2024 was the year I started liking hats

Good job, bot.

Tijdens het fietsen stopte ik bij een zebrapad voor twee oude vrouwen. Een van hen zei "eindelijk iemand die stopt".

Something like: `echo -n "Password: "; read -s password; echo $password > /tmp/something`

and it fucking WORKED and I keylogged the password that way, and I felt like an idiot because I COULD HAVE GUESSED THAT PASSWORD.

Back in design school I needed to network 3 computers to run my final project (that was a unique nightmare). Thing is, they were locked down and needed superuser access for everything. That meant IT physically entering the password EVERY TIME. I got SO fed up with it that ritual I made a script:

Side note: great to see how no video compression algo in existence is able to handle this sort of thing since I started doing things like this over 10 years ago

Colorful clouds

I think it's neat.

A little cellular automata experiment I made. I start with random noise and it slowly gains coherence. Just a little idea I had

Surely retail RAM prices will drop shortly. Right?...

Usually spelled "ska" but I mean sure

Ik zal nooit zo cool zijn :(

“This Is Not The Computer For You” · Sam Henri Gold Sam Henri Gold is a product design engineer building playful, useful software.

This is the best product review I’ve read: samhenri.gold/blog/2026031...

It doesn’t matter if you’re interested in the MacBook Neo or not; this is the kind of essay that makes you think about the potential of technology and the joys of exploration.

Had a great time today subjecting my report to a long-winded monologue about icons and semiotics. Hope this doesn't come up in his exit interview when he decides to leave because his boss won't shut up about critical theory.

A linoleum sheet with a grid of lines running through it penciled in and some graphics already present but nowhere close to being done

Last weekend I saw some super nice paper at some store in another town, then on the way back I kept thinking about how I should *definitely* block print holiday cards and it's just gonna be a second. Here I am many hours in (not including going back to buy that sweet paper) 🥲

תמיד היה ברור שוו"ד היא מהז'אנר של "מפלגת מעמד ביניים מעשירון 8" אז כמובן שהם בקטע של מכוניות. לא ברור מהציוץ אם גם ד66 התבטאו ככה לגבי מכוניות (מניח שלא? זכור לי שהם עוד מהטובים). הדיבור על דיור וחלומות מאוד tracks עם הווייב של העבודה + העבודה רק בירוק נשמע :(

Get me the most Belgian street name possible.

No, that’s too Belgian.

It's iftar somewhere

In dit land is het legaal om brood te verkopen dat tijgerbrood genoemd is maar eigenlijk géén tijger bevat. Hoe kan dat hè?

termpencil now *technically* supports animated ASCII art! Not yet supported by the UI but I'll get to that eventually I'm sure

Dessert for people with anxiety: dread pudding

A macOS terminal window showing an abstract artwork made of colorful lines

just some lines in termpencil #asciiart

I have added some new tools and other things to my ASCII drawing tool, termpencil. It is going quite slowly, but I like it. Some highlights:
- Line tool!
- Spray tool!
- Color history palette (bottom edge of the screen)!
- It's just good fun you know!

Gisteren kwam Hendrik de buurkat mijn gang binnen toen ik mijn deurbel aan het repareren was. Gelukkig kon ons hondje hem niet bereiken (die heeft ingewikkelde meningen over katten).

Idea: the phone will let you re-open that app you're addicted to for the 10th time today, but it will also post about that fact on bluesky

This is very good.

Iemand zou een ijsmachine moeten bedenken die meer dan één uur per week werkt hoor!

Vanavond toen ik de straat opliep zag ik een kiosk en kreeg ik een trek in en ijsje. Ik vroeg om twee (één voor mij en een voor mijn vrouw), maar ze zeiden dat er geen ijs was omdat de machine kapot was. Enorm teleurgesteld maar ja zo is het soms.

This sounds extremely familiar

“I didn't think the ravenous fishes would shark on ME!”

Only reliable contractor I ever met is Tom Nook