David Friedman
@ironicsans.com
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Filmmaker, writer, occasional historian davidfriedman.info
I'm so busy this week I only had time to write a half-newsletter. Honestly, I'm fine if you only half-read it.
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The Half Newsletter
Who has time for a whole one?
https://ironicsans.ghost.io/the-half-newsletter/
5 days ago
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I have quietly released a new feature for Gisnep. You can now save your game history in the cloud and it will sync across devices where you log in with the same account. So you can play at work and home, or desktop and mobile, and your history will follow you.
gisnep.com
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Gisnep | Daily Quote Puzzle
You Need One More Daily Puzzle In Your Life
https://gisnep.com/
9 days ago
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I made myself a decent screenwriting web app that met my particular set of needs (no install or account required). It’s not perfect but I’m debating making it public in case it meets other people’s needs. Does the world need yet another screenwriting tool? Or is that category overstuffed already?
16 days ago
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I sometimes think about the other set of twin towers in the original Spider-Man trailer that were also destroyed.
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The Other Twin Towers in the Spider-Man Trailer
Besides the WTC, these were also destroyed
https://ironicsans.ghost.io/the-other-twin-towers-in-the-spider-man-trailer/
16 days ago
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Calendar apps should have a setting like “Once I have 4 meetings scheduled in a day, mark the rest of the day as busy”
18 days ago
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"Milla Jovovich's GitHub repo" is not a phrase I expected to see today.
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GitHub - milla-jovovich/mempalace: The highest-scoring AI memory system ever benchmarked. And it's free.
The highest-scoring AI memory system ever benchmarked. And it's free. - milla-jovovich/mempalace
https://github.com/milla-jovovich/mempalace
about 2 months ago
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Pac-Man but make it Snake
gisnep.com/snakman/
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2 months ago
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kottke.org
2 months ago
The Louvre has the Mona Lisa. Here’s what other institutions consider their Mona Lisas. For instance: the National Portrait Gallery in London has a portrait of William Shakespeare and MoMA has the Gold Marilyn Monroe.
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It’s Their Mona Lisa
What institutions besides the Louvre consider to be their “Mona Lisa”
https://ironicsans.ghost.io/its-t-mona-lisa/
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Only the Louve has *the* Mona Lisa, but here’s what other institutions consider to be *their* Mona Lisas!
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It’s Their Mona Lisa
What institutions besides the Louvre consider to be their “Mona Lisa”
https://ironicsans.ghost.io/its-t-mona-lisa/
2 months ago
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The truest thing on the internet today
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2 months ago
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I just moved Gisnep’s upgraded mobile version from beta to the main site. So if you ever stopped playing Gisnep because you found the mobile experience frustrating, now’s a great time to revisit!
gisnep.com
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Gisnep | Daily Quotefall Dropquote Puzzle
You Need One More Daily Puzzle In Your Life
https://gisnep.com/
3 months ago
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Turns out, the first website to ever be hacked was the website for the movie Hackers
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When “Hackers” Was Hacked
How the movie’s website became the first ever to be hacked
https://ironicsans.ghost.io/when-hackers-was-hacked/
3 months ago
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Dammit, this is actually starting to be fun.
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3 months ago
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Felt cute might delete later
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3 months ago
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I think the topic of my next newsletter is so interesting that I'm tempted to send it early just because I want people to see it. But it's going out on schedule, next week on Tuesday. Sign up to make sure you don't miss it. That's all I'm saying.
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Ironic Sans
Stories from forgotten corners of culture, popular and otherwise
https://ironicsans.ghost.io/
3 months ago
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20 years!!
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3 months ago
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kottke.org
3 months ago
Actor-style headshots from the 80s of artists like Cindy Sherman, Jeff Koons, Jenny Holzer, and Robert Longo.
