✉️ A new Vmail just went out, featuring our replies to subscribers’ queries, oh and Boris the cat vole.wtf/vmail/archiv...

👓 NEW THING 🧽 Using advanced simulation technology, we’ve accurately reproduced what every glasses wearer experiences vole.wtf/glasses-clea...

🛑 We’re nothing if not stubborn, so we’ve updated the world’s leading Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot fansite with some new images stopormy.mom

Exactly 5 years ago we released 20 amazing versions of Happy Birthday To You into the public domain, you can freely use them for anything! vole.wtf/happy-birthd...

✉️ No new projects yet in 2026, but a new Vmail just went out, mostly answering your questions/suggestions vole.wtf/vmail/archiv...

Just heard from my 70 something yr old Dad (misses his BBC micro) who is typing in the meteor game right now and loving it.

Over 450 copies of DOCTYPE have now been sent out, with some lucky people getting it for Christmas vole.wtf/doctype/ We’re even investigating the possibility of releasing it as an audiobook...

@vole.wtf DocType, may have been bought with nostalgia in mind, but the boy is very keen to have a go... Christmas done a day early :-)

After a randomised spin of a (virtual) wheel of numbers, we can announce that the winner is… 🎉 @gazchap.com 🎉 (email volewtf at gmail to arrange delivery)

🎅 We’d like to give away a FREE magazine to Bluesky to say thanks for helping make this project a success 🎁 To enter, just QUOTE this with a description of your first ever computer, we’ll randomly pick a winner at the end of the week vole.wtf/doctype/

🎅 We’d like to give away a FREE magazine to Bluesky to say thanks for helping make this project a success 🎁 To enter, just QUOTE this with a description of your first ever computer, we’ll randomly pick a winner at the end of the week vole.wtf/doctype/

🤖 We’ve now removed or replaced all the content we had that used early LLMs & image generators. Those projects played on the flaws/quirks/nonsense of “AI”, but the joke doesn’t work now that similar stuff’s taking over EVERYWHERE

🚀 Still not too late to order DOCTYPE before Christmas but it’s getting tight for some parts of the world Don’t disappoint the nerds in your life (including yourself) vole.wtf/doctype/

🚀 To recreate the kind of program an ’80s kid would type into a display computer in a shop, type the code in the image below into a text/code editor, all on one line, then save as demo.html & double-click to open in browser vole.wtf/doctype/

🥔🥔🥔 NEW APP 🥔🥔🥔 Everything’s now got 4K 60fps HDR video, booooring. Embrace the low-res glitchy look instead vole.wtf/potatocam/

🚀 We’re STILL getting people asking for a PDF/download of DOCTYPE even though the page makes our stance on the matter very clear vole.wtf/doctype/#faq

🚀 We’re STILL getting people asking for a PDF/download of DOCTYPE even though the page makes our stance on the matter very clear vole.wtf/doctype/#faq

We put Óscar’s program first in the magazine as it packs such a great game into such a small space

🚀 You don’t need any coding experience to enjoy our fun/ridiculous* type-in magazine, there’s a beginners’ guide and we point out any tricky bits of typing for each program vole.wtf/doctype/ *delete as applicable

A few people have asked if we’re doing a special Christmas version of VTV vole.wtf/vtv/ , and the answer is probably… but not this year. It needs proper festive idents and UI, there’s no time right now but it’s pretty likely for 2026

🚀🎅 Get your DOCTYPE Christmas orders in this week to be safe! It’s the perfect gift for every computer nerd you know vole.wtf/doctype/

✉️ A new Vmail just went out with our latest update gubbins vole.wtf/vmail/archiv...

Doctype magazine: type-in apps for modern computers https://boingboing.net/2025/11/24/doctype-magazine-type-in-apps-for-modern-computers.html #boingboing

Did I do this right? ;-)

🆒 NEW GAME! 🆒 Only the coolest people can draw a Cool S really fast vole.wtf/cool-s/

Only just heard of this. Completely bonkers. Also, it sounds brilliant. (Yes, I am old enough to have typed listings into various 8-bit machines. Yes, I still have the mental scars when they didn’t work due to some random typo or other.)

