Adventure 751 (1980) | Renga in Blue
Adventure 751 has been, by my reckoning, the most sought-after variation of Crowther/Woods Adventure. It was generally available on the online portal CompuServe from nearly the beginning of the service and it disappeared when they shut down their games in the 90s. Arthur O’Dwyer started a web page in 2016 (with semi-regular updates!) dedicated to hunting down a copy. To finish off a wild 2025 in game preservation, Arthur O’Dwyer announced the game has been found (by LanHawk, a regular amongst the comments here) and is playable.
Building UI Components Correctly in the Age of AI | Abstracted.in
Key Takeaways: Let AI write the JSX, but you still need to understand the fundamentals: semantic HTML, defaults like type="submit", ARIA, and keyboard behavior if you want your components to be correct and reliable.
ui, components, AI
The Surgeon, the Eunuch Maker, and the Curious Ethical and Legal Status of Voluntary Amputation | The Cutprice Guignol
Please note that this article will contain graphic discussion of genital mutilation and amputation.
C'était Paris en 1970
La Ville de Paris et la FNAC ont organisé au printemps 1970 un concours de photographie amateur visant à produire une couverture photographique exhaustive du territoire parisien, découpé en un quadrillage de 1755 carrés de 250 mètres de côté. 15 000 candidats se sont inscrits et 2 800 d'entre eux ont remis un dossier complet. Ces photographies ont ensuite été données à la Bibliothèque historique de la Ville de Paris, qui les a numérisées et organisées en un fonds, disponible sur leur site web. Le site sur lequel vous vous trouvez permet de voir d'un coup d'oeil toutes les photos d'un carré, avant de consulter les versions haute définition sur le site de la Bibliothèque historique de la Ville de Paris. Vous y trouverez 30 225 photographies numérisées de 6918 candidats.
David Byrne – "Everybody Laughs" (Official Music Video)
Niet zo lang meer voor we naar David Byrne live gaan kijken!
The Year of the 3D Printed Miniature (And Other Lies We Tell Ourselves)
One long-held belief among tech bros has been the absolute confidence that 3D printers would, at some point, disrupt. Exactly what they would disrupt wasn't 100% clear. Disruption, in Silicon Valley parlance, is less a specific outcome and more a vibe—a feeling that something old and profitable will soon be replaced by something new and unprofitable that will somehow make everyone rich. A common example trotted out was one of my favorite hobbies: tabletop wargaming. More specifically, the titan of the industry, Warhammer 40,000.
It’s hard to justify Tahoe icons @ tonsky.me
It’s delusional to think that there’s a good icon for every action if you think hard enough. There isn’t. It’s a lost battle from the start. No amount of money or “management decisions” is going to change that. The problems are 100% self-inflicted.
MTV REWIND – I Want My MTV
Celebrating 44 years of continuous music videos. MTV Rewind brings back 24/7 music television streaming classic hits from the 80s, 90s, and 2000s. Free 24/7 music video streaming. Zero algorithm, just random discovery like MTV used to be. The vintage commercials (Blockbuster, GAK, Mentos) are part of the experience – not real ads, just pure 90s nostalgia. No login, completely free.
Databases in 2025: A Year in Review // Blog // Andy Pavlo – Carnegie Mellon University
Pavlo doet elk jaar een recap van databases in het afgelopen jaar. Ik weet niet of ik het spijtig vind of niet dat dit specifiek mij eigenlijk helemaal niets meer kan schelen. 🙂
Kevin Spacey is acquitted on sexual assault charges in a London court : NPR
The London trial came after a jury in New York last year found Spacey not guilty of molesting actor Anthony Rapp in 1986. Spacey denied all charges, and described the allegations against him as a "stab in the back." His defense was that he was a "big flirt" who had consensual flings and made what in retrospect was a clumsy pass, he said, at someone whose interest he'd misread. Spacey's defense lawyer argued that it was "not a crime to like sex, even if you're famous … and it's not a crime to have casual sex."
My American manager tried to write me up for "lack of commitment" because I leave at 5:00 PM sharp. I work in the Netherlands. : WorkReform
I had to give him a bit of a reality check. I looked him in the eye over Zoom and told him that in the Netherlands, if you can't finish your work by 5 PM, it doesn't mean you are dedicated. It means you are inefficient or understaffed. I told him I am neither.
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