Andy's discoveries and musings - Issue #1
Hello! Over the course of the average week, I share a decent number of links across various social channels, usually because they are interesting, thought-provoking, of useful. So I thought I’d try aggregating them together, in case this is a helpful additional way of sharing and summarising what I’ve been thinking about lately.
Longer-form content from me, this week
Raspberry Pi Pico - getting excited about the smallest things! - DEV Community
I’ve been a fan of the Raspberry Pi before it was even launched, back in February of 2012. Fun fact:… Tagged with raspberrypi, micropython, microcontroller, learning.
twurl on an iPad? Yes, I can! - DEV Community I recently got to playing around with a nice iOS app - iSH. iSH essentially enables a minimal Linux-l… Tagged with twitter, alpine, ipad, shell. dev.to
Links I found interesting
Enabling the future of academic research with the Twitter API
Today we’re excited to launch the Academic Research product track on the new Twitter API.
Twitter announces new open source Text Editor API for iOS developers - 9to5Mac Twitter announced today a new “standalone, flexible” open source API for iOS developers that provides a text editor for apps, which is the same used as the basis for tweet and Fleet composer on the Twitter app for iOS. The announcement was made today through the official Twitter blog. The company says it knows how […] 9to5mac.com
Amazon, Amex to Fund Software Developers in New GitHub Program - Bloomberg New service will let companies pay for specific open-source projects. www.bloomberg.com
Browser makers launch new project for writing documentation for Web APIs | ZDNet Founding members include the W3C, Google, Microsoft, Mozilla, Samsung, Coil, and Igalia www.zdnet.com
Ben Folds on Spotify Ben Folds, Category: Artist, Albums: Live In Perth (with West Australian Symphony Orchestra), In Concert 2015 - 2016, So There, Lonely Avenue, Ben Folds Presents: University A Cappella!, Singles: 2020, Mister Peepers, So There Piano/Vocal, Theme from Pasadena, Live at Tower Records, Top Tracks: The Luckiest, You Don’t Know Me (feat. Regina Spektor), 2020, Rockin’ the Suburbs, The Luckiest, Biography: Ben Folds is widely regarded as one of the major music influencers of our generation., Monthly Listeners: 593929, Where People Listen: Sydney, Chicago, Brisbane, Melbourne, Atlanta open.spotify.com
‘Babylon 5 Remastered’ now available to buy or stream on HBO Max | Engadget
Nearly thirty years after it first aired, and twenty years after its troubled DVD release, Babylon 5 is getting a polish as part of its release on HBO Max.
‘Babylon 5 Remastered’ now available to buy or stream on HBO Max | Engadget
Nearly thirty years after it first aired, and twenty years after its troubled DVD release, Babylon 5 is getting a polish as part of its release on HBO Max.
GameStop: Meet the amateur traders fighting Wall Street — BBC News They’re young, they’re financially savvy and they’re angry at being shut out of GameStop share trading. apple.news
popularity contest - Make an error quine! - Code Golf Stack Exchange Your challenge: write a “program”, for a language of your choice, that causes the compiler/interpreter/runtime to produce error output when compiling/running your program which is identical to your codegolf.stackexchange.com
GitHub - Aircoookie/WLED: Control WS2812B and many more types of digital RGB LEDs with an ESP8266 or ESP32 over WiFi! Control WS2812B and many more types of digital RGB LEDs with an ESP8266 or ESP32 over WiFi! - Aircoookie/WLED github.com
MacRumors.com on Twitter: "Tweetbot 6 Launches With Design Updates and Subscription Pricing https://t.co/4RxSVVleWn by @julipuli… " “Tweetbot 6 Launches With Design Updates and Subscription Pricing https://t.co/4RxSVVleWn by @julipuli” twitter.com
(ICYMI) a little further back...
Episode 304 — Duly meh-ed CES2021 VR, AR, smart glasses, N95 mask concept, monitor and robotic fish innovations. Buckaroo Banzai sequel & WandaVision new series. Continue reading → The post Episode 304 — Duly meh-ed first appeared on Games At Work dot Biz. gamesatwork.biz
Upgrading my WFH desk setup - DEV Community
Along with many others in tech, I’ve been working from home on a forced-permanent basis since mid-Mar… Tagged with watercooler, workstations.