<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Offering of Pie</title><description>Links I found worth sharing, about five a week.</description><link>https://jlopes.eu/</link><atom:link href="https://jlopes.eu/links/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><atom:link href="https://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/" rel="hub"/><language>en-gb</language><ttl>1440</ttl><item><title>When Diesel was punk?</title><link>https://jlopes.eu/links/2026-11-13/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://jlopes.eu/links/2026-11-13/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://jlopes.eu/uploads/links/2026-11-13.webp&quot; alt=&quot;A black-and-white photo of a man in a leather jacket riding a Lehaitre, a 1930s French motorcycle with a riveted metal body that runs on a tank track instead of wheels.&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Links&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://monkeyisland.pages.dev/&quot;&gt;All 13 Secret of Monkey Island versions side by side&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.sussi.dk/terry-pratchetts-study&quot;&gt;Terry Pratchett’s study&lt;/a&gt; · SussiDK: A 1:12 diorama of where Terry Pratchett felt at home.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ancillaryreviewofbooks.org/2026/11/09/of-roots-and-worms/&quot;&gt;Of Roots and Worms&lt;/a&gt; · Francis Gene-Rowe: First printed in a zine whose copies were buried by the river and left to decompose.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/saragordic/window-sweaters&quot;&gt;Window Sweaters&lt;/a&gt; · Sara Gordić: A macOS app that knits borders around your windows.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://brianschrader.com/archive/read-blogs/&quot;&gt;Read Blogs&lt;/a&gt; · Brian Schrader: Following blogs instead of social media keeps the rage bait away.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blog.lauramichet.com/i-downloaded-a-website/&quot;&gt;I downloaded a website&lt;/a&gt; · Laura Michet: On archiving and curating websites.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://criminallyvulgar.dev/you-should-absolutely-download-your-favourite-youtube-videos/&quot;&gt;You should absolutely download your favourite YouTube videos&lt;/a&gt;: The things you love online don&amp;#39;t belong to you, so keep your own copies...&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://haydenbleasel.com/taking-away&quot;&gt;By taking away&lt;/a&gt; · Hayden Bleasel: Software is made like a sculpture, and sometimes less is more.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.birdsoutsidemywindow.org/2026/11/03/insects-dont-swarm-at-led-lights/&quot;&gt;Insects Don’t Swarm at LED Lights&lt;/a&gt; · Kate St. John&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://markblah.github.io/lemmings/&quot;&gt;Walker Playground&lt;/a&gt; · Mark Blah: Lemmings set loose on the webpage!&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://lzon.ca/posts/trivia/000010/&quot;&gt;NVIDIA and AMD&amp;#39;s CEOs are family&lt;/a&gt;: Jensen Huang and Lisa Su are first cousins once removed.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
</content:encoded><category>games</category><category>history</category><category>books</category><category>fun</category><category>culture</category><category>design</category><category>indieweb</category><category>ai</category><category>programming</category><category>science</category><category>javascript</category></item><item><title>To the Batvan!</title><link>https://jlopes.eu/links/2026-11-06/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://jlopes.eu/links/2026-11-06/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/07/get-load-of-this-bedford.html&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://jlopes.eu/uploads/links/2026-11-06.avif&quot; alt=&quot;A Bedford van customised as a Batmobile, with bat-wing tail fins, a bat emblem on its side and a bat grille, parked on a sunny street.&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Links&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://avantgarde.110west40th.com/&quot;&gt;Avant-Garde&lt;/a&gt; · Mindy Seu: A seminal magazine that broke taboos, and made a few enemies along the way.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://floor796.com&quot;&gt;Floor796&lt;/a&gt;: An evolving pixelart tapestry website, set in a space station.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://scalawagmagazine.org/2026/10/notes-on-ogunian-anarchism-a-meditation-for-hoodoo-heritage-month/&quot;&gt;A Meditation for Hoodoo Heritage Month&lt;/a&gt; · zuri arman: Ogunian anarchism as a ritual that draws on a cosmological system of the Yoruba people.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/mar/17/ipswich-we-have-a-problem-space-cadets-the-reality-show-that-never-left-the-ground&quot;&gt;Space Cadets, the reality show that never left the ground&lt;/a&gt; · Laura Martin: This Channel 4 show pretended to send people to orbit from a &amp;quot;Russian&amp;quot; airbase.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://cauenapier.com/blog/an-internet-we-are-afraid-to-explore/&quot;&gt;An Internet We’re Afraid to Explore&lt;/a&gt; · Cauê Napier: What if the internet keeps running, but becomes too hostile to explore?&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blog.chaoticgood.computer/content/notes/software-gardening&quot;&gt;Software Gardening&lt;/a&gt; · Spencer Elkington: A people-centric way to think about post-LLM software development.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.w3.org/blog/2026/historical-www-talk-archives-made-complete/&quot;&gt;The W3C&amp;#39;s archives of the www-talk mailing list&lt;/a&gt; · Gerald Oskoboiny: Browse back up to October 1991, with highlights from the Web&amp;#39;s early days.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://spitalfieldslife.com/2026/10/28/a-brief-history-of-crypts-iiii/&quot;&gt;The Crypts Of Old London&lt;/a&gt; · Malcolm Johnson: A brief history of London&amp;#39;s crypts, and those buried there.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://typewalk.net/explore&quot;&gt;Typewalk&lt;/a&gt;: Browse lettering and signs in public spaces.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://edjefferson.com/trailertimemachine/&quot;&gt;Trailer Time Machine&lt;/a&gt; · Ed Jefferson: Watch random film trailers based on the year of your choice!&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
