doink.ch used to be its own dedicated blog. But since spring 2020, it has been integrated into the swanrad blog as a category. (The font used in the doink logo is agent orange…
doink.ch used to be its own dedicated blog. But since spring 2020, it has been integrated into the swanrad blog as a category. (The font used in the doink logo is agent orange…
here are some of my all-time favorite games: LUNA The Shadow Dust (2020) – explore a mysterious tower in this hand-drawn 2d adventure GRIS (2018) – a stunningly beautiful puzzle-platformer hob (2017) –…
My preferred tool for managing bibliographies is JabRef, an Open Source software written in Java. Its GUI makes it convenient to manage bibliographies which are stored in the BibTeX / BibLaTeX format. It…
Can you run Diablo II on a 2018 Linux (Ubuntu) computer? Using the 3dfx glide wrapper to make it look good? And use a mod to give you a bigger stash? Yes you…
If asked where they expect the biggest technological innovation of the 21st century, most people would probably answer either in genetical engineering or in AI/robotics. And these people may be right, although I…
Last Saturday, one of our laptops running Ubuntu 16.04 zesty suddenly couldn’t get on the Internet anymore. It connected to the router and could ping IPs, but DNS lookups failed, so no browsing…
the impact of git and github in the programmer community continues to amaze me. it appears that almost all major open source projects have made the switch to git at this point. naturally,…
modern (online) life requires having lots and lots of accounts. you need user accounts on all of your computing devices, work related accounts, and accounts for numerous internet services and online shops. as…
like many other people i have been using e-mail daily for many years now, and in all that time i’ve been mindful to use the bottom-posting style. bottom-posting was considered good e-mail etiquette…
i was having some fun with native ‘drag-and-drop’ in HTML5. as an exercise for myself, i designed a geography training app. head over to map-o-matic to check it out. needless to say, this…
