I believe this is mainly considered note-worthy because the source is jwz, who is an Interesting Person. Of course the actual project is pretty cool too, but i

I believe this is mainly considered note-worthy because the source is jwz, who is an Interesting Person. Of course the actual project is pretty cool too, but if it were by someone less known I don't think it would be frontpage material quite as easily. Also, it's from January 2012.