a tiny fairy @atinyfairy@computerfairi.es

The 1st playtest version of the Advanced #shmup is available to Ko-fi supporters! #pico8 #stg
https://ko-fi.com/post/Advanced-Shmup-Playtest-1-Y8Y41A4L2G

I was today years old when I was told that the way I hold pencil is good for writing letters but bad for drawing smoothly flowing precise lines. I changed my grip from tripod to violin bow OR pen and voila...

Thanks helpyoudraw tumbler for a helpful illustration

A new, undocumented hardware feature has been discovered on the GBA nearly 24 years after it was released. Wild.

For years now I've been talking about starting a blog. I want to write down what I've learned working on card game rules systems & put it out into the world. But also, for years now I've had unstable income, & it's hard to get anything done while stressing about money. This year, my mental health and finances have both been especially fraught

If I'm ever gonna get this project to happen, I need support. Please consider giving me some money at https://ko-fi.com/infinitenutshell if you appreciate what I do.

hey so just to let people in the US know, if you are on SSI and have a disability that began before age 26 (46 as of 1st Jan 2026) you can apply for an ABLE account. this account will let you have up to $100,000 without losing your SSI.

https://www.ablenrc.org/what-is-able/what-are-able-acounts/

#disability #disabilitycrowdfund #disabled

I just found what is perhaps the cutest picture in the open internet

From Dorlotons Degooglisons by David Revoy

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2023-05-20_Dorlotons-Degooglisons_by-David-Revoy.jpg

You know what I kinda want? An end to "prestige TV" in scifi & fantasy and a return to lower-budget, lower-stakes, 26 episode seasons - complete with all the old tropes of filler episodes, bottle episodes, and the occasional 2 or 3 part arc.

https://bonkknobrecords.bandcamp.com/album/not-what-i-call-bonk-wave-volume-002-disc-a

A group of Mastodon Musicians got together to produce a wild compilation of electronic music under the banner of #BonkWave

Don't know what Bonk Wave is?
Doesn't matter, nobody else knows either!

What I can say is it is an eclectic collection of #Psychedelic #ScienceFiction #SFF #SciFi #Music #ElectronicMusic

and it's free to stream or download

Best of all, if you like something you can tell the artist directly, here

Today, 55 years ago Douglas Engelbart gave the "The Mother of All Demos"

In the same session he introduced:

• the computer mouse,

• hypertext, and

• the bit-mapped graphical user interface.

These concepts are nowadays as common as air and paved the way for Microsoft and Apple.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mother_of_All_Demos

Unluckily I was not invited to the demo. Probably because I was only two years old at that time 😄​.

Douglas Engelbart sadly passed away in 2013, but Engelbart's law remains.