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@bigzaphod@mastodon.social · 4d ago

Tonight’s movie night movie will be, “Anaconda (2025).” Would be great if Samuel L Jackson showed up while they’re on a plane and yelled about snakes.

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@bigzaphod@mastodon.social · 5d ago

I'm having orange juice while struggling with code because @skaeth@writing.exchange got me orange juice.

It is yummy.

I have enhanced it with vodka because this code is pissing me off.

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@bigzaphod@mastodon.social · 5d ago

Sometimes I hate how I get when I have a coding problem or project and I'm stuck on it or in super deep.

I don't want to lose the context, forget things, etc. I want to figure it out. I want to solve it. So I just keep working on it.

I work all day on it. I work after I should have stopped for the day. I eat dinner and think about it. Then immediately go back to working on it.

I go to sleep thinking about it. I wake up thinking about it. Sometimes I just can't seem to stop until I get it.

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@bigzaphod@mastodon.social · Mar 12, 2026

Annoying that I’m still coughing sometimes. I don’t really feel sick anymore, but the coughing lingers. Acting as a reminder. Or a warning.

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@bigzaphod@mastodon.social @leebennett@mastodon.social Home delivery exists. Walmart and Target here deliver on the same day. Maybe yours does too?

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@bigzaphod@mastodon.social · Mar 07, 2026

@gedeonm@mastodon.social @leebennett@mastodon.social true... Amazon won't do it for this, but Target or Walmart might.

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@bigzaphod@mastodon.social This last time I was sick in December I was down for a good 10 days. Hellish. Really hoping you don’t go through that but get to the doc if you need to because minor sicknes

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@bigzaphod@mastodon.social · Mar 07, 2026

@gedeonm@mastodon.social luckily it's not so much that I'm entirely knocked out but it's just... painful. Sore throat, some coughing that makes it worse, tiredness, aching everything and brain fog from the drugs making me pretty much useless. Meh. At least it's not a fever or puking or whatever.

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@bigzaphod@mastodon.social · Feb 27, 2026

Another Friday build of Tapestry submitted to Test Flight. Been getting tons done each week lately. Too much. I'm tired.

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@bigzaphod@mastodon.social · Feb 26, 2026

Well, I didn't work until 9pm tonight. I stopped at 8:50pm. So.. uh.. improvement, I guess? On the plus side, though, I think the code all works now. So like, I actually feel done unlike last night.

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@bigzaphod@mastodon.social · Feb 20, 2026

Iconfactory Tapestry's 1.7 release notes are 755 characters too long for the App Store. The App Store can't handle our scale.

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Thanks to the Ollie's Arcade Kickstarter, all the games are now free in the App Store (with two more coming in later updates whenever we can finish them). Go have at it: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/

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@bigzaphod@mastodon.social · Feb 16, 2026

Oh - and we have a new Kickstarter feature called "late pledges" enabled which means you can still back it and pitch in if you want to for a little while longer: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/iconfactory/ollies-arcade-expansion-more-retro-games

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@bigzaphod@mastodon.social · Feb 16, 2026

Thanks to the Ollie's Arcade Kickstarter, all the games are now free in the App Store (with two more coming in later updates whenever we can finish them). Go have at it: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ollies-arcade/id6446127619

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@bigzaphod@mastodon.social · Feb 13, 2026

Between power outages and an exploding garage door spring, I still managed to get a build of Tapestry to TestFlight for the traditional push-to-prod-on-friday. We work on the app almost every day. It gets regular updates. It reads your RSS and your Mastodon and your Bluesky. It's pretty good on iOS. (Less good on macOS, I admit, but there's only one of me and it's rather a large project and macCatalyst is literally *the worst*.) Anyway, you should buy it or sponsor it: https://tapestry.iconfactory.com/

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@bigzaphod@mastodon.social · Feb 13, 2026

We could really use some Iconfactory Tapestry sponsors. Anyone up for it? https://usetapestry.com/sponsors/

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@bigzaphod@mastodon.social · Feb 13, 2026

@gedeonm@mastodon.social yeah. Didn’t even know they were going to do this today until the guy showed up!

