Kind: Reposts
Reposting of content from another site, often with commentary.
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The Miracle Sudoku
Three years after first enjoying it, I re-watched this spectacular video of... a man playing sudoku. It's way better than it sounds, I promise!
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Making a Home of Each Other (The Eggs)
Lucy Bellwood shared the story of how her wife produced a breakfast dish they called The Eggs, and it's the first and only "here's a recipe, but first my life story" article I've ever loved.
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Thoughts on Editing Posts
Kev Quirk commits to continuing NOT to edit his old blog posts. I'm in the same boat.
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Satoru Iwata's first commercial game has a secret
After a long hiatus, Codex has returned with a vlog about Satoru Iwata's history as a game developer. Nostalgic fun.
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Automattic Acquires ActivityPub Plugin for WordPress
WPTavern reports that Automattic is to acquire Matthias Pfefferle's ActivityPub plugin for WordPress, and I couldn't be more excited!
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The tape library robot that served drinks
@SecurityWriter shares a story about repurposing a backup tape management robot as a barkeep.
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Kev Quirk: Ten Years of Blogging
My thoughts on Kev Quirk's learnings from ten years of blogging.
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Ideal #2 (SMBC)
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
The SMBC comic that came out this weekend was perhaps the best birthday present the Internet could provide. -
Transferring to a new phone network, 2022 edition
Stuart shared his experience of changing mobile network. I have only one tip to add...
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When Twitter Loses, WordPress Wins
Alex Standiford observes that Automattic stand to win from Twitter's losses; I'd like to expand on that a tiny bit.
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Debugging Mysteries
Just wanted to share with you something I found ages ago but only just got around to mentioning - Julia Evans' (of Wizard Zines fame) Debugging Mysteries:
There are five mysteries here right now:
The Case of the Slow Websites
The Case of the Connection Timeout
The Case of the DNS Update that Didn't Work
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How Chinese citizens use puns to get past internet censors
With commentary, Dan shares an article he enjoyed about specific examples of censor-evading wordplay from Chinese social media.
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All the game descriptions from the sale
Because he thinks they're hilariously funny, Dan reposts Claire Hummel's art for and notes on fake games for the Steam Summer Sale.
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Bree-Yark!
JTA takes a deep dive into what "Bree-Yark!" means in Goblin, and how we know.
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Will swapping out electric car batteries catch on?
Dan comments on news of a car battery "coaching station" that's opened in Oslo.