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I loved this article about the Commodore 64’s genesis. We thought we were so smart as kids coming up with ways to ‘beat’ the C64’s 8-sprite hardware limitation using software interrupts, little realising it’s how the machine’s designers meant you to do it!
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","summary":"","url":"https://OliverM.micro.blog/2021/07/29/bridging-the-array.html","date_published":"2021-07-29T08:24:13+00:00","author":{"name":"Oliver Mooney","url":"http://OliverM.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fafdf18aef884a13f727e2621203725d3%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"OliverM"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2021-07-29 08:24","date_timestamp":1627547053,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"11744108","content_html":"Nikita Prokopov uploaded a coding session video where he codes a version of Snake using Clojure and Skija in about 3 hours. You pick up so much incidental stuff watching experienced programmers work like this! (It’s long, but totally watchable at 1.5x speed). Here’s the code.
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Drawing libraries I have known and well, not always loved: oliverm.micro.blog
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Matt3o, famed keycaps designer and keyboard maker, has a guide on how to make your own keyboard, including hand-wiring (so no need for a PCB).
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Visual noise generation is generally done using Perlin noise, but its creator, Ken Perlin, went on to develop Simplex noise which Keith Peters finds far better. It’d be fun to play with this in some design work (and check out that post’s mini-app for fun comparisons).
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\n","summary":"","url":"https://OliverM.micro.blog/2021/07/18/i-still-want.html","date_published":"2021-07-18T10:38:33+00:00","author":{"name":"Oliver Mooney","url":"http://OliverM.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fafdf18aef884a13f727e2621203725d3%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"OliverM"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2021-07-18 10:38","date_timestamp":1626604713,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"11707886","content_html":"I’m not sure“coffee-grinders” is a good name for the request-handling pattern Arne describes, where multiple functions handle & alter a request in sequence. But I far prefer to Ring-style nested functions (and it’s why I prefer Pedestal to Ring as a web handler framework).
\n","summary":"","url":"https://OliverM.micro.blog/2021/07/17/im-not-surecoffeegrinders.html","date_published":"2021-07-17T17:24:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Oliver Mooney","url":"http://OliverM.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fafdf18aef884a13f727e2621203725d3%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"OliverM"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2021-07-17 17:24","date_timestamp":1626542640,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"11707735","content_html":"Harold shows some lovely generative designs using nodes & skija over on Instagram.
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","summary":"","url":"https://OliverM.micro.blog/2021/07/17/array-programming-languages.html","date_published":"2021-07-17T14:59:12+00:00","author":{"name":"Oliver Mooney","url":"http://OliverM.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fafdf18aef884a13f727e2621203725d3%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"OliverM"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2021-07-17 14:59","date_timestamp":1626533952,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"11707520","content_html":"Trying to resurrect my activity here after turtling down through the latest series of lockdowns in Dublin. Just had my second vaccine and starting to feel some normalcy may slowly be returning, despite the D variant’s best efforts🤞
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Latest Daybook entry is another Wallace Stephens, _Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird.
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\n","summary":"","url":"https://OliverM.micro.blog/2020/03/10/next-entry-to.html","date_published":"2020-03-10T15:43:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Oliver Mooney","url":"http://OliverM.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fafdf18aef884a13f727e2621203725d3%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"OliverM"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2020-03-10 15:43","date_timestamp":1583854980,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"8717479","content_html":"Following the the example of Robert Pinsky’s Singing School, I’ve started my own daybook, writing out the set of poems that appeal to me as I encounter them. First up: Tiara, by Mark Doty.
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","summary":"","url":"https://OliverM.micro.blog/2019/12/14/teaching-my-thumbs.html","date_published":"2019-12-14T12:22:04+00:00","author":{"name":"Oliver Mooney","url":"http://OliverM.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fafdf18aef884a13f727e2621203725d3%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"OliverM"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2019-12-14 12:22","date_timestamp":1576326124,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"6901625","content_html":"London in the morning.
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My newly built Preonic keyboard from OLKB/Massdrop, with a set of MDA Big Bang 2.0 keycaps on Kailh Box Navy keyswitches, except for a couple of Cherry MX latching keys in the corners (I’ll unpack all that in a bit if you’re not too familiar with custom mechanical keyboards).
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Iris Murdoch's The Sea, The Sea: A Review: oliverm.micro.blog
","summary":"","url":"https://OliverM.micro.blog/2019/11/10/iris-murdochs-the.html","date_published":"2019-11-10T19:29:41+00:00","author":{"name":"Oliver Mooney","url":"http://OliverM.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fafdf18aef884a13f727e2621203725d3%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"OliverM"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2019-11-10 19:29","date_timestamp":1573414181,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"6482347","content_html":"Animating the Pimoroni Keybow keys: oliverm.micro.blog
","summary":"","url":"https://OliverM.micro.blog/2019/11/10/animating-the-pimoroni.html","date_published":"2019-11-10T18:44:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Oliver Mooney","url":"http://OliverM.micro.blog/","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fafdf18aef884a13f727e2621203725d3%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"OliverM"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2019-11-10 18:44","date_timestamp":1573411440,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"6380862","content_html":"For programmers, Vim is the minimal but powerful text editor present on every unix system worth talking about. For designers, Vim is the forename of a renowned designer. If you like either, check out Minimal Vim for a nice exploration of minimalism in font design.
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