Discover interesting blogs from around the Internet https://blogdb.org/ https://muffinman.io/blog/gameboy-pixel-art-jam-2026-spacedeck-trio/ I participated in my first pixel art jam! It was a Game Boy themed one. It was a lot of fun to work with such a limited palette. The theme was Three, and I went with three player ships from SpaceDeck X. I was happy to see how well my sprites translate into the Game Boy's original colors. Once I finished drawing it, I had to animate it, so here is the animated version: I even toyed with the idea of making a small demo game for it (not a real Game Boy cartridge), but due to the time limit, I we... Thu, 10 Dec 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://muffinman.io/blog/gameboy-pixel-art-jam-2026-spacedeck-trio/ Muffin Man https://hackaday.com/2026/11/01/building-an-ads-b-receiver-for-less-than-you-think/ If you’ve ever wondered about the planes flying above your head, you could always listen in to ADS-B transmissions to learn more about them. [thefatmoop] has built a rig to …read more Sun, 01 Nov 2026 08:00:22 +0000 https://hackaday.com/2026/11/01/building-an-ads-b-receiver-for-less-than-you-think/ Hackaday https://avenyora.com/blog/tarot-better-questions Prompts that support clarity instead of prediction Sun, 01 Nov 2026 06:00:51 +0000 https://avenyora.com/blog/tarot-better-questions Avenyora Journal https://avenyora.com/blog/reading-your-birth-chart Sun, Moon and Rising without rigid labels Sun, 01 Nov 2026 06:00:51 +0000 https://avenyora.com/blog/reading-your-birth-chart Avenyora Journal https://avenyora.com/blog/clarity-in-love A grounded spiritual guide to your heart Sun, 01 Nov 2026 06:00:51 +0000 https://avenyora.com/blog/clarity-in-love Avenyora Journal https://hackaday.com/2026/10/31/huge-palmos-development-archive-goes-online-thanks-to-personal-backups/ Palm OS, an operating system for a range mobile devices that predated mobile phones, is largely forgotten today. Or at least, that’s what [Aaron Ardiri] thought. That all changed when …read more Sun, 01 Nov 2026 05:00:00 +0000 https://hackaday.com/2026/10/31/huge-palmos-development-archive-goes-online-thanks-to-personal-backups/ Hackaday https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/learning-new-things-about-renpy-10-31-26/ I have reviewed many visual novels written in Ren’Py (I also published a visual novel that I wrote in Ren’Py). I want to reassure everyone that it had totally occurred to be before I published my October 24, 2026 review of Oniguisama, which was my 28th Ren’Py visual novel review (or 27th if we exclude my article […] Sun, 01 Nov 2026 03:43:22 +0000 https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/learning-new-things-about-renpy-10-31-26/ The Emu Café Social https://fakegeekboy.wordpress.com/2026/11/01/hellraiser-revival-new-routes-to-hell/ Aidan Lynch dropped out of medical school, addicted to entirely too many substances and thrills to cut as a doctor. Instead, he became an enforcer for the Hell Raisers biker gang, doing the occasional side gig in security work. Hired in the latter capacity at an art gallery event, he found himself drawn into an … Continue reading Hellraiser: Revival – New Routes To Hell Sun, 01 Nov 2026 02:41:46 +0000 https://fakegeekboy.wordpress.com/2026/11/01/hellraiser-revival-new-routes-to-hell/ Jumbled Thoughts of a Fake Geek Boy https://hackaday.com/2026/10/31/upgrading-an-action-camera-with-an-external-battery/ [Evan Monsma], the prolific experimenter with cameras, found himself with an issue: he had a small Sony action camera with good performance in every respect but battery life, which was …read more Sun, 01 Nov 2026 02:00:00 +0000 https://hackaday.com/2026/10/31/upgrading-an-action-camera-with-an-external-battery/ Hackaday https://thenewleafjournal.com/hair-color-in-once-upon-a-hallows-eve-visual-novel/ Analyzing hair color in a 10-year old freeware original English-language visual novel. Sun, 01 Nov 2026 01:44:03 +0000 https://thenewleafjournal.com/hair-color-in-once-upon-a-hallows-eve-visual-novel/ The New Leaf Journal https://thenewleafjournal.com/once-upon-a-hallows-eve-visual-novel-review/ A Halloween review of a freeware otome visual novel set on Halloween, Once Upon a Hallow's Eve. Sun, 01 Nov 2026 01:43:18 +0000 https://thenewleafjournal.com/once-upon-a-hallows-eve-visual-novel-review/ The New Leaf Journal https://bobbyhiltz.com/posts/bookmarks/2026-10/index.html Things I read and liked in October 2026 Sun, 01 