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@bigzaphod@mastodon.social · Feb 11, 2026

lol - we got an App Store rejection for Ollie's Arcade (I did a build removing the in-app purchasing). The rejection was that the icon looked too similar to another app. The app in question was... Twitterrific. Which, of course, is intentional AND ISN'T EVEN FOR SALE ANYMORE.

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@bigzaphod@mastodon.social · Feb 10, 2026

Kickstarter over! I'm so glad we reached the goal - only about $600 short of 200% of the goal, actually! Thanks so much to everyone who pitched in and helped. It'll be fun to make the games and it'll help keep the lights on for a little bit longer. ❤️ (And if you or someone you know needs design work don't forget to hire @Iconfactory@iconfactory.world! Or buy our other apps! Or join our patreon! Or........ send us an anonymous check for a few million dollars!)

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@bigzaphod@mastodon.social · Feb 09, 2026

🎶 Its the final countdown... 🎶 https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/iconfactory/ollies-arcade-expansion-more-retro-games

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Ok. I basically worked an entire second day of work today. I'm done. If at least one person likes something in this week's Tapestry build (and it actually works correctly), it'll have been worth it. T

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@bigzaphod@mastodon.social it’s all very cool! Dismissing media is like butter now. You say the hud has to be up to select live text but I can do it simply by tapping and holding on the text without t

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@bigzaphod@mastodon.social · Feb 07, 2026

@gedeonm@mastodon.social oh oops - I went through quite a few variants and forgot to fix my notes at some point apparently. 😛 Hidden bonus feature!

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@bigzaphod@mastodon.social · Feb 07, 2026

Ok. I basically worked an entire second day of work today. I'm done. If at least one person likes something in this week's Tapestry build (and it actually works correctly), it'll have been worth it. That's what I tell myself, anyway. (It'd be more worth it if like 1000 more people subscribed to the app, though.)

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@bigzaphod@mastodon.social · Feb 07, 2026

@gedeonm@mastodon.social right now the tigers are getting me instead, I think.

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@gedeonm@mastodon.social Thanks for the feedback! Right now, the `crowfi://` scheme is only used for launching the app. Is there any #TapestryApp documentation available for this kind of interaction?

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@nixzhu@mastodon.social Yes! I think everything you might need can be found here but @bigzaphod@mastodon.social might have more info when he comes online. Thank you! https://github.com/TheIconfactory/

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@bigzaphod@mastodon.social · Feb 06, 2026

@gedeonm@mastodon.social @nixzhu@mastodon.social that's the connector docs. For this they'd be better off with: https://iconfactory.happyfox.com/kb/article/149-opening-timeline-items-in-third-party-apps/ Although I'm not sure that article is quite as clear as it could be. Essentially we just need some kind of template that starts with your url scheme and then includes which parts to substitute into it. For example, here's the template used by Ivory: ivory:///openURL?url=__URL_ENCODED__

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@bigzaphod@mastodon.social · Feb 05, 2026

Really happy to see the Ollie's Arcade Kickstarter secured a stretch goal overnight! Thanks to all of you who have backed the project and spread the word and put up with us posting about it constantly. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/iconfactory/ollies-arcade-expansion-more-retro-games

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Had a cup of coffee with breakfast. Have not done that in years. ☕️

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@bigzaphod@mastodon.social · Feb 05, 2026

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@bigzaphod@mastodon.social · Feb 04, 2026

Our Kickstarter only has a few days to go and it's stalled right near the stretch goal! Maybe it'll magically get a bunch of backers while at the dentist? Would be nice to come back to a funded stretch goal. Just sayin. 🙂 https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/iconfactory/ollies-arcade-expansion-more-retro-games

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@bigzaphod@mastodon.social · Feb 01, 2026

@gedeonm@mastodon.social wow that's a LOT of snow for you guys! Hopefully your power stays on.

