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If Patreon was software, I would never, ever upgrade it.

https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/03/if-patreon-was-software-i-would-never-ever-upgrade-it/

Published: March 17, 2025 21:01

Every change they make is worse than the one before.

DNA Lounge: Wherein I get big into papercraft.

https://www.dnalounge.com/backstage/log/2025/03/17.html

Published: March 17, 2025 19:58

I mean into big papercraft. Like ten feet tall. I built this Recognizer for our TRON party this Sunday: Originally it was going to be just for that event, but then it turned out so awesome that I decided to leave it up for all of GDC Week -- it's on…

Necronomicon Ex-Mortis could be yours for as little as $25,000

https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/03/necronomicon-ex-mortis-could-be-yours-for-as-little-as-25000/

Published: March 15, 2025 22:22

Adam Savage has a close look at the original book with the guy who actually made it, Tom Sullivan. It's glorious! And it's for sale.

"Z is for Zombie: Learning to Spell with House of 1000 Corpses friends"

https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/03/z-is-for-zombie-learning-to-spell-with-house-of-1000-corpses-friends/

Published: March 14, 2025 23:18

Rob Zombie out here leading his best life:

Lumon Industries WoeMeter

https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/03/lumon-industries-woemeter/

Published: March 14, 2025 22:35

A machine that measures Woe in a person, one of Kier Eagan's Four Tempers: Woe, Frolic, Dread, and Malice.

Spam pro tip

https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/03/spam-pro-tip/

Published: March 14, 2025 20:51

When a spam message gets past my shields and lands in my inbox, the first thing I do is look at the SpamAssassin headers to see if some rule fired whose priority I should bump up. Usually the answer is "Uggggghhhhhh no". It used to be that my second step…

Waybackify-WP

https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/03/waybackify-wp/

Published: March 14, 2025 08:14

I've finally cleaned up and posted something I've been using for a few years: wayback-wp.php is a script that you run from cron to replace any old links in your blog posts and comments with contemporaneous Wayback Machine URLs. I do this on all of my posts…

Email image loading

https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/03/email-image-loading/

Published: March 12, 2025 23:36

Dear Lazyweb, If you are a recipient of either the DNA Lounge weekly mailing (that went out yesterday) or previous-ticket-buyers emails (some went out today) can you tell me if the images in those messages loaded? And if not, can someone help me figure…

iMovie

https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/03/imovie/

Published: March 12, 2025 03:04

One of these days, I will learn to use a video editor that is not iMovie. Today is not that day. Therefore, screaming continues apace.

Happy "5 years ago today a pandemic was declared" day to all who celebrate.

https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/03/happy-5-years-ago-today-a-pandemic-was-declared-day-to-all-who-celebrate/

Published: March 11, 2025 21:49

The date is now Tuesday, March 1,837th, 2020. Tue Mar 1837 14:47:51 2020 PDT. Welcome to year six of "14 days to flatten the curve."

Everybody Run, Mel Gibson's Got a Gun

https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/03/everybody-run-mel-gibsons-got-a-gun/

Published: March 11, 2025 21:36

All corruption, all the time: Justice Department Official Fired After Opposing Mel Gibson's Gun Rights Restoration: Gibson, who lost his gun rights due to a 2011 misdemeanor domestic violence conviction, was appointed by President Trump as a special…

Tariffs

https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/03/tariffs/

Published: March 11, 2025 02:10

I knew how these tariffs were going to go because I studied the classics.

Credit card

https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/03/credit-card/

Published: March 11, 2025 01:30

Welp, my credit card finally got popped. I think that's the first time this has happened to me! There were about $2k worth of charges over about a six week period, mostly to Blizzard, Steam, EA and some other game shit, mostly $49 each. They also tried and…