Continuing my posting of random blogs I come across - this one from @stephen is worth a read for the eclectic collections of links to other articles. https://vital.org.nz

I got the The Oracle archetype! https://mastodon.online/@sheephorse/wrapstodon/2025/b36dd55aabc9d062 #wrapstodon2025

Hey, a little project of mine just hit the front page of #metafilter. It always nice to get a little attention. https://www.metafilter.com/211453/Dot-Battle-a-Javascript-Physics-Toy

A important announcement - there is a new Epic Rap Battle of History - The White Death vs The Red Baron. It’s good to see these guys pop up, their output has decreased but the quality of their videos have continued to improve. #erb https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RZliZbfM0Ek

I have levelled off at 249 #followers on #mastodon for months, there is plenty of time for you to get in on the ground floor as lucky follower 250. Advantages include reading about my stupid blog and random Dr Who rubbish.

“I should take another look at #rust” I said to myself just before downloading all the tools and documentation, mere hours _before_ a major version is released.

My #startrek (ish) game, Voyage of the Marigold, has another review. This time from @jalanhenning#startrek creator of the Planet of the Week #RPG. The rest of their site is worth a poke around as well. https://troypress.com/the-voyage-of-the-marigold-thru-hyperspace-and-hyperfiction/

My review of the Voyage of the Marigold, by @sheephorse, a fun bit of interactive fiction about exploring an unknown sector of space, https://troypress.com/the-voyage-of-the-marigold-thru-hyperspace-and-hyperfiction/ #interactivefiction #scifi #voyageofthemarigold

I didn’t write this but agree with the sentiment, speaking as a blogger of 20+ years. https://flowtwo.io/post/on-10-years-of-writing-a-blog-nobody-reads

EAMON I was sure I had posted about this before, I mean I had to have. It's such a cool bit of gaming history, never less than a bit obscure, but still, incredibly, has multiple websites devoted to it today. While waiting to binge on Kirby Air Riders, I figured I'd work off some of my indie […]

People on #hackernews are talking about #micropayments as an alternative to ad driven websites. Sadly, I do not think micropayments will ever work. I wrote about this here https://sheep.horse/2024/11/on_micropayments.html

Feeling pretty smug today about removing #cloudflare from my personal website for ideological reasons a few years ago.

The translation of "just use our docker image" into human language is "we don't have good docs and we don't give a shit".

[Spoils todays NYT Connections puzzle] The first line of the NYT Connections puzzle is pretty funny considering they got called out by Only Connect a few weeks ago. (IMO, the NYT Connections puzzle is certainly a directly rip-off of the Only Connect […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

The quarters in #panama are so cool I almost don’t want to feed them into the washing machine at this laundromat. But I also really need clean clothes.

Since my server got hacked I have been extra careful and locked down everything. Maybe a little too careful, I locked myself out last night. Luckily I could still log on with my hosting company's recovery console. This is my current fail2ban jail for sshd […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

A post and a terrible picture on C++ Threading #cpp #blog https://sheep.horse/2025/10/c++_threads_-_there_is_a_right_way_and_a_wrong_way.html

It Is A War Out There - Take Control of Your Supply Lines with HtDTY #blog #webdev https://sheep.horse/2025/10/it_is_a_war_out_there_-_take_control_of_your_suppl.html

@lrhodes Interesting. I am going to be contrary and say that I generally like the Liquid Glass design changes, at least on IPadOS. For the first time in years buttons actually look like something you can press rather than flat symbols without defined borders. I also like the way that toolbars […]

As the owner of a little-trafficked #blog, there is nothing better than waking up to an unexpected spike for something you wrote months ago.

the biggest problem we *already have* in open source right now, which we have oversimplified into the term "supply chain security", is the lack of understanding that putting a dependency in your project's dependency set (package.json, pyproject.toml, requirements.txt, cargo.toml, etc) is not […]

@surprisetalk Hi. I just noticed that you have posted a lot of my #blog posts to #hackernews. Thanks, it is nice to get a little attention. Sadly, none of my posts have really set the HN population alight with upvotes, but that is on me.

