Steve Jobs brought Mick Jagger a Macintosh; Jade found the fun in MacPaint

https://lockergnome.com/steve-jobs-mick-jagger-macpaint-jade-demo/

#tech

New reading log:

"Luther's Conception of the Calling" – Max Weber, *The Protestant Work Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism*, Chapter 3

/about/reading/luthers-conception-of-the-calling/#update-2026-11-04-01

#reading #journaling

GamerGate is over. eternal 2016 has finally ended.

The NY office is in a part of Long Island that used to only have a Mental Hospital. Corporate parks have sprung up around it and some big parts of the original campus infrastructure are now abandoned, like this massive coal fired energy plant. The campus roads are public so they become part of people's commute.

It's very spooky and odd

Prevent Duplicate File Uploads With Laravel Storage Dedupler https://laravel-news.com/laravel-storage-dedupler

#Laravel #PHP

Check it out on DriveThruRPG too! (affiliate link)
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/16973/ac9-d-d-creature-catalogue-basic?affiliate_id=4782917

Meet Wheelman. The client I use to show how websites can stand out. It’s a fictional client, but the creative challenges and design decisions involved are very, very real.

https://stuffandnonsense.co.uk/shop/standout-designs-for-the-web/

Strict Request Input Casting in Laravel https://laravel-news.com/laravel-strict-request-input

#Laravel #PHP

40 Years Ago: Creature Catalogue was released.

It collected all the creatures first presented in the #dnd adventure modules to that time. It describes over 200 monsters, each features an illustration and is indexed by habitat.
#TBThursday #tbt

https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Creature_Catalogue

the conspiracy theorist in me says this is all part of a long-con where [bad] security research firms make everyone sick of the constant barrage of FUCK, everything is FUCKED that they sign up to their premium proactive security offering

Fixed the Developer Tools eyedropper showing the wrong colors after the page is scrolled.
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1377755

Damage LITE - Mike Yrabedra
https://macthemes.garden/themes/ef139729f5ba-Damage-LITE

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After releasing my book (https://chrissmith.xyz/books/), I'm dipping my toe in the water of digital products.

I've created a set of chess pieces, a ZIP file of SVGs. Available for only $5 USD if anyone wants to make use of them.
https://chrissmith.xyz/products/

#chess #gamedev #graphics #svg

MacBook Pro with PROLED review: You could even say it glows (Post) https://sixcolors.com/post/2026/11/macbook-pro-with-proled-review-you-could-even-say-it-glows/

You can now play Pillars of Eternity and Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire with a controller on PC from start to finish, thanks to a new update open for testing - https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/you-can-now-play-pillars-of-eternity-and-pillars-of-eternity-2-deadfire-with-a-controller-on-pc-from-start-to-finish-thanks-to-a-new-update-open-for-testing #PillarsofEternityII:Deadfire #ObsidianEntertainment #Birdview/Isometric #ParadoxInteractive #PillarsofEternity #ActionAdventure #NintendoSwitch #Mac

A $1600 Motorola flagship phone.

In 2026.

I'm sure it will be a smashing success.

In 2014 and 2015, #gamergate trended on Twitter, as misogynistic video gamers harassed and threatened progressive, genderqueer, and female journalists and video gamers....

https://moveslowlybuildbridges.com

#MoveSlowlyAndBuildBridges #bot

I’m assuming the gap corresponds to the underline offset declaration, so I think the fix would be to ensure that bit of whitespace between the underline and the glyph