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John Gruber on X (anderegg.ca)
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Over the weekend, John Gruber posted a piece titled “X Once Again Marks the Spot”. He announced this on Mastodon by saying “I’m sure this one won’t make anyone angry.” I’m not angry, John, I’m just so very tired.

Fresh Bubbles

First time in a Briefing. Two or more votes in the last 24 hours.

Art

  1. Photo (Firesphere's musings)
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    Robert Birming wrote about a /photo page. And I like that idea. Just a photo, of something. And every now and then, update it.

History

  1. Which one is Klinger? (laststandonzombieisland)
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    Talk about right out of central casting for M*A*S*H, complete with the Dodge WC-54 Ambulance and Bell 47/H-13 Sioux chopper, complete with its iconic “soap…

Life

  1. They’re going to kill us all to build a beach resort (Cat and Girl)
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  2. Wine and the Erotics of Attention (Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Win…)
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    Years ago, I wrote a post asking whether wine could be sexy. I considered alcohol and wine as an aphrodisiac. Wine as a romantic symbol.Continue reading

  3. the pettiest reason i had unfollowed anyone (skuka)
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    they wrote that they did not finish the tattoo on someone, because their friend had died. i had faced a death of someone i cared about, and when i read the…

  4. Don't Vibe Code Your Live Rig (JD Torian)
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    As I'm just shouting out into the abyss, I don't know what your goals are. But if your goals are to play live and you play electronic music, I have a word of…

Nature

  1. The 1790 Keonehelelei eruption of Kilauea (VolcanoCafe)
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    As promised in my last post, I’m here to talk about the 1790 Keonehelelei eruption of Kilauea. “The falling sands.” This is an article that has been developing…

Tech

  1. Bubbles: Discovery vs. Popularity (Thoughts of Widdershins)
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    I read both Gordon's 6 Months of Bubbles and then Hakkerman's response, How to Support Small Bubblers, and thought I would weigh in. Gordon's blog post is…

  2. Webpage Copy-Protection is Impossible (and that's great!) (Dan Q)
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    A friend of mine was inconvenienced by an over-eager bit of Web copy-protection JavaScript this week, and it reminded me that more-than-ever, these scripts are…

  3. Origami (Weird Web October) (Dan Q)
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    A (well-folded) love letter to the Weird World Wide Web: my entry for day 14 of Weird Web October is "Origami". Go play with virtual paper!

  4. I Was A Meat Proxy For A Day (Maybe-Ray)
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    The timeline for a task I needed to do changed from three days to this afternoon. The only reason for this was so that some sales people could show off the…

Still Bubbling

Already featured in a Briefing before. Two or more votes in the last 24 hours.

  1. Notebook with Handmade Paper Cover (Peter Rukavina)
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  2. John Gruber Thinks I’ve Lost My Mind (Life on the Wicked Stage: Act 3)
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  3. How to support small bubblers (HakkerBlog)
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  4. Let's actually try searching the smallweb (Kami's Corner)
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  5. The What-Ifs Still Linger (Thoughts of Widdershins)
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  6. I made a tiny e-reader (Milo Land)
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  7. I Really Should Start Meditating Again (Kai Gulliksen)
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  8. Stand up for hemorrhoids (Robert Birming)
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  9. “It’s the fascism, boss” (Her Hands, My Hands)
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Tiny Bubbles

Fresh posts with exactly one vote in the last 24 hours.