20 random bookmarks

Bookmarks and whatnot. Закладки и всякое.

2025-06-18

1952.

Ossuary by Cyningstan

cyningstan.itch.io/ossuary

A simple Roguelike for the Sinclair Spectrum and IBM PC.

2025-02-16

1770.

Palm: I’m ready to wallow now – OSnews

www.osnews.com/story/26838/palm-im-ready-to-wallow-now

Very long article about Palm. I shall read it now.

UPD. Images are broken. Well then, I'll resort to Limows' Russian translation.

2025-01-06

1705.

Fediverse Iconography

iconography.fediverse.info

Gotta make an icon for Betula and request it to be added here...

1703.

Digital decluttering

alexwlchan.net/2024/digital-decluttering

I'm resisting my temptation towards digital hoarding and "save everything", and trying to be more selective about the data I'm keeping.

2025-01-04

1700.

Using static websites for tiny archives

alexwlchan.net/2024/static-websites

I've been creating small, hand-written websites to organise my files. It's a lightweight, flexible approach that I hope will last a long time.

There's a screenshot there, take a look. What's surprising is that the author employs no static site generator. Huh?? I'd rather use one or come up with a cool CGI setup. I wonder if they still make these websites...

2024-10-08

1546.

Handmade Manifesto

handmade.network/manifesto

Computers are amazing. So why is software so terrible?

2024-07-28

Reposted 1413.

Copying is the way design works || Matthew Ström: designer & developer

matthewstrom.com/writing/copying

2024-07-16

1385.

There's not that much wealth in the world

www.noahpinion.blog/p/theres-not-that-much-wealth-in-the

A little-understood fact.

2024-07-14

1383.

Laws of Tech: Commoditize Your Complement · Gwern.net

gwern.net/complement

A classic pattern in technology economics, identified by Joel Spolsky, is layers of the stack attempting to become monopolies while turning other layers into perfectly-competitive markets which are commoditized, in order to harvest most of the consumer surplus; discussion and examples.

2024-04-15

1228.

GitVerse

gitverse.ru

Git веб сервис

2024-01-26

1076.

I discovered a tiny frog that lives its whole life inside one plant

www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/jan/25/tiny-frog-lives-whole-life-inside-one-plant-brazilian-mountain-aoe

Everyone told me there is no water on top of this Brazilian mountain, there won’t be any frogs. Now I’ve dedicated my life to preserving this incredible species

2023-12-16

971.

The Decline of Usability: Revisited

www.datagubbe.se/usab2

2023-12-10

965.

~flber/mervmap - sourcehut git

git.sr.ht/~flber/mervmap

This is a small website for inhabitants of the Town of Merveilles to share their locations with each other, to help with organizing events and such. It's built with Go, and uses a very simple database (read: a csv file) to store locations.

2023-12-02

954.

POV Candle - mitxela.com

mitxela.com/projects/candle

A tiny volumetric display!

See 953 for a video.

939.

Unscii - a bitmapped Unicode font for blocky graphics

viznut.fi/unscii

2023-11-20

Reposted 887.

Gripes With Go

peppe.rs/posts/gripes_with_go

2023-05-05

192.

z3bra.org - monochromatic blog

blog.z3bra.org

Cool blog. Completed.

2023-05-01

188.

There’s more than one way to write an IP address

ma.ttias.be/theres-more-than-one-way-to-write-an-ip-address

Shocking

2023-04-05

144.

Why I Still Love PHP and Javascript After 20 years | the scapegoat dev

the.scapegoat.dev/why-i-love-php-and-javascript

TL;DR: they get stuff done.

2023-03-31

140.

Origins — Mythic Computer

www.mythic.computer/essays/origins

A computer manufactured by a craftsman.

Japan operates with an Island metaphysic, where resources are finite in space (Japan is an island nation) but infinite in time (by virtue of natural regeneration). The West operates with a Faustian metaphysic, where resources are infinite in space (by virtue of conquest) and infinite in time. It's interesting to see these metaphysical realities manifest in something as ordinary as tool manufacture.

Our motto, ARMA ACRI FACIENDA VIRO, comes from Book VIII of The Aeneid when Vulcan commands the cyclopes to "Forge arms fit for a hero".