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Terminal Phase is a side-scrolling shoot-em-up in the Gradius and R-Typetradition, but in text mode. In the terminal! It's free software created by Christopher Lemmer Webber.
Generative Placeholders is a new tool that lets you embed autogenerated placeholder art into a website that changes with every page refresh. Stefan Bohacek sees it as the visual equivalent of a Lorem Ipsum text generator.
Tom Whitell has put together a super interesting list of things he learned in 2019. Turns out I'm also intertested in all 52 things! Maybe you are as well.
A typeface for developers
It's Friday, December 20, and the it feels like the holiday season is already here. 2019 is only a few days away from being history as we turn the page into the 2020s.
Our offices will officially be closed from December 23rd to January 2, 2020. We may occasionally check email, but we will largely be unplugged as we disconnect, recharge, spend time with friends, family, and loved ones.
With the end of another year, Visual Lizard would like to thank everyone that we have worked with in 2019. Thank you! Should you have an emergency, please call the office and follow the auto-attendant for instructions.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
In 2018 $273bn was spent on digital ads globally. We delve into the world of clicks, banners and keywords to find out if any of it is real. What do we really know about the effectiveness of digital advertising?
Google's SVP of hardware, Rick Osterloh, posted an announcement of the acquisition on Google's blog, saying the move was "an opportunity to invest even more in Wear OS as well as introduce Made by Google wearable devices into the market."
Steam’s new Remote Play Together feature, which lets you play local multiplayer games over the internet, has launched in beta. The feature allows up to four online players (“or even more in ideal conditions” according to Valve) to participate in a local multiplayer game as though they were sitting in the same room.
DeepL trains artificial intelligence to understand and translate texts.
Firefox 70 drastically reduces the power usage during browsing.
Luna Display 4.0 now turns any Mac into an extra display. Finally you can give purpose to your old Macs lying around. No need to have any idle devices!
As if you needed more reasons to pick up this game. Looks like a gooder coming out October 25.
Wilco has a new album out and it is exactly what I didn't realize I needed. Give it a listen. Feel better.
"On Tuesday, October 8th, for the very first time ever, the new issue of 2600 will be released digitally in non-DRM PDF format. "
Spotify today updated its mobile app to include Siri support, extending to extends to CarPlay and HomePod via AirPlay. And the service indicates Spotify is now also available on the Apple TV. Finally!
Coraline Ada Ehmke's Hippocratic License is a software license that permits the broad swathe of activities enabled by traditional free/open licenses, with one exception it bars use by: "individuals, corporations, governments, or other groups for systems or activities that actively and knowingly endanger, harm, or otherwise threaten the physical, mental, economic, or general well-being of individuals or groups in violation of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights."
Every October, artists all over the world take on the Inktober drawing challenge by doing one ink drawing a day the entire month.