Did you know about SMS URLs?
Did you know there are is a URL scheme for sending an “SMS” or text message, similar to “mailto:”? SMS URLs are defined in RFC 5724 and are formatted like...
Extracting Genesis & Game Gear ROMs from SEGA GameCube collections
The GameCube library had multiple SEGA game collections: “Sonic Mega Collection”, “Sonic Adventure DX”, and “Sonic Gems Collection” which all contain ROM...
How many RSS subscribers do I have?
RSS is super rad way to consume internet content (“like a newspaper”). This blog gets syndicated via RSS and an email newsletter. Unlike with my newsletter,...
5 of the 7 most expensive first-party GameCube titles will be added to Nintendo Switch Online “GameCube Classics”
Nintendo just announced that the GameCube game “Chibi Robo!” would be coming in exactly one week to Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack. Chibi Robo is...
Extracting 20+ NES & Famicom ROMs from Animal Crossing
Animal Crossing for the GameCube was a game far ahead of its time and one of my personal favorites growing up. One of the most beloved features was the...
Email has algorithmic curation, too
I associate “algorithmic curation” with social media platforms like TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, and Twitter, but not with email. Maybe that thinking should...
Setting Discord status from physical GameCube console
Platinum GameCube with a Memcard Pro GC setting a Discord status Have you seen me "playing my GameCube" on Discord recently? This article is a tutorial...
Open Source Security work isn't "Special"
Why is security work unlike any other contribution to an open source project? Contributing bug fixes, documentation, community management, and governance can...
Hand-drawn QR codes
I picked up a grid paper sticky-note pad from a new local stationery store in Minneapolis. My first project: hand-drawing a small QR code and scanning it...
Pikmin 2 International Treasure Hoard
Pikmin 2 is a GameCube game about collecting treasure on an alien planet. One of the most distinguishing features of the treasures is that they sometimes use...
A(nimal Cros)SCII
I took the time to map the character encoding for Animal Crossing GC town, player, and passwords to Unicode characters. I’m calling the resulting encoding...
Voicemail for notifications
What if notifications are going the way of phone calls as a many-to-many attention-demanding “network” with a worsening value-to-noise ratio? Voicemail for...
Better boosting on Mastodon with smart clients
Happy May Day (aka International Workers’ Day) Today I wrote about how smarter Mastodon clients could improve the “boosting” experience, a-la TCP congestion...
Add Mastodon toot templates to your phone home screen
Are you attending #PyConUS (or any event) and want to keep Mastodon hashtag templates on your phone home screen? Here's what I'm doing this year to make...
Nintendo Switch 2 thoughts: DRM, digital/physical, prices, and GameCube?
I quickly wrote some thoughts about yesterdays' Switch 2 announcement, including a few things not included in the presentation like the prices, the physical...
Don't bring slop to a slop fight
I hear a common refrain whenever I talk about generative AI being abused in every communication channel: “just use AI to detect the AI”. This article...
I fear for the unauthenticated web
LLM and AI companies continue to be in the news for destroying public goods like the open web (not mentioned: climate, water, social media, democracy). But...
Fediverse Donut Club (#FediDonutFriday)
I’m creating a Fediverse Donut Club! Follow the #FediDonutFriday hashtag on your Fediverse instance to join. I'm interested in how we can make online...
Your GitHub Copilot access has been renewed 🤡
It's that magical time of the month again: “Your GitHub Copilot access has been renewed”.
Building software for connection (#2: Consensus)
This is the second article in a series about building “software for connection”. This article examines the “secret code system” in Animal Crossing for the...