Are there any good RSS feeds you enjoy reading? Iv been trying to read the news a little less because its sad, it would be nice to know some good RSS feeds instead! Feel free to post your own personal RSS feeds too (However please only post active feeds that are updated regularly
Something that's always plagued me about my site is that its great for visual design, but its very hard to fit text and written pages into it.
In the past I tend to write my text in a word processor, then slowly copy and paste it into <p> tags on a html page to publish it. That's a pain and it makes it sooooper hard to re-edit the text later on.
ANYWAY, long story short, I started a new blog sub-site! It uses Textpattern to power it and is setup with a local WYSIWYG editor called MarsEdit so its really easy for me to write and post things on it.
Plans for this blog:
Keep a personal diary
Vastly expand the tutorials and guides offered on my site
Add more recipes!
Maybe do more essays, I kinda suck at those, so its a chance to get better
It has a bunch of RRS feeds, you can subscribe to the global feed of everything on the main page, and to individual section feeds on their pages. (Wow I have a lot of RSS feeds now..)
Hi all, I created this for an art gallery submission, so its a little darker than my usual things!
Its an extended cut of the Ozwomp in the Gif Gallery scene from my earlier video and runs about 14 minutes long.
To quote the text from the submission:
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Gif images are symbols, they are a digital folk art created by unknown individuals often decades ago; they embody ideals, goals, fears and personalities; they are memories of the past and hopes for the future. As Ozwomp flys through them they seem infinite and eternal, yet the moment they are out of sight they disintegrate.
This work was started in April 2020 during the pandemic and completed in April 2022 at the pandemics end. It is about the never ending loop of loss and letting go, of searching for something that can never be found; and ultimately the isolation of identity, and the ephemerality of the self; in the context of a final endless white cube gallery space.
I just noticed this when I was trying to figure out why I was getting some erratic views, but Neocities is on Polygon right now and a few sites have been mentioned (Including me ). Oooph as a game designer even being mentioned there is super exciting! Anyway you might enjoy the article!
Aha! So I took some time off away from web development this month, partly to repair an old bag that needed a lot of work, but also to revise my computer setup! My last big computer setups were in 2016 and 2019, so it was time for a revamp!
I put a LOT of effort into my setups (prob too much..), so I figured Id share it here, maybe there something I use that would help you, or maybe you have some suggestions for me! This is the result of a lifetime of using Mac OS, so I think its gonna be intense! Also Id love to hear about some of the setups you guys use!
This was prompted because I'm selling my old computers (A Mac Mini with an eGPU and a Macbook Air) and switching over to a new Macbook (I needed to make my life more portable ) So lets get started!
Hardware:
Macbook Pro 14" (with M1 Pro cpu)
27" Asus ProArt Display
Vortex Race 3 Keyboard (cherry clear keys)
Logitech MX Master 2s Mouse (its OK but not ideal)
Wacom Intuos Pro graphics tablet (an older one I got cheap on ebay)
KORG nanoKeys midi keyboard
A mix of LaCie and G-Drive hard drives
Internet Applications:
Firefox - Main browser: (Addons: uBlock, SponsorBlock, Enhancer for Youtube etc)
Safari & Chromium - for site testing!
Raindrop.io - for bookmark management, the free option is fine
1Password - for password managment, its paid but great
NetNewsWire - a great RSS reader for long articles
RSS Bot - for forum and guestbook notifications
Lagrange - Gemini Browser
Thunderbird (May change to Outlook as they ruined it!) for email (Fastmail is my email host!)
Ripcord - Discord client (I also have normal apps for other chat services)
Transmit - the best FTP/WebDAV client ever!
Transmission - bittorrent downloader!
NZBVortex - usenet downloader
LittleSnitch - it lets you see and filter all incoming and outgoing web data, its cool!
ProtonVPN - a VPN.. its fine, but not great, may change later!
SiteSucker - downloads entire websites!
Downie - youtube downloader that also extracts audio
Web Development:
Nova - all main site development
TextMate - Auxiliary text editing and file viewing
Sip - a colour snapper and colour library for managing colours you like!
ImageOptim - Compresses and optimizes images for the web so they load better
iOS Simulator (Part of xCode) - I use it to test sites on mobile
Audiacy - for compressing and editing audio for sites
Sequel Pro - SQL editor for checking the forum database!
