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matt sephton

@gingerbeardman.com

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✳️ Games at Perplexity 🤓 Former indie dev 🟨 YOYOZO (GOTY 2023) 🕹️ Retro Games 🗿Moai 💿 Macintosh Magazine Media 🍎 Ex-Apple https://blog.gingerbeardman.com

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matt sephton @gingerbeardman.com · Aug 21

Surprise! I made the built-in game for @perplexitycomet.bsky.social it was so much fun working with such a dream team at Perplexity.

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matt sephton @gingerbeardman.com · 1h

Exactly, I generally upgrade early in the year when updates and work are quieter.

matt sephton @gingerbeardman.com · 3h

I no longer know Apple. A mate of mine got in touch with Support, who reached out to an engineer who said they won't be adding any further support for AirPods Pro 3 to iOS 18. Which is understandable, they want people to upgrade. Indeed iOS 18.7.1 followed 10 days later and didn't add support.

matt sephton @gingerbeardman.com · 3h

On anything older than iOS 26 AirPods Pro 3 operate like standard bluetooth headphones with fewer features than AirPods Pro 2. Battery shows a blank widget/area, and for hearing test you see an error that you need to clean your AirPods!? Really poor experience for what should be the latest/greatest.

matt sephton @gingerbeardman.com · 6h

Returned my AirPods Pro 3 and bought a new set of AirPods Pro 2. I plan to stay on iOS 18 for a bit, and the *reduction* in utility was driving me insane: you can't see battery level!? Or do a hearing test!? Such a degraded experience that I simply wasn't prepared to put up with.

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matt sephton @gingerbeardman.com · 18h

Why not add a sanitisation step to your blog setup? On mine it doesn't matter what I type I can rest assured it'll be converted to the correct type. It's the sort of thing computers excel at!

matt sephton @gingerbeardman.com · 19h

Who would be on your shortlist?

matt sephton @gingerbeardman.com · 22h

HTML entity alert

matt sephton @gingerbeardman.com · 1d

Sega, 1985. #GameStudioGoals

matt sephton @gingerbeardman.com · 1d

I believe the sound that makes is 🐥piopio🎶

matt sephton @gingerbeardman.com · 1d

From a similar era, here's a photo of the manual of Macintosh app UltraPaint (1990, Deneba Systems) showing the Option key looking more like the electronic switch that inspired it. blog.gingerbeardman.com/2021/04/06/u...

matt sephton @gingerbeardman.com · 2d

"When my information changes, I change my mind. What do you do?"

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matt sephton @gingerbeardman.com · 2d

And it's on YouTube 🤩 both subbed and dubbed

matt sephton @gingerbeardman.com · 3d

I am the same, I subscribe to dozens and they have all gone like this. I’m also going to withdraw my patreon and suggest people go to ko-fi for my software preservation updates.

matt sephton @gingerbeardman.com · 3d

I feel like watching some anime! Any recommendations with a sort of sci-fi futuristic city blue sky utopia kind of vibe?

matt sephton @gingerbeardman.com · 3d

Version 1.2.0 of Three.js for Nova adds color assistant/picker support for all types of colour definitions! It will even map colours to the nearest X11 colour keyword. 🎨

matt sephton @gingerbeardman.com · 4d

Version 1.1.0 of Three.js for Nova adds color assistant/picker support for both HEX and HSL colors!

matt sephton @gingerbeardman.com · 3d

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N-Trance - Set You Free (93:2 HD) /1993/

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Paul Darbyshire 🇪🇺 @pablo0151.bsky.social · 3d

Good morning! Here’s one for @gingerbeardman.com, who has the Euphoria bug. 👀

A collection of Euphoria compilation albums.

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matt sephton @gingerbeardman.com · 4d

Version 1.1.0 of Three.js for Nova adds color assistant/picker support for both HEX and HSL colors!

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Jason Adams @jamnpp.bsky.social · 4d

Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world,... I feel like I can't take it. And my heart is just going to cave in.

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Hulking Piano @hulkingpiano.bsky.social · 5d

I love The Spreadsheet

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matt sephton @gingerbeardman.com · 4d

😂 you're welcome, I guess 💃🪦🕺

matt sephton @gingerbeardman.com · 4d

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matt sephton @gingerbeardman.com · 4d

Whilst it’s a hot topic, I've turned this discussion of using spreadsheets to help design user interfaces into a blog post

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hak007.bsky.social @hak007.bsky.social · 5d

I think spreadsheet software is amazing. Besides inherent capabilities of sheets, cells, and formulas, it has a rich coding environment. I'm retired, pushing 80, and am writing (with the help of ChatGPT) code to support a non-profit continuing-education org using Excel. It's been a lot of fun.

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heidicurties.bsky.social @heidicurties.bsky.social · 5d

Spreadsheets are where non-engineers build interfaces, logic, and data models without even realizing it. The grid isn’t just layout it’s language.

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matt sephton @gingerbeardman.com · 4d

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matt sephton @gingerbeardman.com · 5d

It’s a common misunderstanding that spreadsheets are only 2D, when in fact they are infinite dimensions. Just add an extra sheet for each additional dimensions. The concept is explained at 19:14 in this video from 1988: youtu.be/eAiZBUYNUBA?...

The Computer Chronicles - Spreadsheet Wars (1988)

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