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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.
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Why the Original Macintosh Had a Screen Resolution of 512×342, and not 512×384 as One Might Expect

90s.dev: A retro-inspired web platform that combines modern web technologies with a nostalgic 1990s aesthetic, offering developers a collaborative environment to build, share, and run browser-based game development tools and applications.
About Asteroids, Atari's biggest arcade hit
About Asteroids, Atari's biggest arcade hit
After the breakout success of Space Invaders in 1978, Atari was no longer the hot game maker.
www.goto10retro.com
Palette lighting tricks on the Nintendo 64
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RPG in a Box lets you create games and other interactive experiences in a fun and simple way
Plain Vanilla: An explainer for doing web development using only vanilla techniques. No tools, no frameworks — just HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
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Mac Themes Garden is dedicated to showcasing schemes made for Kaleidoscope and celebrating the customization and expressiveness it enabled on Classic Mac OS.
Mac Themes Garden
Mac Themes Garden is dedicated to showcasing schemes made for Kaleidoscope and celebrating the customization and expressiveness it enabled on Classic Mac OS.
macthemes.garden
Clippy lets you run a variety of large language models (LLMs) locally on your computer while sticking with a user interface of the 1990s.
The vocal effects of Daft Punk
Daft Punk have used a wide variety of vocal effects in their songs. A May 2001 interview in Remix magazine provided a rare insight from Daft Punk themselves on the topic.
A nice 4-part series about designing the world’s most popular kids show.
Creating Bluey - Tales from the Lead Art Director
Creating Bluey: Tales from the Art Director - Chapter 1
How a 23 year old gal from Brisbane ended up designing the world’s most popular kids show.
substack.com
Creating Bluey: Tales from the Art Director - Chapter 2
Let's dive into the nuts and bolts of how Bluey is designed
substack.com
Creating Bluey: Tales from the Art Director - Chapter 3
Blood, Sweat, Meat & Potatoes - What's it really like creating an animated show?
substack.com
Creating Bluey: Tales from the Art Director - Chapter 4
(It's gotta be) Done! - Beyond Bluey
substack.com
Design for 3D-Printing: Little tricks and rules for designing well-printable parts
Design for 3D-Printing - Rahix' Blog
Deep dive into mechanical design that is optimized for 3d-printing.
blog.rahix.de
Gorgeous-GRUB: A collection of decent Community-made GRUB themes
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In 2023, the Worker as Futurist Project supported 13 rank-and-file Amazon workers to write short, speculative fiction about The World After Amazon. The result is the book featured on this website.
The World After Amazon
A collection of short, speculative fiction from rank-and-file Amazon workers - in print, online, and as a free audiobook and podcast.
afteramazon.world