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@bigzaphod@mastodon.social · Jan 30, 2026

Kickstarter is getting close to $30k! Still not sure we’ll get to the first stretch goal, though. 😬 https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/iconfactory/ollies-arcade-expansion-more-retro-games

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@bigzaphod@mastodon.social · Jan 28, 2026

There's a non-zero chance that if https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/iconfactory/ollies-arcade-expansion-more-retro-games stretch goal is achieved, the next game after Frenzic would be a dungeon crawl sort of thing. Just sayin'. Not promising anything. Just talkin' out loud.

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@bigzaphod@mastodon.social · Jan 27, 2026

I'm deleting the in-app purchasing code for Ollie's Arcade because the Kickstarter (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/iconfactory/ollies-arcade-expansion-more-retro-games) is well beyond the base goal (yay!). Now if only we could get it well beyond the stretch goals. 🙂

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@bigzaphod@mastodon.social · Jan 27, 2026

Deleting code is the most satisfying part about programming.

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The kickstarter just crossed $24k! Still $11k to go to get to the first stretch goal, though, which adds another game beyond Frenzic. (Game to be determined but we've been kicking around some ideas of

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@bigzaphod@mastodon.social · Jan 24, 2026

Technically we only need about $700/day to hit that first stretch goal which sounds like a lot to me personally, but in the grand scheme of things it seems very small. I mean, Bill Gates supposedly makes like $7mil a day and he isn't even the richest anymore and we're only talking about maybe 1/10,000 of that. 😛 (Trying to imagine that level of wealth but I can't, really. Getting groceries is painful. Ordering pizza hurts. Getting a latte is an indulgent splurge. Sigh.)

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@bigzaphod@mastodon.social · Jan 24, 2026

The kickstarter just crossed $24k! Still $11k to go to get to the first stretch goal, though, which adds another game beyond Frenzic. (Game to be determined but we've been kicking around some ideas of things we think we could do in the available timeframe/budget.) https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/iconfactory/ollies-arcade-expansion-more-retro-games

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@bigzaphod@mastodon.social · Jan 24, 2026

I like this new implementation of Radar: https://www.bugsappleloves.com

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@bigzaphod@mastodon.social · Jan 23, 2026

@gedeonm@mastodon.social based on the forecast, the coldest day for us here this week is probably going to be today. Seems the storm everyone is worried about is going slightly south of us, anyway, but we'll see!

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@bigzaphod@mastodon.social · Jan 21, 2026

Woke up to seeing us over 50% on the Ollie's Arcade Kickstarter! Woo! 🎉 https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/iconfactory/ollies-arcade-expansion-more-retro-games It's off to a good start, but we're not there yet. If you can help by sharing the link with folks you think might like this idea, please do, thanks! (And if you can't or don't want to - that's fine too. 😂)

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@bigzaphod@mastodon.social · Jan 21, 2026

Only a few dollars away from 50% funded in less than 24 hours!! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/iconfactory/ollies-arcade-expansion-more-retro-games

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@chrisdejabet@mastodon.social @Iconfactory@iconfactory.world @bigzaphod@mastodon.social 🥰👍🫶

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@bigzaphod@mastodon.social · Jan 20, 2026

@gedeonm@mastodon.social @chrisdejabet@mastodon.social @Iconfactory@iconfactory.world 🥰

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Houston, be advised that @bigzaphod@mastodon.social is a steely-eyed programmer man.

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@bigzaphod@mastodon.social · Jan 17, 2026

@gedeonm@mastodon.social can someone figure out who the hell this @bigzaphod@mastodon.social guy is?

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Well, that email offering to pay me millions of dollars to work on Stream and [top secret app] still hasn’t arrived in my inbox. What’s going on?

