Hey #Flash game fans, turns out #Newgrounds supports playlists!
If you want to see me stream a Flash game or series of games, put together a quick playlist, let me know why I'd like it, and how long the game is (I stream 2 hours max usually)
Games can be classic, new, so-bad-they're-good, almost anything as long as they're themed well together and fun!
Best way to send me a playlist is through this form:
Readers are now receiving their pre-ordered copies of Soul to Soul: Tiny Stories of Hope and Resilience! Thx for the photos that have been coming my way. Online reviews are always much appreciated. Hoping it brings hope for diverse readers during troubling times. https://shorturl.at/aglyE#WritingCommunity#Flash#books
Man, I miss #Flash. I know Adobe Animate still exists, but it was such a rad little program at the time it existed. What other software let you make websites, games, animations all in one unit AND could export stuff under 1 MB.
I get that there are so many tools that do each of those things better, but being able to just get going with very little knowledge was so HUGE. It got me into so much stuff. I'm kinda sad that it's mostly been abandoned by Adobe since it was bought out.
Holy cripes! This #WebAssembly project could revive an entire lost generation of interactive content built in #Flash (thousands upon thousands of beloved titles.)
For any youngins': #Adobe Flash was tech that brought playful, app-like interactivity to the web before mobile apps even existed. Unlike choppy, low-res pixel graphics of the day, Flash delivered butter-smooth vector animation meaning all those forgotten apps will scale to HD screens, no jaggies in sight.
How retro kick ass is that? Flash is resurrected sans the neglected, proprietary, security ridden, plugin bs of Adobe; thanks to Rust, and modern day sandboxed WebAssembly. No plugin required; small, compact, compatible engine, that unlocks decades of lost SWF content in all its vector visuals, MP3 stereo, and ActionScript-y glory. https://github.com/ruffle-rs/ruffle#flash#adobe#webdev#javascript#rust#retrogaming
So happy for this bit of sweet news during challenging times. The new issue of Bending Genres is out, and among the other amazing work is my #microfiction piece, "Go, Girl." Enjoy it in a quick moment (just 100 words).
Can someone please make a #AutoMaxResolution addon similar to #SponsorBlock that can be set to a default resolution or automagically selects the monitor / browser Window size or maybe one above as default instead?
People might wonder why I am a little hesitant about buying #Apple products now…
Back in 2011 I bought a used 2008-model #Apple#MacBook (MacBook 5.1), sporting a Intel Core 2 Duo, 2GB RAM and a 160GB HDD.
It was in good condition. I updated the OS on there to MacOS X 10.6, dual-booted with Gentoo Linux. I later upped the disk to a 750GB HDD (SSDs were puny and a bit dicey back then) and upgraded the RAM to 8GB.
It was a good workhorse for a couple of years, except its lack of ports.
2 USB 2.0 ports is a pain to work with, netbooks have more. Plus the lack of RS-232 was a pain at work. I bought a Panasonic ToughBook CF-53mkII (pictured) to replace the MacBook at work, and used it as a work-from-home machine.
After a while, it managed to cook its original batteries, so I took the machine into one of Apple's vendors in Brisbane, and picked up a replacement battery. Installation on this model is a tool-free process.
A few years later, the machine managed to cook that battery too! So the MacBook today is battery-less. This means when disconnected from power, it forgets the current date/time, and if that magsafe power connector moves just slightly, the machine may shut down as there's no back-up power supply.
I've had several laptops over the years, but only one Apple, and this is the only machine I've used or owned that has cooked its own battery in such spectacular fashion.
I'm thankful its removal is a tool-free process. Modern MacBooks have their batteries glued in. Sorry, hard-pass!
Especially as the ToughBook here is still being used today, its original battery is still good for 2-3 hours (and I have a new replacement which is good for ~6).
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After all, #LithiumIon and #LithiumPolymer if not all #batteries will INEVITABLY die due to use and/or age.
Same with #Flash dying after exceeding it's life cycles or #HDD's dying due to motor failures and gunked-up greases or since recently loss of #Helium...