wgx
@wllgrnt.bsky.social
UX professional who makes (mostly) stupid stuff for the web. Personal account, no affiliations.
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STORAGE LORDS
wgx.github.io
Have you ever gone past one of those “big box” self-storage buildings and thought “I wonder what random tat is contained in there?” or even “gods, I’d love to run one of those!”. If your answer is “yes” or “sure, I guess” then boy have I got a game for you:STORAGE LORDS
wgx.github.io/storage-lords/
wgx.github.io/storage-lords/
“T69 Collapse” is the greatest piece of music ever recorded. Come fight me.
November 26, 2025 at 8:41 PM
“T69 Collapse” is the greatest piece of music ever recorded. Come fight me.
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Its just a temporary diversion while I gather the courage to move to LA & conquer Hollywood with my youthful energy & fresh ideas.
Aaany day now
Aaany day now
November 23, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Its just a temporary diversion while I gather the courage to move to LA & conquer Hollywood with my youthful energy & fresh ideas.
Aaany day now
Aaany day now
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What do you need to do to ‘earn’ a trillion dollars in this economy? | First Dog on the Moon
What do you need to do to ‘earn’ a trillion dollars in this economy? | First Dog on the Moon
Look at all those zeroes – look at them!
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:17 AM
What do you need to do to ‘earn’ a trillion dollars in this economy? | First Dog on the Moon
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A radio programme like the Shipping Forecast but it’s called Bin Day and it just reads out every single council in the country’s bin schedule
November 10, 2025 at 11:53 PM
A radio programme like the Shipping Forecast but it’s called Bin Day and it just reads out every single council in the country’s bin schedule
Volodymyr
Zelenskyy: why should I be
afraid of Donald Trump?
Source: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
#GuardianHaiku: wgx.github.io/guardian-hai...
Zelenskyy: why should I be
afraid of Donald Trump?
Source: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
#GuardianHaiku: wgx.github.io/guardian-hai...
Volodymyr Zelenskyy: why should I be afraid of Donald Trump?
Exclusive: Ukraine’s leader dismisses reports his last Washington meeting was volatile, and praises King Charles for helping build ties with US president
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Volodymyr
Zelenskyy: why should I be
afraid of Donald Trump?
Source: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
#GuardianHaiku: wgx.github.io/guardian-hai...
Zelenskyy: why should I be
afraid of Donald Trump?
Source: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
#GuardianHaiku: wgx.github.io/guardian-hai...
Have you ever gone past one of those “big box” self-storage buildings and thought “I wonder what random tat is contained in there?” or even “gods, I’d love to run one of those!”. If your answer is “yes” or “sure, I guess” then boy have I got a game for you:STORAGE LORDS
wgx.github.io/storage-lords/
wgx.github.io/storage-lords/
STORAGE LORDS
wgx.github.io
November 8, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Have you ever gone past one of those “big box” self-storage buildings and thought “I wonder what random tat is contained in there?” or even “gods, I’d love to run one of those!”. If your answer is “yes” or “sure, I guess” then boy have I got a game for you:STORAGE LORDS
wgx.github.io/storage-lords/
wgx.github.io/storage-lords/
At The Drive In "Arc Arsenal" live
YouTube video by Dave Markey
youtu.be
November 2, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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Hear me out Slow Horses but Muppets, Jackson Lamb the only human
October 27, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Hear me out Slow Horses but Muppets, Jackson Lamb the only human
Our cars were towed
away for repair and are
being held to ransom
Source: www.theguardian.com/money/2025/o...
#GuardianHaiku: wgx.github.io/guardian-hai...
away for repair and are
being held to ransom
Source: www.theguardian.com/money/2025/o...
#GuardianHaiku: wgx.github.io/guardian-hai...
Our cars were towed away for repair and are being held to ransom
They are hostage in a repair shop and won’t be released over a debt that has nothing to do with the vehicles
www.theguardian.com
October 27, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Our cars were towed
away for repair and are
being held to ransom
Source: www.theguardian.com/money/2025/o...
#GuardianHaiku: wgx.github.io/guardian-hai...
away for repair and are
being held to ransom
Source: www.theguardian.com/money/2025/o...
