Interesting Finds: 5/20/25
A collection of random links and articles I’ve stumbled upon this week.
Shall we play a game?
How about being subject to 15 or so unimaginably torturous CSS puzzles? Sound like fun? Great! The mechanics of the puzzles are simple: for each peg, there is a hole, and each peg must overlap with its corresponding hole. Simple enough right?… Right??
[CSS Hell]
I see you’re reading… the guide.
Ever have the urge to view interesting and little-known websites on a CRT TV equipped with a functional TV Guide? Look no further!
“Hypertext TV is a celebration of small, handmade games and sites. Sites air at a particular day and time each week. Come back at different times to see different sites!” Of course I will.
It’s-a-me.. NetBSD?
Are Raspberry Pi prices keeping you down? It’s time to raid the kids room and bring back your old Nintendo Wii for some hacking goodness.
“For a long time, I’ve enjoyed the idea of running general-purpose operating systems on decidedly not-general-purpose hardware.” is something I can relate to. Thats why I’m mining all my crypto on a Famicom Mini.
[This blog is hosted on a Nintendo Wii]
Ahhh, home.
I firmly believe that modern OS UI’s are terrible in terms of usability. They steal focus and cause uncertainty and endless meaningless distractions. That is why my daily driver uses the bluecurve theme. I might have to give this a try however.
“Blue95 is a modern and lightweight desktop experience that is reminiscent of a bygone era of computing. Based on Fedora Atomic Xfce with the Chicago95 theme.”
[Blue95]