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Tag: video

  • Video screengrab from Ranking Every Elevator in the Myst Series

    Ranking Every Elevator in the Myst Series

    Part of the joy of the collaborative Internet is that people can share their passion. Today's example comes from this YouTuber who's made an hour long video demonstrating and ranking the 35 elevators in the first five games in the Myst series.

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    • Repost
    • of this original
    • posted 2 July, 2024
  • Sometimes you just gotta have exactly the right prop for a presentation...

    • Note
    • posted 2 April, 2024
  • VHS-quality screeengrab showing Aberystwyth circa 1984, curving around the bay, as seen from Constitution Hill.

    Aberystwyth 1984

    A promotional video for Aberystwyth University, made in 1984, could almost pass as being 15 years younger than that. Aber never changes, I guess.

    Read more (133 words)

    • Repost
    • of this original
    • posted 30 March, 2024
  • Video preview showing Dan overlaid on a screenshot of Ultima Underworld II.

    My Favourite Video Game Easter Egg [Video]

    A video version of my blog post "My Favourite Video Game Easter Egg", in which I show you Alorik's crystal ball from Ultima Underworld II and tell you why it's so important to me.

    Read more (27 words)

    • Video
    • 3 comments
    • posted 20 March, 2024
  • Image representing post: Young Squirrel Talking About Himself

    Young Squirrel Talking About Himself

    This week, Parry Gripp and Nathan Mazur released Young Squirrel Talking About Himself. I've been singing it all day.

    Read more (74 words)

    • Repost
    • of this original
    • posted 8 March, 2024
  • Image representing post: Length Extension Attack Demonstration (Video)

    Length Extension Attack Demonstration (Video)

    This is a video version of my blog post, Length Extension Attack. In it, I talk through the theory of length extension attacks and demonstrate an SHA-1 length extension attack against an (imaginary) website.

    The video can also be found on:

    YouTube

    Read more (42 words)

    • Video
    • 1 comment
    • posted 30 November, 2023
  • Framegrab from first and only episode of 1974 TV sketch comedy show Out of the Trees, showing two uniformed policemen, one of them holding a crimson peony.

    Out of the Trees

    In 1976, Graham Chapman and Douglas Adams made a single episode of a sketch comedy show which was broadcast only once before the master tapes were destroyed. It took significant work to recover, but that's small potatoes compared to the ephemeral media we create today.

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    • of this original
    • posted 22 September, 2023
  • Phootgraph of a wall-mounted television screen. On the screen, comedian Peter Buckley Hill sits with his guitar on his lap in front of an audience: the "PBH's Free Fringe" logo is on the curtain behind him. On the left of the screen a series of WhatsApp messages appear, including one showing a photo of Dan holding a can of Old Speckled Hen beer.

    Watch Together with WhatsApp on the side

    For a Virtual Fringe Festival party, I hooked up OBS Studio and Owncast with WhatsApp Web on the side. Here's how I did it.

    Read more - about 5 minutes (1152 words)

    • Article
    • posted 27 August, 2023
  • Dan pointing to a pair of wireless over-ear headphones that he's wearing.

    Double-Bluetooth

    The problem of "needing to be able to hear from two Bluetooth sources at once" is so real for me that I came up with a solution that I genuinely use all the time. You're not going to like it, though. 

    Read more (64 words)

    • Note
    • posted 27 August, 2023
  • "Batman's World" comic book in the window of a public library

    Batman's World

    I do not claim to have a good explanation nor excuse.

    Read more - about 1 minutes (19 words)

    • Note
    • posted 22 August, 2023
  • Image representing post: Werewolves and Wanderer [Video]

    Werewolves and Wanderer [Video]

    Video version of my blog post about the video game that had the biggest impact on my life: Werewolves and Wanderer.

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    • Video
    • 2 comments
    • posted 19 July, 2023
  • Image representing post: The Miracle Sudoku

    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!

    Read more (129 words)

    • Repost
    • of this original
    • posted 4 July, 2023
  • Dan, his face contorted in anger and his fist in the air, captioned "Some days the school run is easy. Today was not one of those days."

    Some Days the School Run is Easy

    Today was not one of those days. A sarcastic video rant.

    Read more - about 4 minutes (783 words)

    • Video
    • 2 comments
    • posted 28 June, 2023
  • Image representing post: Solving Jigidi... Again

    Solving Jigidi... Again

    The Jigidi jigsaw solver I wrote a year and a half ago stopped working, so I made another one (it's not as good).

    Read more - about 4 minutes (814 words)

    • Article
    • 28 comments
    • posted 20 March, 2023
  • Image representing post: Satoru Iwata's first commercial game has a secret

    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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    • Repost
    • of this original
    • posted 15 March, 2023

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