1038 bookmarks

Links to things I share without comment: tools, articles, whatever else I find interesting. My blog with actual writing is at [Sam's Stuff](https://stuff.interfree.ca)

2025-12-10

783.

Arcane Audio Archer

:///go/783

An accessible retro audio archery game.

784.

Amazon changes how copyright protection is applied to Kindle Direct's self-published ebooks | TechCrunch

techcrunch.com/2025/12/10/amazon-changes-how-copyright-protection-is-applied-to-kindle-directs-self-published-ebooks

Starting January 20, 2026, Amazon will allow authors to offer DRM-free ebooks in EPUB and PDF formats through Kindle Direct Publishing. Authors can opt-in to this feature for their existing titles by changing the DRM status in the KDP author portal.

785.

Domains as “Internet Handles”

マリウス.com/domains-as-internet-handles

A few thoughts on the idea that domains should be everyone’s “internet handles”.

2025-12-08

777.

Generating Relevant Random JSON with Chrome AI

www.raymondcamden.com/2025/12/07/generating-relevant-random-json-with-chrome-ai
778.

I got hacked, and that has uncovered all the things I've been doing wrong

stfn.pl/blog/88-i-got-hacked

A VPS was hacked, causing high CPU usage due to a crypto miner. The attacker exploited a vulnerability in Umami, a self-hosted analytics service. The user took steps to secure the server, including removing Prometheus, updating Umami, and adding a Hetzner Firewall.

779.

The f*** off contact page - Nic Chan

www.nicchan.me/blog/the-f-off-contact-page

A design agency client wanted to implement a “fuck off contact page,” prioritizing aesthetics over user experience. Despite the designer’s objections, the client’s vision prevailed, leading to a disappointing outcome. The designer reflects on the importance of educating clients about the design process and the potential pitfalls of discounted pricing. Note: Writing Tools aren’t designed to work with this type of content.

780.

GitHub - svanichkin/say

github.com/svanichkin/say

Contribute to svanichkin/say development by creating an account on GitHub.

781.

Techie broke rules, made a mistake, and made things better

go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2025/12/08/who_me
782.

Assorted Stupidity #171

www.loweringthebar.net/2025/12/assorted-stupidity-171.html

Kim Kardashian failed the California bar exam after apprenticing for over six years. A lawyer cited ChatGPT’s usage policies in a wrongful-death complaint, highlighting the importance of understanding AI limitations. A Crooked Beverage Company co-founder faces felony theft charges for allegedly stealing over $75,000.

2025-12-07

776.

A list of all blind-accessible videogames

gist.github.com/Molitvan/50e3b5060ab9465b1da895155d5c0480

2025-12-06

773.

prolix-oc/SillyTavern-SimTracker: Silly Sim Tracker is a SillyTavern extension that creates visual tracker cards from JSON data in chat messages. Perfect for RPGs, dating sims, or any scenario requiring character stat tracking. Features customizable templates, flexible data structures, and seamless integration with SillyTavern's macro system.

github.com/prolix-oc/SillyTavern-SimTracker
774.

qvink/SillyTavern-MessageSummarize

github.com/qvink/SillyTavern-MessageSummarize

Contribute to qvink/SillyTavern-MessageSummarize development by creating an account on GitHub.

775.

unkarelian/timeline-memory: A tool-call based memory system for SillyTavern

github.com/unkarelian/timeline-memory

A tool-call based memory system for SillyTavern. Contribute to unkarelian/timeline-memory development by creating an account on GitHub.

2025-12-04

768.

Arcade Girls: An Unconventional Romance eBook : Quill, Jim: Amazon.ca: Kindle Store

www.amazon.ca/dp/B0G4WP3DPB

Arcade Girls: An Unconventional Romance eBook : Quill, Jim: Amazon.ca: Kindle Store

769.

How I wrote JustHTML using coding agents - Friendly Bit

friendlybit.com/python/writing-justhtml-with-coding-agents

I recently released JustHTML, a python-based HTML5 parser. It passes 100% of the html5lib test suite, has zero dependencies, and includes a CSS selector...

770.

ralsina/pasto: Crystal-based pastebin application with live syntax highlighting preview and extensive theme support

github.com/ralsina/pasto

Crystal-based pastebin application with live syntax highlighting preview and extensive theme support - ralsina/pasto

771.

Science e-Books - NASA Science

science.nasa.gov/multimedia/science-e-books
772.

Stacktower: An Accidental Deep Dive

stacktower.io

2025-12-03

763.

