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Zopfli Optimization: Literally Free Bandwidth
In 2007 I wrote about using PNGout to produce amazingly small PNG images. I still refer to this topic frequently, as seven years later, the average PNG I encounter on the Internet is very unlikely to be optimized.
For example, consider this recent Perry Bible Fellowship cartoon...
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Immersive Storytelling - Thoughts on Virtual Reality, part 1
Dan's been playing with a Google Cardboard, and it's nothing like The Lawnmower Man nor like any of his virtual reality experiences in the 1990s. The adventure begins...
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Highlights of 2016 so far
Dan kicks off the new year with some happy highlights.
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Raspberry Pi VPN Hotspot (or How To Infuriate Theresa May For Under £40)
For a small sum of money and a little time, you too can have a little box that encrypts everything on your WiFi network until it leaves the UK.
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Found GLKAACPV Requiem Aeternam
This checkin to GLKAACPV Requiem Aeternam reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. Greetings from Oxford, England! We stayed in a nearby houseboat while in Leiden for a wedding. I enjoyed the chance for a walk through these lovely grounds. TFTC!
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@DataGenetics did a nice piece on Lychrel Numbers - https://t.co/4MCoRFXogC. I wonder how they differ in non-decimal bases?
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The Magician
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Review of Hacknet
This review originally appeared on Steam. See more reviews by Dan. Hacknet Rating: 👍 I've been a huge fan of the "hacker game" ever since I first played 1985's Hacker on my Amstrad CPC: I'm pretty hardened to the genre, and I can confidently say that not since Uplink has anything broken through my firewall …
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Twee2 - Interactive Fiction Authoring for Geeks
To the complete lack of surprise of anybody who knows him, Dan found a single tiny flaw in a piece of software, and reacted by reimplementing that software from scratch. Twee2 is his attempt to make it possible for people to write Twine 2-style interactive fiction from a command-line interface.
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The Set of All Things
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@misterjta, @fleeblewidget and I ALL thought it was our turn to order wine. 40 bottles just turned up. #whoopsdrunk http://t.co/5cxomwaEvg
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Posted a note for GC54F7N Oxford Steganography #4 - Tilt
This checkin to GC54F7N Oxford Steganography #4 - Tilt reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. This is definitely now inaccessible and has been muggled. I'm scouting for a new location for this cache, but in the meantime, anybody who wants to complete the series can send me a private message …
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Into the Lair of the Bladder Monster
Following his recent illness, Dan undergoes a variety of investigative procedures, including having a fibreoptic bundle inserted into bladder... via his penis!
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Quiz Kid
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Post-It Minesweeper
Dan implements a computer program to help him make a Post-It-based version of a computer program. Then sticks it to a computer.