Graphics and Art:
Pixelmator Pro - My main image editor
Acorn - Auxiliary image editor, it does text and gifs better
Eagle - a library for scrap booking images and reference material
PicArrange - sorts images by colour (Used on TextureTown)
FinalCut - for making movies (Recently Switched from Davinci Resolve)
Krita - for any digital drawing
LogicPro - for complex audio work and custom sound making
Game Design:
Blender - for any 3D creations (had to switch from 3DSMax recently)
Unity - Most big game projects
Rider - For editing c# in unity
WebStorm - a text editor, for complex Javascript games using MelonEngine
Utilities:
Alfred - Its a search bar that sorta does everything, I use it instead of Spotlight
iStat - Systems stats, calendar, weather and stuff in your menu bar
HazeOver - it does a cool dimming effect on non focused applications so easier to see!
iTerm - a nice lil Terminal app
PasteBot - a clipboard manager, it also makes all copies plain text so they paste better!
TinkerTool - lets you edit secret settings in MacOS :O
Displaperture - restores the rounded corners apple took away in 2007 rrrrrrr
EasyFind - Faster than Finder for searching for files
Moom - Window snapping and arrangement, much better than the weird apple split screen
CheatSheet - a hotkey that shows all hotkeys in a program
AppCleaner - a good application uninstaller
The Unarchiver - unzip and unrar and uneverything
OnyX - System cleaner and maintenance, run it once every few months!
Tot - a cude lil notepad I keep open at all times for notes and pastes (syncs to iphone/ipad too)
IconChamp - lets you change the icons of apps easily
Lungo - Toggle app to keep the mac awake if neeeded
Gemini - Finds duplicates, useful if you downloaded 100,000 gifs!
DaisyDisk - helps find large files eating up your harddrive
Front and Center - Makes finder windows function like they did in Mac Classic
CarbonCopyCloner - backup drives and folders!
Writing & productivity: :omg:k:
MS Office - I have a lifetime copy I got cheaply, its good to have
Pages - I write most documents in this, I like the way they look
OmniFocus - Todo list, mainly for project tasks
OmniOutliner - for planning things
OmniGraffle - for planning interactions and flows, mainly in game projects
OmmWriter - for writing moody things
Media
Photos & Music - I just use the default apps
XLD - A really amazing music converter, its free too!
Zepeto is like this kinda metaverse-ish game/social media platform from Korea (I think the same company that makes the hugely popular Line Chat in Japan) here is my profile:
Also here is a video of me and some yesterweb people in a car: https://gweb.zepeto.i:ha:user/post/432319483?sc=S2ZNI3
I think whats interesting is, I reeaaallly enjoy this platform! Using it feels like how the internet first felt when I was like 14, and Iv been trying to figure out why that is. A big reason its fun is that its almost like a parody of social media, its crammed with micro transactions, it feels like the worst possible world that social media could create but somehow that honesty makes it endearing.
I think more than that though is the kind of creativity it offers; it lets you be yourself but not yourself, like your a parody of yourself pretending to be someone else pretending to be a social media star. It gives you weird poses, weird looks, weird backgrounds and cloths and music to dance too; in the process it forces you to create something you never otherwise would. The upshot is that it weirdly succeeds at creating another reality and another you; its a reality that feels like 1980s mall; vapid, vibrant and silly, but somehow incredibility iconic.
I'm not sure if it will last, if Ill be sick of it by next week; but this week Iv found it really inspiring, and its make me hopeful again that technology and the modern web can and will be fun in the future; it also makes me believe that the hybrid of modern technology, and web revival chaos and aesthetics will become something very cool.
So we are a few months into the forum now and Iv been reviewing how its working out and if anything needs to be changed.
I'm mainly looking at the categories, particularly the ones with lots of posts and not many posts.
3D Modeling has only 4 topics, so it prob needs to be merged into another category. While Internet and Web has 37 topics, so it might need to be split into new categories.
Do people think off topic is working? That maybe could be split into interests like Anime/Comics, Graphic Design and Social threads.
