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This is a delightfully weird internet experience, like a fantasy retro computer ARG with its own lore/games/forums, and there are only eight...

This is a delightfully weird internet experience, like a fantasy retro computer ARG with its own lore/games/forums, and there are only eight tix left!
https://crispsandwi.ch/@VOLEwtf/114111585172646136

Figured it out! Apple is pulling the Wikipedia data for its Safari suggestions from the Wikidata datastore instead of Wikipedia itself. On...

Figured it out! Apple is pulling the Wikipedia data for its Safari suggestions from the Wikidata datastore instead of Wikipedia itself. On December 4, 2019, someone vandalized the Wikidata entry for "A rising tide" to say "a scrambled egg makes all happy" and it stayed there until February 24, 2024. https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q4660966&action=history

[UPDATE: Mystery solved!] This is such a bizarre iOS/Wikipedia mystery! I can reproduce it on my own iPhone and I'm totally stumped. I...

[UPDATE: Mystery solved!] This is such a bizarre iOS/Wikipedia mystery! I can reproduce it on my own iPhone and I'm totally stumped. I searched the Wikipedia edit history and the "scrambled egg" phrase is nowhere to be found. https://pdx.social/@neven/113907136478123964

If you're in the U.S. and ever used TikTok, consider backing up all your liked/faved videos locally before it shuts down on Sunday....

If you're in the U.S. and ever used TikTok, consider backing up all your liked/faved videos locally before it shuts down on Sunday. myFaveTT is a free Chrome extension that easily generates a local static HTML/MP4 archive with video metadata. https://myfavett.com/

In case you missed it, there are still a handful of copies left for sale from the small print run....

In case you missed it, there are still a handful of copies left for sale from the small print run. https://waxy.org/2024/08/kind-of-bloop-15th-anniversary-vinyl/

The Kind of Bloop 15th anniversary vinyl is starting to land in mailboxes! https://hachyderm.io/@kyleford/113811695535110366

The Kind of Bloop 15th anniversary vinyl is starting to land in mailboxes! https://hachyderm.io/@kyleford/113811695535110366

I’m headed to Atlanta next week for the first time, staying downtown without a car. What should I do/see while I’m there? Food/drink...

I’m headed to Atlanta next week for the first time, staying downtown without a car. What should I do/see while I’m there? Food/drink recs, quirky/geeky sights, unmissable/unique museums? (The Center for Puppetry Arts is on my radar.)

What happened to the world’s largest CRT? One YouTuber went on a quest to find the last surviving Sony 43” tube TV, tracked down from...

What happened to the world’s largest CRT? One YouTuber went on a quest to find the last surviving Sony 43” tube TV, tracked down from one of only two known photos of the 440-pound behemoth. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfZxOuc9Qwk

I can never tell if I'm using the right images or if the simulation's accurate because both images look nearly identical to me. Hope...

I can never tell if I'm using the right images or if the simulation's accurate because both images look nearly identical to me. Hope I did it right!

Found an accidental color blindness Captcha test in the wild. The left is the original, the right is a simulation of what it looks like to...

Found an accidental color blindness Captcha test in the wild. The left is the original, the right is a simulation of what it looks like to me with deutan (green-blind) color blindness.

Not on Spotify? Try these playlists instead, courtesy of @danielandrews and @yoz.Apple Music:...

Not on Spotify? Try these playlists instead, courtesy of @danielandrews and @yoz.

Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/christmas-music-that-wont-make-you-murder-someone/pl.u-d2JA0YCpmyb1

YouTube Music:
https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEliMoNe51sPbmLSDZC7rkkW-FgVBC4TU

Amazon Music:
https://music.amazon.com/user-playlists/3678821fddea4ef48023dd62f9192aabsune

It’s that time of the year! Please enjoy my “Christmas Music That (Probably) Won’t Make You Murder Someone” playlist, a collection...

It’s that time of the year! Please enjoy my “Christmas Music That (Probably) Won’t Make You Murder Someone” playlist, a collection of mostly 1960s-era jazz/soul/blues instrumentals, inspired by my love of the best Christmas album ever made, Vince Guaraldi Trio’s “A Charlie Brown Christmas.” https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3rBLTMYAyi9anBhYRXUJSV

Steph Thirion previously made the award-winning iPhone game Eliss, and the remake Eliss Infinity, which are sadly no longer playable on any...

Steph Thirion previously made the award-winning iPhone game Eliss, and the remake Eliss Infinity, which are sadly no longer playable on any platform. https://youtu.be/VuKGJyJZY7s

11 years ago, @dubbin wrote about it for The New Yorker. I’m still excited to play it!...

11 years ago, @dubbin wrote about it for The New Yorker. I’m still excited to play it! https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/faraway-the-making-of-a-universe

Annapurna is publishing FARAWAY next year?! Steph Thirion announced it in March 2010, it earned IGF nominations in 2011 and 2012, then...

Annapurna is publishing FARAWAY next year?! Steph Thirion announced it in March 2010, it earned IGF nominations in 2011 and 2012, then quietly disappeared for years with no updates. Originally a mobile game, it looks to be PC-only now. https://youtu.be/5LxbmaXQa-E

Hi, Philly! @ami and I are in town for #PAXUnplugged, come say hi at the Pink Tiger Games booth, #4209 on the expo floor, or hear me talk...

Hi, Philly! @ami and I are in town for #PAXUnplugged, come say hi at the Pink Tiger Games booth, #4209 on the expo floor, or hear me talk about building inclusive gaming spaces with Jonathan Coulton, @paulandstorm and Jasmine Bhullar, Saturday 12pm in Kelpie Theatre!

How old am I? Assuming I live to 79, I'm "Bill & Ted meet Bill & Ted for the second time" years old

How old am I? Assuming I live to 79, I'm "Bill & Ted meet Bill & Ted for the second time" years old

Memento Movi is "a cinematic progress bar for life." Enter your birthdate, estimated lifespan, and choose from over 500 movies to...

Memento Movi is "a cinematic progress bar for life." Enter your birthdate, estimated lifespan, and choose from over 500 movies to see where you're at right now. https://mementomovi.wackyneighbor.com/

The latest Playdate Podcast episode is out, revealing the full story of how two pallets of Playdates worth $400,000 were stolen in North Las...

The latest Playdate Podcast episode is out, revealing the full story of how two pallets of Playdates worth $400,000 were stolen in North Las Vegas and eventually recovered. https://podcast.play.date/episodes/s01e31/

“Our Silicon Valley billionaires … are all trying to protect or create their very own empires, and they are funding, supporting, or at...

“Our Silicon Valley billionaires … are all trying to protect or create their very own empires, and they are funding, supporting, or at least accepting of Trump’s strongman instincts because they each understand how it will benefit them individually, even though it will cost us all much more.”