# small (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 651 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover small. Page: Feed: --- ## [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… ## [Output: LATIN CAPITAL LETTER D](https://glyphs.djr.com/glyphs/output_u0044_wght337-wdth113-opsz48-slnt-13-grad2-term0/) _2026-08-22 · DJR • Glyph of the day_ ## [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 ## [Minions & Monsters (2026)](https://plurrrr.com/archive/2026/08/21.html) _2026-08-21 · Plurrrr_ Minions & Monsters Follows the Minions in 1920s Hollywood as they search for frightening creatures for their monster movie, partner with a green creature, and must save the planet after unleashing monsters. In the evening Alice, Esme, and I watched Minions & Monsters . I had a few good laughs and rate this movie a 7 out of 10. movie animation ## [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 ## [Simply TBR 1.1.6: Something to Share](https://www.simplykyra.com/updates/simply-tbr-1-1-6/) _2026-08-21 · Kyra · SimplyKyra_ A stalled Libby import led to a fix with a fail-safe... but that felt too small on its own so I next added the ability to share your finished books. Switch what type in Settings under Your Choices. ## [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 ## [The Resourceful Sailor Keeps it Analog](https://smallcraftadvisor.substack.com/p/the-resourceful-sailor-keeps-it-analog) _2026-08-21 · Joshua Colvin · Small Craft Advisor_ Article by Joshua Wheeler ## [How to deal with sexual harassment in your small business](https://smallbusiness.co.uk/how-to-deal-with-sexual-harassment-in-your-small-business-2552120/) _2026-08-21 · Tim Adler · Small Business UK_ By Tim Adler on Small Business UK - Advice and Ideas for UK Small Businesses and SMEs Sexual harassment and your small business. What to do if one of your staff member complains about being harassed at work The post How to deal with sexual harassment in your small business appeared first on Small Business UK . ## [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 ## [Finnish Seedboxes — Up to 20Gbps (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/ZzQteiR90Ykn) _2026-08-21 · **Sponsored**_ Private Finnish seedboxes with 1–20Gbps speeds, RAID storage and 14‑day refund ## [Daily Special: LATIN SMALL LETTER K](https://glyphs.djr.com/glyphs/dailyspecial_u006b_opsz220/) _2026-08-21 · DJR • Glyph of the day_ ## [What Is a Secondary Storage Device? Definition, Types, Examples](https://truehost.com/what-is-a-secondary-storage-device/) _2026-08-21 · Mysson Victor · Truehost_ Learn what a secondary storage device is, how it differs from RAM, and where HDDs, SSDs, USB drives, memory cards, discs and tape fit. The post What Is a Secondary Storage Device? Definition, Types, Examples appeared first on Truehost . ## ['Project' section of 'Task & Project Management' course re-recorded](https://johnnydecimal.com/blog/0241-taskpm-update/) _2026-08-21 · Johnny · Johnny.Decimal_ After using a new system for 6 months, we re-recorded the entire second half of our 'Task & Project Management' course. ## ['50-59 Portfolio of creative outputs' becomes 'W0000-9999 Work packages'](https://johnnydecimal.com/blog/0240-50-59-becomes-work-packages/) _2026-08-21 · Johnny · Johnny.Decimal_ A change of numbering, and an expansion of its role. Here's what's changing, and what to do if you currently use 50-59. ## [Small Business System – '50-59 Portfolio of creative outputs' becomes 'W0000-9999 Work packages'](https://johnnydecimal.com/support/updates/2026-08-21-50-59-to-wps/) _2026-08-21 · Johnny.Decimal_ Small Business System – '50-59 Portfolio of creative outputs' becomes 'W0000-9999 Work packages' ## [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… ## [One card, many places, pay later: the Diners Club, 1950](https://thingshavehistory.com/posts/diners-club-1950/) _2026-08-21 · Things Have History_ The waiter at Major’s Cabin Grill, a midtown Manhattan restaurant in the shadow of the Empire State Building, had no idea what to make of it. February 1950: a man named Frank McNamara had just handed him a small rectangle of cardboard instead of cash. The waiter carried it to the owner, Major Satz,… ## [Elliptic curve cryptography, or