Builds stuff for computers, advises other people how to do so, plays PBP D&D, makes the occasional solo game, eats sandwiches. Part of Open Web Advocacy. Runner of the Critical Role transcript search. In the People’s Republic of Brum. https://kryogenix.orghttps://bsky.app/profile/sil.kryogenix.orghttps://bsky.app/profile/sil.kryogenix.org/post/3mkdjoidr6k2yI got to go back to Snowshill Manor, which is just as cool as it was last time (https://www.kryogenix.org/days/2017/10/15/charles-paget-wade-and-the-underthing/). Still impressed with the carved ivory ball inside another carved ivory ball.25 Apr 2026 17:07 +0000at://did:plc:y52xi2qdwcfsjkrno3aykkhc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkdjoidr6k2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/sil.kryogenix.org/post/3mjs6phgjjk2mglad this wasn't 19, or I'd have really struggled, since three of my all-time favourite films came out the year after. Year I turned 18, though, only one choice. [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Apr 2026 19:35 +0000at://did:plc:y52xi2qdwcfsjkrno3aykkhc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjs6phgjjk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/sil.kryogenix.org/post/3mjncq5m35225Mr. Blue Sky Please tell us why You had to hide away for so long16 Apr 2026 21:04 +0000at://did:plc:y52xi2qdwcfsjkrno3aykkhc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjncq5m35225https://bsky.app/profile/sil.kryogenix.org/post/3mjeduuir6s2dIf you see this post an image you saved because it made you laugh. [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Apr 2026 07:30 +0000at://did:plc:y52xi2qdwcfsjkrno3aykkhc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjeduuir6s2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/sil.kryogenix.org/post/3mjcajup2d22dThis sounds OK! I've certainly sat in worse jazz bars. I'm gonna need @brucel.bsky.social or someone to explain to me WHY it can sound OK while being generated the way it is, though. This is going to be like when someone explained to me about wind chimes being pentatonic, isn't it? [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Apr 2026 11:25 +0000at://did:plc:y52xi2qdwcfsjkrno3aykkhc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjcajup2d22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/sil.kryogenix.org/post/3mjaexlyxc22cI've just done a previous one of these games, for HTML elements, at comicss.art/games/20/. It is hard! I had to cheat by looking at the MDN page for one of them which I'd never heard of. [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Apr 2026 17:39 +0000at://did:plc:y52xi2qdwcfsjkrno3aykkhc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjaexlyxc22chttps://bsky.app/profile/sil.kryogenix.org/post/3mj5ujyvigk26I haven't got the book, but I have got the "splinters", a sort of PDF preview of it, and it's neat. I especially like some of the art: whoever did the style where it all looks blurred and distorted, like this picture that leads in a chapter, has a very nice style indeed. Wish I knew how to do that! [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Apr 2026 17:40 +0000at://did:plc:y52xi2qdwcfsjkrno3aykkhc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj5ujyvigk26https://bsky.app/profile/sil.kryogenix.org/post/3mik4va6aos2fThis is the 5th edition book I had here in the UK when I was a kid. I can still quote it much from memory; the stuff about Fang, bits of rules here and there. I think having read this and Dragon Warriors and Titan as well as D&D/AD&D gave me a sense of range in fantasy ttrpgs which helps to this day [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Apr 2026 21:16 +0000at://did:plc:y52xi2qdwcfsjkrno3aykkhc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mik4va6aos2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/sil.kryogenix.org/post/3mif5i4ykgc2t“If it can be done on the web, it can be made fast, accessible, flexible, resilient, and maintainable” This is 100% true. If you need a thing built, then obviously you should call me. But if I’m busy or not clever enough for your thing, you should talk to @wil.to. He’ll do what you want, on the web. [contains quote post or other embedded content]31 Mar 2026 21:43 +0000at://did:plc:y52xi2qdwcfsjkrno3aykkhc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mif5i4ykgc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/sil.kryogenix.org/post/3mhraog7twk2fthere can't be two particles in the same place at the same time. Thank you for your attention to this, matter. [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Mar 2026 23:47 +0000at://did:plc:y52xi2qdwcfsjkrno3aykkhc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhraog7twk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/sil.kryogenix.org/post/3mhqn2g2lbk2fbecause I hate you all, I curse you with the new and terrible knowledge of 100jumps.org https://100jumps.org23 Mar 2026 17:56 +0000at://did:plc:y52xi2qdwcfsjkrno3aykkhc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhqn2g2lbk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/sil.kryogenix.org/post/3mhi3yj4roc2o [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Mar 2026 08:29 +0000at://did:plc:y52xi2qdwcfsjkrno3aykkhc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhi3yj4roc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/sil.kryogenix.org/post/3mhfozbzhbk2i@johnspurlock.com I'm a bit confused about op3. If it only ever sees my enclosure URLs, how does it ever find out the URL for my RSS feed? So that I can ask it for my podcast GUID with the search?19 Mar 2026 09:32 +0000at://did:plc:y52xi2qdwcfsjkrno3aykkhc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhfozbzhbk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/sil.kryogenix.org/post/3mheg6rfkxc2i@megaslippers.net https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BggdJLnSevQ looks fun :)18 Mar 2026 21:21 +0000at://did:plc:y52xi2qdwcfsjkrno3aykkhc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mheg6rfkxc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/sil.kryogenix.org/post/3mhdan4awh22igood talk from @jason-williams.co.uk at #SotB26 https://2026.stateofthebrowser.com/speaker/jason-williams/ about Temporal, the thing that will sweep Date.parse() out of our horrified memories and into the dustbin of history (finally, hooray)18 Mar 2026 10:09 +0000at://did:plc:y52xi2qdwcfsjkrno3aykkhc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhdan4awh22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/sil.kryogenix.org/post/3mhbpgh7dq22gJust eaten a Silvermint for St Patrick’s Day17 Mar 2026 19:28 +0000at://did:plc:y52xi2qdwcfsjkrno3aykkhc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhbpgh7dq22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/sil.kryogenix.org/post/3mhajdv5nl22pone day I would like to live in a world where the way to get things done is not to get a famous person to agree with it. This would be better for us, and it would also be better for famous people who would not then be constantly hassled to "endorse" or "retweet" stuff because that's the only way [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Mar 2026 08:07 +0000at://did:plc:y52xi2qdwcfsjkrno3aykkhc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhajdv5nl22phttps://bsky.app/profile/sil.kryogenix.org/post/3mh6teyjmpk2pand that's the way you do it [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Mar 2026 16:01 +0000at://did:plc:y52xi2qdwcfsjkrno3aykkhc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh6teyjmpk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/sil.kryogenix.org/post/3mh3qej7buk2o#ttrpg idea. A place like Westeros: Houses jockeying for power. You play 2 chars: a House head, doing politics stuff, and a House member in the field doing usual ttrpg stuff. Play swaps between “politics mode” and “field mode” regularly. The wrinkle is, the field char is from another player’s House.15 Mar 2026 10:29 +0000at://did:plc:y52xi2qdwcfsjkrno3aykkhc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh3qej7buk2o