2025-02-10 : Random Geekery

Activity Log

hackers.town: 2025-02-10 Mon 10:06

At the TIAS / FAFO stage.

Minecraft

Tunnel with tiled floor and decorative walls using granite and sandstone, recessed lighting, hanging flower pots containing red poppies; tunnel ends at glass door surrounded by stained glass

close up view of a Create mod mechanical press powered by a large waterwheel, pressing an iron ingot into an iron sheet

An acacia tree growing on a patch of dirt in a well-lit granite cave

player corpse at the bottom of a rope, with sacks and kitchen workspace nearby

hackers.town: 2025-02-10 Mon 11:38

Started puttering on the Hakyll iteration of the site, went “this is like Nanoc but less fun” and am now puttering on a Nanoc iteration.

Passing every Markdown file to Pandoc (an external executable) still finishes in 50s on first pass, <0.5s subsequent pass given no changes. Which makes it quicker than Astro (using an assortment of integrations, but no external system calls).

hackers.town: 2025-02-10 Mon 14:39

We went to see “Love Hurts” and I liked it. I knew what I expected to see, and I got it, though not necessarily in the order I expected. Fight scenes aspire to Jackie Chan, which is fun to watch.

Only real criticism is way too many voiceovers.

hackers.town: 2025-02-10 Mon 17:28

I have diverged too many steps from my original project idea. My brain has thrown an exception and is forcing me to unwind the stack.