I rediscovered Hatnote today. I’m going through old diary entries where I used to document findings around the internet, and I came across this brilliant project that was created to listen to generative music based on updates to Wikipedia being made in real time. I love it.
Psychopathy → Canvas
Psychopathy → Canvas ⏰ 02:55 🦶14 (Psychopathy → Characterizations → Character_(arts) → Character_animation → Animation → Onion_skinning → Multi-sketch → Animated_cartoon → Cartoon → Painting → Oil_painting → Oil_on_Canvas → Oil_painting → Oil_painting → Canvas)
14? Yeah this was trickier than I thought it was going to be. I saw several articles with canvas in text, but not linked. You will see backwards paths too because of how small some of the articles were. “Oil on Canvas” is apparently an album title. Tricky.
Big fan of Romy, but unfamiliar with Jessie Ware. There is a moment in their track “Lift You Up” where they sing directly to each other, calling each other forward with the lyrics, and it is just the cutest moment ever.
Mime Artist → Reptile
Mime Artist → Reptile ⏰ 01:39 🦶5 (Mime_artist → Popping → Oakland,_California → California → List_of_U.S._state_reptiles → Reptile)
It’s the desert tortoise. California’s state reptile is the desert tortoise. What is yours?
As I migrate old journal entries to yet another new system, I am getting roasted by my past self:
May 22, 2016, 2:47 PM - Tried Ulysses and Lightpaper. Too much. Remember that you have all you need already. Stop wasting time adjusting systems.
Shiitake → Black Pepper
Shiitake → Black Pepper ⏰ 01:06 🦶4 (Shiitake → Simmered → Chili_con_carne → Cayenne_pepper → Black_pepper)
This felt easy enough from the beginning. I am always surprised by what gets an article on the English Wikipedia. I did not expect there to be an article, short as it is, for simmering food. There is, in fact, an entire list of cooking techniques. Check it out and learn a new one!
Oh my gosh, this is so clever. I recommend starting in a place that you know with maybe a destination in mind. Love this so much.
Medical Ethics → Chair
Medical Ethics → Chair ⏰ 01:10 🦶4 (Medical_ethics → Disabled → Assistive_technology → Wheelchair → Chair)
For some reason, I especially love it when it is a niche or detailed concept to a very concrete one. I audibly chuckle to myself when I read the A to B for these. The first thing I thought of was a wheelchair. My good friend, growing up, used a wheelchair for mobility, and he always just referred to it as “my chair.” “Can you grab my chair?” “We’ll have to put my chair in the trunk.” “I need to get a new chair.”
I should get a hold of him soon.
Panentheism → Rodeo
Panentheism → Rodeo ⏰ 01:41 🦶7 (Panentheism → Hindu_philosophy → Vegetarianism_and_religion → Dairy_product → Cow → Animal_treatment_in_rodeo → Charreada → Rodeo)
Panentheism sounds very interesting. It is described as “the belief that the divine intersects every part of the universe and also extends beyond space and time.” That’s fun. I hate rodeos, and I honestly see them as an evil sport. So, I was happy to have this one over relatively quickly.
Organic Farming → Temple
Organic Farming → Temple ⏰ 00:52 🦶4 (Organic_farming → Domesticated_plants_and_animals_of_Austronesia → Polynesia → Heiau → Temple)
It helps to know things in this game. This was my best time and shortest path (I think?) so far. I live very close to an agricultural Heiau and that is immediately where my mind went.