A running description of activity related to DragonFly BSD.
Completely unrelated: I rebuilt a baking (Hoosier) cabinet over the past few months, and I’m quite happy with how it turned out. The $9 computer is shipping today. Well, some days ago by when you read this. (via) What Happens Next Will Amaze You. Maciej Ceglowski’s talks are always excellent. (via) Vim Creep. (via) Hacking Graphing Calculators. …
This is Thoughtful Consideration week. The Anti-Mac Interface. The future of interfaces is in some ways the opposite of good interface design circa 1986. (via) What was the technology stack driving the original Ultima Online servers? The resemblance to a classical MUD is not a surprise when you think about it. (via) The Harmful Consequences …
I think spring has arrived; everything’s turning green, and a young man’s thoughts turn to computer hardware upgrades. Time to move to 64-bit! Anyway, lots of links this week. These are getting more and more content-filled over time, but I don’t think anyone minds… For the Bitcoin enthusasts: ‘…when my wife refuses to bring him …
This week has taught me one thing for sure: Always make sure your backup generator is working. And over-plan battery capacity. That’s actually two things, but what the heck. I’m tired, for reasons that can probably be inferred! I’m not the only one suffering these problems, it seems. There is a certain subset of readers …
Simon ‘corecode’ Schubert has a student working on a Linux port of Hammer. This will lead to a breakout of Hammer from the DragonFly tree, too.
An experiment in Barcelona, last year, took a number of people with no coding experience but plenty of graphic design experience whatever and got them to modify a version of the old game Breakout. The results were quite interesting. You’ll need Flash to see the video of the abstract results. (Via waxy) Why do I …