Running Game Boy ROMs on the STM32 ARM Cortex microcontroller
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.
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Gboard 両面バージョン
ひとひねりある表裏一体のキーボード、Gboard 両面バージョン。
landing.google.co.jp
I spent some time playing with Astro over the weekend, and have put together a small shell script to automate converting Jekyll's filename-based post dates (yyyy-mm-dd-slug.md) to being a pubDate frontmatter property within each file.
It handles skipping file with a pubDate already specified, and skipping files with no date in the filename.
Migrate Jekyll filename-based post dates to Astro pubDate frontmatter
Migrate Jekyll filename-based post dates to Astro pubDate frontmatter - migrate-jekyll-posts-to-astro.sh
gist.github.com
So you want to make pixel art for an Apple II...
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Annoyed by tons of bugs? Everything takes too long to build? No time for small usability improvements? Hire. HTML. And. CSS. People.
Hire HTML and CSS people
Every problem is a front-end development problem.
robinrendle.com
Departure Mono is a monospaced pixel font inspired by the constraints of early command-line and graphical user interfaces, the tiny pixel fonts of the late 90s/early 00s, and sci-fi concepts from film and television.
Departure Mono
A monospaced pixel font with a lo-fi, techy vibe.
departuremono.com
箱庭
The meaning behind Shigeru Miyamoto's 'Miniature Garden' phrase
The Pattern Library Playbook: Get set up for success
Pattern Library Playbook: A comprehensive guide for Design Systems by Futurice
Discover the Pattern Library Playbook, a comprehensive guide for creating and implementing effective Design Systems. Learn how to streamline your design process, increase collaboration, and build connected user experiences.
www.futurice.com
Sanding UI: Sand it, feel the grain, get a splinter, sand again, and repeat until smooth.
Sanding UI
Writing about the big beautiful mess that is making things for the world wide web.
blog.jim-nielsen.com
Mario Adventure is a ROM hack of Super Mario Bros. 3. It was developed back in 2001 and released roughly in January of 2002. At the time, Mario Adventure was one of the most extensive hacks of not just Super Mario Bros. 3, but any NES hack. It's been highly regarded as one of the best ROM hacks of all time.
A legible monospace font… the very typeface you’ve been trained to recognize since childhood.
Your boundary is at hue 174, just like the population median. You're a true neutral.
Is my blue your blue?
Test your color perception with this interactive test.
ismy.blue
The web's clipboard, and how it stores data of different types
The web's clipboard, and how it stores data of different types
Exploring the web's clipboard APIs, their limitations, and their history.
alexharri.com
⁂ is a typographical character, not an icon that needs to be inserted as an image. Unique-looking, but standardised.
A symbol for the fediverse ⁂
We propose the symbol ⁂ to represent the fediverse.
symbol.fediverse.info
Being on The Semantic Web is easy, and, frankly, well worth the bother
Being on The Semantic Web is easy, and, frankly, well worth the bother
Web 3.0 was not about the blockchain, thank god
csvbase.com
This is a pretty spectacular overview and explanation of how CSS named grid areas work and can be used effectively
CSS Grid Areas
A fresh look at the CSS grid template areas and how to take advantage of its full potential today.
ishadeed.com
I've a lot of nostalgia for these books. It's great reading about others' collections and experience too!
Fighting Fantasy Collection
Read my article about the ups and downs regarding my Fighting Fantasy collection, original series, by Puffin Books, and beyond.
www.michaeloglesby.com
The Effect of CRTs on Pixel Art
On Cathode Ray Tubes, nostalgia and anachronisms.
[...] there's a lot more going on with both pixel art and old gaming hardware than mere CRT fuzziness
This repository contains the instructions for building a Faux TRS-80. The model is meant to evoke the feel of a TRS-80 Model 3 or Model 4 computer, but is not an exact replica of either. It has mounting spots for a Raspberry Pi, display, and associated hardware that allow you to run a TRS-80 emulator and get the true Tandy experience.