Peter Howell of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop demonstrates how he reimagined Ron Grainer's classic Doctor Who theme [using] modern polyphonic analogue synthesisers like the Yamaha CS-80, an ARP Odyssey Mk3 and a Roland Jupiter-4, a vocoder and an old, malfunctioning phase shifter unit he found in the back of the Workshop.
So, here’s a bit of a mystery: Why does TeamViewer – the popular remote desktop program – install a font it doesn’t use on your computer?
Where Browsers Come From The economics around browsers, and what we should think about as we move forward.
One of many default browser styles that I always change!
All browsers add an 8px margin on the body element – it’s part of the w3c-recommended default stylesheet which browsers generally use as a starting point for their own ‘user agent’ styles. But why 8px? Where does that come from?
Nifty.
MacintoshPi is a small project that allows running full-screen versions of Apple's Mac OS 7, Mac OS 8 and Mac OS 9 with sound, active Internet connection and modem emulation under Raspberry Pi.
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Defensive CSS Practical CSS and design tips that helps in building future-proof user interfaces.
A small tool (rsspls) to generate RSS feeds from web pages that lack them. It runs on BSD, Linux, macOS, and more.
🙈 I do not need more tech. I do not need more tech!
Pocket Reform is a 7 inch mini laptop from MNT Research. We condensed the best features of MNT Reform into a smaller, lighter, and more affordable device while adding some new exciting details.
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What would a Chromium-only Web look like?
Computing in Crip Time
Yes getting it all up and running is challenging, but when it works it feels like magic and the enthusiasm of the community makes it worth it!
We have the technology to implement a slow social network of personal sites. I’m excited to keep playing with that code. But proving the concept is not the same as actually making it easy & accessible in a way that can replace platforms.
🥳 though I can't help feeling uncomfortable by how smooth Clarus is.
Did you know that with macOS Ventura, Clarus the Dogcow has at long last returned home?
Game Design Mimetics (Or, What Happened To Game Design?)
For my own reference, to find/replace the linked mastodon post for a post on Known in MySQL:
update entities set contents = replace(contents, 'old-post-id', 'new-post-id');
I might want to add the mastodon link to the post edit UI to be a bit more robust...
Love the pixel art on this. The technical side of things is super interesting too!
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New episodes of Airquotes the Podcast Airquotes from the May 2022 #RemoteHack are up!
Hamburger Footer: Reaching the Bottom of Infinite Scroll
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10 Surprising Things You Didn't Know About HTTP
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More than you ever wanted to know about font loading on the web
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How classic Sierra game graphics worked (and an attempt to upscale them)
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That little Sega CD add-on is the cutest thing ever.
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Testing new web mention stuff
👋 Thanks for mentioning!
I love everything about this. 😍
Electronic Catan LCD Tiles: A collection of hexagon tiles that magnetically snap together to create a Settlers of Catan board of any shape or size. Each tile features a large round LCD and a custom magnetic pogo connector on each edge. Linking up a bunch of tiles creates a position-aware partial mesh network.
I make web stuff all day every day. This is refreshing! 👏
Intro to the Web Revival #1: What is the Web Revival?
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