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://bobbyhiltz.com/posts/bookmarks/2026-10/index.html Bobby Hiltz https://bobbyhiltz.com/posts/bookmarks/2026-10/index.html Things I read and liked in October 2026 Sun, 01 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://bobbyhiltz.com/posts/bookmarks/2026-10/index.html Bobby Hiltz https://soranews24.com/2026/11/01/japans-teamlab-digital-art-group-is-opening-a-permanent-museum-in-america/ Internationally acclaimed art collective will have a new home not far from Disneyland. Japan’s TeamLab has risen from relative obscurity to become one of the most admired digital art collectives in the world, using their technological wizardry and ethereally emotional sensibilities to craft experiences unlike those from anyone else. Their exhibits and museums regularly top […] Sat, 31 Oct 2026 23:30:58 +0000 https://soranews24.com/2026/11/01/japans-teamlab-digital-art-group-is-opening-a-permanent-museum-in-america/ SoraNews24 -Japan News- https://notalwaysright.com/whats-scary-is-this-happens-every-year/415814/ Read What’s Scary Is This Happens Every Year It's Halloween, and a customer is huffing and puffing in the seasonal candy aisle. Customer: "Is this all you have left?!" Me: "Yes, ma'am." Customer: "You don't have any more in the back?!" Read What’s Scary Is This Happens Every Year Sat, 31 Oct 2026 23:00:21 +0000 https://notalwaysright.com/whats-scary-is-this-happens-every-year/415814/ Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com https://hackaday.com/2026/10/31/rooting-an-amazon-echo-dot/ The Amazon Echo Dot is one of Amazon’s so-called ‘smart speaker’ offerings that tie into their larger Alexa-fueled ecosystem, designed to be a pretty minimalistic device that gives you access …read more Sat, 31 Oct 2026 23:00:00 +0000 https://hackaday.com/2026/10/31/rooting-an-amazon-echo-dot/ Hackaday https://buttondown.com/newsletterleafjournal/archive/304/ Spookleaf Intro Welcome to the 304th edition of The Newsletter Leaf Journal, the official newsletter of the perennially virid online writing magazine, The New Leaf Journal (“NLJ”) and its short-form writing sister publication, The Emu Café Social (“ECS”). What are the chances I would see this at BUILDING 304? Crazy. I definitely did not edit any part of this photo. I took this 100% unedited photo close to the same time I documented a ghost with a book for one of my three new articles, linked ... Sat, 31 Oct 2026 21:42:59 +0000 https://buttondown.com/newsletterleafjournal/archive/304/ The Newsletter Leaf Journal https://notalwaysright.com/trick-or-beat/423448/ Read Trick Or Beat I'm a police officer. My partner and I are reviewing our assigned shifts for the week ahead. Partner: "Ugh. Halloween. I hate working Halloween!" Me: "Yeah, the costumes make it interesting." Partner: "It doesn't make patrolling easy when half of everyone is actively trying to look like a serial killer." Read Trick Or Beat Sat, 31 Oct 2026 21:30:12 +0000 https://notalwaysright.com/trick-or-beat/423448/ Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com https://reason.com/volokh/2026/10/31/sir-patrick-stewart-rip/ Stewart's portrayal of Captain Jean Luc Picard was a great achievement, and epitomized the values of Star Trek. Sat, 31 Oct 2026 21:24:49 +0000 https://reason.com/volokh/2026/10/31/sir-patrick-stewart-rip/ The Volokh Conspiracy https://reason.com/volokh/2026/10/31/trump-vs-wsj-libel-lawsuit-over-trumps-alleged-birthday-wishes-to-epstein-thrown-out/ The court concludes that Trump hadn't adequately alleged facts supporting a showing that the Journal published the article knowing that it was likely false. Sat, 31 Oct 2026 20:23:07 +0000 https://reason.com/volokh/2026/10/31/trump-vs-wsj-libel-lawsuit-over-trumps-alleged-birthday-wishes-to-epstein-thrown-out/ The Volokh Conspiracy https://hackaday.com/2026/10/31/voyager-1-briefly-goes-silent-scaring-everyone/ It’s no big secret at this point that we are looking at the final years of the two venerable Voyager spacecraft. With their power supplies diminishing and their 1970s-era electronics …read more Sat, 31 Oct 2026 20:00:00 +0000 https://hackaday.com/2026/10/31/voyager-1-briefly-goes-silent-scaring-everyone/ Hackaday https://notalwaysright.com/stop-trying-to-make-upc-happen/422573/ Read Stop Trying To Make “UPC” Happen! It's the day before Halloween, so as a party supply and costume store, it's our busiest season. I do not have time for BS. Me: "Hi, thank you for calling [Party supply store]. What can I help you find today?" Caller: "I was