Tomorrow is the 2nd day of the Electronic Faire at Temple University! During the "sit and tinker faire", I plan to work on my personal website in HTML: Adding 88 x 31 buttons, a robots.txt page, and projects. I might also work on transcribing my dream journal into markdown files. Feel free to join me in that! I'm happy to chat about Iffy Books, the Philadelphia Mycology Club, and using the Air Gradient. You can find me wearing a SEPTA hat, mask, and pin that says "pixel" on it.

I'll also be attending @exquisitecorp's workshop "Programming a BASIC Game with Lee Tusman". Registrations are full but keep an eye out for slots that open last minute. charlesstudy.temple.edu/event/…

Games and slide scan be found here github.com/lee2sman/yabasic-ga…

sites.temple.edu/efaire/schedu…

#lowTech #philadelphia #philly

Electronics Faire: Programming a BASIC Game with Lee Tusman

This is a workshop in the BASIC family of languages to create a text-based turn-based economic strategy game in the style of Hamurabi (1968/1973), Star Trader (1974), The Oregon...

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I don't no idea what to make of this backrooms youTube channel with narration like "The Most Extreme" ... but... for some reason is works?

And it's kind of hilarious?

youtube.com/watch?v=xEwySAaoPf…

Trying too hard to make backrooms content doesn't work. This has the feeling of walking in on the middle of something that makes no sense and that makes it work IMO

Welcome to the Jungle! - Backrooms Level 37

Level 37 - Welcome to the JungleSurvival Difficulty: Class 3Subcategories:•Unsafe•Unsecure•Low Entity CountLevel 37 seems to be an infinite jungle, with many...

^YouTube

Tesla stock has given up roughly all its gains since the Nov. 5 election,
and has lost nearly half its value from a Dec. 17 closing peak of $479.86.

This week, analysts from Wells Fargo and JPMorgan lowered their price targets to $130 and $120, respectively,
suggesting the stock could lose nearly half its value from Friday's close at $249.98.

Wells Fargo analysts said they "initially dismissed" worries political backlash to CEO Elon Musk's involvement with the Trump administration would hurt the EV maker,
but recent protests and reports of vandalism against Tesla vehicles have challenged that,
as they "raise the stakes for potential buyers."

They highlighted declining sales in the U.S., China, and in Europe.

msn.com/en-us/money/topstocks/…

The ability to calculate your ballistic flight trajectory is just as important for magic as it is for rocket science!

#Germany #folktale #folklore #magic @germany @folklore
patreon.com/posts/spells-of-tr…

15 March 1901 | A Polish Jew, Abraham Weinberger, was born in Tarnów. A merchant.

In #Auschwitz from 3 March 1942.
No. 25986
He perished in the camp on 18 March 1942.

Writing Sat 15 Mar HongDian Black Forest and Diamine Early Dusk

What are you writing with today?

HongDian Black Forest <Fine> + Diamine Early Dusk

youtube.com/garryeves

#edc #fountainpen #fountainpens #penoftheday #dailypen #HongDianBlackForest #HongDian #Diamine #DiamineEarlyDusk

I wrote ~5000 words on what 40 hours of studying drawing can do. I know my drawing is not great, but it has improved considerably, and I believe it is a story worth sharing.

ninakalinina.com/notes/iseeidr…

Sophia Falk reveals how AI pressures six of nine critical Earth systems, including freshwater overuse in chip production, habitat destruction from mining, and toxic pollution from hazardous chemicals. Learn why AI’s footprint is more than energy consumption: youtu.be/1oPS_HRTUXg

#ArtificialIntelligence #AI #Sustainability #Environment #ClimateChange #SustainableAI #GreenTech #TechForGood #Innovation #ResponsibleAI #DigitalTransformation #EthicalAI #RenewableEnergy

@pluralistic : "Wiggin's report [on Amazon's labor-disciplining, union-busting tactics] isn't just a snapshot of Amazon warehouse workers' dystopian present – it's a promise of Amazon tech workers' future. The future is here, in Amazon warehouses, … it's getting closer to Amazon's technical offices. … It's as William Gibson prophesied: 'The future is here, it's just not evenly distributed'".

"If you want to know the future, look at the past." -- Albert Einstein

pluralistic.net/2025/03/13/ele…

Tesla, led by Elon Musk, warns of export retaliation due to new Trump tariffs
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/14/g-s1-53947/tesla-led-by-elon-musk-warns-of-export-retaliation-due-to-new-trump-tariffs?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into U.S. News @u-s-news-npr

just discovered that the USB PD spec has renamed the "Externally Powered" bit to "Unconstrained Power"

gendo.jpg

Today I learned that there’s a free Black farmers index. Want to support hyperlocal and Black-owned businesses (instead of keeping billionaires in yacht money)? Take a look. Buy some stuff:

blackfarmersindex.com/

#BlackMastodon #gardening #antiCapitalism #dei

Black Farmers Index

^{Black Farmers Index}

Trump reclaims a Justice Department reshaped in his wake
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/14/g-s1-53957/trump-speech-justice-department?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Politics @politics-npr

Trump says the economy is in 'transition.' What comes after? : Consider This from NPR
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/14/1238535916/trump-economy-transition-tariffs-stock-market-correction?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Business @business-npr

New TIL: Styling an HTML dialog modal to take the full height of the viewport

Turns out <dialog> has default browser styles that apply when you use it as a modal, including max-height: calc(100% - 6px - 2em) which needs to be over-ridden if you want it display full height

til.simonwillison.net/css/dial…

Styling an HTML dialog modal to take the full height of the viewport

I've been experimenting with the HTML dialog element recently, for example in my Prompts.js JavaScript library.

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Increasing power of different fireworks - visualized!

(by Reddit user: u/Closed_Aperture)
bit.ly/RedditFireworks

C+P: Combining the Usefulness of C with the Excellence of Prolog

hackaday.com/2025/03/14/cp-com…

C+P: Combining The Usefulness Of C With The Excellence Of Prolog

In a move that will absolutely not over-excite anyone, nor lead to any heated arguments, [needleful] posits that their C Plus Prolog (C+P for short) programming language is the best possible langua…

^Hackaday