My avatar β€” A pixelated self-portrait in the style of the 'bitizens' in the mobile game Tiny Tower

Death.au's Blog

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I need to pick myself up and get back into a regular rhythm.

I need a solid project to work on.

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Did the Web 1.0 movement just get a theme song? https://strongbadactual.bandcamp.com/track/back-to-a-website

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Pebble is coming back!
I've never been so hyped!

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Charlie and the Chocolate factory, but rewritten in the modern day, with modern day sensibilities. New kids, new fantastic ways for them to get their comeuppance.

Plot twist: it's a sequel. There are stories and legends of what happened to kids in the factory many years ago, including that one kid who never returned and whose whole family disappeared soon after. Story morphs into horror-esque.

Double plot twist "Willy Wonka" is just old Charlie.

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So, I did a thing and made a video: Lilith + Lilin Assembly

It's a little naff, technical limitations and all that, but I'm hoping it's the start of something more in the future. We shall see.

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I've been pretty lucky in my life - never broken a bone. My daughter is not so lucky. Broke her wrist in two places. She was in a lot of pain.
But, a bit of nitrous and some plaster and she bounces back super quick πŸ‘

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I'm making progress in my Safari safari. I have the full cycle of communication from web view β†’ app β†’ extension β†’ app extension β†’ app β†’ web view. https://death.id.au/b4.0015

Going on Safari (Chapter Two)

This is part of a series I'm writing documenting my efforts to establish native messaging communication between my MarkDownload web extension and a native app. Go check out the motivation or my previous efforts

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Setting up camp after the first leg of my Safari safari. I feel like I've learned a lot but gotten nowhere? https://death.id.au/b4.0014

Going on Safari (Chapter One)

As mentioned in my previous blog post, I went down a bit of a rabbit hole regarding native messaging. I couldn't figure out how to communicate properly via stdin/stdout from a MacOS Swift app. If anyone has any pointers, that would greatly simplify the process; because oh boy is this a process.

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I'm going on Safari... Down a rabbit hole of native messaging and inter-process communication. Join me: https://death.id.au/b4.0013

Going on Safari (Prologue)

I'm currently working on a complete rewrite of my browser extension, MarkDownload. In the current version, most of my logic and processing takes place on a persistent background page. An invisible webpage, just sitting there taking up memory, waiting for someone to click that button and get the process started.

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Book week parade at school today. As usual, so many Harry Potters, but respect to the one Hufflepuff among the Gryffindors.

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I like my blog and want to use it more, but what sort of content could I create that ends up marketable and profitable?

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I'm looking into things I could possibly do for work that are outside of my normal (i.e. software/web development). The idea of proofreading is sticking with me. It's something I've done in all aspects of my work for many different people.

So, how do I find people who need proofreading work?

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G'day, Neighbours!

Update 0.9.9 has been published to the Google Play store (pending Google's review).

This update adds the ability to view and manage pastebin entries through the in-app profile page. Pastes will also show up in the feed.
Also added: Edit your statuslog bio, character count on statuses, light theme (based on OS preference) and some minor color / style tweaks.

As always, feedback is welcome via [email protected]

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=au.death.lol.omg.neighbourhood

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My brain has just hit a procrastination lock-up. I don't know what to do, or what I should be doing

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Hey, #Lucasfilm, I have an idea for a Disney+ series:
#StarWars Ascendancy. Explore the Chiss post- #Thrawn. It's basically #GameOfThrones in space!

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Tired this morning

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G'day, Neighbours!

Update 0.9.7 has been published to the Google Play store.
(don't worry about missing version numbers, I adjusted how I was doing them)

This update brings the ability to edit your web/profile page. Including choosing a theme!
You can also upload a new profile picture through the app.

Reminder: Feedback can be provided via email to [email protected]

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=au.death.lol.omg.neighbourhood