wondering if you have this costume in store, [starts saying the name of one of nine thousand costumes we have on hand]." Read Stop Trying To Make “UPC” Happen! Sat, 31 Oct 2026 19:00:43 +0000 https://notalwaysright.com/stop-trying-to-make-upc-happen/422573/ Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com https://www.improvesomething.today/simple-ways-to-prepare-before-facilitating-a-meeting/ Things to do in advance: make a plan & be ready to throw it away; keep some secrets & reveal others; get some rest. Sat, 31 Oct 2026 18:58:15 +0000 https://www.improvesomething.today/simple-ways-to-prepare-before-facilitating-a-meeting/ Improve Something Today https://dariuszwinkler.com/ I've moved my website to a new domain. Please update the URL in your feed reader. Sat, 31 Oct 2026 18:30:00 +0000 https://dariuszwinkler.com/ Darek Kay https://gadgeteer.co.za/the-courier-guy-off-grid-smart-lockers-replacing-the-post-office-in-south-africa/ “Turkish company Rovenma has detailed the technology behind its autonomous lockers used by The Courier Guy, which have rolled out at pace in South Africa in the last few years. Over 2,500 of these lockers have been installed to date, with a target of 3,000 by the end of 2026. Like post boxes, they allow […] Sat, 31 Oct 2026 17:58:45 +0000 https://gadgeteer.co.za/the-courier-guy-off-grid-smart-lockers-replacing-the-post-office-in-south-africa/ GadgeteerZA https://notalwaysright.com/dead-on-time/425643/ Read Dead On Time The following Monday, at exactly 9:55 AM, the back-door buzzer sounds. Me: "That's strange. We don't have a delivery today." I go to the back door and open it. Me: "Hello?" There's nobody there. I look around the loading area, but it's completely empty. Read Dead On Time Sat, 31 Oct 2026 17:55:10 +0000 https://notalwaysright.com/dead-on-time/425643/ Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com https://notalwaysright.com/spirit-of-miscommunication/414900/ Read Spirit Of Miscommunication We've just opened, and I have had back-to-back cash returns. This is a problem as our registers only have $100 in them, and we're only supposed to do returns on the one register, so if someone else has a cash return, I'm kinda screwed.  Read Spirit Of Miscommunication Sat, 31 Oct 2026 17:45:29 +0000 https://notalwaysright.com/spirit-of-miscommunication/414900/ Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com https://notalwaysright.com/tanjiro-rumi-mira-and-zoey-walk-into-a-store/404877/ Read Tanjiro, Rumi, Mira, And Zoey Walk Into A Store… Customer: "I can’t understand any of this. My kids want to dress up as a cartoon about killing demons from a movie. It’s supposed to be really popular, but I don’t know anything about it…" Coworker: "From a recent movie?" Customer: "Oh yeah, they just watched it." Me: "K-pop demon hunters!" Coworker: *Simultaneously.* "Demon Slayer!" Read Tanjiro, Rumi, Mira, And Zoey Walk Into A Store… Sat, 31 Oct 2026 17:00:58 +0000 https://notalwaysright.com/tanjiro-rumi-mira-and-zoey-walk-into-a-store/404877/ Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com https://hackaday.com/2026/10/31/diy-wifi-analyzer-sniffs-out-congestion-and-coverage-issues-suggests-fixes/ [Roni Bandini]’s JEV WiFi Analyzer is an interesting experiment that glues together a single-board Linux computer, a USB WiFi adapter, and a specialized AI model to create a new kind …read more Sat, 31 Oct 2026 17:00:53 +0000 https://hackaday.com/2026/10/31/diy-wifi-analyzer-sniffs-out-congestion-and-coverage-issues-suggests-fixes/ Hackaday https://notalwaysright.com/thats-one-big-stain/404405/ Read That’s One BIG Stain I work for a dry cleaner. I get a call a few days before Halloween. Caller: "Can you clean costumes? What do you charge?" Me: "It depends on the costume; could you please describe it?" Read That’s One BIG Stain Sat, 31 Oct 2026 15:00:53 +0000 https://notalwaysright.com/thats-one-big-stain/404405/ Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com https://notalwaysright.com/zeus-fast-as-lightning/397878/ Read Zeus, Fast As Lightning I opened the door, candy bowl in hand, as they crowded forward. Our older dog, Zeus, anticipating pets, rushed past me. I grabbed for his collar one-handed and missed. Read Zeus, Fast As Lightning Sat, 31 Oct 2026 14:30:42 +0000 https://notalwaysright.com/zeus-fast-as-lightning/397878/ Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com https://hackaday.com/2026/10/31/bring-on-supercon/ In just under a week from today, almost 700 hackers will be