# finding (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 132 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover finding. Page: Feed: --- ## [Officially licensed 1986 capsule machine figurine of Mario, from Japan.](https://smallmariofindings.tumblr.com/post/825694271526010880) _2026-08-23 · Small Mario Findings_ Officially licensed 1986 capsule machine figurine of Mario, from Japan. Source: vintage-treasurechest Main Blog | Patreon | Twitter | Bluesky | Small Findings ## [According to interviews with Shigeru Miyamoto and depictions in marketing materials, Mario Bros. is…](https://smallmariofindings.tumblr.com/post/825686290317066240) _2026-08-22 · Small Mario Findings_ According to interviews with Shigeru Miyamoto and depictions in marketing materials, Mario Bros. is supposed to take place in the New York sewer system. However, the manuals for the Atari versions of the game state that the game takes place in Mario and Luigi's house instead (first paragraph in the image). Source: The Manual Librarian Main Blog | Patreon | Twitter | Bluesky | Small Findings ## [Pet the Goat](https://rambleandreflect.substack.com/p/pet-the-goat) _2026-08-22 · Rick's Ramble and Reflect · Rick’s Substack_ A Day at the State Fair ## [Portrait of a Lady on Fire and the Freedom of Being Seen](https://fadeinbreatheout.substack.com/p/portrait-of-a-lady-on-fire-and-the) _2026-08-22 · codie 🏳️‍⚧️ · fade in, breathe out_ How Céline Sciamma turns looking, longing, and memory into an act of love ## [In Paper Mario: The Origami King, the frozen Captain T. Ode is found in a room with many…](https://smallmariofindings.tumblr.com/post/825675414495215616) _2026-08-22 · Small Mario Findings_ In Paper Mario: The Origami King, the frozen Captain T. Ode is found in a room with many refrigerators. There are invisible dead Cheep Cheeps and Bloopers in the room scattered about inside the refrigerators and on the crates, with no in-game way to make them visible. If they are made visible as in the screenshot, they are positioned at such an oblique angle to the camera that it is very hard to… ## [Officially licensed 2018 Super Mario Bros. watch featuring a Small Luigi design.](https://smallmariofindings.tumblr.com/post/825664137020506112) _2026-08-22 · Small Mario Findings_ Officially licensed 2018 Super Mario Bros. watch featuring a Small Luigi design. Source: goods4thegreatergood Main Blog | Patreon | Twitter | Bluesky | Small Findings ## [In Super Mario Bros. 2, due to a code idiosyncrasy, the keys actually have a HP value (15). When hit…](https://smallmariofindings.tumblr.com/post/825656366723104768) _2026-08-22 · Small Mario Findings_ In Super Mario Bros. 2, due to a code idiosyncrasy, the keys actually have a HP value (15). When hit 15 times by another item (a Mushroom Block in the footage), the key will flash and make a "boss getting hurt" sound. This works in the original NES and Super Mario All-Stars versions, but was fixed in Super Mario Advance. Unfortunately, there are no further effects to this. While it may appear upon… ## [The Greatest Thinkers in History Asked the Same Question: Are You Living Your Own Life—or the One Someone Else Designed for You?](https://scienceandsoul.substack.com/p/the-greatest-thinkers-in-history-4f8) _2026-08-22 · Science & Soul · Science & Soul_ Socrates, Jung, the Stoics, and modern psychology all point toward an unsettling truth: the most dangerous life is not the one that fails, but the one that looks perfectly right while quietly becoming ## [1999 print ad for Donkey Kong 64. Please note that the line across Donkey Kong’s hands and feet is…](https://smallmariofindings.tumblr.com/post/825603689124347904) _2026-08-22 · Small Mario Findings_ 1999 print ad for Donkey Kong 64. Please note that the line across Donkey Kong's hands and feet is simply a watermark of the seller who scanned the only known copy of the print ad, and not part of the ad itself. Source: mediamonsters Main Blog | Patreon | Twitter | Bluesky | Small Findings ## [Officially licensed vacuum flask for the 1993 Super Mario Bros. movie.](https://smallmariofindings.tumblr.com/post/825595696945168384) _2026-08-21 · Small Mario Findings_ Officially licensed vacuum flask for the 1993 Super Mario Bros. movie. Main Blog | Patreon | Twitter | Bluesky | Small