Resources | Disability:IN - Momentum at Work: Disability and Career Mobility

disabilityin.org/resource/momentum-at-work-disability-and-career-mobility

New global research from Disability:IN and LinkedIn reveals a powerful workforce trend: professionals with disabilities are advancing- but often by switching firms to do so. Explore the research that will shape your workforce strategy for years to come.

764.

Microsoft Activation Scripts | MAS

massgrave.dev
765.

One of the biggest RAM, SSD makers Crucial is shutting down to actually make way more money

www.neowin.net/news/one-of-the-biggest-ram-ssd-makers-crucial-is-shutting-down-to-actually-make-way-more-money
766.

‘End-to-end encrypted’ smart toilet camera is not actually end-to-end encrypted | TechCrunch

techcrunch.com/2025/12/03/end-to-end-encrypted-smart-toilet-camera-is-not-actually-end-to-end-encrypted
767.

You Can’t Make Something Accessible to Everyone

adrianroselli.com/2025/12/you-cant-make-something-accessible-to-everyone.html

2025-12-01

761.

Audio Space Invaders

marconius.com/fun/audioInvaders

Wear headphones, listen for beeps, and click FIRE when the sound is centred.

762.

Web dev 'bought' so many books it crashed major online store

go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2025/12/01/who_me

Jim, a reader, recounts a time in the early 1990s when he worked for an online bookstore. While testing the new platform, Jim forgot to disable a site crawler’s ability to add items to the shopping cart, resulting in a cart worth over $50,000. This caused a major disruption for the bookstore, but Jim was able to fix the issue and keep his job.

2025-11-30

758.

Legend of Mana Land: Four Golden Rings: A GameLit Fantasy Adventure eBook : Scott, Landon, Sage, Adam: Amazon.ca: Kindle Store

www.amazon.ca/Legend-Mana-Land-GameLit-Adventure-ebook/dp/B0G4F3YRL4

Legend of Mana Land: Four Golden Rings: A GameLit Fantasy Adventure eBook : Scott, Landon, Sage, Adam: Amazon.ca: Kindle Store

759.

The space of minds

karpathy.bearblog.dev/the-space-of-minds

On the space of minds and the optimizations that give rise to them.

760.

9001/copyparty: Portable file server with accelerated resumable uploads, dedup, WebDAV, FTP, TFTP, zeroconf, media indexer, thumbnails++ all in one file, no deps

github.com/9001/copyparty

Portable file server with accelerated resumable uploads, dedup, WebDAV, FTP, TFTP, zeroconf, media indexer, thumbnails all in one file, no deps - 9001/copyparty

2025-11-29

755.

A Brief, Incomplete, and Mostly Wrong History of Programming Languages

james-iry.blogspot.com/2009/05/brief-incomplete-and-mostly-wrong.html

1801 - Joseph Marie Jacquard uses punch cards to instruct a loom to weave "hello, world" into a tapestry. Redditers of the time are not imp...

756.

Bredrumb/TomoriBot: A highly customizable chatbot/waifu for Discord featuring smart agentic AI features such as memory, personas, tool usage, and more!

github.com/Bredrumb/TomoriBot

A highly customizable chatbot/waifu for Discord featuring smart agentic AI features such as memory, personas, tool usage, and more! - Bredrumb/TomoriBot

757.

Paylino App - App Store

apps.apple.com/us/app/paylino/id6754171927

Download Paylino by Subsspot GmbH on the App Store. See screenshots, ratings and reviews, user tips, and more games like Paylino.

2025-11-28

753.

Celebrate the holiday season with DoorsJourney, the most accessible Advent calendar

www.applevis.com/forum/ios-ipados/celebrate-holiday-season-doorsjourney-most-accessible-advent-calendar
754.

AI's role in improving accessibility

www.marketplace.org/episode/2025/11/28/ais-role-in-improving-accessibility

AI large language models have been heralded as revolutionary in the world of accessibility. But in order to create a more accessible internet, those with disabilities need to be included in the process of training the technology, advocates say.

2025-11-25

752.

Stop Putting Your Passwords Into Random Websites (Yes, Seriously, You Are The Problem)

labs.watchtowr.com/stop-putting-your-passwords-into-random-websites-yes-seriously-you-are-the-problem

Welcome to watchTowr vs the Internet, part 68. That feeling you’re experiencing? Dread. You should be used to it by now. As is fast becoming an unofficial and, apparently, frowned upon tradition - we identified incredible amounts of publicly exposed passwords, secrets, keys and more for very sensitive environments

2025-11-24

749.

