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A vital testing skill is focusing a test. When iterating on a failing test, we want that test under microscope. The way I do this in JavaScript is .only: import {describe, expect, test} from 'vitest'; import {sum} from './sum.js';...
This week, GlitchyZorua brought to my attention the Ibiblio Icon Browser, a collection of many thousands of GIF icons curated in the 1990s by Gioacchino La Vecchia. Glitchy’s goal was to archive a copy of all of the icons, which was...
In the last year, I joined a couple of gig bands (The Hurry Hards - an upbeat ska-punk outfit that plays kick-ass covers of Canadian classics, and The Inconsoulables - a cool garage rock / r&b group playing a whole different type of...
This World Cup season sparks back my long-time interest to world flags. I really love the very concept of flags. They are so colorful, and it makes information visualization quicker, for some specialized context.In wikipedia, there’s so...
Starting the birds I saw while in Japan for my honeymoon! I was so excited to do some birdwatching in Japan.
"Summertime" by Louis Armstrong & Ella Fitzgerald Listen on Apple Music Your browser does not support the audio element. Share a song that captures the moment when seasons change. - Summertime by Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald...
In the previous post, you left me at the Royal Standard, where I’d just received an update to the itinerary, from the CAMRA group I was travelling with. Consequently, I drank up and made my way towards the Jenny Lind. The pub was only a...
I haven't posted to the blog in nearly a month, which is not usual for me, but it's because I've been building a big dungeon campaign and, for the first time in years (and first ever for an OSR style game!), running it for some people...
Here’s another prime example of why you should be publishing more in an age of models training on the internet. You can influence them by being in the training data. Be sure to put things there that are from your own mind and are what...
Thanks so much to Darran McCrann for the interview! Some months ago I discovered a couple of songs on Soundcloud. There was no band name, but the credits of the two songwriters, McCrann and Firmager. I found they had been based in...
The kid in me, who watched the original Little House on the Prairie on the days I was home sick from school, wants to call her “Ma.” Grown me, who sees the sweet, romantic scenes in promotional images and video, knows she is Caroline,...
Sometimes I draw some very cursed things in my sketchbook. I just need to get the ideas out of my head. Did you know I have over 100 sketchbooks up for my Grab Bag tier? Did you know Alola Darumaka, a silly fancomic webcomic, is free to...
One of our favorite YouTubers is the LockPickingLawyer. From the channel’s own description, he aims “...to educate consumers about weaknesses and defects in security devices so they can make better security decisions.” And he delivers on...
Suddenly had a good guess at who made those Mario-themed drain covers on Page St when I saw this DraINvader cover on Baker St. #SanFrancisco #StreetArt
When you make your own product, you create an occasion to consider all the details. It’s an opportunity to care, and it’s not one that everyone decides to take up. For example, when I showed a friend an early version of The Consistency...