#GuardianHaiku: wgx.github.io/guardian-hai...
big shout out to the lads and lasses at #aldi snackrite who reverse-engineered monster munch and made the arguably superior monster claws 👹
October 27, 2025 at 4:36 AM
big shout out to the lads and lasses at #aldi snackrite who reverse-engineered monster munch and made the arguably superior monster claws 👹
Reposted by wgx
Reposted by wgx
From 13 days ago
Frailty in ageing populations worsened by air pollution, global review finds
Frailty in ageing populations worsened by air pollution, global review finds
Coauthor of research says condition linked to heightened vulnerability and loss of independence – but is reversible
www.theguardian.com
October 16, 2025 at 11:03 AM
From 13 days ago
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Lyra’s last story – exclusive extract from Philip Pullman’s final instalment in The Book of Dust trilogy
Lyra’s last story – exclusive extract from Philip Pullman’s final instalment in The Book of Dust trilogy
Thirty years ago, The Northern Lights introduced the world to Lyra Belacqua. Now, Pullman completes her story in The Rose Field – plus listen to an audiobook extract read by Michael Sheen
www.theguardian.com
October 17, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Lyra’s last story – exclusive extract from Philip Pullman’s final instalment in The Book of Dust trilogy
Night owls versus
early birds: who is superior
according to science?
Source: www.theguardian.com/global/2025/...
#GuardianHaiku: wgx.github.io/guardian-hai...
early birds: who is superior
according to science?
Source: www.theguardian.com/global/2025/...
#GuardianHaiku: wgx.github.io/guardian-hai...
Night owls versus early birds: who is superior according to science?
And is it actually possible for your body clock to change? Am I really turning into an early bird or have I just been forced into a child-dictated schedule?
www.theguardian.com
October 17, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Night owls versus
early birds: who is superior
according to science?
Source: www.theguardian.com/global/2025/...
#GuardianHaiku: wgx.github.io/guardian-hai...
early birds: who is superior
according to science?
Source: www.theguardian.com/global/2025/...
#GuardianHaiku: wgx.github.io/guardian-hai...
Someone's taken it upon themselves to port RNG-Clicker to Chinese!? For.. some reason?
在大多数游戏中，你都在随机数生成器的支配下——为什么不去掉中间角色，直接玩RNG呢？
你的目标是升级到999级！
g1tyx.github.io/rng-clicker/
开始游戏汉化版
在大多数游戏中，你都在随机数生成器的支配下——为什么不去掉中间角色，直接玩RNG呢？
你的目标是升级到999级！
g1tyx.github.io/rng-clicker/
开始游戏汉化版
RNG Clicker
g1tyx.github.io
October 14, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Someone's taken it upon themselves to port RNG-Clicker to Chinese!? For.. some reason?
在大多数游戏中，你都在随机数生成器的支配下——为什么不去掉中间角色，直接玩RNG呢？
你的目标是升级到999级！
g1tyx.github.io/rng-clicker/
开始游戏汉化版
在大多数游戏中，你都在随机数生成器的支配下——为什么不去掉中间角色，直接玩RNG呢？
你的目标是升级到999级！
g1tyx.github.io/rng-clicker/
开始游戏汉化版
Reposted by wgx
Adobe Photoshop 5.5 (1999) is still a powerful photo editor, usable today and runs on modern Windows in compatibility mode.
October 13, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Adobe Photoshop 5.5 (1999) is still a powerful photo editor, usable today and runs on modern Windows in compatibility mode.
Cold war power play:
how the Stasi got into
computer games
Source: www.theguardian.com/games/2025/o...
#GuardianHaiku: wgx.github.io/guardian-hai...
how the Stasi got into
computer games
Source: www.theguardian.com/games/2025/o...
#GuardianHaiku: wgx.github.io/guardian-hai...
Cold war power play: how the Stasi got into computer games
A new exhibition in Berlin shows how the notoriously paranoid East German state greeted the dawn of video gaming with surprising enthusiasm
www.theguardian.com
October 8, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Cold war power play:
how the Stasi got into
computer games
Source: www.theguardian.com/games/2025/o...
#GuardianHaiku: wgx.github.io/guardian-hai...
how the Stasi got into
computer games
Source: www.theguardian.com/games/2025/o...
#GuardianHaiku: wgx.github.io/guardian-hai...
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A paean to privatised public transport.
Today I had to go from Stockport to Salisbury. So I bought a ticket
Stockport > Bristol > Salisbury
The drive to Stockport should have taken 35 minutes. Satnav said it would take 2 hours, and I'd miss my train.
So I went to Macclesfield, where I found...
Today I had to go from Stockport to Salisbury. So I bought a ticket
Stockport > Bristol > Salisbury
The drive to Stockport should have taken 35 minutes. Satnav said it would take 2 hours, and I'd miss my train.
So I went to Macclesfield, where I found...
October 7, 2025 at 5:44 PM
A paean to privatised public transport.
Today I had to go from Stockport to Salisbury. So I bought a ticket
Stockport > Bristol > Salisbury
The drive to Stockport should have taken 35 minutes. Satnav said it would take 2 hours, and I'd miss my train.
So I went to Macclesfield, where I found...
Today I had to go from Stockport to Salisbury. So I bought a ticket
Stockport > Bristol > Salisbury
The drive to Stockport should have taken 35 minutes. Satnav said it would take 2 hours, and I'd miss my train.
