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King Kong Balls Dot Art
https://www.jwz.org/blog/2024/09/king-kong-balls-dot-art/
Published: September 17, 2024 19:43
Denis Defrancesco: King Kong's Balls, the Gaze of a King, the Royal Pause for the gallery... Between Conceit and indifference, a certain idea of freedom cast in bronze... ... Those who will see nothing but its attributes will have seen nothing,…
"Maybe Later" Intensifies
https://www.jwz.org/blog/2024/09/maybe-later-intensifies/
Published: September 17, 2024 19:06
I can already see that I'm going to regret having upgraded one of my machines to macOS 15. Has anyone figured out how to make this dark-pattern patronizing bullshit permanently take "yes" for an answer?
The gentrification of juice
https://www.jwz.org/blog/2024/09/the-gentrification-of-juice/
Published: September 17, 2024 08:14
"Mocktails are the gentrification of juice. That's an $18 Capri Sun."
DNA Lounge: Wherein the techbros are here to "disrupt" ordering drinks at a bar
https://www.dnalounge.com/backstage/log/2024/09/14.html
Published: September 15, 2024 03:39
Another group of smirking techbros have decided that rich people shouldn't have to follow the same rules as the poors. There's an app for that. LineLeap, backed by Y Combinator, lets people pay to skip lines at bars. LineLeap makes money by charging…
Embedding perl and ffmpeg in a macOS app
https://www.jwz.org/blog/2024/09/embedding-perl-and-ffmpeg-in-a-macos-app/
Published: September 14, 2024 20:51
I was pondering converting THE CYBERIZER to a macOS app so that it would be usable by non-combatants who cannot command-line. It is a long but straightforward perl script that invokes command-line ffmpeg to analyze and generate video files. Wrapping an…
Once again seeking batteries for "Fortified Aviator" bike light
https://www.jwz.org/blog/2024/09/once-again-seeking-batteries-for-fortified-aviator-bike-light/
Published: September 14, 2024 20:18
I only have a few of these left, and one stopped taking a charge. I tried to replace the battery and utterly failed. So if you've got one of these rattling around in a drawer somewhere, I could give it a good home. Not soliciting soldering advice.
jwz mixtape 247
https://www.jwz.org/blog/2024/09/jwz-mixtape-247/
Published: September 14, 2024 00:28
Please enjoy jwz mixtape 247.
Witches For Harris
https://www.jwz.org/blog/2024/09/witches-for-harris/
Published: September 13, 2024 08:25
MAGA Pastor Claims Kamala Harris Deployed 'Witchcraft' in Debate: Lance Wallnau: When I say "witchcraft" I am talking about what happened tonight. Occult empowered deception, manipulation and domination. That's what ABC pulled off as moderators, and…
Mars
https://www.jwz.org/blog/2024/09/mars-2/
Published: September 12, 2024 03:02
Neither Elon Musk Nor Anybody Else Will Ever Colonize Mars: Mars does not have a magnetosphere. Any discussion of humans ever settling the red planet can stop right there, but of course it never does. Do you have a low-cost plan for, uh, creating a…
DNA Lounge: Wherein we've got a couple more movie screenings coming up
https://www.dnalounge.com/backstage/log/2024/09/11.html
Published: September 12, 2024 01:54
The planet has once again been successfully hacked, and photos from the most recent Cyberdelia are up! Let me particularly draw your attention to the Cyberdelia variant of our D20 Challenge Drink Special, wherein you rolls the dice and takes your chances:…
SES
https://www.jwz.org/blog/2024/09/ses/
Published: September 11, 2024 19:10
"We recently performed a manual review of your account's email-sending practices. [...] The methods we use to make this decision are proprietary, so unfortunately we can't provide specific details." Double-quoted entities in the HTML email: [sic] Perfect…