Medieval Apps

medievalbooks.nl/2015/01/16/medieval-apps

How about this for a truism: a book is a book, and something that is not a book is not a book. This post will knock your socks off if you are inclined to affirm this statement, because in medieval …

750.

Nov 20th, 2025 - Introducing Quick and Research assistants

kagifeedback.org/d/9008-nov-20th-2025-introducing-quick-and-research-assistants/1
751.

Linux admin hated downtime so much he schlepped a live UPS during office move

go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2025/11/21/on_call

2025-11-23

748.

The Real Tech Stack Behind AI Startups: A 200-Company Analysis

pub.towardsai.net/i-reverse-engineered-200-ai-startups-73-are-lying-a8610acab0d3

Three weeks of network monitoring revealed the truth: 73% of funded AI startups are running $33M valuations on $1,200/month in OpenAI…

2025-11-22

745.

Chart It, your accessible data charting solution - Nathan Tech

www.nathantech.net/products/software/chartit.php

Welcome to Chart It, the accessible tool allowing screen-reader users to create mind maps, ERD's, flowcharts and more.

746.

Googlewifi - K3CAN's Blog

blog.k3can.us/tags/googlewifi
747.

Apple launches limited edition MagSafe iPhone grip for people with disabilities

www.gsmarena.com/apple_launches_limited_edition_magsafe_iphone_grip_for_people_with_disabilities-news-70404.php

Grab yours while supplies last. Apple has launched a limited edition iPhone grip and stand, designed by Bailey Hikawa "through an extensive interview...

2025-11-21

743.

FAWK: LLMs can write a language interpreter

martin.janiczek.cz/2025/11/21/fawk-llms-can-write-a-language-interpreter.html

After reading the book The AWK Programming Language (recommended!), I was planning to try AWK out on this year’s Advent of Code. Having some time off from work this week, I tried to implement one of the problems in it to get some practice, set up my tooling, see how hard AWK would be, and… I found I’m FP-pilled.

744.

Zork is now open source

blog.zarfhome.com/2025/11/zork-is-open-source

Two years ago, I wrote: Microsoft-the-company does not care about Infocom. But a lot of people in Microsoft must care. Microsoft is heavily populated by greying GenX nerds just like me. Folks who grew up with the first home computers and fondly ...

2025-11-20

737.

Olmo 3: Charting a path through the model flow to lead open-source AI | Ai2

allenai.org/blog/olmo3

Our new flagship Olmo 3 model family empowers the open source community with not only state-of-the-art open models, but the entire model flow and full traceability back to training data.

738.

Cloudflare outage on November 18, 2025

blog.cloudflare.com/18-november-2025-outage

Cloudflare suffered a service outage on November 18, 2025. The outage was triggered by a bug in generation logic for a Bot Management feature file causing many Cloudflare services to be affected.

739.

Art of Fauna: Cozy Puzzles App - App Store

apps.apple.com/us/app/art-of-fauna-cozy-puzzles/id1630468596

Download Art of Fauna: Cozy Puzzles by Klemens Strasser on the App Store. See screenshots, ratings and reviews, user tips, and more games like Art of Fauna:…

740.

Art of Fauna and Be My Eyes Named Among Finalists for 2025 App Store Awards

www.applevis.com/blog/art-fauna-be-my-eyes-named-among-finalists-2025-app-store-awards
741.

Rogers, Telus and Bell Launch New Tool to Stop Recycled Number Scams

www.iphoneincanada.ca/2025/11/19/rogers-telus-and-bell-launch-new-tool-to-stop-recycled-number-scams
742.

National Federation of the Blind Partners with ElevenLabs to Transform Accessible Reading | National Federation of the Blind

nfb.org/about-us/press-room/national-federation-blind-partners-elevenlabs-transform-accessible-reading

Baltimore, MD (November 18, 2025): The National Federation of the Blind (NFB) is proud to announce a partnership with ElevenLabs, bringing the innovative ElevenReader platform to blind readers across the United States.

2025-11-19

735.

Save 30% on A Better World on Steam

store.steampowered.com/app/3002070/A_Better_World

A Better World Company is hiring! We’re looking for a skilled new recruit to alter the past and reshape the future! Use our Computer to travel back in time, and make game-changing choices to make the world a better place! You decide what to do… as long as you follow our internal policies.

736.

supertone-inc/supertonic: Lightning-fast, on-device TTS — running natively via ONNX.

github.com/supertone-inc/supertonic

Lightning-fast, on-device TTS — running natively via ONNX. - supertone-inc/supertonic

2025-11-18

729.