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80s Headshots of Famous Artists
Central Casting, but make it art
https://ironicsans.ghost.io/80s-headshots-of-famous-artists/
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I love these 80s headshots of famous artists. Jeff Koons, Cindy Sherman, Jenny Holzer, and more
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80s Headshots of Famous Artists
Central Casting, but make it art
https://ironicsans.ghost.io/80s-headshots-of-famous-artists/
3 months ago
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I love these 80s headshots of famous artists. Jeff Koons, Cindy Sherman, Jenny Holzer, and more
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80s Headshots of Famous Artists
Central Casting, but make it art
https://ironicsans.ghost.io/80s-headshots-of-famous-artists/
3 months ago
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Greg Pak
4 months ago
Regarding the Discourse, lemme just say that if you can't draw, yes you can. Everyone can draw, and folks will almost certainly respond more positively to your stick figures than some generic "A.i." slop. Also, there are LOADS of resources for free images. Like this! đź§µ
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Free Images and Open Access | National Gallery of Art
Free open access image downloads are now available directly from the object pages located on this website. Close to 60,000 images are available for download, and we will continue to add more images fo...
https://www.nga.gov/artworks/free-images-and-open-access
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Do you play
#Gisnep
on mobile? I'm looking for people who can test a new-and-improved mobile experience before I roll it out. If you're interested, DM me and let me know what mobile device and browser you use.
4 months ago
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Flashback to when you could get a cool job in the newspaper classifieds. From the Sunday NYTimes this week in 2000. And that’s how I became Polo Ralph Lauren’s staff photographer for the next 7 years.
4 months ago
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LastThird
4 months ago
Might I interest you in some
gisnep.com
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Gisnep | Daily Quote Puzzle
You Need One More Daily Puzzle In Your Life
https://gisnep.com/
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Gin Peck
5 months ago
Under a minute! My favorite morning brain-waker-upper! I solved today’s
#Gisnep
in 00:49. No. 518 | January 7, 2026
gisnep.com
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Gisnep | Daily Quote Puzzle
You Need One More Daily Puzzle In Your Life
https://gisnep.com
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Lynn Cullimore
5 months ago
I do Alphaguess, Hang Five, and Gisnep. Sometimes they're super easy and sometimes they take me ages to finish.
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The mysterious cartoonist who goes by pseudonym Olivia James has left the comic strip Nancy which she revitalized with sometimes surreal, absurdist and self-aware humor in 2018. Starting today Nancy is by Eisner winner Caroline Cash. Exciting times for Nancy fans!
www.gocomics.com/extras/nancy...
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“Nancy” Says Goodbye to Olivia James, Hello to a Brand-New Creator
It’s a new era for the comic strip, which has been in print for more than 100 years.
https://www.gocomics.com/extras/nancy-olivia-jaimes-retires
5 months ago
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Endless Jeopardy
5 months ago
That is correct for $2000! (Your current score: $182000)
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I can’t believe tomorrow’s Gisnep is #500!! That’s a lot of puzzles. If you aren’t already playing, a vast archive awaits you!
gisnep.com
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Gisnep | Daily Quotefall Dropquote Puzzle
You Need One More Daily Puzzle In Your Life
https://gisnep.com
5 months ago
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God this is heartbreaking. I read many of his books. I’d seen him speak. One of my prized possessions was hand-written correspondence I received from Oliver Sacks. I feel so let down.
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5 months ago
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Andy Adams
5 months ago
Good read — Becoming a Centenarian
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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Becoming a Centenarian
Like The New Yorker, I was born in 1925. Somewhat to my surprise, I decided to keep a journal of my hundredth year.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/12/22/becoming-a-centenarian
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No newsletter this week, but it’s a good opportunity to catch up on the last edition in which I attempted to find every giant model whale in the world, in size order. (Spoiler: the blue whale at the American Museum of Natural History is not the biggest!)
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There be whales here!
In which a 92 foot model whale is listed on eBay for $2.25
https://ironicsans.ghost.io/there-be-whales-here/
6 months ago
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@kottke.org
This struck me as potentially of interest to you:
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New Auction Record Set for Iconic Japanese Print "The Great Wave" | Sotheby's
YouTube video by Sotheby's
https://youtu.be/uBwM8oy7_Ok?si=7uIg1LEJrRW63bJB
6 months ago
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The last episode of Pluribus comes out on December 26, just one day too late to call the episode A Christmas Carol.
