🎵 He'll make you do the Macerena as you rock your Tamagachi, with your Newton down in Woodstock, playing Sega la-di-da-di. He brought the 90's back, and then he freed Tibet. If you can't find his jam on Napster then the warehouse sells cassettes. (Old school) 🎶 www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8ge...

If you charge for fonts, good for you. Get paid for your work But don't replace characters with PERSONAL USE ONLY, DO NOT STEAL Not trusting me guarantees I never purchase anything out of principle

Forming some hot takes looking through articles and examples on web design, trying to figure out where things went wrong A lot of it seems to have been reactionary against Skeuomorphism, where things look like their physical counterparts for recognizability This led to Flat Design and Minimalism

Remember when the word “uber” was slapped on things (both authentically and ironically) like “epic” or “extreme” used to be? In Jason X he became Uber Jason Today it’s a ridesharing service where drivers use their own cars and also make food deliveries The real one’s scarier to me, TBH

Just saw this video from Kagi www.youtube.com/watch?v=af0O... Small Web search toggle and a dedicated Small Web page that's basically StumbleUpon with tabs for videos and comics

Noticed free Photoshop clone PhotoPea has links to other projects: Beta Illustrator clone VectorPea - www.vectorpea.com Beta midi music editor JamPea - jampea.com Browser games PeaGames (link doesn't work but here's a 7+ hour video of somebody playing them) www.youtube.com/watch?v=fh16...

@ironspike.bsky.social RE:Godot - have you checked out the Block Coding plugin? godotengine.org/asset-librar... Basically makes Godot like Scratch. Looks useful for prototyping, getting what you want to do working so you can rewrite and optimize later

What’s everybody using to handle bookmarks/feeds these days? Creators are getting screwed by algorithms for visibility. Like to find something that understands when I follow somebody I want to see their stuff Not trying to reinvent the wheel. Not browser-based preferable

My 2026 Motto: Aw, hell, I’ll do it myself Decoupling from subscriptions, proprietary platforms, algorithms, and programs where feasible Not saying “possible” because this will take time. I can’t simply unplug from everything all at once Right now it’s about removing reliance and returning agency

The other day I watched this video from a 20-something about when there were less people online www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Vmn... I'd like to share the comment I left and expand on it a bit here

www.youtube.com/shorts/HlEN-... CoolThingsWeFound.com - Cool things people found where you can submit cool things you find

Redesigning my site for the new year. Moving off WordPress, being more intentional with what I put up and how it runs. Hoping to recapture the fun of Ye Olde Web days with modern tech and security JFC Remember the tweet about how confusing Mastodon is? Every new thing I read becomes that

@ironspike.bsky.social I mean allegedly he decided to run after Obama made fun of him at the White House Correspondents Dinner and spent his entire first term trying to erase anything the man did So yeah. Wouldn’t be surprised in the least

Avatar is to James Cameron as Cars is to John Lasseter

Whelp, I’m no longer the Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything. Today I’m 43

@ironspike.bsky.social I forget if you’re familiar with DankPods, the Australian YouTuber who reviews/destroys MP3 players and other “nugget” tech He also has a car channel youtube.com/@garbagetime... Videos include “I replaced my oil with Vegemite” and “NEVER use Vegemite as Engine Oil” :V

Saw someone is attempting a modern version of StumbleUpon cloudhiker.net

This is probably the most realistic take on how things will impact people once the bubble pops. My question is will it cause something like the Great Recession or will Silicon Valley find another new thing and pivot the hype train to keep going? youtu.be/y8tvozJm_Bg?...

Here's a composer and music calligrapher who makes playable portraits of animals www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRKo...

ME: Honestly it's not that different from Ohio WIFE: There's a big difference between -20 and -40… ME: Not really. If it's "don't go outside" and "don't go outside: there's ghosts," either way I'm not going outside

As an American living in Canada, whenever people spew familiar bullshit I turn into the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come www.reddit.com/r/alberta/co... Government exists to help the population. Otherwise WTF does it do? Build ballrooms and throw Gatsby parties

If you remember the internet before it became a handful of phone apps, recall how fun and unpredictable it used to be This is a thread to share indie/small web links and rabbit holes. Because we’re all sick of this sterile play place

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@ironspike.bsky.social RE:Data Collection Personally I find the funniest part being a privacy security guy realizing, “Oh no! I’ve poured my heart into this thing’s ear. I better use our tools to assess the threat!” That said, the post is about browser extensions, which can target anybody

Really good interview about Enshittification youtu.be/d2e-c9SF5nE?...