</content:encoded><category>design</category><category>history</category><category>animation</category><category>fun</category><category>culture</category><category>indieweb</category><category>programming</category><category>ai</category></item><item><title>Come back, you&apos;re forgiven!</title><link>https://jlopes.eu/links/2026-10-30/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://jlopes.eu/links/2026-10-30/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blog.mozilla.org/en/firefox/come-back-to-firefox/&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://jlopes.eu/uploads/links/2026-10-30.webp&quot; alt=&quot;A collection of internet meme people that joined to appeal users to use Firefox as a web browser.&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Links&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://archive.org/details/small_web&quot;&gt;The Small Web Is Huge&lt;/a&gt; · punkto: A SeaGL 2026 talk on how big the small web really is. (video on the downloads list)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://melonking.net/&quot;&gt;Always Your Pal, Melon!&lt;/a&gt;: Melon&amp;#39;s ephemeral home on the World Wild Web.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://lovewarschauerstr.wtf/&quot;&gt;I Hate Warschauer Str&lt;/a&gt;: A pixel-art walk home from Warschauer Brücke, in all its virtual glory.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://pointerpointer.com/&quot;&gt;Pointer Pointer&lt;/a&gt;: Hold your mouse still and get a photo of someone pointing right at it.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://archive.org/details/vintageai&quot;&gt;Vintage Artificial Intelligence&lt;/a&gt;: A curated collection of early software that sold itself on artificial intelligence.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://hex.ooo/library/how_to_build.html&quot;&gt;How to Build a Universe That Doesn&amp;#39;t Fall Apart Two Days Later&lt;/a&gt; · Philip K. Dick (1978): Speech on fake realities, and who manufactures them for real.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.insidetrack.org.uk/releases/adhate&quot;&gt;An Abdication of Responsibility: Why Advertising Firms Continue to Monetise Hate&lt;/a&gt; · Ned Younger: How UK ad agencies keep monetising hate while taking no responsibilty for it. (via &lt;a href=&quot;https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:wy4ufhy7swsmq7uekin7oces/post/3mytwvey2g22e&quot;&gt;Bluesky&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://armincat.com/articles/eunice-is-almost-here&quot;&gt;Eunice is almost here&lt;/a&gt; · Armin Catovic: William Gibson was right.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.whatwetellai.com/&quot;&gt;What We Tell AI&lt;/a&gt; · Olivia Tai: Anonymous notes about people&amp;#39;s relationship with AI, collected as an anthropological art project.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ratfactor.com/cards/pl-small&quot;&gt;Small Programs and Languages&lt;/a&gt; · Dave Gauer: On the appeal of small programs and code golfing in general.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
</content:encoded><category>indieweb</category><category>fun</category><category>games</category><category>ai</category><category>history</category><category>culture</category><category>programming</category></item><item><title>We live in AI-nteresting times.</title><link>https://jlopes.eu/links/2026-10-23/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://jlopes.eu/links/2026-10-23/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://jlopes.eu/uploads/links/2026-10-23.webp&quot; alt=&quot;Hugops for PHP peeps this week.&quot;&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h2&gt;Links&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ordinaryabundance.com/&quot;&gt;Ordinary Abundance&lt;/a&gt;: Descriptive animations on scroll.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://jtomschroeder.com/blog/tone-circle/&quot;&gt;Coltrane&amp;#39;s Tone Circle&lt;/a&gt;: Visualizing the circle of fifths in a different way&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://henry.codes/writing/dark-forestry/&quot;&gt;Dark Forestry&lt;/a&gt;: A case for ethics, empathy, and solidarity in an industry losing its way. (and a really awesome scrolling animation)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://colo.to/cyberspace.html&quot;&gt;William Gibson and the trademarking of Cyberspace™&lt;/a&gt; · Eric Gullichsen: On the feud between William Gibson and Autodesk trademarking Cyberspace.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://tombh.co.uk/religious-studies-in-software-engineering&quot;&gt;Religious Studies In Software Engineering&lt;/a&gt; · Tom BH: An anthropological point of view on weird new religious movements.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://transjovian.org/view/fight-bots/index&quot;&gt;Butlerian Jihad&lt;/a&gt; · Mr. Bandaralum: Tips and tricks on fighting swarms of bots (coming to our websites).&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://aaronparecki.com/2026/10/17/5/rebuilding-my-indieweb-projects&quot;&gt;Why I&amp;#39;m rebuilding my IndieWeb projects with Claude&lt;/a&gt; · Aaron Parecki: Aaron Parecki defends using AI to redo ageing  IndieWeb tools, championing the ability to choose.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://artlung.com/blog/2026/10/19/be-indieweb-enough/&quot;&gt;BE INDIEWEB ENOUGH&lt;/a&gt; · Joe Crawford: Joe&amp;#39;s response for an inclusive IndieWeb, where owning your voice matters more than technical credentials&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
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