6 months ago
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Carol Sturka is an anagram for Our Car Talks. Also: Ocular Karts, A Solar Truck, and Orca Ark Slut. This reveals everything.
6 months ago
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This Vectrex version of Donkey Kong is incredible!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YO0t...
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Vector Kong on Vectrex via VecFever and my 4 custom level overlays
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YO0t1N-mLSs
6 months ago
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Joe Adalian
6 months ago
Gen X comedy nerds, assemble!
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Get A Life | 35th Anniversary Marathon | FIRST TIME STREAMING | December 6-7 on SHOUT! TV
YouTube video by Shout! Studios
https://youtu.be/Bw2bJZl990I?si=VQdIOkgqJ1YWML6L
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Dave Wiskus
6 months ago
This is a good time to remind everyone that I disliked these people so much we rolled our own Whitney alternative to avoid giving them more money, and gave it away for free so that nobody else had to either
nebulasans.com
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Nebula Sans
Nebula Sans is the brand typeface for Nebula, available under the SIL Open Font License.
https://nebulasans.com
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Aside from everything else, Sora has the absolute worst feed algorithm of any feed that has ever algorithmed.
7 months ago
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Johnny Carson's house is for sale for $110,000,000.00
www.zillow.com/homedetails/...
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https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/6962-Wildlife-Rd-Malibu-CA-90265/20555493_zpid/
7 months ago
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Nat Gertler: handsomer than I look
7 months ago
NEW PERSONAL RECORD!! I solved today’s
#Gisnep
in 00:56. 🎉 No. 433 | October 14, 2025
gisnep.com
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The great thing about AI is that you can remake movies the way you remember them
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7 months ago
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Dave Bryant
8 months ago
A classic from
@ironicsans.com
I have always enjoyed. Can you tell Arial from Helvetica? I can, though I was tripped up by the same three that a lot of folks seem to miss.
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Ironic Sans: So you think you can tell Arial from Helvetica? Quiz
https://ironicsans.com/helvarialquiz/?ref=ironicsans.ghost.io
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I wrote about people who write blurbs. Huh. Blurb. That’s a funny word. Blurb. Why do we call a little quote of praise a blurb anyway? Well, I wrote the answer to that, too. Blurb.
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The King of Blurbs
“A gripping tale of hubris, hyperbole, and hardcovers!” - a famous author
https://ironicsans.ghost.io/the-king-of-book-blurbs/
8 months ago
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I love to see a writer as the subject of an SNL documentary.
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Downey Wrote That | Official Trailer | Peacock Original
YouTube video by Peacock
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMgFTS3ohMw
8 months ago
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🚨The movie “Cube” (1997) is now free to watch on YouTube. It’s one of my favorite examples of a movie that does a lot with a little, basically one set used so cleverly in different ways.
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Cube (1997) | Full Movie | Nicole de Boer, Nicky Guadagni, David Hewlett, Andrew Miller
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TrWlWxQwYg
8 months ago
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Am I the only one who has no recollection of there being a PS2 or PS4? If you told me they only made odd numbered PlayStations, I’m not sure I could refute you.
8 months ago
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They put a trampoline on the Great Pyramids. A trampoline. On the pyramids!
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The Trampoline on the Great Pyramid
Or: Lady and the Trampoline
https://ironicsans.ghost.io/the-trampoline-on-the-great-pyramid/
8 months ago
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In 1977, a plan was hatched to put a trampoline on top of a Great Pyramid. Best pyramid scheme ever.
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The Trampoline on the Great Pyramid
Or: Lady and the Trampoline
https://ironicsans.ghost.io/the-trampoline-on-the-great-pyramid/
8 months ago
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Just saw a product for making “AI Generated UGC” (that’s User Generated Content) and my head’s about to explode
8 months ago
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