Omar Rizwan

programmable barcode scanner

bsky.app/profile/kath...

Milton tangent complete, I am returning to my work on erased/struck out/obliterated inscriptions.

For many reasons they aren't the easiest things to locate in online catalogues. So if you come across any fun ones (esp. in books published prior to ~1750), here is a public request to think of me.

"Lighter shades of gray will fade more quickly than darker shades, due to the nature of thermal paper, so bi-level printing is preferable if long-term legibility is of concern."

valuesbased.software

filesystem that automatically deletes orphaned files (any file not referred to in a text message, email, document, etc)

What are the heaviest, most solid websites you've seen?

"There is virtually no other script that works for Scrabble other than the Latin alphabet, because virtually every other script is more complex"

@djmicrobeads.bsky.social

I love looking at tlds and finding phrases that resonate to turn into websites (or the other way around) but buying domains also adds up over time - does anyone have tips on archival when they inevitably fade away? I'm thinking of connecting it to my main site too..

whats your single purpose utility web tool that you have unreasonable loyalty to?

mine is this unremarkable diff checker for some reason
www.diffchecker.com

The subway. Somehow being physically in motion, though at rest, helps my mind stay grounded and engage with whatever I’m currently looking at

south facing front porch. upper patio. drive out to ocean point. jefferson memorial. the kogod courtyard in the National Portrait Gallery / Smithsonian American Art museum. a park. maybe possibly will have a laptop too, do some work/play.

What are your favorite spots to go and scroll on your phone?

@arquipelago.org

It's a similar energy to the "A Million Random Digits with 100,000 Normal Deviates" book

"Another terrifying idea: how did these adults not know precisely what the dog meant, or where it came from, but still manage to live their lives?" harmonyzone.org/blog/posts/d...

chat-as-bubbles culture (SMS, phone, graphical) vs. chat-as-log culture (IRC, IM, desktop, TUI)

my Tide Sword hasn't really been working on tough stains... anyone know if there's something mightier?

Damn it’s not possible to deadlock a spreadsheet is it. Truly a technology ahead of its time

Object Freedom 1.02 Object Freedom 1.02 Currently attempting to figure out the issue with Object Freedom with Babies/Toddlers and Pets. The module for humans/pets may need to be removed completely, at least at the time.....

Reading fwaysims.tumblr.com/post/7171343...

I need to refer to Earth as “this terraqueous globe” more often 🐋

"I feel like they designed the building in Figma"

Nose-operated phone apps where you have to touch the phone with your nose

@henryzoo.com

(phone doesn't quite count as a computer in my book)

(complicated by the fact that some services like WhatsApp and FB have both, but I feel like they don't emphasize online status and buddy list as much as they could. online status as artifact of desktop and/or dialup era)

some sort of equivalence between "Last seen"/read receipt (modern messaging) and online status (older AIM, MSN, etc, and Discord)

I like the phrase "keyboard-based computer" -- reads like "carbon-based lifeform" and also lightly suggests the possibility of alternate conputers