@InvaderXan Dirt when talking about what the ground is made of, soil when talking about growing plants in it.
Category: Wandering.Shop
I just saved an article on procrastination to read later… 🤦♂️
I just saved an article on procrastination to read later… 🤦♂️
Vanellope’s “Slaughter Race” song is such an absolutely perfect parody of the Disney Princess song …
Vanellope’s “Slaughter Race” song is such an absolutely perfect parody of the Disney Princess song archetype.
Why Your Brain Hates Slowpokes…
Why Your Brain Hates Slowpokes: “The high speed of society has jammed your internal clock.”
8YO just finished the main story of LEGO Incredibles and discovered the bonus level where …
8YO just finished the main story of LEGO Incredibles and discovered the bonus level where you play as the Omnidroid and destroy the city.
He’s gleefully smashing everything while saying “It’s just wrong to save the city and then destroy it” *smash* *smash*
“Saving the city then destroying it? Not cool! :-)” *smash* “But, if it’s a game, it’s fine!” *smash* *smash* *smash*
MISSION COMPLETE!
I don’t think there’s anything left above the base plates…
Oh hey, WordPress redid their color scheme so that it’s a different shade of teal …
Oh hey, WordPress redid their color scheme so that it’s a different shade of teal than everything else!
I feel like I ought to write something for Speed Force about what’s going on with Heroes in Crisis and The Flash…
I feel like I ought to write something for @SpeedForce
about what’s going on with Heroes in Crisis and The Flash, but unlike anger, severe disappointment just isn’t motivating.
Fortunately, Ed wrote something better than I could have, and broadened it to the way Heroes in Crisis is handling mental illness as compared to The Unstoppable Wasp.
“Heroes In Crisis” vs “Unstoppable Wasp” and a Look at Mental Illness
“They asked artificial intelligence to create a game. One of its first ideas involved exploding …
“They asked artificial intelligence to create a game. One of its first ideas involved exploding Frisbees.”
The article goes on to describe a less dangerous game that they ended up actually implementing, but there’s something perfect in the exploding Frisbee idea.
I keep hitting the wrong blue-and-white icon.
I keep hitting the wrong blue-and-white icon.
I should especially (not) put Skype, Simplenote and Shazam next to each other.
Or maybe I should, and it would be easier to notice at a glance which white S on a light blue blob is the one I want to open.
I love the oddly-specific categories you can find on Wikipedia, like “Fictional cubes”
I love the oddly-specific categories you can find on Wikipedia, like “Fictional cubes”
Interesting read: Why Google+ Failed
Interesting read: Why Google+ Failed
“Google Plus didn’t fail because Facebook is invulnerable. It failed because of deep flaws embedded in it from the very start.”
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@mjog Yeah. By the time Inbox was introduced, I’d already set up enough custom rules that I wasn’t interested in even trying it, but the analysis makes a lot of sense.
Some great examples of spectacular mirages over the ocean, including the fata morgana
Some great examples of spectacular mirages over the ocean, including the fata morgana, which occurs when different layers of air refract light so that an image – or multiple images – appear above where the object actually is. Named for Morgana le Fay, because it can make distant islands or ships appear as castles in the air.
The Most Interesting, Spectacular Mirages Aren’t in the Desert
The Wikipedia article on the phenomenon also has some great images, and a diagram of how it works.
Growing weeds to capture carbon
Interesting: Some California farmers are deliberately growing weeds to capture carbon and add organic matter to the soil.
California Has Farmers Growing Weeds. Why? To Capture Carbon
A fascinating look at historical descriptions and illustrations either known to be, or matching up with, migraine auras.
A fascinating look at historical descriptions and illustrations either known to be, or matching up with, #migraine auras.
Yes, the enum has a typo init.
Found a comment in code accessing a third-party library:
// Yes, the enum has a typo init.
I can’t bring myself to fix the typo in the comment!
In retrospect, the most ridiculous thing is that I couldn’t be bothered to plug my …
In retrospect, the most ridiculous thing is that I couldn’t be bothered to plug my phone into my computer and transfer photos last night, despite the fact that I’d done *exactly the same thing* that morning to pull photos into my offline album & push some of the edits back to my phone.
@ricard_dev Kind of hilarious that it would be that simple, and also kind of infuriating …
@ricard_dev Kind of hilarious that it would be that simple, and also kind of infuriating that they could have so easily included the capability but chose not to.
But then Instagram has always been about trying to keep you in the app, haven’t they? I mean, they were only grudgingly part of the web even before Facebook bought them.
Also, he really wants to get VR gear after trying a demo. Told him we’d …
Also, he really wants to get VR gear after trying a demo. Told him we’d set up Cardboard & we can check out the VR arcade at the mall. Anything more elaborate can wait.
@brion Yeah, I was looking at some of the other VR platforms & devices last night & it’s a significant outlay.
Plus of course the question of compatibility, both in terms of what devices connect to them and what apps & games are available. (Minecraft VR doesn’t work with Daydream, for instance.) Tried asking, “what do you want to *do* with VR?” but he hasn’t figured that out yet. Hopefully Cardboard will be enough for the “but it’s COOOOOOL” factor for a while.
Took the 8YO to Minefaire, a traveling Minecraft convention. Entered the costume contest with the …
Took the 8YO to Minefaire, a traveling Minecraft convention. Entered the costume contest with the Spider Jockey costume. He made it to the final round! But competition was strong, and he didn’t place. 😞 (Winners were an Iron Golem, Alex riding a wolf, and a Pandacorn, all of which were impressive.) He was really disappointed.
We are now planning to up the game for next year’s costume…
Instagram UI griping
I kind of want to post a round-up of recent photos (that are already online elsewhere) to Instagram, but the UI makes it difficult.
– I can’t upload from my desktop.
– I can’t share multiple items from another gallery app on my phone.
– I can’t select multiple items from an album when choosing photos within Instagram.
So I can scroll a *lot* while selecting, or manually copy the photos into an actual folder on my phone.
And TBH, I’m not motivated enough to go to the trouble.