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Ahhh... There she blows! Eggnob is running on the Nintendo Switch! And the port was incredibly simple, once I worked out how to get access to the SDL3 Switch Sku. (Derp) Massive thanks to Ryan and co for an awesome piece of software....
The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood was a group of artists founded in 1848 by Dante Gabriel Rossetti,
As Brits, we largely think of no-frills budget airlines as a way of jetting ourselves off to sunnier places (or more accurately this year, just as blisteringly hot but with cheaper drinks) for our holidays, but are less likely to...
i walk into the bar alone i feel so many eyes on me i think they're judging me but secretly i wish they would embrace me i ask the bartender for a red ale could i have a schooner i say she says no because they only do pints or pots why...
★★☆☆☆ 2018, 92 minutes General Magic was a company started in 1990 by some of ex-Apple staffers, working on a pocket communication device and its operating system (Magic Cap, sporting a fascinating room user interface). The product...
SpotCheck A collection of free bookmarklets that test for common accessibility issues directly in the browser. Each one maps to its related WCAG 2.2 success criteria. [ 📌stephanieleary ] Butter Box Power your own hotspot to share...
Link: Introducing Dashboard Touch, a build-your-own version of Touch ID - Anil Dash Anil did a nice job building and publishing a fun project: a DIY Touch ID-like fingerprint sensor that can unlock your Mac, called Dashboard Touch. I...
Hey people! Tomorrow, in the traditional Catholic calendar used until 1969, is the feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, which also happens to be the patronal feast of my local SSPX church that has been my and my family’s parish for the...
I find them on escalators, walking up the left side. I find them in our building’s stairwell. I find them somewhere in the long, multi-level stairs of Hong Kong’s Central station, breathing a bit hard in the air-conditioned quiet. I find...
Wassup, Traipser! Dakota here with my newsletter about creativity, travel and living an intentional life, which I started years ago when quill pens were more popular than iPhones. I didn’t use AI to write then and I still don’t! (Please...
A few weeks ago I wrote about the number system used in labeling spreadsheet columns. Labels run from A through Z, then AA through AZ, etc. This looks a lot like base 26, but it’s not quite the same. It has no analog of zero. If Z were...
Not long ago, one of our toilets stopped flushing: the chain that connects the tank lever to the flapper had broken. I cycled to the hardware store and located the replacement part I needed. Back home, I turned off the water to the...
I built an LLM API gateway. Between that and all the infrastructure modernisation I’ve been doing at work, the months have blurred. I’ve been really busy, and there was never a good moment to write. But this is really exciting. So here...
The box-office performance of Spider-Man: Brand New Day shows that I miscalculated: spandex is still as trendy as it was a decade ago. The disinterest in superheroes was all mine.Which makes me wonder: if superhero fatigue is really my...
Coffee experiences anchor any visit to whatever town or city we visit - it's not always specialty coffee, but even Sackville or Saint John, New Brunswick, have nice places to sit and have an espresso. Visiting Dublin, everyone kept...