Findings | Source ## [Sync bookmarks across every browser (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/wBPpNeON57MQ) _2026-08-21 · **Sponsored**_ Two-way sync across Chrome, Firefox and Safari; built-in ad and tracker blocker. ## [Officially licensed 1995 Donkey Kong Country 2 marionettes from Japan. The suggestion is to hang…](https://smallmariofindings.tumblr.com/post/825584758206627840) _2026-08-21 · Small Mario Findings_ Officially licensed 1995 Donkey Kong Country 2 marionettes from Japan. The suggestion is to hang them in a car so they would dangle from the movement of the drive. Source: Ryan Langley Main Blog | Patreon | Twitter | Bluesky | Small Findings ## [I listed a GitHub App before building the backend](https://dev.profullstack.com/~anthony/blog/029-post.html) _2026-08-21 · Anthony Ettinger · Chovy's Blog_ ThreatCrush has a GitHub App listing now. The app asks for two read permissions and nothing else, on purpose, because widening a published listing is harder than starting narrow. Plus the setup URL that 404d on every installer, and how to tell a draft Marketplace listing from a typo. ## [Four genres, and the filter that was eating the other 89%](https://dev.profullstack.com/~anthony/blog/028-post.html) _2026-08-21 · Anthony Ettinger · Chovy's Blog_ The music section of my release-tracker listed four genres. I blamed the data source. The data source was fine: my own ingest was dropping nine out of every ten releases, and the fix was already sitting in the schema. ## [Study finds common physical exam findings unreliable for diagnosing pneumonia in children](https://scienceblog.cincinnatichildrens.org/study-finds-common-physical-exam-findings-unreliable-for-diagnosing-pneumonia-in-children/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=study-finds-common-physical-exam-findings-unreliable-for-diagnosing-pneumonia-in-children) _2026-08-21 · Science Blog · Research Horizons_ The post Study finds common physical exam findings unreliable for diagnosing pneumonia in children appeared first on Research Horizons . ## [In the prototype version of Yoshi’s Island, the egg aiming functionality included a mode where the…](https://smallmariofindings.tumblr.com/post/825565905494982656) _2026-08-21 · Small Mario Findings_ In the prototype version of Yoshi's Island, the egg aiming functionality included a mode where the reticle would automatically lock onto the nearest enemy. This was removed in the finished version, possibly because it would make aiming too easy and remove the challenge of timing the reticle. Source: potatoTeto Main Blog | Patreon | Twitter | Bluesky | Small Findings ## [(untitled)](https://writingslowly.com/2026/08/21/watched-the-invite-very-funny.html) _2026-08-21 · Writing Slowly_ Watched: The Invite 🍿very funny and quite poignant, with some great performances. I'm now keen to see the Spanish original. ## [A dead A record and six modules that never loaded](https://dev.profullstack.com/~anthony/blog/027-post.html) _2026-08-21 · Anthony Ettinger · Chovy's Blog_ A subdomain pointed at a VPS that no longer exists, and nothing was watching it. Fixing it surfaced six modules failing silently behind a green health check, plus a runtime that loaded one more module than the other. ## [Finding the Next Rare Disease Drug](https://scienceblog.cincinnatichildrens.org/finding-the-next-rare-disease-drug/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=finding-the-next-rare-disease-drug) _2026-08-21 · Science Blog · Research Horizons_ The post Finding the Next Rare Disease Drug appeared first on Research Horizons . ## [TTABlog Test: Three More Section 2(e)(1) Mere Descriptiveness Appeals - How Did They Turn Out?](https://thettablog.blogspot.com/2026/08/ttablog-test-three-more-section-2e1.html) _2026-08-21 · Unknown · The TTABlog®_ So far this year the Board affirmed a whopping 96% of the Section 2(e)(1) mere descriptiveness refusals reviewed on appeal. Here are three recent appeals. How do you think they came out? \[Answer in first comment\]. In re Concert Black LLC , Serial No. 97921491(August 18, 2026) \[Opinion by Judge George C. Pologeorgis\]. \[Section 2(e)(1) mere descriptiveness refusal of CONCERT BLACK for various… ## [What each feature actually costs me in AI](https://dev.profullstack.com/~anthony/blog/026-post.html) _2026-08-21 · Anthony Ettinger · Chovy's Blog_ Five agents, five git worktrees, one command that reads the engines' own logs. Over 90 percent of a $228 day turned out to be cache reads, and a bug hunt cost 65 times what a short blog session did. ## [AI News Summaries & Audio (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/sd3RqV11fTYX) _2026-08-21 · **Sponsored**_ Tap an article for an AI summary and an audio briefing. ## [Our customers block ads, so we sell them in the terminal](https://dev.profullstack.com/~anthony/blog/025-post.html) _2026-08-21 · Anthony Ettinger · Chovy's Blog_ Every product we ship is aimed at developers, and developers are the hardest audience on earth to buy. So we built the one ad format nobody else sells: a plain text unit you curl into an MOTD. ## [Are Statins Still Needed For Adults Over 75?](https://lactobacto.com/2026/08/20/are-statins-still-needed-for-adults-over-75/) _2026-08-21 · Sima · Lacto Bacto_ Many people are on statins these days for the purpose of lowering total cholesterol levels and so reducing the risk of heart attack and stroke. But are they still needed past a certain age? The results of one study conducted in France compared 2 groups of adults 75 years old and older, and who didn't ...continue reading "Are Statins Still Needed For Adults Over 75?" ## [In Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, the gem inside the ribcage of Cortez’s second phase was for…](https://smallmariofindings.tumblr.com/post/825513090729836544) _2026-08-21 · Small Mario Findings_ In Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, the gem inside the ribcage of Cortez's second phase was for an unknown reason made much less detailed in the Nintendo Switch version compared to the original GameCube version. Top: in the original version, the gem is octagonal and faceted, in addition to having a double layer effect. Bottom: in the Nintendo Switch version it was replaced with a featureless… ## [The Vertical Journey: Naoki Ishikawa and the Ascent of 14](https://mnchrm.co/the-vertical-journey-naoki-ishikawa-and-the-ascent-of-14/) _2026-08-20 · Ian J. Battaglia · Monochromatic Aberration_ Photographs from the death zone. ## [This is What the Leap Looks Like](https://asuler.substack.com/p/this-is-what-the-leap-looks-like) _2026-08-20 · Asia Suler · Remember Why You Are Here_ On falling and finding another side ## [In Wario Land 4, the Keyzer in the Monsoon Jungle level is located immediately to the left of the…](https://smallmariofindings.tumblr.com/post/825475236788158464) _2026-08-20 · Small Mario Findings_ In Wario Land 4, the Keyzer in the Monsoon Jungle level is located immediately to the left of the entrance/exit portal. However, it is floating too high in the air and is supposed to only be obtained after pressing the Frog Switch to make blocks leading to it appear, so that it is collected right before exiting the level on the way back. However, by starting a Dash Attack on the next screen over,… ## [I haven’t seen my sister in 5 years](https://loganpec.substack.com/p/i-havent-seen-my-sister-in-5-years) _2026-08-20 · Ｌｏｇａｎ · Finding Her Again_ and yes she's alive ## [Motorcycle Diaries 🏍️ & Vibrant Living 💫](https://janinedetilliocammarata.substack.com/p/motorcycle-diaries-and-vibrant-living-d0f) _2026-08-20 · Janine De Tillio Cammarata 🖊️ · Pathways of Connection_ 2 Weeks until Cannonball Spain! Progress Over Perfection Has Paid Off! ## [Naked Consent Agreement Fails to Prevent Section 2(d) Refusals of GODZILLA X KONG: THE NEW EMPIRE over GODZILLA](https://thettablog.blogspot.com/2026/08/naked-consent-agreement-fails-to.html) _2026-08-20 · Unknown · The TTABlog®_ The Board affirmed Section 2(d) refusals in twelve applications (consolidated for appeal) to register the mark GODZILLA X KONG: THE NEW EMPIRE for various goods and services (including film production, action figures, etc.), finding confusion likely with certain GODZILLA or GODZILLA-formative marks, registered by Toho Co., Ltd., for a variety of goods and services. In attempting to overcome the… ## [Viktor Frankl’s “Last Freedom”: When You Lose Everything, There Is Still One Power No One Can Take From You](https://scienceandsoul.substack.com/p/viktor-frankls-last-freedom-when) _2026-08-20 · Science & Soul · Science & Soul_ The darkest lesson of Man’s Search for Meaning is not about suffering. It is about the terrifying freedom that remains after suffering has taken almost everything away. ## [Finnish Seedboxes — Up to 20Gbps (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/HZiPaoNTLe7m) _2026-08-20 · **Sponsored**_ Private Finnish seedboxes with 1–20Gbps speeds, RAID storage and 14‑day refund ## [Global Warming Is Now Accelerating](https://lactobacto.com/2026/08/19/global-warming-is-now-accelerating-2/) _2026-08-20 · Sima · Lacto Bacto_ Scientists are now reporting that global warming is accelerating. And it's a sharp acceleration! The past decade (since 2015) has seen faster warming (global temperature increases) than any other years since modern records began in 1880. Yikes! Again: The planet's warming rate is accelerating! Researchers agree that this is due to climate change. The biggest ...continue reading "Global Warming Is… ## [(untitled)](https://writingslowly.com/2026/08/20/is-your-note-collection-making.html) _2026-08-19 · Writing Slowly_ Is your note collection making or unmaking the world? A reflection on institutional collecting, personal note archives, and why output matters more than input. writingslowly.com/2026/08/1… #Zettelkasten #Writing #NoteTaking #PKM #Blogging ## [Two hours from idea to a live URL](https://dev.profullstack.com/~anthony/blog/024-post.html) _2026-08-19 · Anthony Ettinger · Chovy's Blog_ I wanted a notification before my team played. Two hours later tipoffwatch.com was live. Why ESPN's free JSON made it possible, what the stack decisions actually cost, and the bugs that only showed up once real data hit it. ## [PCB Links: Does the Fed need a new beginning?](https://petercontibrown.substack.com/p/pcb-links-does-the-fed-need-a-new) _2026-08-19 · Peter Conti-Brown · PCB Central_ On Kevin Warsh’s comms approach, new research on Fed accounts, Woke 1 and elite academia, and going 53 mph in rural Maine on a beautiful road bike ride. ## [Reclaiming Your Creative Agency in the Age of AI](https://authorinsider.nextbigideaclub.com/p/reclaiming-your-creative-agency-in) _2026-08-19 · Natalie Nixon · Author Insider_ Five questions to change how you use AI ## [Road to Researcher: Kathryn Wikenheiser-Brokamp, MD, PhD](https://scienceblog.cincinnatichildrens.org/road-to-researcher-kathryn-wikenheiser-brokamp-md-phd/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=road-to-researcher-kathryn-wikenheiser-brokamp-md-phd) _2026-08-19 · Science Blog · Research Horizons_ The post Road to Researcher: Kathryn Wikenheiser-Brokamp, MD, PhD appeared first on Research Horizons . ## [PREVIEW: Adventures in Dungeoneering](https://findingdee.substack.com/p/preview-adventures-in-dungeoneering) _2026-08-19 · Finding Dee Fish · Finding Dee Fish_ Since the print preview has had its official and very EXCLUSIVE premiere at The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum, here’s an advanced peek of something coming later this year! ## [SHRMiner Bitcoin Mining App: A Guide to Earning Up to $11,700 in Crypto Rewards](https://ttsmagazines.com/shrminer-bitcoin-mining-app-a-guide-to-earning-up-to-11700-in-crypto-rewards/) _2026-08-19 · William Sanchez · TTS MAGAZINES_ Bitcoin mining was once a highly technical and resource-intensive process, requiring specialized hardware, significant electricity consumption, and ongoing maintenance. The rise of Bitcoin mining apps, however, has changed how everyday users can access the mining economy. Today, cloud-based mining platforms offer a more accessible alternative, allowing users to participate without purchasing… ## [My Body Has Changed. My Buzz Hasn’t.](https://lillymercer.substack.com/p/my-body-has-changed-my-buzz-hasnt-strength-midlife-strong-weights-lifthard-ironman-training) _2026-08-19 · Lilly Mercer · Stories to Protect Your Buzz_ The strange journey from Ironman athlete to midlife writer, and finding my way back to the woman underneath it all. A personal story about aging, strength training, body changes, and rediscovering yourself after 40—from Ironman training to lifting weights in midlife. ## [The AI storage pitch is a load balancing problem](https://dev.profullstack.com/~anthony/blog/023-post.html) _2026-08-19 · Anthony Ettinger · Chovy's Blog_ I signed