Ben
@binarymoon.bsky.social
UK based Web and Game Dev. I create fun things with a computer (games, apps, websites). Find me online: https://www.binarymoon.co.uk/social/
I've added a "notes" section to the BeepMini website.
It is a bit like a blog, but the notes are shorter and I don't bother with stories. It's my thought process when developing for BeepMini. A bit like BlueSky/ Twitter but with more space and fully in my control.
beepmini.com/notes/
It is a bit like a blog, but the notes are shorter and I don't bother with stories. It's my thought process when developing for BeepMini. A bit like BlueSky/ Twitter but with more space and fully in my control.
beepmini.com/notes/
BeepMini Dev Notes
Working notes on BeepMini. Experiments, ideas, fixes, and decisions in progress.
beepmini.com
December 18, 2025 at 11:35 PM
I've added a "notes" section to the BeepMini website.
It is a bit like a blog, but the notes are shorter and I don't bother with stories. It's my thought process when developing for BeepMini. A bit like BlueSky/ Twitter but with more space and fully in my control.
beepmini.com/notes/
It is a bit like a blog, but the notes are shorter and I don't bother with stories. It's my thought process when developing for BeepMini. A bit like BlueSky/ Twitter but with more space and fully in my control.
beepmini.com/notes/
I am putting the finishing touches to the last Ninja Sparks newsletter of the year. It's rather long and a bit self indulgent and I can't work out if it's interesting. Hopefully people will like it 🤞. You have an hour to sign up on ninjasparks.com to find out what I'm talking about!
A Free Newsletter to Discover Tools, Tips, and Fun for Creative Play.
Creative tools and resources to inspire you.
ninjasparks.com
December 15, 2025 at 10:36 PM
I am putting the finishing touches to the last Ninja Sparks newsletter of the year. It's rather long and a bit self indulgent and I can't work out if it's interesting. Hopefully people will like it 🤞. You have an hour to sign up on ninjasparks.com to find out what I'm talking about!
@bengrosser.bsky.social Hi Ben, Just seen your stuck in the scroll project and think it's fascinating. Now you have lots of data I think it'd be interesting to add a graph showing hours/day to see how the scrolling behavious has changed over time (if the project worked)
December 13, 2025 at 10:53 PM
@bengrosser.bsky.social Hi Ben, Just seen your stuck in the scroll project and think it's fascinating. Now you have lots of data I think it'd be interesting to add a graph showing hours/day to see how the scrolling behavious has changed over time (if the project worked)
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Found when sorting an old drive. I still, very occasionally, say 'not many badgers in the House of Lords' and this is why:
February 8, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Found when sorting an old drive. I still, very occasionally, say 'not many badgers in the House of Lords' and this is why:
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This is like paying the guys that robbed your house to also burn it down.
Disney is making a $1 billion investment in OpenAI and will let the AI platform use its characters to make social-media videos.
Disney to Invest $1 Billion in OpenAI, License Characters for Use in ChatGPT, Sora
The three-year licensing deal will let users generate videos of more than 200 Disney, Marvel, Star Wars and Pixar characters.
on.wsj.com
December 11, 2025 at 5:14 PM
This is like paying the guys that robbed your house to also burn it down.
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From this article, estimated CO2 emission per day from regular queries vs the AI overview queries is 1,3 tons CO2 vs. 13,25 tons CO2! That's an insane upscale in resource burning for a service that has up to 60% error rate!
December 11, 2025 at 9:42 AM
From this article, estimated CO2 emission per day from regular queries vs the AI overview queries is 1,3 tons CO2 vs. 13,25 tons CO2! That's an insane upscale in resource burning for a service that has up to 60% error rate!
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Shopping small is meaningful!
November 29, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Shopping small is meaningful!
@firefox.com Hi - do you have a version of the browser that isn't full of AI stuff? I love using Firefox but have been disappointed to see you adding AI to it, none of it feels neccessary to me. I want something fast and lean and private. AI doesn't help any of those things. Thanks!
December 4, 2025 at 9:14 AM
@firefox.com Hi - do you have a version of the browser that isn't full of AI stuff? I love using Firefox but have been disappointed to see you adding AI to it, none of it feels neccessary to me. I want something fast and lean and private. AI doesn't help any of those things. Thanks!
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I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.
December 2, 2025 at 10:59 AM
I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.
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This poem is dedicated to anyone making a start on their advent calendar today.
December 1, 2025 at 8:05 AM
This poem is dedicated to anyone making a start on their advent calendar today.
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In case you missed the talks from ThinkyCon, all 35 of them are up on YouTube!
