ijk64✅ @ijk64@m.futex.au

William Gibson on coining the term Cyberspace (1993)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8mRUYARthY

Tumblr reminded me that Miss Piggy and Kermit meeting Luke Skywalker and Yoda on the set of Empire Strikes Back is a real thing that happened.

"Frank Oz who voiced Yoda, was also known as a puppeteer and actor who was responsible for the voices of Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Sam and Animal in Jim Henson’s The Muppet Show. [...] One day, during a break in filming Oz and Henson, brought Kermit and Miss Piggy on set to meet Kershner, Skywalker and Yoda."

🔗 https://flashbak.com/when-kermit-met-yoda-the-muppets-on-set-of-the-empire-strikes-back-30342/

#StarWars #Muppets

The greatest lawyer in film and TV history.

Jackie Chiles.
https://youtu.be/Qpru2vsqdN8

#Earthquake (#terremoto) M3.6 strikes 12 km W of #Napoli (#Italy) 36 min ago. More info: https://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=1271446

Want an honest reaction of the British public to the resignation of Boris Johnson?

For those who don't know or don't live in the UK, "Any Questions" is a BBC radio political panel that broadcasts live on a Friday and repeats on a Saturday lunchtime.

We were driving home today and caught the end of the repeat announcing Boris Johnson's resignation.

Here is the unprompted and unedited audience reaction.

Anything else is spin.

There is a blue line for every year since 1982. Each line represents the surface temperature in the North Atlantic across that year.
The red line is this year.

I recommend growing food in your garden, getting an e-bike, house upgrades (solar panels, insulation), and forming a massive pitchfork wielding mob to march on the oil company HQs.

#WWDC23 #PushNotifications

One unexpected nice thing we got - push debugging console. I worked quite a bit with APNS and always wanted this. Very handy. https://developer.apple.com/wwdc23/10025

Keep thinking about this for some reason. #trumpindictment

List of the documents the federal government is bringing charges over

Raising an eyebrow at the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs online passport renewal printout featuring a plaintext HTTP link to a US commercial link shortening (and tracking) service...

This is literally hosted at https://passports.gov.au/ and that's the best they could do for a static page link...?

😯 A couple bees opening a bottle of Fanta 😯

https://imgur.io/AXNLJDl

#bees #biology #evolution #evolutionaryPsychology #evoPsych

Protovision, I have you now! David’s room from 1983 Wargames. Scratch built 1:12 scale model.

My new Zoom background - a quilt by Ann Piker (my mother!), featuring the 'hat' aperiodic monotile.

"Capitalism is the extraordinary belief that the nastiest of men, for the nastiest of motives, will somehow work together for the benefit of all."

—John Maynard Keynes

#AntiCapitalist

This vertically oriented logarithmic map spans nearly 20 orders of magnitude, taking us from planet Earth to the edge of the observable #Universe.

#astronomy #cosmos
https://www.pablocarlosbudassi.com/2021/02/atlas-of-universe-is-linear-version-of_15.html

My husband had to wait for 6 years to capture this view of #TheNeedles.

Taken as the #moon set at 4.30 am last summer. This shot is only possible a couple of times each year. He almost had it in 2016 but it was slightly too breezy and the telephoto lens couldn't keep in focus.

It causes controversy as some think it's fake, I promise you that it is not. It involved much research, persistence and luck with the weather! It's the cover shot on our 2024 calendar #IsleofWight #photography

What kind of idiot prints a URL _that they don't control_ on a _license plate_? Like, who thought that was a good idea?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/transportation/2023/06/02/maryland-license-plates-philippines-gambling/

Got off my call with Reddit just now about the API. Bad news unless I come up with 20 million dollars (not joking). Appreciate boosts. https://www.reddit.com/r/apolloapp/comments/13ws4w3/had_a_call_with_reddit_to_discuss_pricing_bad/

I've maintained for many years that AR will be far, far more consequential in technological progress for the average person than VR. Yet for years all I heard about was VR. It's AR that will be integrated throughout daily life. #AugmentedReality #AR #technology #futurism
https://www.computerworld.com/article/3697908/who-wants-a-regular-laptop-with-a-100-in-screen.html