Total solar eclipse coming to Australia in 2028. Looks like Sydney will have front row seats. www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/map/...

macromedia shockwave, print ad (1999) archive.org/details/eu_W...

I’m looking for 3D modelling software recommendations - something for things like furniture, in-built cupboards, small sheds etc. So far it seems SketchUp and Shapr3d are the best options? Anything else I should be looking at?

https://www.last.fm/user/aaronmoodie/obsessions/10159254

aaronmoodie's current obsession is "Into The Magic Land" by Boards of Canada

Join Last.fm to discover new music and get recommendations from music fans like aaronmoodie.

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Shovelling clay is not fun.

Remember when the social web was the 'next big thing' and Google forced Google+ in to everything?

Does anyone have a recommendation for a 'read it later' app, but for books? I've want to send a url to an app and have it pull the book data out.

I've been thinking about this quote a lot of late, especially as AI writes more and more of our software.

"People Who Don’t Like People Are Making All of Our Decisions" https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/05/waymo-self-driving-cars/687119/?gift=j9r7avb6p-KY8zdjhsiSZ8rJUwcqGqpb8gH3Ret1KbM

People Who Don’t Like People Are Making All of Our Decisions

Robotaxis are the beginning.

theatlantic.com

Anyone remember CGI scripts?

I'm struggling to find a good (simple) solution to local domain setup. I'm looking for something that can do: - localhost:3000 => webapp.test - *.localhost:3000 => *.webapp.test - https support - cross-subdomain cookie support What are folks using for local domain setup when needed?

Had a lot of fun putting the new hanakai.org together. @timriley.info’s vision for a welcoming site and @aaronmoodie.com oh-so-cute brand set up such a great canvas to play with, and I’m so pleased with how it all come out. How can you not love these lil’ cuties?

Tim Riley@timriley.info · 6mo ago

Huge news for our corner of the Ruby world, and the culmination of a multi-year effort to align our people, our code, and our presence on the web. Go check out the new site, it’s stunning! Deepest of thanks to @aaronmoodie.com and @makenosound.bsky.social for co-creating these wonderful visuals. 🙇

Really enjoyed working on this with @timriley.info, @makenosound.bsky.social and the @hanakai.org team, and love how it's all come together. Massive effort, congrats all! 🎉

Tim Riley@timriley.info · 6mo ago

Huge news for our corner of the Ruby world, and the culmination of a multi-year effort to align our people, our code, and our presence on the web. Go check out the new site, it’s stunning! Deepest of thanks to @aaronmoodie.com and @makenosound.bsky.social for co-creating these wonderful visuals. 🙇

"I didn't have time to design a simple solution, so I designed a complicated one instead"

@mierau.me Hey Dustin, I was trying to track down a design you did a year or so back of what a refined version of BeOS/Haiku might look like. Do you still have that, or know where you originally posted it?

Halfway through this book and thoroughly enjoying it.

In a stroke of genius, my youngest son ate his brother's advent calendar chocolate and then blamed it on the Elf on the Shelf. His brother knows what's happened, but is unwilling to ruin the yearly Elf charade.

"For any local jobs, Robinson can easily transport his equipment in the back of the truck ... its bed is nearly the same size as that of a standard American pickup truck." nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/07/31/s...

SEE IT! Small Japanese Pickup Truck Shows Bigger is Definitely Not Better - Streetsblog New York City

One Brooklyn business has seen the future of safe streets and heavy lugging — and it's going to be O-KEI!

nyc.streetsblog.org

The BOM got an update. Glad to see the work that went into the original beta finally make it to the main site. www.bom.gov.au

Apple’s AI deal with Google looking much better in the wake of the Gemini 3 release.

The Tahoe icon blur is really throwing off my "I don't need glasses yet" sentiment.

I made something! Monomarks.at is an open social bookmarking tool along the lines of Pinboard or Delicious, and it's based on ATProto, because I was inspired by @danabra.mov's widely-read post. Log in with your Bluesky account to save bookmarks and browse links posted by the people you follow. 😎

i wrote down the process of resolving an at:// URI step by step. turns out, it's a great way to learn how the AT protocol works!

Where It's at:// — overreacted

From handles to hosting.

overreacted.io

This coast ❤️

My instagram feed is now over 50% ads. There’s often 2 - sometimes 3 - ads in a row.

I chose gardening over coding today and feel better for it.

i wrote about atproto and why it matters

Open Social — overreacted

The protocol is the API.

overreacted.io

Has anyone built an app to analyse who you’re following on socials? Would love to know, of the accounts I follow, who posts most or least (or at all).

Really enjoyed watching this. Some amazing product design. www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...

Dyson Unveiled Global Premiere

YouTube video by Dyson

youtube.com

This is one impressive visual guide to implementing the Liquid Glass effect kube.io/blog/liquid-...

Liquid Glass in the Browser: Refraction with CSS and SVG — kube.io

Explore how to recreate Apple's stunning Liquid Glass effect using CSS, SVG Displacement Maps, and refraction calculations.

kube.io