getting together in Pasadena, CA for three days of scheming, soldering, and socializing. If you’re able to join …read more Sat, 31 Oct 2026 14:00:32 +0000 https://hackaday.com/2026/10/31/bring-on-supercon/ Hackaday https://kevquirk.com/discoverability-is-only-solved-if-you-can-be-discovered Discoverability Is Only Solved If You Can Be Discoveredby WiddershinsThis is a follow up to my post where Widdershins talks about how they agree with certain parts of my argument, but that the discoverability piece is flawed.Read post ➡ Saw this in my RSS feed and thought it was an interesting take that's worth sharing - also Widdershins' blog is excellent. I'd recommend adding it to your feed reader. I think the argument around other people controlling the gate to discoverability is a sound ... Sat, 31 Oct 2026 13:58:00 +0000 https://kevquirk.com/discoverability-is-only-solved-if-you-can-be-discovered Kev Quirk https://notalwaysright.com/when-the-sugar-rush-hits/397195/ Read When The Sugar Rush Hits It is Halloween. Several of the houses in my neighborhood have their candy bowls set up outside, so that trick-or-treaters can just come up and grab them with signs to 'just take one'. For the most part, our neighborhood had good kids who obeyed the signs. Read When The Sugar Rush Hits Sat, 31 Oct 2026 13:30:34 +0000 https://notalwaysright.com/when-the-sugar-rush-hits/397195/ Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com https://notalwaysright.com/booked-solid-for-halloween/403482/ Read Booked Solid For Halloween Me: "We've had customers all month coming in to take out our Halloween books, so unfortunately, this is what we have left." Mom: "That's crazy." She then stares at me like I can change this. Read Booked Solid For Halloween Sat, 31 Oct 2026 13:00:01 +0000 https://notalwaysright.com/booked-solid-for-halloween/403482/ Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com https://dailymedieval.blogspot.com/2026/10/bodleian-hebban-olla-vogala.html "Hebban olla vogala" is not the name of a manuscript in the Bodleian Library of Oxford. It is part of a single line scribbled in the margin of a larger manuscript. In 1933, Kenneth Sisam, professor of Anglo-Saxon linguistics at Oxford, looked at a probatio pennae that had been jotted down on a manuscript page sometime before 1100. The manuscript was from St. Andrew's Church in Rochester, Kent. (Some trivia: one of Sisam's students was J.R.R.Tolkien.)A probatio pennae is done to test a pen (se... Sat, 31 Oct 2026 12:57:48 +0000 https://dailymedieval.blogspot.com/2026/10/bodleian-hebban-olla-vogala.html Daily Medieval https://notalwaysright.com/424225-2/424225/ Read When I started my Ph.D. many years ago, my prof was a big cheese, with three Ph.D. students and several masters students. During my first month he showed me a cabinet full of 9 track computer tapes (this is 50 yrs ago) that he wanted me to figure out what data was on them and […] Read Sat, 31 Oct 2026 12:45:30 +0000 https://notalwaysright.com/424225-2/424225/ Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17512053/denmark-collabora-pilot-update Collabora says a ministry merger paused the test, while the ministry says it was interrupted when the election was called. Sat, 31 Oct 2026 12:03:47 +0000 https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17512053/denmark-collabora-pilot-update It's FOSS https://reason.com/volokh/2026/10/31/american-cities-population-50k-named-after-foreign-excluding-british-political-figures/ What American cities, with population over 50,000, are named after foreign political figures, but excluding the many named after British… The post American Cities, Population >50K, Named After Foreign (Excluding British) Political Figures appeared first on Reason Magazine. Sat, 31 Oct 2026 12:01:21 +0000 https://reason.com/volokh/2026/10/31/american-cities-population-50k-named-after-foreign-excluding-british-political-figures/ The Volokh Conspiracy https://notalwaysright.com/424224-2/424224/ Read It’s about 6pm Sarurday and we have both a winter storm warning until Monday morning and cold weather advisory until noon Tuesday. It’s snowing so much that outside looks almost completely white, and the store is practically dead. I’m working customer service when the phone rings. Me: [city] walmart customer service, how can I help […] Read Sat, 31 Oct 2026 11:45:29 +0000 https://notalwaysright.com/424224-2/424224/ Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com https://hackaday.com/2026/10/31/learn-to-edit-stl-files-in-just-a-few-minutes/ Sometimes an STL file needs a bit of editing, but if one doesn’t already know how to use a mesh editor it’s unlikely that one has the time to sit …read more Sat, 31 Oct 2026 11:00:45 +0000 https://hackaday.com/2026/10/31/learn-to-edit-stl-files-in-just-a-few-minutes/ Hackaday https://reason.com/volokh/2026/10/31/today-in-supreme-court-history-october-31-1963-8/ 10/31/1963: Cleveland Police Detective patted down, and arrested John W. Terry. The post Today in Supreme Court History: October 31, 1963 appeared first on Reason Magazine. Sat, 31 Oct 2026 11:00:38 +0000 https://reason.com/volokh/2026/10/31/today-in-supreme-court-history-october-31-1963-8/ The Volokh Conspiracy https://notalwaysright.com/424223-2/424223/ Read (My younger sibling and I are playing the original LEGO Batman game, me having recently bought it on my Xbox so we can actually play it to completion. I’m Batman, they’re Robin, and I’m playing in-character, doing my best Kevin Conroy-Batman impression the whole time (this was shortly before the man himself passed away). My […] Read Sat, 31 Oct 2026 11:00:28 +0000 https://notalwaysright.com/424223-2/424223/ Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com https://notalwaysright.com/424222-2/424222/ Read My home life while at school was pretty rough with a lot of emotional abuse thrown in. Due to this I was booked into to see the school councillor every week I had to do this quietly as my mother had forbidden me to do it and had even suggested it would lead to my […] Read Sat, 31 Oct 2026 10:00:27 +0000 https://notalwaysright.com/424222-2/424222/ Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com http://ai.mee.nu/daily_news_stuff_31_october_2026 Ween Edition Top Story Binance was hacked by thieves who made off-ish with $6.3 billion. (Bleeping Computer) I say "ish" for two reasons: First, half the funds were immediately frozen and cannot be transferred further; second, it's a bit like bank loans: When you lose $1000 in Bitcoin, you have a problem; when you lose $6.3 billion in Bitcoin the blockchain has a problem. The attack was bootstrapped through a compromised devops laptop. The developer themselves didn't have access to do this, b... Sat, 31 Oct 2026 09:49:00 +0000 http://ai.mee.nu/daily_news_stuff_31_october_2026 Ambient Irony https://notalwaysright.com/424221-2/424221/ Read I took a flight once. I parked at the farthest long-term parking lot because it was cheap. After my return flight, I had to wait an hour for the shuttle. The shuttle stopped at several parking lots before mine. Eventually it was just the driver and I. I was standing by the front, tired and […] Read Sat, 31 Oct 2026 09:00:26 +0000 https://notalwaysright.com/424221-2/424221/ Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com https://hackaday.com/2026/10/31/3d-printed-einstein-szilard-refrigerator-cools-with-fire/ They may not deliver the highest efficiency, but absorption refrigerators have earned a persistent place in camper vans and industrial plants thanks to a few distinct advantages: they can operate …read more Sat, 31 Oct 2026 08:00:42 +0000 https://hackaday.com/2026/10/31/3d-printed-einstein-szilard-refrigerator-cools-with-fire/ Hackaday https://notalwaysright.com/424220-2/424220/ Read Back in 1995, the area my mother lives in incorporated as a city – it was county land prior to that. That first ‘generation’ of city government was amazing. Whoever the planner was, was a genius. The first elected officials were experts in their fields, they hired and appointed only the best. The city ran […] Read Sat, 31 Oct 2026 08:00:25 +0000 https://notalwaysright.com/424220-2/424220/ Funny & True Stories | NotAlwaysRight.com https://soranews24.com/2026/10/31/can-japans-self-defense-forces-legally-open-fire-on-a-zombie-horde/ This legal discussion contains scenes of explicit violence and gore. It’s Halloween again, and what better way to ring in the spookiest of holidays than with some thought exercises on complex constitutional law issues. Although most zombie stories focus on a ragtag group of civilians coping with civilization collapsing all around them, the beginning of […] Sat, 31 Oct 2026 07:00:52 +0000 https://soranews24.com/2026/10/31/can-japans-self-defense-forces-legally-open-fire-on-a-zombie-horde/ SoraNews24 -Japan News- https://reason.com/volokh/2026/10/31/open-thread-374/ What’s on your mind? Sat, 31 Oct 2026 07:00:00 +0000 https://reason.com/volokh/2026/10/31/open-thread-374/ The Volokh Conspiracy