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[02:08] Fixed a little bug in the function generating my RSS feed. I'm pretty sure this was when I broke it. The line numbers to delete are hardcoded, so as soon as all older posts not yet containing the publication date were gone the thing was bound to break. Which, due to my recently pretty low frequency of posting here, took a while.
I'll need to take another look at the script. It still works fairly decent, but it is pretty obvious that I had hardly any experience scripting when I wrote this. Also I have no idea what some of the variable names I chose even mean.
[01:53] A museum of Internet Artifacts. (see also, see also)
[22:42] There is a standardized method for brewing tea. (tea and coffee are important beverages, it seems.)
[02:35] A badge for websites not written by "AI". Called it! (According to a quick whois, the domain was registered about two and a half weeks after this blog entry, so picture me with a smug grin.)
[17:26] Did not know there was a name for the series of symbols in a speech bubble when a character in a comic book is cursing. Turns out it is called Grawlix. (see also)
[22:54] Just watched Hidden Figures. Fascinating movie.
[21:29] The term "Excel art" makes me think that cells are used as pixels, but you can create beautiful vector graphics with it, too. (see also)
[03:34] Jon Foreman makes beautiful, ephemeral sculptures from stones and leaves.
[23:38] Just finished watching "missing" on Netflix. Interesting concept: The entire movie takes place on the screens of various computers, phones et cetera. New to me, but apparently this is a thing: it's called screenlife.
Also not a bad movie.
[21:59] The Windows Waltz. Beautiful. :D
[01:25] With printers generally considered spawns of the devil, this truck is right on track to succeed Christine. (see also)
[15:07] Following the internet via birds we now have birds via the internet. (see also)
[00:32] Oh, very nice! A DIY rocket "treehouse" with quite extensive documentation on the project. (via)
[22:08] A mechanical implementation of Conway's Game of Life, built using Lego. Also recommend a look at the other videos on this channel. (see also, see also)
[00:43] This website has a collection of websites with dumb password rules. (see also)
[00:23] Since websites began using "AI" to write articles I guess it will only be a matter of time until someone comes up with a trust seal that promises zero AI participation. Which, of course, will be as untrustworthy as all these other seals.
[22:43] Oh, very cool: this 404 page contains a text adventure. Was fun to play. (I'm a little torn between "a status page should be obvious" and "let's make our websites more fun", but I really like the idea.)
[19:25] With the whole world interconnected visiting servers and websites all over the planet has become commonplace. But getting an email from someone on the other side of the big pond still feels special.