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“Time is precious – but it’s not like other precious things. You can’t hold it, like a necklace. Or taste it, like money.” – Philomena Cunk
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Secret colours of the Commodore 64
In 1991 I was fourteen years old. It would be fair to say I was obsessed with computers. I proudly owned a brown ‘breadbox’ Commodore 64 with an exotic upgrade - an Oceanic 5.25” disk drive:
How to create Overviewer maps from Minecraft Realms
Note: This article is out of date now. I’m working on an updated version though! Subscribe to my free Substack to get an email when it’s finished:
How to hack Amazon’s Wifi button for IFTTT
If you’ve ever had a puppy or a baby, you’ll know how important it is to track their bodily functions. Are they ok, healthy and pooping according to plan? If you’re super organized you can track those shenanigans in a spreadsheet.
Quickly check your Git repos for changes
You open your laptop. You have a ton of git repos, your own and other people’s.
SD card performance tuning on Chromebook
This guide assumes you’re pushing your Chromebook to do interesting things, like running Ubuntu Linux and playing DotA 2 via Steam.
Create an army of Salt minions on DigitalOcean
This guide is for two audiences:
Tune Dota 2 performance on a Chromebook
I got a solid response from redditors on my earlier post walking through how to run Dota 2 on a Chromebook. Lots of folk had questions on performance.
How to run DotA 2 on a Chromebook
Note: This article is out of date now. I’m working on an updated version though! Subscribe to my free Substack to get an email when it’s finished:
Devlog: Mobile touch controls from scratch in HTML5
First up, grab a WebGL-capable mobile device - I recommend a Nexus - and play the current build to see what I’m talking about.