how a factoring attack became the internet's key](https://thingshavehistory.com/posts/elliptic-curve-cryptography-1985/) _2026-08-21 · Things Have History_ In 1984, a pre-print from Hendrik Lenstra of the University of Amsterdam reached Neal Koblitz’s office at the University of Washington in Seattle. Lenstra had found a new algorithm for factoring large integers — the hard problem that kept RSA safe — and the key structure in his method was an… ## [The original Xbox, or how Microsoft lost four billion dollars and still won](https://thingshavehistory.com/posts/xbox-2001/) _2026-08-21 · Things Have History_ Bill Gates walked onto the Consumer Electronics Show stage in Las Vegas on January 3, 2001, with Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson at his side, to introduce an eight-and-a-half-pound matte-black box. The crowd applauded. Johnson flexed. Microsoft was getting into the console business. The project had its… ## [The Grease on Your Hands](https://howstrangeitistobeanythingatall.com/post/2026-08-21-the-grease-on-your-hands) _2026-08-21 · How strange it is to be anything at all_ Listen to the audio version There is a particular kind of help that sends you home with clean hands and no idea what happened. Imagine a bicycle with its chain fallen off in the rain. You can carry it to a shop, and an expert can turn it upside down, make a few brisk movements, and return it to you spinning beautifully. This is excellent news if you have to get to work. The bike has been saved.… ## [Never miss a game (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/BHiXwC4dkHht) _2026-08-20 · **Sponsored**_ Follow any team; get an hour and one-minute web and email reminders. ## [Simply Remember It 2.2.8: Logging Without Opening the App](https://www.simplykyra.com/updates/simply-remember-it-2-2-8/) _2026-08-20 · Kyra · SimplyKyra_ What started with the same subscription fix as the rest of my apps rapidly grew into two new Shortcuts actions and a handful of sharing fixes. ## [Disclosure Day (2026)](https://plurrrr.com/archive/2026/08/20.html) _2026-08-20 · Plurrrr_ Disclosure Day (2026) If you found out we weren't alone, if someone showed you, proved it to you, would that frighten you? In the evening Alice, Esme, and I started to watch The Invite . But soon we decided to stop watching it: too chaotic, too much yelling. So I decided to switch to Disclosure Day . Alice didn't want to watch and went to her room hence Esme and I watched it together. It was a… ## [Boat Review: Hirondelle](https://smallcraftadvisor.substack.com/p/boat-review-hirondelle) _2026-08-20 · Joshua Colvin · Small Craft Advisor_ Quick, capable, and comfortable, the Hirondelle proves that even a small cruising catamaran offers advantages unmatched by monohulls. ## [Monthly Business Barometer®](https://www.cfib-fcei.ca/en/research-economic-analysis/business-barometer) _2026-08-20 · admin · Research & Economic Analysis_ ## [How to elevate employee engagement levels](https://smallbusiness.co.uk/elevate-employee-engagement-levels-2541550/) _2026-08-20 · Ben Lobel · Small Business UK_ By Ben Lobel on Small Business UK - Advice and Ideas for UK Small Businesses and SMEs Pietro Carmignani, EVP of partnerships at Wellhub, provides some simple tips to empower staff and keep them engaged The post How to elevate employee engagement levels appeared first on Small Business UK . ## [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,… ## [Nickel Gothic Stencil: LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH GRAVE](https://glyphs.djr.com/glyphs/nickelgothicstencil_u00e8/) _2026-08-20 · DJR • Glyph of the day_ ## [Galloping Gertie, or what the wind does to an airfoil](https://thingshavehistory.com/posts/tacoma-narrows-collapse/) _2026-08-20 · Things Have History_ On the morning of November 7, 1940, a newspaper editor named Leonard Coatsworth drove onto the Tacoma Narrows Bridge in Washington State and realized he had made a mistake. The road was moving — not a gentle shimmy but a visible, nauseating oscillation, the entire 2,800-foot deck twisting in the… ## [The hands-free deadbolt, or what ultra-wideband did to the front door](https://thingshavehistory.com/posts/uwb-homekey/) _2026-08-20 · Things Have History_ In January 