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I did my first cryptic crossword today, so expect me to become quite insufferable.
January 3, 2026 at 1:52 AM
What a great hack!

"It sounds dumb but they really fixed a typo with a human leg"
youtu.be/dUkLYOPRYH4?...
It sounds dumb but they really fixed a typo with a human leg
YouTube video by JRH
youtu.be
January 3, 2026 at 12:20 AM
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What’s Entering the Public Domain in 2026: Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying, All Quiet on the Western Front, Betty Boop & More
What’s Entering the Public Domain in 2026: Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying, All Quiet on the Western Front, Betty Boop & More
Though it isn't the kind of thing one hears discussed every day, serious Disney fans do tend to know that Goofy's original name was Dippy Dawg. But how many of the non-obsessive know that Mickey's fai...
www.openculture.com
January 1, 2026 at 5:25 PM
My Game of the Year is "Blue Prince". I know we're only two days in but I feel good about it.
January 2, 2026 at 9:54 PM
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The MonoGame Foundation team is pleased to announce the release of MonoGame v3.8.5-preview.2!

Read this guide if you want to tryout these preview releases
docs.monogame.net/articles/get...

More details here:
monogame.net/blog/2026-01...

Test it out and help us make 3.8.5 official!
How to install a preview release of MonoGame from NuGet | MonoGame
This topic describes how to use a preview release of MonoGame in a new or existing project.
docs.monogame.net
January 2, 2026 at 1:20 PM
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I am delighted to announce the release of my latest project:

Fully documented source code for The Sentinel, Geoff Crammond’s 1986 masterpiece.

Here’s the repository; deep dives coming soon.

See thread for details.

1/9

github.com/markmoxon/th...

#retrocomputing #retrogaming #bbcmicro #c64 #8bit
GitHub - markmoxon/the-sentinel-source-code-bbc-micro: Fully documented and annotated source code for The Sentinel on the BBC Micro
Fully documented and annotated source code for The Sentinel on the BBC Micro - markmoxon/the-sentinel-source-code-bbc-micro
github.com
January 2, 2026 at 4:29 PM
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One of the best interactive resources for understanding light and shadows. Unique visual explanations you won’t find anywhere else.
ciechanow.ski/lights-and-s...

#gamedev #indiedev #unity3d #godot #unrealengine
January 2, 2026 at 1:33 PM
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The artist should sue. And, frankly, Congress needs to act at this point.

The DHS social media account is, in addition to many other things, a serial thief, and needs to be brought back under the rule of law.
While complaining that America is "besieged" by foreigners, DHS used an image by Japanese artist Hiroshi Nagai
January 2, 2026 at 5:40 PM
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This is a great introduction to differentiable / inverse rendering - rasterization specifically.
I've read through it and am currently working on implementing some things.
jjbannister.github.io/tinydiffrast/
TinyDiffRast
A tiny course on differentiable rasterization.
jjbannister.github.io
January 2, 2026 at 7:33 PM
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Were 90s kids clamoring for a Batman cartoon with 1930s Art Deco aesthetics? Is that what the market demanded? Or did some really smart creative people have a vision and make a genre-defining hit that sustained 20 years of TV shows? If you want success look for vision, not just metrics.
January 1, 2026 at 12:54 AM
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New Year's Resolution:
January 1, 2025 at 3:39 AM
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New York City's 2026 mayoral inauguration of Zohran Mamdani has published a list of banned items for the event, specifically prohibiting the Flipper Zero and Raspberry Pi devices.
NYC mayoral inauguration bans Flipper Zero, Raspberry Pi devices
New York City's 2026 mayoral inauguration of Zohran Mamdani has published a list of banned items for the event, specifically prohibiting the Flipper Zero and Raspberry Pi devices.
www.bleepingcomputer.com
December 31, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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The Beano Book 1968
December 21, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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December 31, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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it’s all i’ve got
December 31, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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As the year end draws near remember this.
December 31, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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よろしく午年! #HappyNewYear2026 #HazbinHotel
December 31, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Graphic design is my passion.
I’m currently at the Washington Monument:
January 1, 2026 at 2:45 AM
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明けましておめでとうございます!
今年もよろしくお願いします✨

#HazbinHotel #HazbinHotelFanart #chiguinhell
January 1, 2026 at 12:53 AM
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Outlook for the new year ...
December 31, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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so the winds have shifted once again and i believe i will, in fact, be open sourcing my rust game dev framework. i wasn’t going to but i got some help and think if i can get one or two more additional core people to help manage it by the end of next year, that would be ideal
December 31, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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Daniel Arthury, "Where's my Breakfast II," 2025.
October 4, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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An early #Commdore #PET RPG worth exploring: Dragon’s Eye ( #EPYX, 1981)
youtu.be/jJfGN4Zeb7M
Dragon's Eye: Exploring an EPYX PET-Era RPG
YouTube video by David Youd
youtu.be
December 30, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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Erté
December 29, 2025 at 3:24 AM