So I went to Macclesfield, where I found...
Reposted by wgx
Bt3a newsletter 963, out now
"A smidgen of pigeon is just enough to give your kids a treat, full of feathery goodness, and a bit of beak"
* BUMPER ISSUE - Cassette Boy, Weebl & Matt Round
* GAME - Can you strangle a horse?
* IMAGE CHALLENGE - let's make pop music 'spooky'
b3ta.com/newsletter/i...
"A smidgen of pigeon is just enough to give your kids a treat, full of feathery goodness, and a bit of beak"
* BUMPER ISSUE - Cassette Boy, Weebl & Matt Round
* GAME - Can you strangle a horse?
* IMAGE CHALLENGE - let's make pop music 'spooky'
b3ta.com/newsletter/i...
B3TA : NEWSLETTER : "A SMIDGEN OF PIGEON IS JUST ENOUGH TO GIVE YOUR KIDS A TREAT, FULL OF FEATHERY GOODNESS, AND A BIT OF BEAK"
b3ta.com
October 3, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Bt3a newsletter 963, out now
"A smidgen of pigeon is just enough to give your kids a treat, full of feathery goodness, and a bit of beak"
* BUMPER ISSUE - Cassette Boy, Weebl & Matt Round
* GAME - Can you strangle a horse?
* IMAGE CHALLENGE - let's make pop music 'spooky'
b3ta.com/newsletter/i...
"A smidgen of pigeon is just enough to give your kids a treat, full of feathery goodness, and a bit of beak"
* BUMPER ISSUE - Cassette Boy, Weebl & Matt Round
* GAME - Can you strangle a horse?
* IMAGE CHALLENGE - let's make pop music 'spooky'
b3ta.com/newsletter/i...
End Bottom Trawling in Europe’s Waters
Bottom trawling is rampant in Europe’s marine protected areas. EU seabeds are the most trawled in the world, causing damage to vital ecosystems that lasts generations. Urge EU lawmakers to protect the ocean, fisheries, and our future.
only.one/act/bottom-t...
Bottom trawling is rampant in Europe’s marine protected areas. EU seabeds are the most trawled in the world, causing damage to vital ecosystems that lasts generations. Urge EU lawmakers to protect the ocean, fisheries, and our future.
only.one/act/bottom-t...
Urge the EU Commission to End Destructive Fishing in Protected Waters
Destructive bottom trawling is rampant in Europe’s marine protected areas. The European Union (EU) seabeds are the most trawled in the world, causing damage to vital ecosystems that lasts generations....
only.one
October 3, 2025 at 9:51 AM
End Bottom Trawling in Europe’s Waters
Bottom trawling is rampant in Europe’s marine protected areas. EU seabeds are the most trawled in the world, causing damage to vital ecosystems that lasts generations. Urge EU lawmakers to protect the ocean, fisheries, and our future.
only.one/act/bottom-t...
Bottom trawling is rampant in Europe’s marine protected areas. EU seabeds are the most trawled in the world, causing damage to vital ecosystems that lasts generations. Urge EU lawmakers to protect the ocean, fisheries, and our future.
only.one/act/bottom-t...
October 1, 2025 at 1:34 PM
New game: RNG Clicker!
It’s you vs the Random Number Generator… #webgame #browsergame #idleclicker
wgx.github.io/rng-clicker/
It’s you vs the Random Number Generator… #webgame #browsergame #idleclicker
wgx.github.io/rng-clicker/
September 30, 2025 at 4:57 PM
New game: RNG Clicker!
It’s you vs the Random Number Generator… #webgame #browsergame #idleclicker
wgx.github.io/rng-clicker/
It’s you vs the Random Number Generator… #webgame #browsergame #idleclicker
wgx.github.io/rng-clicker/
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‘I can’t meet, I’m on
an oil rig’: the signs it might
be a romance fraud
Source: www.theguardian.com/money/2025/s...
#GuardianHaiku: wgx.github.io/guardian-hai...
an oil rig’: the signs it might
be a romance fraud
Source: www.theguardian.com/money/2025/s...
#GuardianHaiku: wgx.github.io/guardian-hai...
‘I can’t meet, I’m on an oil rig’: the signs it might be a romance fraud
Scams among older people have rocketed, so have the sums being lost. Bottom line: don’t send money to someone you’ve only met online
www.theguardian.com
September 28, 2025 at 1:41 PM
‘I can’t meet, I’m on
an oil rig’: the signs it might
be a romance fraud
Source: www.theguardian.com/money/2025/s...
#GuardianHaiku: wgx.github.io/guardian-hai...
an oil rig’: the signs it might
be a romance fraud
Source: www.theguardian.com/money/2025/s...
#GuardianHaiku: wgx.github.io/guardian-hai...