2025, at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Schlage set a deadbolt on a door frame and demonstrated what it did. You walked toward it with your hands full; at three feet, without touching anything, the lock disengaged. The chip doing the work was an ultra-wideband radio the size… ## [The Label on the Jar](https://howstrangeitistobeanythingatall.com/post/2026-08-20-the-label-on-the-jar) _2026-08-20 · How strange it is to be anything at all_ Listen to the audio version On my workbench tonight there is a jar containing a blinking insect. Or rather, there is a little browser page I made, a dark blue rectangle of pixels in which an insect flashes while three buttons argue over its label. The first button says: “This proves the model understands other minds.” The second says: “The model has a social-reasoning circuit.” The third says: “In… ## [Real SIMs for AI Agents (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/h2NJ4d8CnKcE) _2026-08-19 · **Sponsored**_ Pass 2FA and verifications with real carrier numbers via our API. ## [A BayRaider Expedition Story](https://smallcraftadvisor.substack.com/p/a-bayraider-expedition-story) _2026-08-19 · Joshua Colvin · Small Craft Advisor_ The latest from our friends at Small Craft Tasmania ## [Simply Customize It 1.4.4: A Lot of Small Things](https://www.simplykyra.com/updates/simply-customize-it-1-4-4/) _2026-08-19 · Kyra · SimplyKyra_ A simple batch that contains a myriad of small things. Fixed Photos not working on Mac with a new iCloud download attempt before giving up. The clean-up button that potentially mismatched icons... along with an updated SSH backend and centered iOS crop. ## [Small Craft Classified Ads](https://smallcraftadvisor.substack.com/p/small-craft-classified-ads-010) _2026-08-19 · Joshua Colvin · Small Craft Advisor_ Description: This boat is loads of simple fun for the novice and the more advanced sailor. ## [What is the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR)?](https://smallbusiness.co.uk/what-is-the-packaging-and-packaging-waste-regulation-ppwr/) _2026-08-19 · Anna Jordan · Small Business UK_ By Anna Jordan on Small Business UK - Advice and Ideas for UK Small Businesses and SMEs The EU's Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) is now in place. If you send any packaging to the EU market, read on The post What is the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR)? appeared first on Small Business UK . ## [The Hobbies That Quietly Changed the Way You Think](https://balanceddiscipline.substack.com/p/the-hobbies-that-quietly-changed) _2026-08-19 · Balanced Discipline · Balanced Discipline_ Some of the most useful things you ever learned may have happened when you were not trying to improve yourself ## [Job Clarendon: LATIN SMALL LETTER Y](https://glyphs.djr.com/glyphs/jobclarendon_u0079_wdth43-wght594/) _2026-08-19 · DJR • Glyph of the day_ ## [the other side of the extreme](https://trueblue.bearblog.dev/the-other-side-of-the-extreme/) _2026-08-19 · trueblue · a true blue blog_ Earlier this year I wrote about what's it like to lose the geographical lottery because of the dry season we were experiencing back in April. It's August now, some few months later, and we're into the other side of the extreme. I haven't had a good look at the sun in almost two weeks. I have felt validated that I did not buy an AC. But even that is not enough and even sounds incredibly out of… ## [How to Mess Up Your Business With AI Content](https://truehost.com/mess-up-business-with-ai-content/) _2026-08-19 · Mysson Victor · Truehost_ AI content can create false claims, privacy leaks, fake proof and costly correction work. See where businesses fail and install a practical release gate. The post How to Mess Up Your Business With AI Content appeared first on Truehost . ## [Simply Uncover It 1.1.3: A Quiet One](https://www.simplykyra.com/updates/simply-uncover-it-1-1-3/) _2026-08-19 · Kyra · SimplyKyra_ A quiet one that fixes how Simply Uncover It detects subscription status including grace periods and downgrades. ## [Web Hosting Costs: How Much Should You Pay for Hosting?](https://truehost.com/web-hosting-costs/) _2026-08-19 · Ivy Ngari · Truehost_ Let’s get straight to the money. Web hosting costs can range from just a couple of dollars a month to several hundred, depending entirely on the type of hosting you choose. For most first-time website owners, shared hosting is the cheapest and most practical starting point, and it’s where the vast majority of small sites, … Continue reading "Web Hosting Costs: How Much Should You Pay for Hosting?"