Kind: Reposts
Reposting of content from another site, often with commentary.
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Pac-Man: The Untold Story of How We Really Played The Game
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Human beings leave physical impressions upon the things they love and use just as much as their do upon the lives of people and the planet they live upon. For every action, there’s a reaction. For every pressure, there’s an affect on mass and volume. And in the impressions left by that combination, particularly if … -
The Ball and The Box
Thread by @LaurenHerschel: "After what has been a surprisingly okayish Christmas, I had a moment today in SuperStore. Saw a lady who reminded me of my 92yo grandma, who […]" (threadreaderapp.com) Thread by @LaurenHerschel: "After what has been a surprisingly okayish Christmas, I had a moment today in SuperStore. Saw a lady who remindedndma, who …
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Agenda
Pet Shop Boys (YouTube)
The Pet Shop Boys have just released a new four-song EP, Agenda, and it's flipping brilliant. -
Relevant XKCD
Thomas Park
The most-relevant relevant XKCD ever. Click through for the full awesome. -
Sierra Death Generator
Sierra Death Generator
For all of your screenshot/death scene meme needs.
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Minimal Analytics
This is cute: a Google Analytics code snippet that results in a payload about a fiftieth of the size of the … -
You probably don't need a single-page application
The meteoric rise of front-end frameworks like React, Angular, Vue.js, Elm, etc. has made single-page applications ubiquitous on the web. For many developers, these have become part of their ‘default’ toolset. When they start a new project, they grab the tools they know already: a REST API on the backend, and a React/Angular/Vue/Elm frontend.
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Post-it Note Affirmations and the Amazon Dash
The amazon dash is a pinnacle of modern web design. It's one of the most intrusive, complex, and resource-dependent devices we've introduced into our homes, yet it appears as a simple oval with a single button for a single use. The use is absurdly narrow: the button will have a picture of Tide detergent, and …
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IRL Special - VidCon London 2019
Rebecca Huntley (YouTube)
New Family Vlog day is like Christmas. This one shows the highlights of my sister's trip to VidCon London. -
Honey, I autotuned the cat
Autotuned the cat because he won't shut up in the mornings. I don't know how this helps but I did it anyway.
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Newtown bypass in Powys opens after 70-year wait
Town's bypass opens after 70-year wait (BBC News) It was 1949 when highways officials started to look at traffic issues affecting Newtown.
A multi-million pound bypass that has been 70 years in the planning officially opened in Powys on Thursday.
One haulier said Newtown bypass will make a "big difference" due to 45-minute hold-ups … -
Programming is just solving puzzles
‘Programming is just solving puzzles’ - Nominet (Nominet) As a child, I wanted to be a botanical researcher. I loved being outdoors and used to visit the botanical gardens near my house all the time. My grandma inspired me to change my mind and helped me get interested in science. She lived in the country …
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Shouldn't We All Have Seamless Micropayments By Now?
Shouldn’t We All Have Seamless Micropayments By Now? (WIRED) The web’s founders fully expected some form of digital payment to be integral to its functioning. But nearly three decades later, we're still waiting. Back in the 1990s, when Tim Berners-Lee and his team were creating the infrastructure of the World Wide Web, they made a …
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Let's bring Fan Sites and webrings back!
Let's bring Fan Sites and webrings back! - bryanlrobinson.com (bryanlrobinson.com) In the days before the web was mainstream, it was a place of creation. First for education, then for every random idea that any creator had!
As the web transitioned from a network of educational institutions to the consumer force it is today, the early adopters … -
What If English Were Phonetically Consistent?
YouTube (youtube.com)
Aaron Alon (YouTube)
I'm reminded of an old joke (best read aloud), which I'll repeat for your amusement:
The European Union commissioners have announced that agreement has been reached to adopt English as the preferred language for European communications, rather than German, which was the other possibility. As part of the negotiations, …