas' new Al tools to power your peas?
[Show a techno diagram of a pea with a label reading 'AI' pointing to a random zone in it]
LIZ:
Each pea has Al in a way we haven't quite worked out yet but it's fine
[Show Janet and Liz now in a Matrix-style world of peas]
LIZ:
With Al peas you can supercharge productivity and make AI work for your peas!
JANET:
What
LIZ:
Shut up
LIZ:
Our game-changing Pea-Al gives you the freedom to unlock the potential of the power of the future of your peas workflow
From opening the bag of peas
to boiling the peas
to eating the peas
To spending millions on adding Al to the peas and then having to work out what that even means.
JANET:
Is it really necessary to-
LIZ [Grabbing Janet by the collar]:
THE PEAS HAVE GOT AI, JANET
[Cut to an advert ending screen, with the bag of peas and the slogan:
AI PEAS: Just 'Peas' for god's sake buy the AI peas.
[Ends]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreiayqa37f7kik7l7s7fbtfp2sir5ckb662ry2lylinyjrfa2rkvvka@jpeg)
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Here is a working link to the original Poppy File map, which shows about 3,300 of Toronto's Second World War war dead at the household level. Click on a home to see details. The First World War map follows in the thread /1 t.co/4P9GUkl8m0
November 10, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Here is a working link to the original Poppy File map, which shows about 3,300 of Toronto's Second World War war dead at the household level. Click on a home to see details. The First World War map follows in the thread /1 t.co/4P9GUkl8m0
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We're accepting new writing for Orbital Studies, a literary science magazine cultivating a poetic orientation towards the world revealed to us by science.
Issue theme: *Ways of Seeing The Objective World*
Deadline Dec 10: orbitalstudies.com
Please share! We pay all contributors.
Issue theme: *Ways of Seeing The Objective World*
Deadline Dec 10: orbitalstudies.com
Please share! We pay all contributors.
❧ Orbital Studies Magazine ☙
Ways of Seeing the Objective World
orbitalstudies.com
October 29, 2025 at 7:18 PM
We're accepting new writing for Orbital Studies, a literary science magazine cultivating a poetic orientation towards the world revealed to us by science.
Issue theme: *Ways of Seeing The Objective World*
Deadline Dec 10: orbitalstudies.com
Please share! We pay all contributors.
Issue theme: *Ways of Seeing The Objective World*
Deadline Dec 10: orbitalstudies.com
Please share! We pay all contributors.