Under Construction
I make things on the internet
As a follow-up to yesterday’s post, an NYT piece on the game’s origin, Wordle Is a Love Story
The word game has gone from dozens of players to hundreds of thousands in a few months. It was created by a software engineer in Brooklyn for his partner.
Also refreshing to read that it’s a fun personal project and not an exercise in growth hacking
Wordle seems to be the game of the moment on social media. This was my first attempt a few days ago. The last few times I’ve been using audio as my starting word (4/5 vowels)
Worth noting that the popular emoji shares are not accessible, not a great screen reader experience. If you’re posting results to twitter, it would be better to screenshot and use alt text.
One of my favourite albums for wandering around the city, doing workouts, etc., is All Day by Girl Talk. It’s a DJ mix sampling a huge variety of songs. Nice for those times when you don’t want any breaks between tracks, or have to think about what to play next.
Not sure if you can find it on streaming services, too many samples for licensing. But you can still grab a copy at Illegal Art.
How to make a wifi cartridge for the original Game Boy. The things that people do with old hardware are pretty wild! Also has a very thorough and technical breakdown of what’s required to make it. Not something I’ll be doing anytime soon, but a fun read nonetheless.
A way that teenage drivers in Sweden skirt age laws — making the their own small trucks
I get lazy with my personal sites. A side-effect of working on the web most days. There’s a strong desire to disconnect.
But… I also open a lot of tabs.
In the past these tabs would’ve been blog posts. Things I found interesting or needed, or wanted to find later. Now, I just close out groups of tabs and briefly remember what I was researching.
Content aside, there’s also the design and code side of the site. It’s time to revisit.
Maybe a post a day is a lofty goal and I’ll fail tomorrow, but it’s some motivation.
Modernist sandcastles, I’m digging these.
Hallllo again!
I make websites for a living. When I spend a lot of time in that world, I tend to forget that my personal sites exist. I just want to separate my brain from the web at the end of day. Now, here we are.
The plus side to a personal site, I can totally backdate things. Or retroactively add things from other networks.
If you’re still here, glad that you’re listening!
Lamb skewers, garlic skates and asparagus, with a mint & yogurt sauce
Garlic butter chicken bites with lemon asparagus (recipe). This was pretty tasty
Post haircut mirror shot
Coffee this weekend is Mario Salazar from Transcend Coffee