up for an F5 and Scality webinar about feeding GPUs from object storage, then read the technical writeup behind it. The interesting parts are hot spot avoidance, what erasure coding actually costs, and why post quantum TLS matters more than the handshake. ## [TTABlog Test: Is HVNLYDAZE Confusable with HVNLYFIT for Overlapping Clothing Items?](https://thettablog.blogspot.com/2026/08/ttablog-test-is-hvnlydaze-confusable.html) _2026-08-19 · Unknown · The TTABlog®_ The USPTO refused to register the mark HVNLYDAZE for various clothing items, including t-shirts, concluding that confusion is likely with the registered mark HVNLYFIT for overlapping clothing items, including t-shirts. Applicant argued that the marks have different connotations, and that HVNLY is equivalent to "heavenly," a common term and a weak formative. How do you think this appeal came out?… ## [How to Keep Your Event Connected When Venue WiFi Falls Short](https://ttsmagazines.com/how-to-keep-your-event-connected-when-venue-wifi-falls-short/) _2026-08-19 · William Sanchez · TTS MAGAZINES_ Source: Magnific.com Reliable internet has become part of the basic infrastructure for modern events. A guest wants to connect their cellphone, an exhibitor expects to register and pay, and event teams are typically reliant on cloud-based tools to keep everything going. Unfortunately, venue WiFi can have issues when hundreds of people connect at once and \[…\] \The post How to Keep Your Event… ## [One token, zero scopes, and the .env I clobbered](https://dev.profullstack.com/~anthony/blog/022-post.html) _2026-08-19 · Anthony Ettinger · Chovy's Blog_ Setting a single environment variable on a crawler meant picking a token with no permissions, and accidentally overwriting the .env I was only trying to read. Why secrets belong in a vault instead of a file, and how the logicsrc CLI does it. ## [Cloning takes a weekend, finding the 38% took months](https://dev.profullstack.com/~anthony/blog/021-post.html) _2026-08-19 · Anthony Ettinger · Chovy's Blog_ I posted 'hire us or we'll clone your ass in a weekend' on LinkedIn. The cloning part is true and boring. Here is what a weekend does not buy, using two bugs I found in my own product yesterday. ## [The break and fix is the part worth watching](https://dev.profullstack.com/~anthony/blog/020-post.html) _2026-08-19 · Anthony Ettinger · Chovy's Blog_ A Bluesky post said polished tutorials hide the friction. Here is this morning's friction: I shipped a near-black ad bar onto a blog that is black on white, and the fix turned into two palettes per creative and a tag that measures the page. ## [One writer, twelve workers, zero rows](https://dev.profullstack.com/~anthony/blog/019-post.html) _2026-08-19 · Anthony Ettinger · Chovy's Blog_ My feed crawler stopped dead on SQLite write locks. It was not the 14GB database, the FTS triggers, the batch size or the quota. It was a dozen concurrent transactions fighting over a lock one of them could hold. The fix was a BullMQ queue with concurrency 1 on Bun. ## [I Was Sweating by 10 a.m](https://loganpec.substack.com/p/i-was-sweating-by-10-am) _2026-08-19 · Ｌｏｇａｎ · Finding Her Again_ Three Kids, One Mom ## [Why I CHOOSE not to drink](https://melissawoodtepp.substack.com/p/why-i-choose-not-to-drink) _2026-08-19 · Melissa Wood-Tepperberg · Melissa Wood-Tepperberg_ In a world where drinking has become the norm. ## [Officially licensed 1988 Super Mario Bros. 3 capsule machine figurine of Frog Mario, from Japan.](https://smallmariofindings.tumblr.com/post/825332052074348544) _2026-08-19 · Small Mario Findings_ Officially licensed 1988 Super Mario Bros. 3 capsule machine figurine of Frog Mario, from Japan. Source: buyee Main Blog | Patreon | Twitter | Bluesky | Small Findings ## [Collecting notes is just the start](https://writingslowly.com/2026/08/19/collecting-notes-is-just-the.html) _2026-08-18 · Writing Slowly_ “The British Museum is not a good thing in and of itself. It is good only to the extent that its influence in the world is for the good. The collection is a starting point, an opportunity, an instrument. Will the museum use it to influence the future of the planet and its peoples? Or will it continue to project the power of colonial gain and corporate indemnity?” — Ahdaf Soueif, On Resigning from…