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joe at jclocker dot com

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aphrax··on YouTube to stop 30-second unskippable ads
BGR Page is complete with a 30 second Ad that auto plays..at least that's the case on mobile
aphrax··on Easy 6502 – How to get started writing 6502 assembly language
Love the JS emulator, does anyone know of a Windows app that offers the same?
aphrax··on Perfect Information Game: On Chess
This brings back memories. I played chess from years 8-12 at national level and then I just dropped all interest in it. Wish I'd kept with it really
aphrax··on Rise of the Robots: Review and Reflection
I looked at the title and was sure it was referencing the Amiga game, not sure what that says abput me!
aphrax··on Let Chris Crawford teach you to program Atari's 8-bit computers [video]
Talking of Chris Crawford he has an interesting Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ChrisCrawford
aphrax··on Views of the Sea Floor Near the Entrance to San Francisco Bay
is that real water in there?
aphrax··on I Built Myself a 16x20-Inch Camera in 10 Hours
Inspiring me to dust off the darkroom equipment. I even got to love the smell of Fixer!
aphrax··on TorFlow
there's an interesting link in London between two points. http://imgur.com/LmvpcxL
aphrax··on A Requiem for Ian Murdock
I never knew the origin of the ne Debian. RIP Ian and condolences to the family
aphrax··on Amigaville – A New Amiga Magazine
"Hopefully there's a new version of AMOS." - nice! Blitz Basic perhaps?
aphrax··on My life after 44 years in prison
just out of interest where do you live?
aphrax··on Dockercraft: Manage Docker containers from Minecraft
"Certain processes are vital to the computer's operation and should not be killed. For example, after I took the screenshot of myself being attacked by csh, csh was shot by friendly fire from behind, possibly by tcsh or xv, and my session was abruptly terminated." Fantastic!
aphrax··on ThingieQuery: a SQL plugin for Excel
completely agree about the name - would love to use this at the office.
aphrax··on Kongregate: the science behind the massive profits of F2P games
really good, I like how you've done this: clear layout, shows the sort of stuff I'm interested in. Good job.
aphrax··on Inside OCZ's Factory: How SSDs Are Made
I completely missed this - what did they do?
aphrax··on Amiga oriented alternative OS MorphOS 3.8 for PowerPC released
to me this seems an odd way to get people to purchase a license, I wonder if it actually works to any great extent..
aphrax··on Amiga oriented alternative OS MorphOS 3.8 for PowerPC released
isn't this the OS that degrades it's performance after a certain amount of time & then prompts you to buy a license?
aphrax··on BBS the Documentary (2013) [video]
there's a good section that features Bruce Fancher (Dead Lord) which touches on Patrick Kroupa (Lord Digital) both are from Legion of Doom. If you get chance read up about both - very interesting for similar and differing reasons...
aphrax··on Your cyberpunk games are dangerous
Had no idea Legion of Doom were connected to GURPS. Good read.
aphrax··on What is Trolling?
he (Krishnan)has written about the background to this interview. I came away thinking he's anything but a troll:

http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/apr/26/krishnan-guru-m...

aphrax··on What Colour are your bits? (2004)
thanks so much - this look to be my cup of tea!
aphrax··on What Colour are your bits? (2004)
the game Paranoia sounds really interesting, anything similar that's still around?
aphrax··on Smartphones versus DSLRs versus film: A look at how far we've come
I shot using Velvia 50 for many years (as mentioned in this article) and still yearn for that combination of grain/saturation - at least I think that's it, it's quite hard to put my finger on what was/is so fantastic about that particular film.
aphrax··on I'm Pissed About _____.
there's something about how this piece resonates with me. I'm not a founder or work for a start up; but it connects to me and I'm not sure why?
aphrax··on The Internet Map
just clicked a dozen small sites & all were porn..hmm..not surprising I suppose..
aphrax··on Reverse-Engineering Xkcd's 'Frequency'
oh I see - thanks for that, interesting stuff
aphrax··on Reverse-Engineering Xkcd's 'Frequency'
I'm still trying to understand where the frequency is stored? Is it a value that can be embedded into the gif?
aphrax··on </CaptureTheFlag>
Is it still possible to work through the exercises or was it a time limited thing?
aphrax··on Show HN: My network connection monitor for Mac
I'm getting this issue of no connections showing..reinstall didn't help... any ideas? Thanks.

edit: second reinstall seemed to fix it..

aphrax··on The FBI stole an Instapaper server in an unrelated raid
as is your comment.
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