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mattround

@mattround@crispsandwi.ch

Trying to make web more fun with vole.wtf https://crispsandwi.ch/@VOLEwtf and other online nonsense.
You can also hire me to devise 💡IDEAS💡 and turn them into proper plans & lovely web things.

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mattround, to random
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Flawless throwing technique, maximum fash splash
https://glitterkitten.co.uk/@babe/112558943538983487

mattround, to random
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Splash The Fash (game I coded for The Overtake with graphics by Mushybees) is topical again & runs OK via Wayback Machine (close top bar to see score) https://web.archive.org/web/20210601180858/https://theovertake.com/stuff/splash-the-fash/

mattround, to random
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I think I've worked out how to do a How British Are Your Teeth? thing, it'd be rather shoddy but probably great clickbait for Americans..?

mattround,
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Yeeeeears ago I had the idea of doing this by comparing UK & US dental data to see which you're closer to, but it turns out the jokes & stereotypes aren't really true, eg the US actually has higher tooth loss overall

mattround, to random
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Got confirmation that 3 people completed JTM and all received medals! (sent 3 but wasn't sure anyone’d bother at an event with so much to do) https://bsky.app/profile/liedra.net/post/3ku2zx7t3qk27

mattround, to random
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Apparently two people completed Janey Thomson's Marathon at , anyone spotted any pics/videos/info?

mattround,
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@mattgrayyes Yeah someone said there was a late attempt! It's just great to have people still slogging away at a daft Flash game I coded 15 years ago

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Switched to Panic’s Nova today after another frustrating morning with VS Code and so far it’s been a delight. Faster, feels a lot nicer out of the box, autocomplete is so much tighter, love the little touches everywhere (animating matching braces, showing depth of hierarchy).

I know there are many kinds of different coders out there (I don’t write code daily), but Nova feels so much better to me.

https://nova.app/

mattround,
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@mwichary Yeah I really like it, I tried VS Code but after a frustrating hour of struggling to switch off annoying clutter it still didn't feel as refined

mattround, to random
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Wow, this vector shooter is beautifully made https://pixeljamarcade.com/game/utopia-must-fall/

craiggrannell, to random
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Nice reality check here re the UK joining the EU. If € is a condition (and pledging to at the very least would be), the decision flips. The UK isn’t ready yet. Maybe it never will be.

From: @ukelections
https://mastodonapp.uk/@ukelections/112498320201494860

mattround,
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@craiggrannell Norway's level of integration has always been the sensible compromise and seems politically achievable

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One day, I'm going to get a job at Amazon just so that I can fix their weird pseudo-plaintext emails which, inexplicably, contain invalid HTML.

(Yes, I've seen that meme. No, I don't want your opinion on Amazon's ethics.)

mattround,
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@Edent Can you imagine what the inner workings must be like, probably only eBay contains more Lovecraftian coding horrors

mattround, to random
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Just bought another domain name, but in my defence it's only $8 a year and I may actually use it

mattround, to random
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What would be the funniest animal to have in a game as a dynamite-wielding demolition expert? I'm thinking raccoons & geese are already taken

mattround,
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(It's a game idea that's some way down my list & I'm currently busy with stuff to pay the bills, but it's worth thinking about names/themes in case I realise how to make it super-quickly and decide to go for it)

mattround, to random
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Do I vaguely know any freelance WP devs who are able to help a small former client of mine? They've got in a bit of a twist with plugins, Elementor, etc, as often happens. My schedule's full & I don't really do WP any more, but I can give loads of info to make things far easier

mattround, to random
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I took the pitch detection code from Hit The High Notes and turned it into a Hatch component, not sure I've got the pitch range or sensitivity right in this demo, but if you feel like screeching at a space ship here you go: https://mattround.hatch.one/scream-trek

mattround,
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@simoncox Yeah I might need to add a warning the way I did with HTHN…

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I suspect catch-up features have been slow to arrive on Mastodon due to wariness of Algorithms, but it’s the least evil way to let people read forwards in time from a saved position without feeling overwhelmed
(skimming backwards has always been a ridiculous way to read a social feed)
https://xoxo.zone/@mathowie/112452438050976160

mattround, to random
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I got to the Big Twist in AppleTV's Sugar (it's no spoiler to say there's one, it's been clear since the trailer, right?) and... somehow they've managed to make it seem like no big deal, weirdly it hasn't fundamentally changed the show

mattround,
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@simoncox some of the other possibilities might've been more interesting in how they could've tied in with the movie stuff, but I like how it's just yeah, whatever, the plot moves on (suspect there may be a second twist, will have to see if I'm right)

mattround, to random
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I'm manually indenting a client project and using emoji 'icons' in comments because it makes the coding more satisfying and might make their tech bods smile

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What pattern will emerge from this union?

mattround,
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@simeon @sarajw I've always wanted to do a spin-off site that's 100% daft food stuff like this but so far haven't found anyone to run it

mattround,
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@sarajw @simeon (Oh those are amazing!) Not sure really, would need to be someone who wants to try a load of stuff that'll be fun & creative but may or may not lead anywhere (the vole site has made a decent chunk of money but sort of by accident). Understandably, very few people have the time & motivation to do stuff for little or no money to see what happens

mattround,
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@sarajw The way I'm imagining it is either a separate domain (eg grub dot wtf) or a branded area of site with its own quirky feel (& existing food projects would perhaps get moved over), depending on tone & quantity. See whether lots of easy & fun ideas come to mind (I'm always keen for people to be lazy & do what they find easy & fun)

mattround,
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@sarajw Subdomain might make sense, and it wouldn't be hard to set something up that'd give you ability to control HTML/CSS & deploy from repo without faff if you wanted to do that, while also letting me add some automated nav/cross-promotion & integrate with main site
If you email volewtf@gmail.com I can send some more info

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