My next chapter with Mastodon

blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/11/my-next-chapter-with-mastodon

Reflections on my time leading Mastodon and what's to come next.

730.

Richer alt text in Word and PowerPoint, powered by generative AI

techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/Microsoft365InsiderBlog/richer-alt-text-in-word-and-powerpoint-powered-by-generative-ai/4466593

Microsoft Word and PowerPoint for Windows now use generative AI to generate alt text for images. This new feature provides higher-quality, context-rich descriptions and gives users more control over when and how alt text is added. The update is available to Microsoft 365 users with Version 2510 or later.

731.

Using an ADE: Ancient Development Environment

thedailywtf.com/articles/using-an-ade-ancient-development-environment

Greta works with a legacy tech stack, including a deprecated IDE from a defunct vendor, a dialect of C with limited compiler support, and a Pascal library with no source code. The code itself is problematic, with a monolithic main form, global state, and confusing file structures. Despite the challenges, Greta is happy with the team culture and is actively working on a .NET replacement.

732.

It's Not Google's Fault. It's Yours.

www.admdnewsletter.com/its-not-googles-fault-its-yours

According to a recent Google leak, we’re all to blame for poor quality search results. Summary and thoughts on Rand Fishkin's and Mike King's dropped dual reports on a large-scale leak of Google Search internal documentation for Content API Warehouse.

733.

Selfish reasons for building accessible UIs

nolanlawson.com/2025/06/16/selfish-reasons-for-building-accessible-uis

All web developers know, at some level, that accessibility is important. But when push comes to shove, it can be hard to prioritize it above a bazillion other concerns when you’re trying to c…

734.

Announcing mooR 1.0-beta1 - Timbran Blog

timbran.org/announcing-moor-1-0-beta1.html

Timbran - Building collaborative online environments

2025-11-17

724.

One bad click sent AWS bill into the stratosphere

go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2025/11/17/who_me

Chase, a developer, accidentally left a box unchecked while updating an Amazon Machine Image, causing hundreds of 100 GB storage volumes to persist after instances terminated. This mistake resulted in a $40,000 AWS bill, which was partially forgiven. Chase advises setting alarms for unexpected cost increases.

725.

Lane Defender: Haptic Arcade | AppleVis

www.applevis.com/apps/ios/games/lane-defender-haptic-arcade

Lane Defender is a minimalist arcade game designed for both blind and sighted players. It uses haptic feedback to indicate enemy approach in three lanes, with optional voice announcements for hits, lives, and game over. The game features adaptive difficulty, new mechanics as players improve, and high score tracking.

726.

ysharma3501/FastMaya: A highly optimized engine for maya-1 tts model to generate minutes of audio in seconds.

github.com/ysharma3501/FastMaya

A highly optimized engine for maya-1 tts model to generate minutes of audio in seconds. - ysharma3501/FastMaya

727.

deepclause/deepclause-desktop: DeepClause Desktop App

github.com/deepclause/deepclause-desktop

DeepClause Desktop App. Contribute to deepclause/deepclause-desktop development by creating an account on GitHub.

728.

Stitcher.io

stitcher.io/blog/new-in-php-85

PHP 8.5, releasing on November 20, 2025, introduces several new features. These include the pipe operator for easier function chaining, the ability to assign new values to cloned objects, and the #[NoDiscard] attribute to indicate required function return values. Other notable additions are closure improvements, backtraces for fatal errors, and built-in array_first() and array_last() functions.

2025-11-15

721.

The Runemaster - (A Reincarnated As A Baby Prog Fantasy)

share.google/6SSUGtY0b7t9xIYPp

The story captivates with a well-paced plot, clear character growth, and a unique perspective on reincarnation. The protagonist’s past experiences, exceptional abilities, and evolving personality contribute to the depth and unpredictability of the narrative. The writing style is praised for its clarity, engaging word choices, and seamless flow.

722.

Baidu unveils proprietary ERNIE 5 beating GPT-5 performance on charts, document understanding and more

share.google/f4d8aQ8lesLiPNhxk

Baidu unveiled ERNIE 5.0, a proprietary multimodal foundation model designed to process and generate content across text, images, audio, and video. The model, positioned as a global contender in the enterprise AI market, boasts competitive performance against OpenAI’s GPT-5 and Google’s Gemini 2.5 Pro, particularly in structured document understanding and visual chart reasoning. Alongside ERNIE 5.0, Baidu introduced major updates to its digital human platform, no-code tools, and general-purpose AI agents, aiming to expand its AI footprint beyond China.

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