Kind: Reposts
Reposting of content from another site, often with commentary.
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Mouth Dreams is so stupid and so good
AV Club explains why Mouth Dreams is amazing.
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COVID-19 and Acedia
Security expert Bruce Schneier finds a word to describe what many us have been left feeling by the current pandemic.
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An Intense Day On Crib Goch
"Brave Dave" shares a video from an accident he attended on Crib Goch, and Dan draws parallels to his dad's death (and talks about jet-suits!).
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I got married and had kids so you don't have to
Robert Heaton takes a break from blogging about technology to share the latest chapter of his experience of being a parent.
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The most important feature of Sublime Text
Nikita Prokopov shares his favourite feature of Sublime Text. It's one of Dan's favourite, too.
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Winamp Skin Museum
Webamp's Winamp Skin Museum is a beautiful piece of interactive nostalgia.
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When you browse Instagram and find former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott's passport number
The hacker known as "Alex" spots that Quantas expose all kinds of data to barely-authenticated customers.
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The Unexpected Solace in Learning to Play Piano
Christoph Niemann used lockdown as an excuse to learn to play the piano. So did Dan, sort-of.
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Dune (2020)
The first trailer's dropped for the 2020 reinterpretation of Frank Herbert's Dune and Dan's super excited.
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CSS Logical Properties
Andy Bell recommends use of CSS logical properties to help lay out and space content in a language-independent way.
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Holograms on Chocolate
Dan shares a video demonstrating etching of holograms directly onto the surface of chocolate. Mindblowing.
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To the future occupants of my office at the MIT Media Lab
Ethan Zuckerman writes a note to the next occupant of his office in MIT, outlining the quirks of the room and what he knows of its history.
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Think Like a Tomato
"To grow a tomato, we have to think like a tomato!"
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Bodley and the Bookworms - Scan and Deliver
Dan's old coworkers at the Bodleian perform "Scan and Deliver", a copyright-library-themed Adam and the Ants cover.
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7 things we know about the nun reading 'Boys' Life' in 'Airplane!'
Remember the scene from Airplane with the boy reading "Nuns' Life" magazine? You'll certainly never forget it after you read this...