mogenson/PaperWM.spoon
github.com
Tiled scrollable window manager for MacOS
Links
Links to things that I've found interesting, sometimes with commentary.
Currently a combination of:
- Pinboard bookmarks that I make public (general reading)
- GitHub starred repositories (mostly software & hardware designs)
- Thingiverse likes (3D prints)
- Cults likes (more 3D prints)
I wrote a post about how this system works and there is also an RSS feed available.
wg-easy/wg-easy
github.com
The easiest way to run WireGuard VPN + Web-based Admin UI.
juanfont/headscale
github.com
An open source, self-hosted implementation of the Tailscale control server
Volkswagen reintroducing physical controls for vital functions
autocar.co.uk
“We will never, ever make this mistake any more. On the steering wheel, we will have physical buttons. No guessing any more. There’s feedback, it’s real, and people love this. Honestly, it’s a car. It’s not a phone: it’s a car.”
Hell yeah!
jonsterling/AquaUI
github.com
A library for producing HIG-compliant user interfaces for the Macintosh with Aqua styling
A People’s History of Tech
mobile.peoplestech.com
Join us in building a living artifact, sharing the human impact of technology, and harnessing our joint power for the future of tech citizenship.
Our journey begins with the mobile phone, a pocket-sized marvel that has transformed our relationship with time, space, and each other. How did we get here?
waydabber/BetterDisplay
github.com
Unlock your displays on your Mac! Flexible HiDPI scaling, XDR/HDR extra brightness, virtual screens, DDC control, extra dimming, PIP/streaming, EDID override and lots more!
How NASA Learned to Love the Worm Logo
nytimes.com
“The worm is a great-looking word mark and looked fantastic on the spacecraft,” Mr. Bierut told The New York Times Magazine in 2009. “By any objective measure, the worm was and is absolutely appropriate, and the meatball was and is an amateurish mess.”
NFT collector Franklin loses 100 ETH (~$150,000) in a joke gone wrong
web3isgoinggreat.com
“I was celebrating my joke of a domain sale, sharing the spoils, but in a dream of greed, forgot to cancel my own bid of 100 ETH to buy it back. This will be the joke and bag fumble of the century. I deserve all of the jokes and criticism.” He also sent the 1.9Â ETH back to the other person, with a message asking them to reverse the transaction. The other person replied, “No, thank you for the money though.”
At 93, Teaching Me About Possibility
nytimes.com
This is called “grayspeak” or “elderspeak,” a shift in the way we address elders that treats them less like sages and more like toddlers or pets. We say things like, “Today was rainy. Did you see the rain?” and “Was your dinner yummy?”
It’s a bogus, tedious and stupid way to interact, so I fought it. I started to show up for her more, in person, despite her living in Dover, England, and me in New York City.