“So what makes you think you’re qualified to be a NASA engineer?”
I got a PS4 controller working with Windows and it only took me two hours.
“Ah I see.” (Checks box next to ‘Priority Candidate’.)
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Coder who dabbles in writing and is currently Austin-based after stints in New York City and Connecticut. You can find my writings at both this microblog as well as on my long form blog found at the totally trustworthy wormsandviruses.com.
Rescuing a grasshopper from the community pool with a red kick board turned made for a stunningly good photo.
Just Say “No” to Notifications and Desktop Shortcuts
The state of notifications reminds me of desktop shortcuts. Many Windows installers include an already checked checkbox to add the app’s shortcut to the desktop. Most users leave the option checked, I assume out of laziness or some weird fomo. This leads to a hilarious number of desktop shortcuts, almost none of which were ever explicitly added by the user. I suspect this also happens with notifications. Don’t want to be inundated with notifications or desktop shortcuts? Just say no.
Find and Paste URL from Browser has been updated with MarsEdit Markdown link support, a Keyboard Maestro macro, and a whole slew of other changes.
https://github.com/JackWellborn/Find-and-Paste-URL-from-Browser
Seeing pictures of Michael Oher in a Panthers uniform reminds how much I hate when news orgs ignorantly choose a photo of a player from whatever team they most recently played on, no matter how irrelevant. Oher is a Raven who freelanced at the tail end of his career.
Analogue Pocket with OpenFPGA + Dock + 8BitDo SN30 = 🧑🍳💋
Last year I ordered the Analogue Dock to go along with my OpenFPGA enabled Pocket. It finally arrived this week along a 2.4g 8BitDo SN30 (their SNES controller clone) and first impressions are 🧑🍳💋. My OLED lacks the visual characteristics of CRTs that benefit old games and nor is it truly zero latency, but this is by far the best classic gaming setup I’ve experienced outside of actual hardware. Latency, while not zero, is barely perceptible and there are zero graphical or sound glitches.
Is “Newark” really legally distinct from “New York”?
You know those dramatic montages that start from the beginning of time till the death of the universe. I feel like we watched that happen in real time, but with a teleconferencing app.
https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/8/23825112/verizon-bluejeans-shutting-down-sunset?mod=djemCMOToday
You might wonder why you should care about local news?
I’ll tell you why.
This best god damn headlines ever is why.
Me, at my most Apple nerd.
