Social replies | Max Glenister

Why do AI models use so many em-dashes?

If you asked most people to name a defining feature of AI-generated writing, they’d probably say the em-dash — like this. Language models use em-dashes so much…

Dithering - Part 1

Understanding how dithering works, visually.

Dosbian - A Raspberry Pi distro that boots straightly to the Dosbox emulator

Distro – Dosbian 3.0

09/01/2025 released DOSBIAN 3.0 for Raspberry Pi 3/4/400/5/500 WHAT’S NEW IN VERSION 3.0 Latest distro updates applied to run in Raspberry Pi 5/500. Dosbox Staging updated to version 0.82, no…

Many quartz watches do their best to hide away any electronic components from view. The design concept for this watch was to embrace those digital components instead, taking inspiration from command-line interfaces and computer hardware.

Replacing the macOS audio switcher with SwiftBar — Max Glenister

The built-in audio output menu in macOS has always felt a bit limited. The icons aren’t very helpful, the device names can’t be customised, and if you’ve got a few different outputs, it becomes tricky to quickly tell what’s what.

Ohno Type School: A | OH no Type Company

OH no Type Co. Retail and custom typefaces. Life’s a thrill, fonts are chill!

This is the story of how the "Space vs Tabs Holy War" ended, not through one side winning over the other but instead a technological invention making it the underlying source of tensions no longer being a thing.

Vjeux » Birth of Prettier

A terminal command that tells you if your USB-C cable is bad - Kaushik Gopal's Website

A quick cli script to tell you if your usb-c cable is bad

HomeRacker

A printable modular rack building system

Cobalt is a painting program for creating textural and expressive pixel art, built on Bedrock and running on Windows, Linux, and Nintendo DS. It’s small, fast, easy to use, and has all of the features you need to create bold and evocative images.

Cobalt — benbridle.com

RETROCIDE // Monospaced Font by orbit

The Best CSS Unit Might Be a Combination

We don't have to choose between px and rem for spacing

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Introducing Kagi News | Kagi Blog

*A comprehensive daily press review with global news.

I've always just used a 70g/1000ml ratio in my Hario cold brew pot, and it has made great cold brew! Still, nice to see other approaches (even if the Summer is over 😧)

LOADMORE

LOADMORE showcases unconventional websites for smartphones.

Messenger

It's a small planet, but someone's gotta make the deliveries.

The AI coding trap | Chris Loy

If you ever watch someone “coding”, you might see them spending far more time staring into space than typing on their keyboard.

How to Make Sense of Any Mess

Information Architecture for Everybody. Based on a book by Information Architect, Abby Covert.

A 2021 mod restores lipsyncing + blinking to Deus Ex (2000):

my Deus Ex Lipsyncing Fix Mod: making of – joe wintergreen internet zone

This is lovely

SineRider

A game about love & graphing

Just for fun: animating a mosaic of 90s GIFs

How I built a scrolling GIF mosaic for Battle of the Tech Bands: p5.js/WebGL, CRT shader, perceptual hashing, and NSFW filtering on GeoCities classics

This Map Is Not Upside Down

While conventional and commonplace today, maps have not always had north at the top. And they don't need to.

Which colours dominate movie posters and why?

I analysed 58,687 movie posters from the past century to see which colours dominate, how their use has shifted over time and what each hue signals to audiences.