Skip to main content

Geek, coder, gamer, tinkerer, husband, father, system admin, web developer, and American cyborg, though not necessarily in that order. Creator of Mythic Wars (card game).

itsericwoodward.com

mythicwarsgame.com

git.itsericwoodward.com/eric

social.wonderdome.net/users/eric

github.com/itsericwoodward

boardgamegeek.com/user/EricPlaysGames

hey@itsericwoodward.com

 

Push without notifications - Jeremy Kieth https://adactio.com/journal/14511
Interesting technique to combine offline service works and the push notification API to create a background sync feature for a website / application. Neat!

 

Scaling Millions of Connections with a Zero-propagation Dynamic DNS - Andrew Sampson @ Rainway
https://blog.rainway.io/scaling-millions-of-connections-with-a-zero-propagation-dynamic-dns-b0d706a611b4
Via WebOps Weekly https://webopsweekly.com/issues/192

 

This is your periodic reminder that Gary Oldman is one of the greatest actors of his generation, particularly in "Bram Stoker's Dracula" (and "Fifth Element", and "The Professional", and "The Dark Knight", and as the 2nd or 3rd most tragic character in the "Harry Potter" films, and...).

 

"We need to celebrate the victories in addition to lamenting the bad legislation. The big tech companies have a lot of money and lobbying power, but when you compare their apps to what it's possible to self-host the value which they deliver is quite marginal and it might not take much to shift things in a different direction."
Unmotivated by Doom - Bob Mottram @ Freedomebone
https://blog.freedombone.net/unmotivated-by-doom

 

SQRL (Secure Quick Reliable Login) for Android https://github.com/kalaspuffar/secure-quick-reliable-login
This looks interesting...

 

The market failed rural kids: poor rural broadband has created a "homework gap" - Cory Doctorow @ Boing Boing https://boingboing.net/2018/11/12/ebs-spectrum.html

 

Made a minor update to the IndieWeb.org definition of "litepub" (https://indieweb.org/litepub) to include a link to the protocol overview at https://litepub.social/litepub/.

 

The Art Institute of Chicago Has Put 50,000 High-Res Images from Their Collection Online
https://kottke.org/18/11/the-art-institute-of-chicago-has-put-50000-high-res-images-from-their-collection-online
What a great addition to the commons! Check it out at https://www.artic.edu/collection?is_public_domain=1

 

It was a long game (and a late night), but my Saheeli-thopter deck finally saw victory!
https://www.itsericwoodward.com/magic-decks/saheeli.html

 

The Pot - Brass Agsinst
https://youtu.be/8zfYO9sZjrE

Incredible Tool cover by a very brass-heavy band.