No mini-theme; I’m balanced!
- The Selectric Typewriter. Belongs to a very specific time. (via)
- DIY Single-Chip 2D Retro Game Console. The controller is the console. (via)
- Backblaze Hard Drive Stats 2020 Q2. (via)
- Vim-like Layer for Xorg and Wayland. (via)
- EmacsConf 2020 Call for Proposals. Balanced coverage. (via)
- Optimal Peanut Butter and Banana Sandwiches. (via)
- Brothers Quay Day. (via)
- ROBLOX is a MUD: The history of virtual worlds, MUDs & MMORPGs. (via)
- The Golden Age of computer user groups. (via)
- A nuclear powered laser to melt a tunnel from NYC to London, a serious proposal. (via)
- Why Did Mozilla Remove XUL Add-ons? (via)
- Ancestry & Culture: An Alternative to Race in 5e. D&D. (via)
- Chairigami, all-cardboard furniture. Not the first time I have seen this idea, but well-implemented. (also via)
- Mixed-radix fractions in Bengali.
- Embrace, extend, and finally extinguish – Microsoft plays their hand. AKA, use sourcehut over github.
- OSDI goes annual. Yes, there’s that much operating system research happening after decades. That makes me happy.
- The first 4 hours of MTV. Argh nostalgia for a better and worse time. (via)