h2g2bob @h2g2bob@mastodon.dbatley.com

🚀 Still not too late to order DOCTYPE before Christmas but it’s getting tight for some parts of the world
Don’t disappoint the nerds in your life (including yourself)
https://vole.wtf/doctype/

News: Netflix to acquire WB.

Me: Ugh, that can't be good. I hope it doesn't go through.

Monkey's paw: [finger curls]

"I was ready to be sympathetic. Was there some other explanation for the wild inconsistencies I had found? Or was she a simple scammer who had found easy marks in the overworked, credulous editors of the journalism world?" https://thelocal.to/investigating-scam-journalism-ai/

Ig Nobel Prize winner buys a castle and donates it to the townspeople [La Voz de Galicia] https://www.lavozdegalicia.es/noticia/yes/2025/10/29/eminencia-reproduccion-asistida-construir-viviendas-asequibles-jovenes-compre-castillo-canyelles-26-millones-donado-vecinos/00031761739699694232264.htm

🆕 blog! “My Wikipedia account is now old enough to vote”

I have no idea what I was doing on the 28th of November 2007 but, apparently, that's when I first logged in to Wikipedia. Which means, as of right now, my Wikipedia account is 18 years old!

I didn't make my first edit until April 2009. That was for the nascent Ada Lovelace Day.

Since then, I've racked up a bit over…

👀 Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/11/my-wikipedia-account-is-now-old-enough-to-vote/
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#wikipedia

The best engineering projects are the super complex ones which you only hear about afterwards.

https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/the-hidden-chemical-attack-that-forced-the-northern-lines-extraordinary-repair-85682/

TODAY on "Science Friday": The day-after-Thanksgiving specially selected highlights from this year's Ig Nobel Prize ceremony https://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/ig-nobel-prize-2025/

"Is Matrix Multiplication Ugly?” [Jim Propp] https://mathenchant.wordpress.com/2025/11/21/is-matrix-multiplication-ugly/

"How SETI Designed A Telescope To Look For Extraterrestrial Civilizations" – Scott Manley

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnWR7A0Qiy8

HTTP has a new method: QUERY. Tl;dr: GET with a body.

https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-ietf-httpbis-safe-method-w-body-14.html

#ietf

Zork I, Zork II and Zork III are now officially open source https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/zork-i-zork-ii-and-zork-iii-are-now-officially-open-source/

#Zork #Microsoft #Retro #OpenSource #RetroGaming

🆒 NEW GAME! 🆒
Only the coolest people can draw a Cool S really fast
https://vole.wtf/cool-s/

"Self-hosting DNS for no fun, but a little profit!" – Morten Linderud

https://linderud.dev/blog/self-hosting-dns-for-no-fun-but-a-little-profit/

🚓 The government has announced that it plans to abolish Police and Crime Commissioners. The next PCC elections were due to happen in 2028. The powers will be handed over to combined authority mayors or councils.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c93d4dd3l3lo