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Once upon a time I watched Jim Jarmusch's Ghost Dog and fell in love with the theme, aesthetic, and philosophy. The underpinning text is the Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai, with which the 14-year-old me became obsessed. After briefly reigniting my interest when reading a book by Yukio Mishima, I had a hazy idea of an infinite-scrolling Hagakure.

Wherever you are in the world, you can open the page and jump right in at the same point as everybody else.

It's not much, but it was an idea that formed and I'm pleased to have executed it.

Comments (11)

h2zizzle · 4h ago

I do wish it would scroll slightly slower, for those of us who read slowly/have dyslexia/etc.

lloeki · 4h ago

I think the idea is that everyone is seeing the same thing at the same time so it has to be the same scroll speed for everyone.

In another but similar theme I'd rather have it autoscroll one page/autoturn pages than continuously scroll. Autoscroll reading is somehow very hard for me.

(I like the idea though!)

mrroryflint · 3h ago

I have pained over this for a while and tried to find a happy medium...but on reflection and walking away for a while, I think it is slightly too fast. Will update.

nrml_amnt · 3h ago

Damn, I would be so productive if I could read this fast. Is this a comfortable pace for you? Do you absorb the information?

mrroryflint · 1h ago

Give it a go on a desktop monitor - it should be a lot slower. The nature means smaller screens will scroll faster - I'm pushing a change shortly that will mean the sync isn't as accurate but it'll be nicer to view on all devices.

mrroryflint · 59m ago

Have fixed - let me know what you think.

ephaeton · 4h ago

Do I read slowly if this is scrolling too fast for me? Oooph. "If this scrolls too fast for you, you're getting old!", hehe

clarkcharlie03 · 4h ago

I love this, very creative. I do wonder if it might be worth adding a subtle "?" icon or some other way to get a bit more context about the project.

mrroryflint · 3h ago

Thank you :-)

There actually is a small icon on the bottom right (removed on mobile) but I obviously made it TOO subtle!

Isamu · 2h ago

Thank you, I think it pursues a human aesthetic that I needed today. I appreciate your work. I wish you well on your journey.

mrroryflint · 59m ago

Kind. Thank you.

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