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Square sails clearly follow a variant of the "New Version-final-new-revision-last" naming convention

I promise to do no computer graphics without you for 48 hours.

More scenes from the sea this week #sailing

Rebecca (novel) - Wikipedia

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du Maurier is like, right there, people...

My lab will be recruiting at all levels. PhD students, postdocs, and a research engineering position (worldwide for PhD/postdoc, EU candidates only for the engineering position). If you're at SIGGRAPH, I'd love to talk to you if you are interested in any of these.

I put a massive number of changes in today's release of the new version of the #quadplay retro fantasy video game console. Available now at:

morgan3d.github.io/quadplay/

The main focus of these changes was mobile: new aspect ratios, new battery saving optimizations, new exported game UI options.

I didn't realize we were trying to keep it a secret

20kts of wind makes for a lot of miles put away!

I just marvel at the free energy of wind and current--I'm moving my *home* around with minimal effort, cost, and environmental impact, while sitting here making a sandwich and coffee enjoying the ride.

#sailing

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YouTube video by I3D Symposium I3D 2025 Chris Wyman's Keynote "ReSTIR: Traveling the Path of Reuse"

Worth watching presentation, also provides some background info on how ReSTIR came to be and where it is heading: "ReSTIR: Traveling the Path of Reuse" www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRg9...

The cover of Cyberpunk 2077.

My team is hiring again!

We've got two jobs posted: EXPERT and SENIOR writer. In our org chart, Expert is a click above Senior and focused on craft. Senior owns big parts of the game and could eventually be promoted to a direction- or craft-focused role.

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Monospace for code vs. the surrounding proportional fonts is exactly the use case I care about as well.

I'll investigate putting this in the default Markdeep stylesheet, which will also make it easier to override a single font without having to restyle everything.

matklad.github.io/2025/07/16/f... convinced me to try the "font-size-adjust" feature — it's now live on redblobgames.com . I'm using it to to keep the body text and code (monospace) text matched.

caniuse.com?search=font-... shows Firefox (partial) support started in 2008, Chrome in 2024.

The business goal is to become 10% of the world wide gaming market, so I know it's close to everyone's heart. The labels on any given thing definitely change a lot to hit the broadest set of users and programs.

I'm personally happy just calling everything interactive a "game" everywhere.

Do you play Grow a Garden?

When I'm playing! I'm semi-retired now. I spend most of my time at sea except for some advising of other tech and game companies.

Indeed, something like that! We'll see if the wind and waves favor my actually arriving in Vancouver during SIGGRAPH week. The odds are currently about 20%. I've been eyeing both English Bay/False Creek and several local marinas as places to set up shop. But the weather may not cooperate.

Unusually calm Salish Sea off the WA coast #sailing

I use many operating systems. My gaming is primarily on Windows 11 and SteamDeck these days, although I run Roblox on macOS. Programming is a mix of Win, Mac, and various Linux distros.

La Colombie-Britannique

Of course!

Added UI improvements ( a chain meter). Lights that spin when the boss is active and an animation for the boss door opening!!
#gamedev #pixelart

Nowadays, most scientific papers must include an ethics declaration, about potential conflicts of interest among the authors. I just found this ethics declaration, in a paper written in 1729 : "I Profess, in the sincerity of my Heart, that I have not the least personal Interest

The Age of Aquaticus Podcast Episode · Radiolab · 04/25/2025 · 43m

A 1966 NSF grant of $80,000 finds totally unexpected “thermophile worms” living in Yellowstone’s hot springs. The discovery sits on a shelf till 1983, before becoming key to the development of PCR genetic testing.

Invest in basic research. @radiolab.bsky.social

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Includes brief clips from many other youtubers, please visit their channels (usernames visible in this video) to learn details and check out their videos! Forgotten arcade games from 1930s-'70s - electromechanical, electrical but not computerized/software

made a new video about some clips I've been sharing with my students lately about a variety of neat old arcade games which have largely been lost to history, since they were entirely electromechanical (electrical, but no computer software logic, like pinball prior to 1975ish) they cannot be emulated

I retired 5 years ago at age 67. I feel that is when my “real career” began. I have never been more engaged, productive, and fulfilled. It was incredibly liberating to decide I could switch to working for no salary: no boss to argue with and working purely on topics that inspire me. It is magical.

It’s been 3,174 days since I escaped corporate life. I was 44. My children were tiny. Now they're teenagers.

Today I turn 53, and we are infinitely happier here, in our farmhouse by the ocean. No more meetings. No more commute.

If I can escape, you can too (because I'm a dumbass). #Life #Art

I'm used to having these islands to myself in the winter. Warm weather brings company. Ten other boats are squeezing into this cove.

It is affirming to see everyone politely helping others to anchor safely and securely, lending a hand, gear, or advice. The cruising community is great.

More beautiful BC hiking in provincial island parks this weekend. Native arbutus/madrone trees that shed their orange bark are a distinctive fixture on these shores.