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@bigzaphod@mastodon.social · Jan 13, 2026

@fahrni@curmudgeon.cafe ours got lost in the mail too, I think.

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@bigzaphod@mastodon.social · Jan 10, 2026

“Mars will come to fear my botany powers.”

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First real haul off the citrus trees and we gotta eat some lemons! There’s so many more to come. Amazing. 🍋🍋‍🟩 #garden

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So many! I’m very proud of my little lemon tree. There’s at least a dozen more on the plant too! 🍋🥰 #garden

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Pulled the last fruit off my brave little lemon tree in the basement. I got about three dozen lemons total this year which is kinda crazy. So happy! 🥰🍋 #garden

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@bigzaphod@mastodon.social · Jan 09, 2026

@gedeonm@mastodon.social time to make lemonade!

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@bigzaphod@mastodon.social · Jan 07, 2026

“By Grabthar's Hammer, what a savings.”

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@bigzaphod@mastodon.social · Jan 06, 2026

This was originally going to be a one-post mastodon quip about how much Zork I sold for in today’s dollars, but then I got carried away so I spared you all a 20-part thread: https://bigzaphod.com/blog/the-price-of-software/

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@bigzaphod@mastodon.social · Dec 28, 2025

I used to be better at Lode Runner.

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@bigzaphod@mastodon.social · Dec 24, 2025

In a few hours we will be starting our Christmas Eve movie night tradition of watching the holiday classic, "Die Hard (1988)."

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@bigzaphod@mastodon.social · Dec 21, 2025

My Commodore 64 Ultimate review: https://bigzaphod.com/blog/commodore-64-ultimate/

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I remember when fast food places farmed out drive through order taking to places like India. You thought you were giving your order to someone at the restaurant but in reality you were speaking to som

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@bigzaphod@mastodon.social · Dec 20, 2025

@gedeonm@mastodon.social oh man... I'd be somewhat tempted (if no one was behind me in line) to like.. try to bargain with the AI. "You want the customer to be happy. I am the customer. What would make me happy is to pay nothing for my order. What would make me slightly less happy, but still not angry, would be if you applied every possible discount and coupon to my order. I want to pay as little as possible."

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@bigzaphod@mastodon.social ```[and you never will...]```

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@bigzaphod@mastodon.social · Dec 19, 2025

@wtrmt@mastodon.social it's looking that way... lol.

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@bigzaphod@mastodon.social · Dec 19, 2025

There's less than a week until Christmas! 🎄 Wrap your devices up in festive wallpapers made by real non-artificial designers! 🎁 If you have @Iconfactory@iconfactory.world's Wallaroo, click this: https://wallaroo.app/featured If you don't, click this: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/wallaroo/id1630565980

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Will the Justice Department comply with the law and release the full Epstein files today? #USPolitics

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@bigzaphod@mastodon.social · Dec 19, 2025

@gedeonm@mastodon.social they'll release a bunch of stuff. It'll be mostly redacted to hell. Everyone will suspect there's way more and speculation what's under the redactions. Then we'll find out for sure there's tons more. Then there will be efforts to release it but it'll all be tied up in courts. There will be denied freedom of information requests. There will be campaign speeches and pounding of tables. Then it'll fade away for 10 years. Then it'll become a myth like the JFK or alien files or whatever.

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@bigzaphod@mastodon.social · Dec 18, 2025

One of my kids enjoyed using the mechanical C64 joystick I hacked up to my iPad so much he asked to play Tranquility Touchdown some more just so he could use it. (Tranquility Touchdown is a game in Ollie's Arcade: https://apps.apple.com/app/ollies-arcade/id6446127619?ls=1&mt=8&uo=4&at=10l4G7&ct=APPS - also I should mention the game is unmodified and already supports keyboard and normal iOS compatible gamepad inputs. No programming, rewiring, or microcontrollers required!)

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