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Observed arrival · 2026-08-27

Max Allison’s Brain, Games, Maps, and Love Notes

maxballison.com Observed source
Editorial interest 84/100 Selection signal · not a rating of the site

A personal portfolio where a software engineer and artist presents MRI experiments, music, interactive games, civic mapping, and generative art.

Landing page captured for the 2026-08-27 issue.

Field notes

The portfolio combines personal media with technically concrete experiments. Its brain project lists three scans and 215 slices, while the civic mapping work compares curbside trash and recycling gaps across all 351 Massachusetts municipalities against income, property wealth, and race. Other entries identify their implementation stacks, including React, Vite, D3, p5.js, Tone.js, Python, Godot, WebGL, C++, and GLSL.

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PrettyNotable craft visible
ProPolished or operationally mature
NicheUnusually specific use
HumanPersonal, local, civic, or handmade

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