Inside the Mesh Networks Keeping the Harbor District Online
When the carrier pulled out, residents bolted routers to rooftops and built their own internet.
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Month: September 2026
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Tears of Steel and the Open-Source VFX Pipeline
A short film about robots in Amsterdam doubled as a stress test for free visual effects tools.
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Photo Essay: Night Shift at the Container Port
Cranes, floodlights and the crews who move the city’s cargo while it sleeps.
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How Tenants Mapped Every Camera on Their Block
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A tenants’ association counted 212 lenses on one street. Their method is worth copying.
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Note: Rain Took Out the Rooftop Relay Again
If the site was slow on Tuesday night, blame the weather and a very old cable gland.
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Frame by Frame: Grading the Sintel Trailer
Fifty-two seconds of dragon-hunting footage make a perfect colour-grading exercise.
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Photo Essay: The Arcade Restorers of Sector Four
A warehouse full of glowing cabinets and the people who bring them back from the dead.
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The Synth Bars That Only Open After Midnight
No sign, no website, no door staff. Just a stairwell, a modular rig and a crowd that knows the knock.
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Cosmos Laundromat Is Still the Weirdest Pilot Ever Made
A suicidal sheep, a mysterious salesman and a laundromat at the edge of the universe.