What I saw on the web on 2022.4.9

1. Nils Frahm demonstrates the Palm Mute Pedal
   by Otto Sammy, played by Nils Frahm
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0s3Y-dBYgA
   an excellent sound for a piano!
   via boing
   
   
2. Facebook Announces Plan To Combat Fake News Stories By Making Them Actually Happen
   by the Onion staff
   https://www.theonion.com/facebook-announces-plan-to-combat-fake-news-stories-by-1823836038
   (note: if you're not familiar with The Onion, rectify this)
   via boing comments
   
   
3. Modeling Names in Lord of the Rings: Part One
   by Chiara Palladino
   https://digitaltolkien.com/2022/04/08/modeling-names-part-one.html
   looking forward to more work on this
   via rss
   
   
4. Why I find patriotism so odd
   by Kim Siever
   https://albertaworker.ca/2022/04/08/why-i-find-patriotism-so-odd/
   even as they say
   via rss
   
   
5. QuaranCon 2022
   by QuaranCon
   https://www.quarancon2020.com/
   i was thinking someone ought to set up a worldwide virtual fan-run con. looks like these folks did it!
   via daniel stride
   
   
6. Back of your Hand
   by the people who made this game?
   https://backofyourhand.com/
   there are aspects of geography at which i'm pretty good. this game? is not one of them
   via boing