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Posts from blogs I read written in the last few days.

  • Sick Day Project: Outlanders 2 “Wiki” Kellan Elliott-McCrea

    I was supposed to ride the NYC Century today, but I ended up coming down with a nasty cold and I’m spending the day on the couch. I enjoy the Outlanders 2 game, an easy going village sim. But someh…

    Today · 18:13
  • The Tiny Computers app lets you play with old computers... Jason Kottke

    The Tiny Computers app lets you play with old computers on the iPhone Duo. Ten machines included: “Macintosh, Commodore 64, IBM PC, Amiga 500, Windows 95, ThinkPad, iMac G3, iBook G3, Pow…

    Today · 08:11
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    • The One Question I Can’t Stand at Restaurants. “The idea...
    • “US households are paying 62% more for drinking water...
    • Open Thread #Potato
    • “an interesting linguistics find! so I’m reading this...
    • The Flipbook of the Rings
    • An archive of Omni magazine (1978-1995), courtesy of the...
    • Railpass simulates a train ride in your browser window...
    • This Is What It’s Like to Spend Your Life in Prison....
    • The Winners of the 2026 International Pano Awards
    • “Scientists have made a breakthrough toward the...
    • The title of this video is The Fastest Downhill Run Ever....
    • Meet Prometheus, a Gift Link Search Engine
    • “A SpudCell can grow, copy its DNA, divide in two, and...
    • Bastardica is “a foundry for bastard web fonts. Mix,...
    • How did life on Earth arise? Three of the biggest...
    • NYC’s Fastest Bike Messenger (1985)
    • The Library Is Closed. Feel Free to Come In. “In...
    • Tiny People in a Big World is like a birdwatching guide,...
    • Link Loop is basically a 2D version of Portal. Looks fun!
    • Ambient Earth
    • “Japan launched a $578 million mission Monday on a...
    • Find the Place You Love. Then Move There. “The reward...
  • Community Marco Arment

    I’ve been taking a break from Mastodon as my social home on the web for about six weeks. It has been more difficult than I’d usually admit. I have an amazing local community in my town that I lov…

    Yesterday · 09:44
  • The Pirate Queen by Ariel Lawhon Jeremy Keith

    This is an infuriating book. So much so that I didn’t finish it. Don’t get me wrong; I love the idea of The Pirate Queen. Telling the life story of Gráinne Ní Mháille is an excellent premise…

    Two Days Ago · 08:57
  • Bad at email Dave Rupert

    Good friends and family know this, but I am bad at email. Like chronically bad. If you have tried to email me, you know this too and you either never got a reply or received one 9-months later startin…

    Two Days Ago · 08:57
  • Studio Notes #107 Dan Cederholm

    Hello hello, Good People. Here are this week’s Studio Notes™—quick bits delivered to you each Friday. ⚾️ An ode to the iconic typography of Topps trading cards fro…

    Two Days Ago · 05:00
  • What Is a Friend? Naz Hamid

    A spectrum of intimacy. A long time ago, I realized the concept of a best friend was flawed. I had “best friends” in high school, people I resonated with deeply and was…

    Three Days Ago · 20:53
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    • Absenter, Again
  • How to test for Clickjacking vulnerability WonderProxy

    Clickjacking is a cyberattack where a malicious attacker tricks an authenticated user by placing a layer over a link or a button to take you to a fake site embedded inside the real one or to authorise…

    Four Days Ago · 08:05

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