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Calicosine

@drewnaylor.bsky.social

55 followers 11 following 1.9K posts

I make videos sometimes, posts other times, and software yet other times. Supports BIPOC rights (& Black Lives Matter), LGBT+ (include the T) rights, disability rights, etc. Mainly here to read stuff not available on ActivityPub services.

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Calicosine @drewnaylor.bsky.social · Aug 16

By the way, this is my Mastodon account if I get banned from Bluesky:

mastodon.online/@DrewNaylor

Calicosine (@[email protected])

14.9K Posts, 24 Following, 175 Followers · I make videos sometimes, posts other times, and software yet other times. Supports BIPOC rights (& Black Lives Matter), LGBT+ (include the T) rights, disabil...

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Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 10h

"Fresh", sealed copies of Super Mario RPG actually have a unique title screen. This screen is lost permanently on that cartridge after playing and saving just once, and can not be restored without tinkering with the cartridge or waiting decades for the save battery to run out.

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LINux on MOBile @linmob.net · 10h

New blog post:

GNU/Linux on Tolino Tab 8

linmob.net/gnu-linux-on...

#LinuxMobile #MobileLinux #LinuxTablets #Fedora #32bitUEFI #IntelBayTrail #reUse

GNU/Linux on Tolino Tab 8

Why? Because why not! Although this device is old, it is powerful enough to run modern Linux. Since the original Android firmware is no longer supported, it would be a good idea to breathe some fresh life into this device. I didn't realise how difficult it would be. This blog post summarises the steps I took over several months to get a partially functioning Fedora 32 up and running on this device.

linmob.net

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Calicosine @drewnaylor.bsky.social · 19h

This Tunic Link is kinda like a headmate that manifests upon getting the green tunic but more like an awakening that results in him somehow becoming one with the dragon, or something. Also you only get the green tunic when you get the Master Sword.
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Calicosine @drewnaylor.bsky.social · 19h

Last night I had a dream that Twilight Princess Link had a female dragon headmate that took over his body as a transformation when he's in mortal danger and Link in the tunic is a different Link from the one you start the game as.

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shanti2.bsky.social @shanti2.bsky.social · 3d

Handy dandy list to make blocking easy (unless you have to keep track of Hatch Act violations) bsky.app/profile/eva....

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Calicosine @drewnaylor.bsky.social · 4d

Certified Unsent Moment

Calicosine @drewnaylor.bsky.social · 4d

Last night I learned Bambi's not a doe.

Calicosine @drewnaylor.bsky.social · 4d

Undead Wiggler Segments...

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Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 4d

While this may be obvious to some players, Cataquacks resemble Wiggler segments that have come to life. This is likely intentional due to them originating in Gelato Beach in Super Mario Sunshine, where the antagonist is a Wiggler.

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Calicosine @drewnaylor.bsky.social · 5d

Personally I don't like the red, it feels gross for some reason, and I like the blue/yellow/orange/darker red scheme better. I'd be fine with a lighter blue though, if it can't be as dark.
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Calicosine @drewnaylor.bsky.social · 5d

It's a good sign that the logo is the worst part of Audacity 4.0 to me, and user interface design overall seems to be nowhere near an issue I was worried it might be. The logo needs the waveforms and should be a different perspective so it's more left-right.
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Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 6d

In 1999, the official Nintendo Australia site tested the visitor's ability to display Shockwave/Flash content by displaying a running Mario, crudely edited from a screenshot of Super Mario 64.

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Calicosine @drewnaylor.bsky.social · 6d

Just learned that if you use the Slim Pickins Jekyll theme, you can easily add a link to a certain page on your website on dropdown items on the navigation bar by specifying "url:" under the "title:" thing in "nav.yml". I'm going to do that, and I wrote about it here:

codeberg.org/DrewNaylor/d...

Use `url:` in navbar items with subpages to allow clicking on the main item to go to a page like on Weebly.

I just realized the Slim Pickins theme supports using the `url:` thing under `title:` for items with subcategories to set the link of the title item itself to go to somewhere rather than the homepage....

codeberg.org

Calicosine @drewnaylor.bsky.social · 6d

You should: allow subscribing to your blog via RSS and/or Atom.

Calicosine @drewnaylor.bsky.social · 7d

Putting honey on it instead of oil also tastes really good.
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Calicosine @drewnaylor.bsky.social · 7d

If you eat meat and you're pretty much limited to chicken and you need gluten-free stuff, Applegate Farms has gluten-free chicken tenders and both the chicken and the breading has a good texture and flavor. You can make it crispier with oil, too. It's a little expensive, though.
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Exallion X. Φ @theexal.bsky.social · 7d

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tp0x...

It's, uh, two hours long.

Mario Paint Music: Play All RAM As Music Notes

YouTube video by xnamkcor X

www.youtube.com

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Calicosine @drewnaylor.bsky.social · 7d

chicken (as shown in an old ad), but large things like that are why you'd want a large oven in the first place, so they waste space unless you wanted to do a full pan of microwave brownies.
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Calicosine @drewnaylor.bsky.social · 7d

I'm glad that we as a society have moved on from "giant, full-size microwave ovens" since they're less useful than regular ovens (or convection ovens, due to the option to turn the fan on or off) due to not being able to safely cook everything like...
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Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 7d

By changing only a single byte in the code of Mario Paint, the music composer will not stop at the end of the song and instead continue to play the entire contents of the console's memory as music.

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Calicosine @drewnaylor.bsky.social · 8d

Just updated thumbsget4web to version 0.3. Main things that changed are relicensing it to AGPLv3 and putting the About text in an HTML "details" element. You can try it out here if you want, not much is different, though:

drew-naylor.com/projects/thu...

thumbsget4web

thumbsget4web - Gets the thumbnail from a YouTube video's URL. Not associated with YouTube or Google/Alphabet.

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Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 9d

Two well-known voice clips from Super Mario Sunshine are Mario saying "Aren't I done yet?!" and "There's more?!" in an exasperated way, long presumed unused. However, there is actually a way to hear them in-game, as they have a chance to play when he enters a level at low health.

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Mr. Luigi @mr64luigi.bsky.social · 11d

(Part 2 in replies since switch only allows 30 sec recordings)
@protonjon.bsky.social
@chuggaaconroy.bsky.social
@ncaprisun.bsky.social With Bubsy now on NSO I wanted to try to keep my title of Bubsy Master I got at PAX west '19. I still got it and was able to get a better time than on stage XD

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Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 10d

In Yoshi's Island, a cave background sparkles, but only when Yoshi moves. This is achieved in an inventive way by making many 1-pixel "pinholes" in the background through which a field of stars is visible. The parallax motion shows the stars intermittently, creating sparkles.

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Calicosine @drewnaylor.bsky.social · 11d

Software on my computers and stuff shouldn't change without my consent.