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Not to be confused with MPC, apparently: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multimedia_PC

Not very reliable. The remote only had four buttons (volume up/down, channel up/down) and various sounds like kitchen appliances, flushing toilets, and jingling keys would be inter…

While I could be wrong (and often am) I don't think there's a way to tell which track segments are switched on/off or which station platforms are in "hold" mode from the GTFS feed.…

It spells out the term "Muni Metro" using a "domain hack": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_hack Basically it's fewer characters to type than munimetro.[whatever]

During a recent subway outage in San Francisco I decided to build a webapp in the spirit of "Do I Need an Umbrella," basically to answer the question "Should I take the subway or a…

Wish they had more technical details here. IE 9 was an update just like the Windows 10 October 2018 update, but applies as far back as Vista. IE 9 is much more compliant with moder…

A cross-platform native webview could be an elegant way to monetize an application via web ads while minimizing bloat.

If Lowtax's "Gaming Garbage" YouTube channel has taught me one thing, it's that there's no single worst video game in the world, but rather a seemingly endless stream of them. That…

As much as I loved text adventures back in the day, I've found the real-life version of interactive fiction -- "immersive" fiction -- more intoxicating and memorable. I still think…

> if you noticed my work, I did a bad job. Partial counterpoint: I didn't notice the cameras in the sandbox, so I happily covered them up by accident. It just "felt right" to me fo…