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nantucketebooks, 8 months ago to random

I forget the hashtag for making a movie/show title more techy, but I have two more:

1. A Vue to a Kill (1985)

2. No Silver Bullet (1985)

3. && || (2022)

@benjaminhollon last one's for you.

nantucketebooks, 2 months ago to random

Here's a Life Pro Tip I've followed for the past fifteen years or so: when you meet someone, and you think of some wordplay based on their name, try not to say it out loud. Statistically, it's unlikely you're the first person to think of it, and this person has probably been pestered with that joke for a long time.

I enjoy doing wordplay in my head a lot, so this tip has helped prevent it from getting the better of me.

nantucketebooks, 7 months ago to random

I'm going to throw this out here: anyone know how to vectorize the image in the center of this book cover? DM me and we can talk about prices.

nantucketebooks, 1 year ago to random

Reddit, I haven't even given you my username yet, how could you know if I have 2FA or not? (I'm guessing this is a Lynx issue)

nantucketebooks, 11 months ago to random

I've watched four seasons of #Babylon5 so far. It feels like the story is pretty much told at this point, so I have to ask: is the last season worth it? Does the story continue in some unexpected ways?

nantucketebooks, 1 year ago to random

Anyone have issues with VLC not playing any DVDs? I assume this has to do with DRM, but search results on the topic are limited.

nantucketebooks, 10 months ago to random

Douglas Crockford, creator of JSON and author of JavaScript: The Good Parts, on why people should stop using JavaScript. https://youtu.be/lc5Np9OqDHU

nantucketebooks, 9 months ago to random

I do like using Mutt. Plain text email is so nice. While it is tempting to use the 80-character rule for emails in Mutt, this cause formatting problems. If the email recipient is on a smartphone, that 80-column paragraph will look all jumbled. Play it safe, keep paragraphs on one big ol' line

nantucketebooks, 8 months ago to random

Last weekend's talk in Grover, CO was covered in the Pine Bluffs Post: https://www.pinebluffspost.com/story/2023/08/31/news/grover-day-hosts-short-stories-at-museum/11125.html

nantucketebooks, 1 year ago to random

https://wuzzy.neocities.org/comic/617/ I enjoyed this Nose Ears comic (@Wuzzy) from last week. The alt text was taken from the original web page.

nantucketebooks, 2 months ago to random

I moved over to GitLab last year, now they're touting their AI-powered capabilities. Any GitLab users here, or has Codeberg's hour come at last?

nantucketebooks, 5 months ago to random

I didn't leave enough space on the root partition when I installed my OS. Now I don't have enough space to install the Guix package manager, so I can't install IceCat.

#BackToTheLabAgain

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gO_hEDSdwQ&pp=ygUbYmFjayB0aGUgbGFiIGFnYWluIGNoZWl6ZWFu

nantucketebooks, 7 months ago to random

Here's something neat about the ::initial-letter pseudoselector in CSS: it will automatically account for quotation marks before the first letter. This means that if one is using initial-letter for dropcaps, no additional styling rules are needed for paragraphs starting with a quote.

nantucketebooks, 6 months ago to random

For me, SEO means including a <meta name="keywords"> tag and a <meta name="description"> tag in the head of my HTML document. Is there more to it than that?

nantucketebooks, 6 months ago to random

I bought an RCA-to-coax adapter today and tried it on my Timex Sinclair 1000. I saw the 8-Bit Guy use it in his video on the computer. It didn't work for me, I still have to use the VHF converter box that came with the T/S 1000.

nantucketebooks, 10 months ago to random

The next version of Nantucket E-Books will produce--dare I say--clean HTML! The parsing program will add line breaks and spaces (not tabs) to make the raw HTML more readable.

nantucketebooks, 6 months ago to random

I found a zine at my hometown flea market this week called Payphone Calls From the Road. Their website is supposed to be payphonecallsmagazine.com, but alas, it doesn't appear to be in use. I liked the story in this issue.

This is one of those zines printed on a single sheet of paper, and then cut-and-folded into a small six-page booklet (eight pages if you count the front and back).

nantucketebooks, 7 months ago to random

After watching the first four movies, I can safely say I am not a Friday the 13th fan.

nantucketebooks, 11 months ago to random

Went into a cell carrier store today. I asked about buying a phone outright, and he looked at me like I had three heads. Apparently they don't sell phones outright there. \(*~*)/

nantucketebooks, 7 months ago to random

A big announcement from Nantucket E-Books. On October 20, I will be publishing a new novel by Seth Patterson. It's called The Woethief, and it's the best fantasy novel you'll read this year. Read about it in my latest blog post: https://nantucketebooks.com/blog/2023/10/2023-10-01_introducing_the_year%E2%80%99s_best_fantasy_novel.html

nantucketebooks, 8 months ago to random

Apparently I'm the only person in Denver who enjoyed that Van Gogh exhibit.

nantucketebooks, 2 months ago to random

The sixth issue of Quarter Up will be published next month. In the meantime, check out past issues at https://nantucketebooks.com/quarterup

nantucketebooks, 8 months ago to random

I tried to have a video call on Jitsi Meet last night. It seems calls on the site now require a moderator, and to become a moderator one must log in through Google, Facebook, or... GitHub. Has anyone else seen this?

nantucketebooks, 2 months ago to random

BASIC is a tough programming language to search for.

"Uh, 'BASIC programming tutorials.' No. 'BASIC programming'. 'Beginner BASIC'.

nantucketebooks, 1 month ago to random

Current desktop wallpaper: this photo of the Lone Cypress in Big Sur, California. This photo was taken by a family member in 1993.