So here is what I'm thinking:
New category - Website Making (Dedicated to topics about making websites)
New category - Anime & Comics
New category - Graphic Design (For topics like pan & scan)
New category - Social Club (Possibly? Not sure about this one - for topics like What drinks have you've been drinking as of lately?)
Rename category - Internet and Website Discussion to Internet Discussion
Rename category - Art to Art & 3D Modeling
I would prob move the existing 3D Worlds topics to the links and showcase section? Not sure about that 100%
So in angel's welcome topic there was a mention of fashion, and I commented that I find web design a lot like fashion design.
Iv been thinking about that some more because this video popped up in my YouTube feed:
Iv always found fashion interesting, but at the same time Im not interested in wearing fashion items, or in making them, or in buying them or in following their trends; Iv just always been interested in the cultural idea of fashion.
Clothing is at its heart a purely utilitarian thing, it exists to keep us warm and safe from the elements; there is no particular need to turn it into an artform, yet people do. Im aware people do this with other things like furniture or architecture, but there's something more personal about cloths and more universal.
You can project that onto websites too; websites are utilitarian, they exist to supply some information; there is no need to turn them into an artform, and yet we do; also to set the record strait, if you don't think of your site as art, but do try to style and customize it, then it is art. Likewise a website is very personal, and it gets more personal the more you do with it.
Both industries of fashion and webdesign suffer from the same things too. Both try to convince you that you don't have the skill or ability to learn how to make your own, and that you should pay a professional to do it for you. I don't plan to start making my own fashion items, but not everyone plans to make their own websites.
From what Iv seen though, the kinds of people who make their own websites, also tend to like to customize other parts of their lives. I think there might be a snowball effect to it, where once you start to define one aspect of yourself you start wanting to define more.
But I'm still drawn back to the idea that webdesign and fashion are extremely close and perhaps can learn from each other; they have unique styles related to their era, they have patterns and premade templates that help you create them, minor choices within them can say a huge amount about your personality.
Some big questions that I have are, why is designer fashion a huge industry, and why is designer webdesign almost forgotten? Why does fashion accept colour and intense designs, when webdesign is so dead set on minimalism? Why do we limit our personal expression online to be created by UX engineers when we (as humans) are so interested in the art of expressing ourselves physically.
I have no answers here, but I think its an interesting discussion and Id love to hear your thoughts on it!
I just wanted to do a quick review of this book because some of you might enjoy it! My uncle got it for me for Christmas and firstly its a BIG impressive book, but looking online right now its like 17 euro, so that's a reeeaalllyyy good deal!
Basically its a loose outline of the early history of video games, it has descriptions of some famous games and some interviews with their creators. Both are fine, its interesting that this was made before the retro games scene realy kicked off so all the interviews are like "Wow I'm surprised anyone cares about this", but I think the real benefit is the context it gives some games; it explains them in relation to what was happening at the time which is super useful as someone who did not exist then!
I think more than anything I LOVE the visual style and print format, whoever did the layout really pulled a lot from 80s design catalogues, right down to the way the ink feels on the page is perfect. I pictured it next to a real 80s catalog below for comparison. Its apparently from 2001 and maybe what I like so much is the 2001 vibe mixed with the 80s vibe? Its this super cool mashup of moods and it just exudes cool. (Discamer, I'm not sure if they have the same print quality on newer editions)
Complaints! My big complaint is that its entirely retrospective, its looking backwards without connecting that past much into the future. It is a history book though so I suppose that is to be expected! Again its also from a time before the retro scene, and I would argue being from 2001 its from a time before games got boring? (Although that's a whole other debate!)
Anyway, if you have or get this book, or other books like it Id love to hear your thoughts! Do you find books like this interesting/useful?
Id like to share my new website for sharing textures with everyone! Its an archive of MANY old 90s textures and patterns, it also has 3d sampler animations and a demo room you can test your textures in. Hopefully you find it useful!
I was playing animal crossing this evening and looking at my island. I started playing March 11th? 2020, almost 2 years ago. In those 2 years the world has changed so much, there was a pandemic, I finished college, moved cities and countries, started and ended a relationship, have had relatives and friends pass away, have started a career and seen web communities like the yesterweb and this forum rise from the ground up, and now this business with Ukraine. Its been a LOT!
