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December 11, 2018

Likes http://www.joeydevilla.com/2018/12/11/florida-death-metal-guitarist-breaks-neighbors-house-while-his-place-flamethrowers-live-ammo-burns/.

Likes http://www.joeydevilla.com/2018/12/11/florida-death-metal-guitarist-breaks-neighbors-house-while-his-place-flamethrowers-live-ammo-burns/.

Florida death metal guitarist breaks into neighbor’s house while his own place, packed with flamethrowers and live ammo, burns - The Adventures of Accordion Guy in the 21st Century

Talk about burying the lede, man. I’ll give you the bullet points, but you should really read the article and watch the video in it to get the full story: A house in Northdale — the next neighborhood north of mine — caught on fire last night. Firefighters responded, but were challenged by explosions caused …

December 8, 2018

In reply to https://notiz.blog/2018/12/07/13/. Mein Feedreader schaut regelmäßig vorbei. Hi!

In reply to https://notiz.blog/2018/12/07/13/.

Mein Feedreader schaut regelmäßig vorbei. Hi!

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Happy Birthday notiz.blog. Ich hatte mir dieses Jahr fest vorgenommen wieder etwas aktiver zu werden, aber leider sind es dann doch nur 8 Posts geworden. Meine Ausrede für dieses mal? Mir ist ActivityPub dazwischen gekommen! Aber wenn das Plugin fertig ist, dann werde ich wieder bloggen... Ganz fest versprochen ;) Jetzt wo ich meinen Facebook-Account [...]

December 7, 2018

Likes http://bradfrost.com/blog/post/big-ol-ball-o-javascript/.

Likes http://bradfrost.com/blog/post/big-ol-ball-o-javascript/.

Big ol' Ball o' JavaScript

Heydon Pickering published a fantastic post called Reluctant Gatekeeping: The Problem With Full Stack. I have about 3 blog post drafts covering similar ground and apparently we see very much eye-to-eye on this, so I thought it might be worthwhile to walk through Heydon’s post and layer on my comment

Welcome to the wonderful world of blocks! Oh, fuck off.

Welcome to the wonderful world of blocks!

Oh, fuck off.

Four Days Trapped at Sea With Crypto’s Nouveau Riche

Bookmarked https://breakermag.com/trapped-at-sea-with-cryptos-nouveau-riche/.

Holy moly. It doesn’t happen often that I re-read an article immediately after reading it, but this one I did – it is just that good.

Four Days Trapped at Sea With Crypto's Nouveau Riche

Feminist writer Laurie Penny joins a Mediterranean blockchain cruise—and finds that the promised crypto utopia feels very far away indeed.

December 6, 2018

WordPress 5.0 “Bebo”

Bookmarked https://wordpress.org/news/2018/12/bebo/.

Huh. Here it is, the Gutenberg release. This is going to be fun.

WordPress 5.0 “Bebo”

Say Hello to the New Editor We’ve made some big upgrades to the editor. Our new block-based editor is the first step toward an exciting new future with a streamlined editing experience across your …

Pour-over4lyfe. Or at least until I find some other coffee making fad that sounds fun.

Pour-over4lyfe. Or at least until I find some other coffee making fad that sounds fun.

Neine, danke.

Neine, danke.

December 4, 2018

Likes https://www.heydonworks.com/article/reluctant-gatekeeping-the-problem-with-full-stack. [via]

Likes https://www.heydonworks.com/article/reluctant-gatekeeping-the-problem-with-full-stack. [via]

Reluctant Gatekeeping: The Problem With Full Stack | HeydonWorks

December 1, 2018

Likes https://waxy.org/2018/11/1990s-tech-in-danny-boyles-the-beach/.

Likes https://waxy.org/2018/11/1990s-tech-in-danny-boyles-the-beach/.

1990s Tech In Danny Boyle's "The Beach" – Waxy.org

A look back at Leonardo DiCaprio using '90s technology in Danny Boyle's film, The Beach.

wow thanks instagram for the reality check

wow thanks instagram for the reality check

November 30, 2018

Likes https://www.theverge.com/2018/6/17/17467686/map-pangea-earth-antipodes-science-history-tools.

Likes https://www.theverge.com/2018/6/17/17467686/map-pangea-earth-antipodes-science-history-tools.

How to find your home on Pangea

Step through time, or to the opposite part of the globe

The remastered White Album is so very good. Still wild how songs as different as “Happiness is a warm gun,” “Helter Skelter” and “Revolution 9” are on the same album.

The remastered White Album is so very good. Still wild how songs as different as “Happiness is a warm gun,” “Helter Skelter” and “Revolution 9” are on the same album.

Likes https://gizmodo.com/100-websites-that-shaped-the-internet-as-we-know-it-1829634771.

Likes https://gizmodo.com/100-websites-that-shaped-the-internet-as-we-know-it-1829634771.

100 Websites That Shaped the Internet as We Know It

The World Wide Web is officially old enough for us judge what it’s produced. That’s right, it’s time for the world to start building a canon of the most significant websites of all time, and the Gizmodo staff has opinions.