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A Crownnote chart by KingCow-13-TTPD, listing their favorite songs from August 27, 4533, featuring “My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys” at #1.

GOAT LIST

A Crownnote chart by swifternater07, listing their favorite songs from June 30, 2050, featuring “Famous” at #1.

The year that was the 2026 Colour Photography Challenge

The year that was a journey through 52 weekly assignments designed to master colour theory and creative colour photography

December 2026

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Trefdag Vlaanderen Digitaal 2026

Talking about sovereignty, social media, and identity.

Noah’s Top 50 Songs

A Crownnote chart by Simply_Noah19, listing their favorite songs from October 3, 2026, featuring “BbY WOW” at #1.

September 2026

Noah’s Top 50 Songs

A Crownnote chart by Simply_Noah19, listing their favorite songs from September 26, 2026, featuring “Animal” at #1.

Static Site Generators for Beginners

Written for a 32-bit Café thread asking where to even begin with static-site generators. I go over the free resources I'd learn first (and why hand-rolled HTML beats an SSG for your very first site), a plain-language glossary of the jargon docs never define, a brief history from HSC and Movable Type to Jekyll, why git gets recommended everywhere, my own beginner starters, and tiny alternatives like barf, bashblog, and kiki.

An App That Works While You're Away | Web Dev Challenge Season 3

AI promised us legions of agents to do work for us while we kick back and relax. Time to make that promise real.

Écluse nº 1

16 septembre. Ciel couvert. Je me suis réveillé vers trois heures et demie du matin, dans le genre de nuit qui garde encore, repliés en elle, un vieil appartement et une porte qui claquait d'une façon particulière. J'ai soupiré, je me suis levé, et j'ai fait le lit. Pour une fois, je n'ai pas refait...

What makes a viral TikTok game effect?

I've been making TikTok effects since Effect House (the software used to make TikTok effects) came out. This is what I've learnt so far:1. Make it a challengeI've found when creators can play the game...

A tool for ideation combining thinking frameworks with AI

Sometimes, when developing an idea, especially a technical one, I use frameworks, like Edward de Bono's Thinking Hats, the SCAMPER method or First Principles.A few days ago I made a site which summari...

The JONAXEL hook

Do you have a JONAXEL system thing from Ikea and wish you could 3D print a small hook for it?Well do I have the thing for you!If you want to print your own, you can download it for free on Thingiverse...

The best hot chocolate is £3.50 on an Uber boat

We all know water tastes better when you've been out in the heat, and I have to apply the same logic to Uber's hot chocolate aboard Uber boats in London.So far as I can tell, they're not special. Peak...

Progressive blur on the web

Progressive blur is all the rage.But I'm not a fan of how I usually see it implemented on the web.Have a scroll in this example:See the lovely progressive blur on the left?Why does it look better?Beca...

Pebble Time 2 review

This is my review of the Pebble Time 2, as a previous user of Apple Watch (series 9) with an iPhone and Pixel Watch (series 4) with a Pixel.BackgroundA couple of years back, I got an Apple Watch for t...

You can make music videos in PowerPoint

I still don't know quite why I make them. Perhaps it's rebellion against presentations, or perhaps just because it's possible.https://youtu.be/PYXvZpUMLzAThe good/bad news is that you can make one too...

Index 01 review

This is my review of the Index 01 after a month of usage.TL;DRDoes what it says on the tin and more, and surprisingly smooth for a first gen product.FitI 3D-printed both sizing kits. Found little diff...

DITHRPIX: A whimsical dithering camera

Do you love the old retro aesthetic of dithered photos from the early internet?Were you lucky enough to have a Game Boy Camera?Do you LOVE e-ink screens?Do you have a Pimoroni Badger 2350 knocking aro...

Creative Tech Stack

I made Creative Tech Stack, a newsletter/blog and tools database for creative technologists & coders.It's all open source and anyone can add posts and tools on GitHub.All contributions are automatical...

How to become a Creative Technologist for brands?

First of all...I don't have wisdom as a 26-year-old.If you want raw, brilliant creative development genius, I recommend checking out the likes of Bruno Simon, creator of beautiful 3D web experiences a...

Audio Nodes — a node-based app for making audio

This is Audio Nodes!Node-based programming was my entry into coding, and I still prefer nodes for creative workflows, like TouchDesigner, TikTok's Effect House, Unity's Shadergraph being some of my fa...

Weeknotes 26:38

I attended Front End Study Hall on Thursday. Continued work on three major projects. I was bummed to hear that CSS Tricks has gone quiet for a second time in four years.

Metapolitics and the Essence of the Political

We shall enter a discussion here about the political and philosophy, in the aim of what we call metapolitics, in order to understand the standing of politics and philosophy, and our standing within them. However, the words “political philosophy,” “politics,” “political,” and “political theory,” as well as the political as such, seem foreign to us, some affairs that go on in academia and only carry weight in higher education institutions and their dry technical textbooks. These words don’t have a...

The Power to Frame the Story: Black Women in Media

The Power to Frame the Story: Black Women in Media Friday, October 9, 2026 11:00 AM - 1:30 PM Wayne County Community College District - Northwest Campus Detroit, Michigan Black Women in Michigan Politics invites you to an exclusive gathering of elected officials, media leaders, corporate partners, and community influencers for a timely conversation on...

Metapolitics and the Essence of the Political

Appeals Court Rejects ICE Detention Policy, Comparing It To WWII Japanese Internment

Ever since Trump's return to office, almost every federal law enforcement agency has been ordered to treat illegal immigration as their first priority. This is why the administration is gutting FEMA to direct more dollars to detention and removal efforts. And that's why ICE is now the administration's largest law enforcement budget line item. To...