When I look at that animal crossing island though, its almost timeless, I remember it was spring 2020 when I placed a particular streetlamp, or selected the carpet I still have in my room. I think so much has happened in my life, its almost like playing a strangers game, yet its still mine. The person who first started working on that save file 2 years ago could never have imagined all that would happen.
The other day I found the memory card with my first animal crossing town on it from 2004, Iv no idea if it still works, but I'm genuinely scared to try, I'm not sure I want to return to that space that I made all that time ago, maybe its better to let it stay a memory.
I also lost a save file today, I had an old backup with a Skyrim save on it that was encrypted, but Iv forgotten the password so I deleted it
Old save files are strange, games are like other worlds, or at least dreams of other worlds. We can freeze them and return to them, forget them, find them or loose them forever. They have no right to exist, but maybe we never had a right to visit them in the first place, or maybe it was always just a happy accident.
How do you feel about old saves, or do you feel anything at all? Have you ever returned to an old save and had a weird experience?
Ozwomp's Voyage will soon be (IS) on iPhone and iPad!
After some very successful early tests and some optimization I have found that Ozwomp's Voyage runs great on iOS devices and it feels more natural on mobile than it did on desktop, so I'm super excited for this! Its making me rethink how I'm going to do projects like this in the future; mainly that 3D worlds can be hard for people to run if they don't have a strong computer, but SO MANY people have iPhones, its a really good way to get stuff to people in a way that's accessible to them.
All features of the desktop version should be available, I'm hoping to allow it to work in both portrait and landscape orientation (although that makes the UI really annoying! AND yes I'm still planning to add a multiplayer system (Although that might get spun off into another project I'm still thinking about how well it fits here)
Update: Thanks for the interest and submissions, however it seems like we dont have enough people interested in the Ko-fi Club right now for it to make sense, so Im putting this idea on hold. If you still wanna join, post below anyway and if enough people do we can think about starting this up again!
Hello! This is an idea Iv been thinking up for a little while and figured I'd post it here to see how people react!
The Ko-fi Club is an honor-system crowd fund for small sites and indie projects. The idea is simple; at the start of each month a random club member is selected; everyone in the club is encouraged to make a donation to that member; then the next month someone else who has not been selected before will be picked until everyone has been selected once; then it starts over.
In short, you promise to make a donation to one site a month, and in return you will also be selected to receive donations later on too!
Now, I know this wont cover anyones site costs full time or fund a project, but its nice to receive donations; this is about encouraging peoples work and also encouraging people to more actively donate to indie projects. I think one of the hardest parts of spending time on a hobby or small project is that it can often feel trivial or not serious, receiving a donation is a good way to make people feel valued and their work seem real
General rules to join the club:
You must have a small indie project that is not your primary income source
You promise to make a donation of $1 or more to the selected site each month (Remember that's only $12 a year, you can manage that!)
You can only join the club once!
You must provide a Ko-fi donation link or a Paypal donate link
Even if you don't want to join the club to receive donations I would still encourage you to follow along and donate, this is about supporting indie projects! Post below if you plan to make donations
How to join: Post below! Link your site or project link: Link your donation page: (Ill send you a pm to confirm that you've been added to the members list)
How to leave: Just send me a pm at any time and I'll scratch your name from the list. However if you have been selected for donations before, please consider continuing to donate to support the people who supported you!
Further comments? If you have alternative thoughts or suggestions please say so below, this is a new idea, so its open to alterations and debates, if any changes are made I will make sure everyone who has joined knows about it before the first site draw.
Please ignore this topic, it is for testing colours, although if you wish to discuss colours I will not stand in the way of such a valid topic and therefor you may also discuss / test colours here too
Test for new default BBCode colours:
X = BAD / c = Ok but needs to be ligther / v = Needs to be darker
Old Colours: Black XXXXXXXX Red Yellow - Very hard to read on cini Pink X this is not pink! Green X Orange Purple c Blue X Beige v Brown c alow not brown Teal c but kinda pointless as its almost default Navy XXX Maroon c Lime Green White - Invisible on cini.. maybe dont allow..
New colour ideas: Aquaish - V New Pink Better green New Purple New Blue Actual Brown Pastel Red Nicer Lime - V Grey New Beige - V
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