Adrian Parsons
@adrianparsons.com
Software Engineer searching for next thing. NYC via Austin. Chaotic Good.
I just ran across these old screenshots of an oooooold site I made that scanned the WSJ twitter feed for company names and paired them with company logos.
November 12, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I just ran across these old screenshots of an oooooold site I made that scanned the WSJ twitter feed for company names and paired them with company logos.
I'm rarely in the mood to play an entire game of chess, but I like the little puzzles on dontblunder
November 3, 2025 at 4:31 PM
I'm rarely in the mood to play an entire game of chess, but I like the little puzzles on dontblunder
HN thread: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4577...
Show HN: A chess middlegame trainer so I can stop blundering | Hacker News
news.ycombinator.com
November 3, 2025 at 4:26 PM
HN thread: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4577...
It's a chance for people to really use their creativity. You see people's personalities come out. People experiment.
October 30, 2025 at 5:23 PM
It's a chance for people to really use their creativity. You see people's personalities come out. People experiment.
New York is the best city for Halloween, too. You'll see a Dracula on your morning commute. You'll definitely see a drunk Spiderman on the L train late at night.
October 30, 2025 at 5:22 PM
New York is the best city for Halloween, too. You'll see a Dracula on your morning commute. You'll definitely see a drunk Spiderman on the L train late at night.
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conversely, deploys are inherently good. deploying is greasing the wheels of your living breathing system. you want deploys to be as easy and natural as breathing
October 19, 2025 at 9:55 PM
conversely, deploys are inherently good. deploying is greasing the wheels of your living breathing system. you want deploys to be as easy and natural as breathing
Forbes has this nice list of the largest private companies along with logos. I'm hung up on the semiotic(?) value of logos. They're a shorthand for a company.
October 17, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Forbes has this nice list of the largest private companies along with logos. I'm hung up on the semiotic(?) value of logos. They're a shorthand for a company.
Would it be cool to have, like, a font that tracks the Fortune 500? Maybe?
I really don't want to add each logo manually. Ideally I would automate the process.
I really don't want to add each logo manually. Ideally I would automate the process.
October 2, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Would it be cool to have, like, a font that tracks the Fortune 500? Maybe?
I really don't want to add each logo manually. Ideally I would automate the process.
I really don't want to add each logo manually. Ideally I would automate the process.
Why do this? I'm not entirely sure... I've been interested in using logos to communicate/represent companies. For example, this political bias chart that uses the logos of media outlets to represent them. app.adfontesmedia.com/chart/intera...
October 2, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Why do this? I'm not entirely sure... I've been interested in using logos to communicate/represent companies. For example, this political bias chart that uses the logos of media outlets to represent them. app.adfontesmedia.com/chart/intera...
But at the end of the day I have a working font!
October 2, 2025 at 4:02 PM
But at the end of the day I have a working font!
I pulled the swoosh graphic from Wikipedia and loaded it into FontForge. Those paths weren't perfect and I had to click around a little to fix them.
October 2, 2025 at 4:02 PM
I pulled the swoosh graphic from Wikipedia and loaded it into FontForge. Those paths weren't perfect and I had to click around a little to fix them.
haha, same! Sometimes I feel bad for focusing on the most run-down parts of a neighborhood or city, but there's a sweetness there.
September 4, 2025 at 4:38 PM
haha, same! Sometimes I feel bad for focusing on the most run-down parts of a neighborhood or city, but there's a sweetness there.
Just out here visiting landmarks in lidar mode
August 29, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Just out here visiting landmarks in lidar mode