fun

compost.party is a repurposed smartphone running on solar power. It’s a web server pieced together from scraps, humming in the attic of an apartment building.

The Onion announced that it plans to “end Infowars’ relentless barrage of disinformation for the sake of selling supplements and replace it with The Onion’s relentless barrage of humor for good” when it relaunches in January 2025.

I installed a box high up on a pole somewhere in the Mission of San Francisco. Inside is a crappy Android phone, set to Shazam constantly, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. It’s solar powered, and the mic is pointed down at the street below.

Genius, and then the hot glue and angle grinder make an appearance.