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Day: 7 December 2022

  • Composite screenshot showing Windows Media Player, the (old) iTunes companion widget, KMPlayer, and other media players. All of them have unusually-shaped windows, often with organic corners.

    Why Did Media Players Look Like That?

    As MP3s took off, early player software looked... weird and ugly. To this day, I can't understand why.

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    • posted 7 December, 2022
  • Posted a note for GC9GKJA A Fine Pair # 1625 ~ Eynsham

    This checkin to GC9GKJA A Fine Pair # 1625 ~ Eynsham reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Visited today after the recent log suggesting the container had been removed and the log dumped. Couldn't find the log hidden anywhere, but the cache container is intact and in place (just missing โ€ฆ

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    • posted 7 December, 2022

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