Watching a @hankgreen.bsky.social video in response to the controversial SciShow episode on knitting and the undervalued history of textiles Features a fascinating interview with Virginia Postrel, author of The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World youtu.be/e4dYGdjgsz8?...

@ironspike.bsky.social for those who prefer to learn Why Everything is Reagan’s Fault in video form: youtube.com/playlist?lis... or as an article with links: thelinknewspaper.ca/article/why-...

How's everybody doing this Tuesday morning? www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BRH...

Thanks, Wayne White youtu.be/sIv4PHJqCnM?...

Watched this video discussing zero fee micro-payments and pictured @scottmccloud.bsky.social getting a random chill up his spine www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6wc...

Saw this short suggesting the new Vine might have been vibe-coded youtube.com/shorts/Sgcpj...

Oh hey, Vine’s coming back techcrunch.com/2025/11/12/j...

Cool zine shelf tour :D www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8DgFDod/

So apparently Affinity is now free www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9YR...

Question for my RPG-loving friends (@mattsheridan.bsky.social, @michaeljpatrick.bsky.social, etc.): What are your thoughts on LitRPG?

@ironspike.bsky.social RE:The Langoliers Don't know why I love this horrible miniseries so much but I absolutely do. It's like Left Behind with religion replaced by scifi technobabble. Dean Stockwell going off about the JFK assassination out of nowhere, Madballs for creatures… And that DVD cover!🤣

Turned the fan off in my office for only like the 2nd or 3rd time this year and now it's upsettingly quiet The kind of quiet where anyone with pets or kids gets suspicious

@ironspike.bsky.social Snuffy Smith and Li'l Abner are both remnants of the weird hillbilly obsession in popular culture that ran into the 70s Early Barney Google, like early Blondie, is an interesting time capsule for the height of newspaper strips that eventually devolved into zombie comics

I don't know anything about Google Japan but based on their thumbnails they seem like a pretty entertaining group www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgdW...

Let's say I wrote some scary story books for the spooky season 🎃… Where should I put them? Kindle Direct Publishing? Lulu? Itch? Gumroad?

Watched this clip of George R.R. Martin explaining why he doesn't write outlines www.youtube.com/watch?v=XF1P... It's a really backwards view of how they're supposed to work. (Basically he's terrified of rewriting because he's worried it won't turn out as good)

Being from Ohio I always thought we were East Coast since we used EST and Midwest meant the area between us and the West Coast. I guess it makes sense to lump that area together. I’m more used to thinking in terms of border states like Michigan, Kentucky, etc. simple.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midwest...

Tracking conservative villain arc by how they misunderstand Star Wars: In 2006 the NRCC made a "Darth Nancy" spoof video for the House Republican retreat Sequels were "too political" and "woke" Now they straight up side with Vader www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfTB... Thanks for coming to my TED Talk

Anybody else spend more time on YouTube scrolling through thumbnails than actually watching anything? GUY YOU'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE: Well, I've done everything you can do here so it's time to move on… OTHER GUY YOU DON'T KNOW: Hey, I'm back.

Just sitting here wondering if @ironspike.bsky.social or @mattsheridan.bsky.social have seen the Ned and Ariel Fulmer podcast

Listening to the Mighty Mighty Bosstones. Picturing them in the studio recording Dicky growling, drums pulsing, bass pounding, guitar slamming, horn section totally bringing it That guy who dances aggressively partying like Slurms MacKenzie

FOR YOUR OWN SAFETY DO NOT REGISTER WITH ANYBODY OR HAND OVER IDENTIFYING INFO We know this admin is dangerous and petty. There is absolutely NO reason to voluntarily add yourself to some collectible list Definitely go out and protest. But don’t put yourself at risk to use somebody’s Save the Date

Very good Some More News episode about toxic nostalgia, societal trauma, cultural stagnation, and the current global rise in fascism www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEdd...

FB friend posted yesterday "guns don't kill people, people kill people," saying they're just objects until a person uses them I'm so tired of people treating gun ownership like it's fucking Transubstantiation. They're no hypothetical theory. Guns kill people. That's a fact I left the following:

@ironspike.bsky.social RE:unreleasable films, there's the Rolling Stones documentary under a court order which forbids it from being shown unless the director, Robert Frank, is physically present en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocksuc... Also Maxwell Atoms's Dead Meat which mixed SAG and non-SAG talent