The War of the Worlds · Orson Welles on the Air, 1938-1946
The (in)famous radio adaptation of The War of the Worlds.
Chasing the Beast: El Reno tornado kills storm chaser Tim Samaras
Some details on what happened to Tim Samaras and his crew.
Perlisisms - "Epigrams in Programming" by Alan J. Perlis
It’s fascinating to see how many of these have no connection to programming today, but also how many do.
jank programming language - Clojure/LLVM/C++
A project to create a native code compiler for Clojure.
Hofstadter on Lisp: Atoms and Lists, re-printed in Metamagical Themas.
Well-known person writes about well-known programming language. Actually a good read from a historical perspective.
The Stallman report
Another document that collects together various reports about problematic behaviour by RMS.
Code review antipatterns
While most of the article is written as a joke, I've seen some of these "dark side" approaches for code reviews done by actual people who don't seem to want to use code review to lift everyone.
Saving this so I can relive the trauma.
Tech Tip: Program a Do Not Disturb Button onto StreamDeck (Mac) · Facilitator Club
Simple instructions on how to set up the Streamdeck with a DND focus mode toggle button.
✂️ That time that Buell had other ideas...
That time that Buell became a legend on my RDR2 stream
the art of giving a shit
Interesting and readable account of one person's experience of approaching leadership as a service to those you are leading.
🚨🚨 That's a lot of YAML 🚨🚨
YAML is bad m'kay?
(like, really, it is actually bad).
[trane]
Really interesting Lisp-based music live-coding tool.
Zodiac Mindwarp and the Love Reaction Setlist at Riverside, Newcastle upon Tyne
Back in the 80s I went to a ZMatLR gig and I was sure that Fields of the Nephilim were the support act; or at least were supposed to be the support act.
This page would seem to pin down the date and the venue (the venue sounds about right anyway) and at least confirm that FotN were supposed to be the support.
Dispelling Information Asymmetry
Tim Peters' take on his suspension from CPython development.
s l o w r o a d s
Endless driving in the browser; perfect for /those/ meetings. You know the ones.
RemovePaywall | Free online paywall remover
Paywall removal tool. These seem to be a bit of a moving target (or rather the success with which they work is), so it's good to have a collection of them.
NMS Ceefax
Ceefax, on the web. What's not to like?
iOS 18 beta removed option to track time in bed with iPhone
Having finally switched to using pure-Apple-ecosystem for sleep tracking, I was curious why I wasn't getting any sort of "time in bed" value recorded (as opposed to time asleep). The previous (iOS-based) tracking app did it just fine.
Turns out it used to be an option that was set on the phone, and iOS 18 seems to have taken it away, but still reports it (as nothing recorded).
Weird.
slash pages
Fun little guide to all sorts of "common" pages you could add to a website. I imagine most people would never discover them, but I like it as an idea.
Stop macOS 15 Sequoia monthly screen recording prompts
I've not run into the new monthly screen recording prompt yet but I can imagine that when I do it might get annoying. I appreciate Apple being super cautious with security and stuff like this, most of the time, but this feels a bit too much.
It's good to know there is a way to work around it, if you're happy to go "under the hood".
watchOS 11 is available today
What’s new in watchOS 11.
Cards Against Humanity sues SpaceX, alleges “invasion” of land on US/Mexico border
I didn’t have CAH suing SpaceX on my 2024 bingo card. In retrospect it makes perfect sense. Also… absolutely on brand for SpaceX.
gaining access to anyones browser without them even visiting a website - eva's site
So I’m glad I never got comfortable with Arc, having briefly tried it and not really liked it.
Emacs Docs
The main GNU Emacs documentation, but in a very attractive online form.
VelocityOne Flight - Features And Controls
Details about the features and controls of the VelocityOne Flight Control yoke.
VelocityOne Flight - List Of Programmable Controls
List of all of the programmable controls on the Turtle Beach VelocityOne Flight control.
Why To Not Write A Book
I can think of at least one person who needs to heed this warning. I also know that they won’t.
Dune Shell
Dune is a shell designed for powerful scripting. Think of it as an unholy combination of bash and Lisp.
How Instagram scaled to 14 million users with only 3 engineers
Instagram scaled from 0 to 14 million users in just over a year, from October 2010 to December 2011. They did this with only 3 engineers.
They did this by following 3 key principles and having a reliable tech stack.
The comedy and tragedy of detailed feedback
Good opinion piece about code reviews in different environments, contrasting FOSS and corporate styles and impact. I think there’s some good, if obvious, advice in here.