Blog, via Visual Lizardhttps://www.visuallizard.com/blogDaily LinksWed, 14 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.visuallizard.com/blog/daily-links/2025/05/14Visual Lizard<p><a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ox8ZLF6cGM0'>Superman, official trailer</a> </p>Daily LinksTue, 13 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.visuallizard.com/blog/daily-links/2025/05/13Visual Lizard<p><a href='https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/05/google-reveals-vibrant-material-3-expressive-coming-soon-to-a-pixel-near-you/'>Material 3 Expressive</a> <p>Google announces Material 3 Expressive, a colorful evolution of Android design. Material 3 Expressive won't be entirely unfamiliar -it shares some basic design elements with the Material You system Google launched four years ago. Material 3 Expressive is a bolder take on the same aesthetic, featuring "springy" animations, brighter colors, and new shapes.</p></p><p><a href='https://github.com/mozilla-firefox/firefox'>Firefox moves to GitHub</a> <p>Firefox has moved its codebase to GitHub along with 2500 other Mozilla projects.&nbsp;For a long time Firefox Desktop development supported both Mercurial and Git users. This dual SCM requirement placed significant burden on various teams.</p></p>Daily LinksTue, 06 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.visuallizard.com/blog/daily-links/2025/05/06Visual Lizard<p><a href='https://www.macrumors.com/2025/05/06/skype-shuts-down/'>RIP Skype</a> <p>Microsoft acquired Skype in 2011 for $8.5 billion, and now its&nbsp;been shut down after 22 years.</p></p><p><a href='https://www.theverge.com/news/658705/boox-mira-pro-color-e-ink-desktop-monitor'>Boox launches color E Ink monitor</a> <p>The Mira Pro Color is only 25.3-inches in size but is priced at $1,899.99. Boox also says its Mira Series of E Ink monitors only ship from China and &ldquo;some countries may levy tariffs on the imported goods.&rdquo;</p></p><p><a href='https://onemillionchessboards.com/'>One Million Chessboards</a> <p>When you move a piece on Nolen Royalty's One Million Chessboards, you move it for everyone. Rules still apply, but chaos reigns.</p></p><p><a href='https://themarelle.itch.io/reverse-pac-man'>Reverse Pac-Man</a> <p>A simple concept. Like the classic, but control the ghosts instead.</p></p>Daily LinksWed, 23 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.visuallizard.com/blog/daily-links/2025/04/23Visual Lizard<p><a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFkbsEKaoSE'>Predator: Badlands, teaser trailer</a> </p><p><a href='https://csshell.com'>CSS Hell</a> <p>Hello, and welcome to CSS Hell, where you will be subjected to 15 unimaginably torturous CSS puzzles. "What did I do to deserve this?", you ask.&nbsp;Good luck; you'll need it.</p></p>Daily LinksSat, 05 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.visuallizard.com/blog/daily-links/2025/04/05Visual Lizard<p><a href='https://youtu.be/9KVG_X_7Naw'>Tron: Ares, official trailer</a> </p>Daily LinksWed, 02 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.visuallizard.com/blog/daily-links/2025/04/02Visual Lizard<p><a href='https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/04/nintendo-offers-new-details-on-switch-2-hardware-software/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social'>Nintendo Unveils Switch 2</a> <p>US$449. Easier multiplayer, mouse mode, and a chance to upgrade older titles. Launches June 5th 2025.</p></p>Daily LinksWed, 12 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.visuallizard.com/blog/daily-links/2025/03/12Visual Lizard<p><a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-Y51nBET8k'>Spinal Tap II, teaser trailer</a> </p>Daily LinksMon, 10 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.visuallizard.com/blog/daily-links/2025/03/10Visual Lizard<p><a href='https://www.masswerk.at/keypunch/'>Virtual Keypunch</a> <p>By&nbsp;N. Landsteiner. Only the limited character-set of an original keypunch (type IBM 029) is supported.&nbsp;Type and download your personal punch cards, the Web2.0 of "big iron" age.</p></p>Daily LinksFri, 07 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.visuallizard.com/blog/daily-links/2025/03/07Visual Lizard<p><a href='https://danielben.itch.io/dragonsweeper'>Dragonsweeper</a> <p>What if someone made the classic minesweeper game, but with more math, and with fantasy D&amp;D tropes? Daniel Benmergui has the answer for you. Pay attention, and&nbsp;make sure to read the monsternomicon!</p></p>Daily LinksThu, 27 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.visuallizard.com/blog/daily-links/2025/02/27Visual Lizard<p><a href='https://github.com/electronicarts'>EA open-sources Command And Conquer games</a> <p>Electronic Arts maintains a GutHub account, where they've released the source code to multiple classic Command And Conquer games. This includes Renegade, Generals, and Red Alert.</p></p><p><a href='https://eieio.games/blog/running-pong-in-240-browser-tabs/'>Running pong in 240 Browser tabs</a> <p>&ldquo;That&rsquo;s 240 browser tabs in a tight 8x30 grid. And they&rsquo;re running pong!&rdquo;</p></p><p><a href='https://github.com/decrazyo/nes86'>NES86</a> <p>Real Linux can now technically run on the original Nintendo Enterntainment System,. The goal of this project is to emulate an Intel 8086 processor and supporting PC hardware well enough to run the Embeddable Linux Kernel Subset (ELKS), including a shell and utilities. It should be possible to run other x86 software as long as it doesn't require more than a simple serial terminal.</p></p><p><a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AE4wxt70aUM'>Andor, season 2, trailer</a> </p>Daily LinksThu, 06 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.visuallizard.com/blog/daily-links/2025/02/06Visual Lizard<p><a href='https://boingboing.net/2025/02/06/pocket-paper-notebooks-with-games-printed-on-them.html'>Paper Apps</a> <p>Paper Apps are pen and paper games cunningly disguised as little reporter-style notepads, pitched as a "fun, smart alternative to screen time." There are games themed around dungeons, space exploration and golf, each vaguely reminding me of 1980-era textmode games. And there are some gamified journals with to-do lists and such for those with even less time to spare.</p></p>Daily LinksWed, 05 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.visuallizard.com/blog/daily-links/2025/02/05Visual Lizard<p><a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jan5CFWs9ic'>Jurassic World Rebirth, official trailer</a> </p><p><a href='https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/02/lets-encrypt-is-ending-expiration-notice-emails-for-some-very-good-reasons/'>Let’s Encrypt is ending expiration notice emails—for some very good reasons</a> Starting June 4, 2025, Let's Encrypt will no longer notify its subscribers that their certification is about to expire and needs renewal. “Providing expiration notification emails means that we have to retain millions of email addresses connected to issuance records. As an organization that values privacy, removing this requirement is important to us.”</p>