All heroes fall in the end
I've spent more than a reasonable amount of time figuring out how to feel and move past the news concerning my one-time literary hero, Neil Gaiman. After a serious back and forth in my mind I arrived at the station marked, "All heroes fall in the end". This might not be the final destination of my thought but it is probably quite close.
https://matthewdbrown.authorbuzz.co.uk/lordmatt/reflections-and-thoughts/all-heroes-fall-in-the-end/
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My challenge to you today - secretly do one nice thing for someone just to make their day a little better.
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Cake or pie?
[#]CakeForMe also #ILikePie
Q: https://openmentions.com/news/question-of-the-week/cake-or-pie/
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Economists dropped $10M in rural Africa - there was no significant inflation but a huge boost to the local economy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BD9kEHvXlGQ
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Fuller Names: Names that do more
You've heard of full names but let me introduce you to even fuller names. In Iain M. Banks's Culture novels, names act as an address if the person concerned stays where they were brought up [ref]. This got me thinking about the roles of names in the age of The Internet. There is a lot of pressure on parents (well some parents) to give their children unique names these days.
https://matthewdbrown.authorbuzz.co.uk/lordmatt/news-and-updates/fuller-names-names-that-do-more/
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Proposal - switch from calling it #WPDrama to calling it the #MullenwegMeltdown or the #MattMullenwegMeltdown aka #MMM
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Last year I created a post listing all the alternatives to Chrome I could find.
I'd like to make an updated list for 2025. Are there any new browsers or any that I missed the first time around?
The post: https://lordmatt.co.uk/technology/the-internet/all-the-alternatives-to-google-chrome-march-2024/
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Today I reconnected with my archive of stories and poems. I edited a short story I wrote in October 2017. It was a surprisingly good second-person present-tense experiment. I don't remember writing it but I recognise my own writing style. The ending was exactly the sort of ending I was into during that time too. I know my own work. I say it was surprisingly good because I truly enjoyed reading it as if for the first time.
Then I began to edit.
[#]AmWriting
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I'm just going to leave this here...
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I just updated the CSS on isbrill.com. I noticed that brills looked utterly rubbish on small screens. I identified why (it took a few tries) and then I fixed it.
At least I think I fixed it. If anyone wants to go look at a random brill and give me feedback, I will be happy to receive it. The media box at the top should now fit within any screen size.
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Americans why did you elect a leader who loves the commies?
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New directory entries added to Software and Apps and Games and Gaming
Leopards Eat Your Face added here: https://dir.lordmatt.co.uk/games-and-gaming/
F-Droid added here: https://dir.lordmatt.co.uk/technology/software-and-apps/
[#]MattsDirectory
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If anyone can show me how to use #PHP to make a #GeminiProtocol request for a gemfile, please point me towards some answers.
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Of course, it does not help that Google decided to call its AI nonsense by the same name.
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I think I shall have to give up. It looks like I can do everything other than fetch a gem from a server with the tools PHP offers. It is like all the technical docs assume some sort of insert knowledge that I am lacking.
[#]Gemini #SmolWeb #PHP #IFailedToConnect
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My parser probably works. I can't entirely tell because reading files over gemini:// is proving tricky. I may have to use curl and I really don't like curl.
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Just for fun, I thought I would write a #gemtext reader in #PHP. I'm pretty happy with it. Once I have tested it a bit, I'll post it for you all to play with.
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I finally beat Region 15 in The Perfect Tower II in easy mode!
[#]Gaming #Progress
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[#]2025 news bingo card generator
https://matrixdreams.com/tools-n-toys/youtube-bingo-cards/2025-bingo/
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[#]Gothmas is a real holiday if we agree it is. I made a site and everything https://gothmas.isbrill.com
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