Do you want an extremely in-depth article on emulating Amiga graphics on modern displays with a heavy emphasis on period-correct rendering? I didn’t think I did, but this page got me all misty-eyed for the look of old #amiga games […]

Watch a battle for survival play out over a few minutes on your screen. An allegory for existence? A meditation aid? An excuse to watch some colored balls bounce around for a minute or two? Dot Battle is all these things […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Hi if you wanted to register 'cat.<TLD>' here are all of the ones that are available: cat.academy cat.accountant cat.accountants cat.actor cat.airforce cat.apartments cat.archi cat.asia cat.associates cat.attorney cat.audio cat.auto cat.autos cat.bar cat.bargains cat.bayern cat.beauty […]

Updating my website for the first time in years. Just making sure that the index page is actually useful and attractive. https://sheep.horse/

I don’t think #bluesky will ever properly implement the full ActivityPub protocol. That is why I linked my mastodon account with one of the many bridging services to project my posts into bluesky. I was wondering whether or not it actually worked as advertised but today I got angry replies from […]

I didn’t write this rant on the #crypto “industry” but I agree with it. https://maxmurphy.xyz/p/crypto-is-a-bullshit-industry-yes

I get most of my feedback for my #blog on #mastodon these days, so I have added my mastodon handle to the article template. We'll see if this spurs more constructive conversations. ps: If you like a web page and the author provides contact details, spend a minute to drop them a line. They will […]

8 years ago I made this post about TRAPPIST-1 that included an animation visualizing the relative distance that Voyager 1 had travelled up until 2017. I don't think I need to update it for 2025. Space is big. https://sheep.horse/2017/3/how_far_is_trappist-1_-_visualizing_distance.html

I have played exactly one game of Twilight Imperium but words cannot convey how much I want this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G310yQULN28 #boardgames

Trying out #ipados26 on my 5th generation iPad mini. So far it seems a little janky when scrolling but otherwise fine. We will see about battery life. Much has been said about the "liquid glass" interface but I am actually finding it a huge improvement over the terrible, flat […]

This new version of the #icecubesapp for iPadOS seems like a huge improvement all around. Well done to all involved.

Things that don’t really need a Bluetooth speaker : The hotel bathroom mirror.

Did you know your MacBook has a sensor that knows the exact angle of the screen hinge? It’s not exposed as a public API, but I figured out a way to read it and make it sound like an old wooden door. Source code and a downloadable app to try it yourself […] [Original post on hachyderm.io]

Basically a "what I did on my holidays" post about #london https://sheep.horse/2025/9/checking_off_boxes_in_london.html

I’ve eaten at the #boston Super88 Food Court many times over the years. The headline makes it sound like it might just be one really fat rat or perhaps a capybara, which doesn’t sound that bad. https://www.boston.com/food/food-news/2025/08/05/super-88-food-court-closed/?p1=hp_featurestack

Some cool scrolling #ascii artworks at https://scrollart.org via #metafilter projects.

I was in Ljubljana, Slovenia today and passing by a second-hand bookstore Kari points out a tome by R. A. Salvatore and asks me if I know who that was. I had to admit that I did know who that was and that I had read several of his books. All of a sudden the proprietor of the shop runs out to […]

I never really thought about easing functions before but I suggest you ease into this blog post by Dave Pagurek on the subject. https://www.davepagurek.com/blog/easing-functions/

An encounter with a strangely faulty Wifi network finally convinced me to set up IPv6 connectivity for my web server, something that I had been putting off for years. https://sheep.horse/2025/7/you_can_now_access_sheep.horse_with_ipv6.html

The creator of today’s NYT #nytconnectionspuzzle #764 is a not nice person. They know why. 🟩🟦🟨🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