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  I was just reminded of this great book, AVOGADRO CORP from way back in 2011 which is, roughly speaking, about an AI autocorrect plugin for gmail going rogue. It has tons of fun real details like exploiting unpatched php bugs to gain access to systems. Again, from 2011. It is a very fun book and like, you will be like, bro, a bit too on the nose don't you think. Highly recommend. https://williamhertling.com/avogadrocorp/

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  I took my, uh, glowing power sword outside and it DRANK DEEPLY from the TEXAS SUMMER SUN so when I went back inside it GLOWED WITH RENEWED VIGOR!!!

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  I gave my son access to a code generator. He made a version of tic-tac-toe where you can unlock different marks to play with, then a concept of a "bomb" where your turn destroys the surrounding marks and HOLY CRAP PEOPLE HE INVENTED A TOTALLY NEW GAME.

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  "Dad, your office is cluttered with toys," said my son. "What do you want me to do about it?" I said, defensively. "Get bigger shelves so you can fit more toys," he said.

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  The sporting good store had a SPEAR and the “machete” which is clearly a razor sharp sword. These were next to the three packs of ninja stars.

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  Headed to the local arcade where I will win many many many tickets an embarrassment of tickets

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  Look what I just got

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  how can the day be so long

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  Ladies and gentlemen, we have Linux on the desktop

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  Saw a sign for 4 grilled lamb skewers for 2.5€, in Austin this would cost $37 and you would have to pay for parking

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  Very crusty but still working payphone in downtown Athens

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  it works because it outputting terminal control codes. so cool.

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  Plus, fat squirrels

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  @philgyford@mastodon.social yes it is very small, like an oldskool pager

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  My goal is to be able to play the ocarina solo from Duran Duran's The Chaffeur on the DTMF keyboard.

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  I think a lot about the pastfuture, visions of the future from the past that could have been but never were. Like, what if we traded apps on minidiscs? What if you jacked into cyberspace via a payphone? Anyways, here’s finger running on a pager:

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  New txt file drop, lol. https://benbrown.com/txt/read/2026-05-10

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  My teenager who says she hates school had a project titled "Pixel Park Tycoon" where she built an adventure game in scratch based on her favorite manga.

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  I have been spending a lot of time with a new friend and his name is ESP32. https://benbrown.com/txt/read/2026-05-11

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  Wow this is a really great podcast episode!! I love this line: "So, Ben Brown is a cool guy." @andypiper > https://gamesatwork.biz/2026/05/11/e553-monks-bots-ghosts/

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  My family does not appreciate that I created a tiny pocket synthesizer

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  Eliza, cutting right to the heart of it really.

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  Happy Star Trek day! Live long and prosper. 🖖🏻

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  Max on everything

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  It’s NEW MURDERBOT day!! Martha Wells’ latest book, Platform Decay, is out today!

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  This looks cool: RSS-only publishing system. I've had this same idea. https://www.sourcefeed.app/

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  Very pleased to release the `headroom` command which will put an animated Max Headroom directly in your terminal window so he can laugh at the ridiculous name you gave your hard disk. Instructions to install are here: https://benbrown.com/txt/read/2026-05-01 Enjoy!!!!

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  The new voice / same face thing going on with Stranger Things cartoon is really tough, fake David Harbour especially. But weirdly Janeane Garofolo is in half the episodes? https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27486290/characters/nm0000413/?ref_=ttfc_fcr_3_10

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  Sweet fancy Moses, this is like something out of Tim Burton’s twisted vision of hell!