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“You can’t just turn on creativity like a faucet. You have to be in the right mood. What mood is that? Last-minute panic.” — Bill Watterson
Manuel in a recent blogpost: I also don’t consider myself a writer. Which is funny because when I get asked to describe what I do the most succinct definition I often use is “writer of code and words” since that is what I spend my time...
If you’ve only ever seen an orc who’s green, you must have nice stuff. Perhaps you live in a big castle or swing a fancy sword or even merely have the rippling muscles or towering intellect the orcs always wished for themselves. It is...
Well, it's been going begging since they first appeared around 2015, and as they are now widespread in convenience store/corner shops and a lot of petrol/service stations/garages, I'm sure more puerile title puns will be forthcoming!...
Finally setup an OTA antenna in my attic. Channels is a key part of that setup, and it’s seriously great. It’s serves as the UI and DVR for watching/recording live TV and does it all so well. Commercial skipping, 30 second fast forward,...
I suppose I can say that I am in a holding pattern.I am waiting and facing a temporary moment in time. But then again, I understand that all of this and all of what we see, and all of what we think and what we feel is temporary.Well,...
ic: this creator on pinterest Over the last few months, I have been surreptitiously attempting a new project, which I have named the "what if" project. To be honest, I am somewhat reinventing the wheel here, it's not a new concept (for...
Schematist is a general purpose JSON Schema DSL that emits Draft 2020-12 schemas. Describe an API payload, a config file, a contract between two services, or the structured output you want back from a model. Trapping that inside another...
I spotted Bubbles in my basic referrers this morning, and my heart lit up. A little directory, surfacing blog posts from actual bloggers, what in the old web is going on?! This isn’t the first time I’ve spotted a resurgence in indie /...
I had an email today from the roaster I buy coffee from, with their new price list for September. The decaf I’ve been enjoying for around a year is going to rise by around 35%. Thankfully I get a 10% discount and a loyalty cashback which...
Hey, want to know what someone besides me thinks of the forthcoming book? Corners of the Deep Dark‘s tenacious antiheroes pulled me along on a brainy puzzle journey that left me wanting to read their next adventure. That blurb comes...
★★★★: On its surface, it's sort of a doofy movie. The typing scenes are overwrought and there's an undercurrent of casual misogyny that probably fit right into 90 hacker culture. I didn't really get it at first (and my early reviews...
Today's been a bit of a rollercoaster, and it's only 1pm! Welcome visit to the kitchen from a large moth, though. Glad Charlotte was out.168 words · 1 image
Suppose you were able to go back in time, to an era before computers, and give someone contemporary cryptography. Encryption methods that are essentially unbreakable now would certainly be unbreakable then. But there’s a catch: not only...
“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” - Ralph Waldo EmersonHello friends! Monday has been a whirlwind; I’m hoping the rest of the week slows down, just a little....