Things I've found
Links, videos and the odd note, posted here first and shared to Mastodon. The best of each week ends up in Links Worth a Look on the blog.
Maybe a new daily for me to add to my morning coffee routine...
One More Letter #7
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This is great. I can't believe macOS doesn't have a "Copy to clipboard" option in the Share menu by default. Anyway, Shareful adds that (and more!): https://sindresorhus.com/shareful
Shareful
Give the macOS share menu superpowers
sindresorhus.com
New blog post: What's the most popular number in Hacker News titles?
What's the most popular number in Hacker News titles? — Max Glenister
Two consecutive titles on the HN front page yesterday had a 6 in them. This means nothing. But it’s the sort of nothing that lodges in your brain until you d...
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An 8086 CPU, chipset, 640 KB RAM, floppy, keyboard and VGA screen in one .css file.
This is a vibe https://jivx.com/densha
Recap of things I've shared this past week https://blog.omgmog.net/lwal/week-28/
Retro game archives, MechCommander bug fixes, and a live train map — Max Glenister
Lots of links shared on social.omgmog.net between 6 and 12 July, from old handheld games to a live map of Britain’s railways.
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They're hositng a summit to talk about weather icons! https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1ly34z81qeo
Also I wrote previously on this https://blog.omgmog.net/post/your-forecast-is-accurate-and-still-wrong/
Chester Zoo summit aims to tackle 'misleading' weather apps
The zoo says rain icons lead some would-be visitors to believe the whole day will be a "washout".
www.bbc.co.uk
Your forecast is accurate and still wrong — Max Glenister
Icons work because they’re fast. One glance, immediate meaning, no reading required. The tradeoff is that they compress complex information into a single symbol, and compression always drops something.
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