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Had some interesting bits come in the last few days.

First up, we have what was once a chaotic Minecraft server: https://2b2t.place/1million

Don’t download the world: it’s over 15 TB!

And the program that gave birth to Comic Sans is now open source: https://opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2026/07/16/microsoft-comic-chat-is-now-open-source/

On…[Read more]

Had an interesting dream the other night about a topic my mind referred to as musical cryptography. The concept was that you could, in theory, hide data streams in music using a specific combination of instruments as the key(s) to decode the data. The example given in the dream used a specific series of instruments to translate the notes into…[Read more]

Ren and Stimpy was a lot of fun. I’ll need to see if I can watch it again as it’s been a while.

Here’s some more of the songs: https://movieweb.com/ren-and-stimpy-best-songs-ranked/

They also used a lot of classical music.

Did they ever do a holiday episode? I honestly can’t remember.

They’re working on a Moonbase for our moon but it’s on the surface, as far as I know. There’s been proposals about using the lava tubes on Mars if we ever get there. One thing I never see mentioned outside of books is tunneling into the space rocks themselves. Granted, it’ll depend on the hardness of the material and stability.

Yeah, the article…[Read more]

New coffee research: https://www.gearpatrol.com/food/physics-of-fluids-study-paper-9-bar-espresso-standard-research/

Not up to tracking down the original source but the gist of it is that your espresso machines are likely using more pressure than needed, with the rest being wasted

Need some ideas for a new hobby, too. 😛

It definitely livens things up!

Ouch. Definitely want to be careful with handling them.

Scientists are still talking about traveling to Titan. Not a bad idea at all but current propulsion technology would make for a long trip.

More stuff that is unavailable over here. 😛

I love British films and shows and find them of much better quality than the drivel we’ve been churning out since the 70s (granted, some of our older sitcoms are pretty good). The problem? Not even BBC America shows them! Will definitely need to check out BritBox when I can

I’ve got my own small list of stuff I’m not allowed to do in TCGs:

1. I’m not allowed to play with the cards upside down
2. I’m not allowed to make designs out of everything that’s in play
3. The playmat does not count as a card
4. I’m not allowed to blow everything up by turn four (even if it’s funny as hell)
5. I’m not allowed to balance dice…[Read more]

Here’s the original. Looks like it was last online in 2025. A shame that the page is no longer available!

142. “Calvin-Ball” is not authorized PT.

Nothing wrong with Calvin Ball! It’s good exercise and the rules change constantly!

Lots of good stuff in all three lists! Makes for a fun browse when there’s not much else to do 🙂

Really miss the…[Read more]

Fond memories of The Evil Overlord List. Glad to see that some of the versions are still online after all of this time 🙂

And then there’s also Skippy’s List

Yeah, HN has been in the habit of calling most things AI lately even if the articles still have valid points. I may take another break from there for a couple of years. Too little productive discussion these days 😛

Yep. Venus flytraps are cool!

Tried growing them at one point and they didn’t survive even though I followed the instructions.…[Read more]

Yeah, it was a big loss losing Leonardo’s work!

xkcd recently did a piece on Messi as well: https://xkcd.com/3260/

This American Life does sound like a fun listen, will need to give it a whirl 🙂

Had this come in the other day: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48599776

Not getting much attention over there but the linked post does have…[Read more]

Da Vinci’s notebook is getting some much needed preservation: https://www.discovermagazine.com/leonardo-da-vinci-s-notebooks-are-whole-again-400-years-after-a-collector-cut-them-apart-49241

It’s really hit or miss after the first few seasons. I’d much rather be watching Futurama but I no longer have access to it. It does have its moments, though. I’m mostly watching it to give me something mindless to watch when I’m not in the mood to read a book. I’ve been thinking about going back to watching old movies and anime, though.

Yep! The…[Read more]

Awesome video!

There’s also the dung beetle!

In some districts, it’s actually illegal to leave your pets’ waste lying around even though the local critters do it all the time. And they don’t want it flushed or in the landfill. So…where do we put it?

Ugh. I have some very old accounts that are simply inaccessible due to the email domains being…[Read more]

Remember this gem?

https://www.badmovies.org/

Hasn’t been updated in thirteen years, though, but the forums are still pretty active. It’s actually where I’ve gotten ideas for what to watch over the last fifteen years or so

And speaking of bees, apparently they’re good problem solvers!

Important question: how old is Spongebob anyways? Everyone acts like he’s a kid and he clearly acts like one but is also old enough to be able to drive and is heavily implied that he and Patrick are roughly the same age. Patrick went to community college and doesn’t seem to work, which raises questions about how he can afford anyways but that’s a…[Read more]

Feeling much better after taking a break so I’ll try to pick things back up again in a couple of days 🙂

Elementary has been on the list for a while, just haven’t gotten to it yet. I’m not sure where I can catch it, will definitely need to find out.

O Brother, Where Art Thou has come up from time to time over here, just haven’t gotten in the mood for it. It always looked a bit silly for me 😛

Been watching TCM a lot more recently and I’ve really…[Read more]