All 35 talks from ThinkyCon 2025 are now available to watch on YouTube · Thinky Games
In case you missed any of our 2nd annual online convention centered around the making of the games we love so much, every presentation from ThinkyCon 2025 has now been uploaded to our YouTube channel so you can pick and choose what to watch whenever you like.
thinkygames.com
November 30, 2025 at 5:23 PM
In case you missed the talks from ThinkyCon, all 35 of them are up on YouTube!
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Hope is here.
Help us beat Reform in May. Donate today ⤵️
Help us beat Reform in May. Donate today ⤵️
November 28, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Hope is here.
Help us beat Reform in May. Donate today ⤵️
Help us beat Reform in May. Donate today ⤵️
I have spent the last couple of weeks refactoring the map editor for beepmini.com - this adds the ability to add additional levels in each game. Today I finally got it loading the old maps from the old version and seeing the tiny thumbnail of Key Kwest is very cool (I think). #gamedev #javascript
November 23, 2025 at 11:56 PM
I have spent the last couple of weeks refactoring the map editor for beepmini.com - this adds the ability to add additional levels in each game. Today I finally got it loading the old maps from the old version and seeing the tiny thumbnail of Key Kwest is very cool (I think). #gamedev #javascript
@mariobrothblog.bsky.social hi. I vaguely remember seeing some images explaining how collision works in mario 64 and have a feeling you posted it on twitter a long time ago. Do you know what I mean and do you still have the images? I'd love to see them again.
November 23, 2025 at 7:41 PM
@mariobrothblog.bsky.social hi. I vaguely remember seeing some images explaining how collision works in mario 64 and have a feeling you posted it on twitter a long time ago. Do you know what I mean and do you still have the images? I'd love to see them again.
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If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
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WORD OF THE DAY.
Excellent.
To give up spreadsheets for forty days.
Excellent.
To give up spreadsheets for forty days.
November 9, 2025 at 4:17 PM
WORD OF THE DAY.
Excellent.
To give up spreadsheets for forty days.
Excellent.
To give up spreadsheets for forty days.
@tvaziri.com Hi - I heard on the radio today that some movie companies are using CGI in behind the scenes footage to hide the fact they are using CGI. This sounds like a parody/ satire but I wondered if you'd heard of it or if there was any truth behind it?
November 3, 2025 at 2:28 PM
@tvaziri.com Hi - I heard on the radio today that some movie companies are using CGI in behind the scenes footage to hide the fact they are using CGI. This sounds like a parody/ satire but I wondered if you'd heard of it or if there was any truth behind it?
I got the NinjaSparks newsletter ready REALLY early today. Will be nice not to still be writing it at midnight for a change! 😄 I will be publishing it at around 10:30pm UK time. Sign up on the website ninjasparks.com #newsletter #creativity #inspiration
A Free Newsletter to Discover Tools, Tips, and Fun for Creative Play.
Creative tools and resources to inspire you.
ninjasparks.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:25 PM
I got the NinjaSparks newsletter ready REALLY early today. Will be nice not to still be writing it at midnight for a change! 😄 I will be publishing it at around 10:30pm UK time. Sign up on the website ninjasparks.com #newsletter #creativity #inspiration
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Diversity remains a critical part of any healthy and thriving organisation - even if an extremist supremacist dictatorship tries to taboo the phrase.
Good on Python for standing by what makes it so powerful - not money, but people.
www.pcgamer.com/hardware/pyt...
Good on Python for standing by what makes it so powerful - not money, but people.
www.pcgamer.com/hardware/pyt...
The Python Software Foundation has turned down a $1.5 million US government grant amid ethical concerns
Principled Python.
www.pcgamer.com
November 1, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Diversity remains a critical part of any healthy and thriving organisation - even if an extremist supremacist dictatorship tries to taboo the phrase.
Good on Python for standing by what makes it so powerful - not money, but people.
www.pcgamer.com/hardware/pyt...
Good on Python for standing by what makes it so powerful - not money, but people.
www.pcgamer.com/hardware/pyt...
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Whenever you see hateful posts on social media, please remember that about 50% of internet activity is now AI/bots, so it's likely that it isn't even a real person. Don't fall for the crap that's trying to divide us, just ignore (block) and move on.
October 21, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Whenever you see hateful posts on social media, please remember that about 50% of internet activity is now AI/bots, so it's likely that it isn't even a real person. Don't fall for the crap that's trying to divide us, just ignore (block) and move on.
So Amazon web services is down, and there's a power cut in the village I live in. Coincidence?
October 20, 2025 at 11:06 AM
So Amazon web services is down, and there's a power cut in the village I live in. Coincidence?