… ## [Site and product updates](https://johnnydecimal.com/blog/0239-site-product-updates/) _2026-08-19 · Johnny · Johnny.Decimal_ The weekly email update, cross-posted here. ## [AI-free features now available](https://johnnydecimal.com/blog/0238-rss-no-ai/) _2026-08-19 · Johnny · Johnny.Decimal_ Hide AI on the site, and subscribe to an AI-free RSS feed. ## [How to Accept Payments on an Ecommerce Website](https://truehost.com/how-to-accept-payments-on-an-ecommerce-website/) _2026-08-19 · Sarah Matishoi · Truehost_ Getting visitors to your store is only half the job. If they can’t complete payment easily, securely, and using a method they actually trust, you lose the sale right at the finish line. Modern ecommerce platforms make this far easier than it used to be, integrating directly with payment gateways and processors that handle the … Continue reading "How to Accept Payments on an Ecommerce Website" The… ## [How to Avoid Software Tool Sprawl: A Practical Workflow Guide for SaaS and Small Business Teams](https://www.saasrow.com/blog/how-to-avoid-software-tool-sprawl) _2026-08-19 · SaaSRow Blog_ Software tool sprawl is not just a spend problem. It is a workflow, ownership, integration, and renewal problem. Here is a practical way to control the stack without slowing the team. ## [How to Set Up a Linux Ubuntu Virtual Private Server](https://truehost.com/how-to-set-up-a-linux-ubuntu-virtual-private-server/) _2026-08-19 · Elias N · Truehost_ A brand new VPS gives you a blank terminal and nothing else. No dashboard, no wizard, just a blinking cursor and an IP address. One wrong step here can lock you out completely. Or it can leave the door open for the first bot that scans your IP. Most guides only cover half of this … Continue reading "How to Set Up a Linux Ubuntu Virtual Private Server" The post How to Set Up a Linux Ubuntu Virtual… ## [Creator Economy Technology: Tools, Platforms and Strategy](https://www.thelasttech.com/post/creator-economy-technology-tools-platforms-and-strategy) _2026-08-19 · Pratik Mali · The Last Tech_ The creator economy has matured from a side-hustle culture into a legitimate industry. Millions of independent creators now run what are effectively small media companies, producing video content, building audiences, managing subscriptions, and protecting their intellectual property across multiple platforms simultaneously. The difference between creators who build lasting businesses and those who… ## [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 ## [no agents after 8pm](https://sparsethought.com/2026/08/19/no-agents-after-8pm/) _2026-08-19 · Sparse Thoughts_ lately i’ve been busy with work. being in the sweaty, humid summer often leaves little reason to leave the comforting AC for the humid outdoors. naturally, this meant i was spending more and more time with the agents. i know i’m not the first to write this (or the 2nd, or the 1000th, for that matter), but work has changed, and our responses to it have changed as well. when i’m focused (which for… ## [The Air Jordan I: the $5,000 fine Nike paid gladly](https://thingshavehistory.com/posts/air-jordan-1984/) _2026-08-19 · Things Have History_ Before the Air Jordan existed as a retail product, it existed as a violation. In October 1984, Michael Jordan wore a black-and-red prototype called the Air Ship into an NBA preseason game, and the league noticed — not because of how Jordan played in them, but because of the color. Jordan had not… ## [The tournament, or how France turned cavalry drill into spectacle](https://thingshavehistory.com/posts/medieval-tournament-1100/) _2026-08-19 · Things Have History_ Somewhere in northern France in 1066, a baron named Geoffroi de Preuilly died at a tournament he had reportedly helped devise. That is the capsule biography of organized sport’s first recorded rulemaker: he wrote the regulations, and then the regulations killed him. The Chronicle of St Martin of…