# offbeat (blogs) — RSS Amplifier

Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover offbeat.

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## [The precinct: a cop game where you do the right thing](https://thecrow.uk/the-precinct-game-review-pc-linux/)

_2025-08-05 · David Rutland · The Crow_

Recruit Nick Cordell Jr died while writing out parking tickets next to an expired meter. He never knew why he died, and barely had time to draw his weapon before bullets from a machine gun tore through him. As he clung to life, a red&hellip;

## [Generate RSS feeds for (almost) any website with mkfd](https://thecrow.uk/generate-create-rss-feeds-any-website-with-mkfd-free-easy-tool/)

_2025-07-26 · David Rutland · The Crow_

Some people don't like visiting websites. Yes, that's hard to believe in an age where you're never more than three shallow breaths away from a web browser at any moment, but it's easy to understand. Websites generally exist to make money for their owners, and&hellip;

## [After effectively banning porn, Idaho state government shows visitors... porn.](https://thecrow.uk/after-effectively-banning-porn-idaho-state-government-shows-visitors-porn/)

_2025-07-20 · David Rutland · The Crow_

Most of what we know about Idaho comes from Neal Stephenson's Fall, where various inhabitants and characters are described as "extreme libertarians with a religious bent." They live in isolated compounds, and practice, "a fringy kind of Christianity." We don't know how true that is,&hellip;

## [Infinite featured-post scroll with Publii static site generator](https://thecrow.uk/infinite-featured-post-scroll-with-publii-static-site-generator/)

_2025-07-18 · David Rutland · The Crow_

The majority of people who use the internet (or just people - everyone uses the internet) can be divided into two camp: people who plug a search query into Google, then either visit a page or digest the AI summary, and doomscrollers. Doomscrolling is the&hellip;

## [Service Model by Adrian Tchaikovsky - a tar-black comedy of civilisation&#x27;s end](https://thecrow.uk/service-model-by-adrian-tchaikovsky-a-darkly-tragic-comedy-of-civilisations-end/)

_2025-07-12 · David Rutland · The Crow_

While it's not explicitly stated when Adrian Tchaikovsky's 2025 novel, Service Model, takes place, the use of the word "yeet" as a verb in the context of energetically throwing something, indicates that the events are not too far in the future. Spoilers ahead When we&hellip;

## [The Gamebox 300 is a Game Boy Color - with extras](https://thecrow.uk/gamebox-300-barrels-of-emulated-fun-with-some-significant-drawbacks/)

_2025-06-12 · David Rutland · The Crow_

Walk past a GB300 lying on a table, and you'll be immediately overcome by the urge to pick it up and start playing Pokemon. The similarities to a Game Boy Color are apparent straight away. There's the brightly coloured case (or there would be if&hellip;

## [Gameloft&#x27;s The Oregon Trail is a fun time-suck](https://thecrow.uk/gamelofts-the-oregon-trail-is-a-fun-time-suck/)

_2025-05-05 · David Rutland · The Crow_

We were sad when Nora died. We'd enjoyed spending time with her for over a month, across a journey of several hundred miles, she'd proven herself to be the best of people. A missionary by trade, Nora was kind and competent. She could negotiate a&hellip;

## [Print your way through the zombie apocalypse](https://thecrow.uk/print-your-way-through-the-zombie-apocalypse/)

_2025-04-22 · David Rutland · The Crow_

Zombies aren't something we usually worry about at the crow's nest. But they're an ever-present possibility, and the upcoming release of 28 Years Later - another no-doubt disappointing sequel to the classic 28 Days later - has us wondering how we'd fare if the zombie&hellip;

## [The giant in the attic - a large format 3D printer is just what you need at home](https://thecrow.uk/elegoo-neptune-4-max-large-format-3d-printer-review-at-homeneed-at-home/)

_2025-01-11 · David Rutland · The Crow_

Along with high-speed internet access, 3D-printing is one of the surest signs that we're living in the future. Think of something, anything, and within a few hours it can be yours - without you leaving your home, or even having it delivered by a guy&hellip;