My copy arrived! Thanks, @vole.wtf This is definitely going to cause some hair loss when I type it all in and things inevitably don’t work. Ah, the good old days.

Post! Via @vole.wtf old school type in the listing computer mag!

🆒 NEW GAME! 🆒 Only the coolest people can draw a Cool S really fast vole.wtf/cool-s/

First sighting of a typed-in DOCTYPE program!

Just got my copy, think I'll start slow otherwise my brain might melt with all the typing :D @vole.wtf

My copy just arrived. I love it!

Thanks @vole.wtf now to find a code editor without a tin of extensions and plugins!

Excellent week for me in getting printed-versions-of-internet-things - the @puzzmo.com notebook with puzzles on each page, and the @vole.wtf DOCTYPE magazine with entire web apps to type in to use. Wonderful nonsense.

🚀 HUGE thanks to everyone who’s already bought DOCTYPE, hopefully Lulu will get your mags to you next week. We weren’t sure if the idea would grab anyone else, so it’s fun to see it generate excitement & curiosity vole.wtf/doctype/

My month long art block has also manifested in my being extra rubbish at promoting my RB shop so: If you like my art you can buy cool merch of it here! Ideal Xmas presents! www.redbubble.com/people/docha...

That should keep the kids busy for a few hours on Christmas day, though am already preparing my "you have it easy, in my day we had to type in machine code as a stream of hex digits" spiel in case of dissent.

✉️ A Vmail update went out at lunchtime, sign up if you want to hear about our latest projects and/or see us fend off complaints vole.wtf/vmail/

I remember reading INPUT magazine back in the 80s, typing in programmes. And now that idea is back but for little web things! I am rather chuffed to have been invited to be part of this, DOCTYPE. It's a little bit of joy, which is what I think the web ought to be in the business of helping create.

I made a game that is featured in the new DOCTYPE magazine by @vole.wtf @mattround.com! Honoured to be a part of it. 🎉 My game is a little skill-based reaction/arcade high-scorer. Sound familiar? 🤔 It has CSS graphics, HTML layout, and a tiny bit of JS to manage state. 🔰

🚀 NEW MAGAZINE ⌨️ Back in the ’80s there were printed mags of BASIC programs to type in, we’ve brought that back but for web pages! 10 amazing games, toys, puzzles and utilities, no coding knowledge needed vole.wtf/doctype/

#styscraper 21.83m. Play at https://vole.wtf/styscraper/

Took a few tries but I finally beat 1024 bytes of JavaScript code at chess. It was surprisingly tricky. Anyone else wanna give it a go? https://vole.wtf/kilobytes-gambit/

Better late than never #CrispSandwichDay @vole.wtf

Another fantastic #crispsandwichday at @theshirkersrest.bsky.social . Thanks to Sareta for providing the ingredients for an epic sandwich including home made coriander and mint relish and Masala Munch. Loving the appropriate earrings.

🥪 Aaaand that was #CrispSandwichDay 2025! Here’s one more round-up of last night’s sarnies, thanks to everyone who celebrated and shared their pics vole.wtf/crisp-sandwi...

🥪 Aaaand that was #CrispSandwichDay 2025! Here’s one more round-up of last night’s sarnies, thanks to everyone who celebrated and shared their pics vole.wtf/crisp-sandwi...

#crispsandwichday observances are scattered throughout a *lot* of the calendar in my house, if I'm being completely honest about my eating habits. But I'm delighted to join in the official celebrations and see more people experimenting with the artform today.

For International Crisp Sandwich Day, a hula hoop butty and a Kapittel Blond.

Cheating using @kitty666.bsky.social's crisp butty fixings as I did not photograph my own (cheese and onion hula hoops). Searched for Squares on the way home but couldn't find any. Happy Crisp Sandwich Day everyone!