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Software defined VHS decoder - Fork (maybe temporary) of the ld-decode Laserdisc rf decoder - oyvindln/vhs-decode: Software defined VHS decoder - Fork (maybe temporary) of the ld-decode Laserdisc r...

Many of those of us who work in higher ed have been thinking about ChatGPT since OpenAI dropped free access to it at the end of November. The fancy new chatbot which can generate essays, responses …

The swiss army knife of lossless video/audio editing - mifi/lossless-cut: The swiss army knife of lossless video/audio editing

WordPress Playground brings key platform dependencies into the browser. Here’s a quick breakdown of how it works: - PHP runs as a WebAssembly binary - MySQL is replaced for SQLite via a WordPress plugin - Web server is implemented with the Service Worker API

open source cross platform text comparisoin tool

I’ve been discussing Mastodon UX wishlists with some new acquaintances there. This excerpt from A Bloomberg terminal for Mastodon concludes with part of my own wishlist. In a Mastodon timelin…

Learn about the statistical methods and analytical tools that are defining data with META Lab's Learn Excel modules.

Mastodon has been attracting Twitter expatriates at a brisk pace. If you've set up an account on this federated social media network, you're probably wondering just how things work. I've been gathering questions from Mastodon newcomers and have some answers here.

Can a website play with a mastodon?

It's 2003 again.

install the latest patch then run the game in d3d9 mode to run Unreal Gold at modern resolutions

With 2022, I see PHP's cost as becoming prohibitive. Here's why.PHP continued to evolve in 2022. That's a good thing. PHP also scored an "own goal" near the end of 2022. This latter concern is

Speed Test by OpenSpeedTest™ is a Free and Open-Source HTML5 Network Performance Estimation Tool Written in Vanilla Javascript and only uses built-in Web APIs like XMLHttpRequest (XHR), HTML, CSS, ...

MacOS 13.0 Ventura brings a new feature called "Continuity Camera" that allows you to use your iPhone as a webcam. This project is an adjustable mount that clips onto the top of your monitor to allow you to easily position your iPhone like you would any traditional webcam. This design includes a magsafe charger that allows you to magnetically attach/remove the iPhone as well as keep it charged during long video calls. You will need a single M5x20 machine bolt and nut. I printed on my Ender 3 in PLA. The monitor is a Dell P2715Q. I used this aftermarket magsafe charger to save a couple bucks, https://a.co/d/cMp75Tx.

2022 has been the year that AI tools have become accessible to the public. 2023 is going to get strange.

In which ChatGPT and I invent a fictional language spoken by slime-people

While it’s cool to host your own Mastodon server, it’s not really efficient. A simple thing you can do, however, is to make it easier for others to discover your presence, if they already know your website. Try it out – search for “johnmu@johnmu.com” in your Mastodon instance. Also, click “follow” for SEO tips & other bad takes. Why is hosting your own instance inefficient? In short, sending updates between users (followers, followees) means connections between their individual servers, and if everyone has their own server, it’s a lot of network activity.

A magical documentation library for Wordpress. Contribute to mitchell-b-chelin/WPDocsify development by creating an account on GitHub.

Gitalk is a modern comment component based on Github Issue and Preact. - gitalk/gitalk: Gitalk is a modern comment component based on Github Issue and Preact.

Node app that checks a list of feeds periodically, post new items to Mastodon. - GitHub - scripting/feedToMasto: Node app that checks a list of feeds periodically, post new items to Mastodon.

Every time I post something that gets lots of engagement, I essentially end up carrying out a denial of service attack on myself. What does this say about the design of Mastodon and ActivityPub and the future of the fediverse?