Angela Brett
@angelastic.com
macOS/iOS/sometimes web dev, mathematician, linguist, poet, former Cernoise, JoCo Cruiser, two-time fancy pants champion, three-time international mover (not shaker)
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Angela Brett
@angelastic.com
· Apr 25
For those of you who just came here from my mastodon/mathstodon on the promise of ephemeral stuff such as food and pants: I just had breakfast (cereal, yogurt, and a banana, all mixed together, and a cup of tea) and I’m wearing a skirt.
Just saw an episode of Star Trek: Voyager in which an astronaut named John Mark Kelly was at Mars in 2032. Now I wish actual astronaut Mark Kelly (or Scott Kelly) had a kid by that name. 😃
November 28, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Just saw an episode of Star Trek: Voyager in which an astronaut named John Mark Kelly was at Mars in 2032. Now I wish actual astronaut Mark Kelly (or Scott Kelly) had a kid by that name. 😃
TIL there is a restaurant chain in the US called Wienerschnitzel. They sell hot dogs. 😭😂
November 27, 2025 at 12:37 AM
TIL there is a restaurant chain in the US called Wienerschnitzel. They sell hot dogs. 😭😂
Ooh, I got feedback on my Feedback! (I got radar on my Radar?) Not sure I’ll be able to retest it on the build they asked me to (I don’t install betas at home) but it’s a sign it could be fixed.
November 19, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Ooh, I got feedback on my Feedback! (I got radar on my Radar?) Not sure I’ll be able to retest it on the build they asked me to (I don’t install betas at home) but it’s a sign it could be fixed.
TIL the game I know of as ‘elastics’ is also known as, ‘Chinese jump rope’, ‘French skipping’ and, ‘American ropes’. (It originated in China) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese...
This reminds me of all the countries turkeys are ascribed to in different languages. 🙂
This reminds me of all the countries turkeys are ascribed to in different languages. 🙂
Chinese jump rope - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 11, 2025 at 4:42 PM
TIL the game I know of as ‘elastics’ is also known as, ‘Chinese jump rope’, ‘French skipping’ and, ‘American ropes’. (It originated in China) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese...
This reminds me of all the countries turkeys are ascribed to in different languages. 🙂
This reminds me of all the countries turkeys are ascribed to in different languages. 🙂
This might be a spoiler, but today’s (31 Oct) Weirdle happens to be the song Joey and I sang at karaoke last night. weirdle.neocities.org The KJ said it was the weirdest love song he’d ever heard.
Weirdle! |
Guess the Weird Al song from the intro in as few tries as possible!
weirdle.neocities.org
October 31, 2025 at 3:34 PM
This might be a spoiler, but today’s (31 Oct) Weirdle happens to be the song Joey and I sang at karaoke last night. weirdle.neocities.org The KJ said it was the weirdest love song he’d ever heard.
Arithmancy Pants for macOS and iOS: Because everything’s a magic number if you’re brave enough
TL;DR: I made an app to derive a lot of 'lucky' numbers from any text. You can get it on the App Store now, for iOS and macOS. Many years ago I came across Uri Geller's page about how he notices the…
TL;DR: I made an app to derive a lot of 'lucky' numbers from any text. You can get it on the App Store now, for iOS and macOS. Many years ago I came across Uri Geller's page about how he notices the…
Arithmancy Pants for macOS and iOS: Because everything’s a magic number if you’re brave enough
TL;DR: I made an app to derive a lot of 'lucky' numbers from any text. You can get it on the App Store now, for iOS and macOS. Many years ago I came across Uri Geller's page about how he notices the number 11 a lot and it's somehow a magic number. I didn't read all of it, because it's nonsense, but I was intrigued by the list of 'Names, events and places that add up to 11 letters.' It contains:
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October 30, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Arithmancy Pants for macOS and iOS: Because everything’s a magic number if you’re brave enough
TL;DR: I made an app to derive a lot of 'lucky' numbers from any text. You can get it on the App Store now, for iOS and macOS. Many years ago I came across Uri Geller's page about how he notices the…
TL;DR: I made an app to derive a lot of 'lucky' numbers from any text. You can get it on the App Store now, for iOS and macOS. Many years ago I came across Uri Geller's page about how he notices the…
Oh hey, I made a silly new app for iOS and macOS: apps.apple.com/us/app/arith...
It will show you all the ‘magic’ numbers you can get out of any given word or phrase. So you can prove whatever numerological fallacies you like!
It will show you all the ‘magic’ numbers you can get out of any given word or phrase. So you can prove whatever numerological fallacies you like!
Arithmancy Pants
People go to all sorts of lengths to extract their preferred 'magic' numbers from text in order to prove that there's something special about that text. But you can get almost any number out of any t...
apps.apple.com
October 29, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Oh hey, I made a silly new app for iOS and macOS: apps.apple.com/us/app/arith...
It will show you all the ‘magic’ numbers you can get out of any given word or phrase. So you can prove whatever numerological fallacies you like!
It will show you all the ‘magic’ numbers you can get out of any given word or phrase. So you can prove whatever numerological fallacies you like!
Reposted by Angela Brett
Good job Böcker on seizing the moment to advertise your lifts 🤣
"Böcker: My way to the top. When you need things to move fast: the Böcker Agilo can carry up to 400kg of treasures at 42m per minute—whisper-quiet thanks to its 230 V electric motor."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
"Böcker: My way to the top. When you need things to move fast: the Böcker Agilo can carry up to 400kg of treasures at 42m per minute—whisper-quiet thanks to its 230 V electric motor."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
October 29, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Good job Böcker on seizing the moment to advertise your lifts 🤣
"Böcker: My way to the top. When you need things to move fast: the Böcker Agilo can carry up to 400kg of treasures at 42m per minute—whisper-quiet thanks to its 230 V electric motor."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
"Böcker: My way to the top. When you need things to move fast: the Böcker Agilo can carry up to 400kg of treasures at 42m per minute—whisper-quiet thanks to its 230 V electric motor."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
I thought I’d be able to get an Apple Card once I had a nonzero number to put in the income field, but alas, I also need a credit history. Oh well.
October 29, 2025 at 2:44 AM
I thought I’d be able to get an Apple Card once I had a nonzero number to put in the income field, but alas, I also need a credit history. Oh well.
Holiday Inn Express Geometry
On our road trip across the USA, Joey Marianer and I stayed at many Holiday Inn Express hotels. I noticed they had a lot of geometrical decor. In particular, some intriguing wallpaper, which I will analyse in the second half of the post.
On our road trip across the USA, Joey Marianer and I stayed at many Holiday Inn Express hotels. I noticed they had a lot of geometrical decor. In particular, some intriguing wallpaper, which I will analyse in the second half of the post.
Holiday Inn Express Geometry
On our road trip across the USA, Joey Marianer and I stayed at many Holiday Inn Express hotels. I noticed they had a lot of geometrical decor. In particular, some intriguing wallpaper, which I will analyse in the second half of the post.
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October 26, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Holiday Inn Express Geometry
On our road trip across the USA, Joey Marianer and I stayed at many Holiday Inn Express hotels. I noticed they had a lot of geometrical decor. In particular, some intriguing wallpaper, which I will analyse in the second half of the post.
On our road trip across the USA, Joey Marianer and I stayed at many Holiday Inn Express hotels. I noticed they had a lot of geometrical decor. In particular, some intriguing wallpaper, which I will analyse in the second half of the post.
Oh. It turns out trying to play the audio graph of a Swift Chart that has ~30000 values is a bad idea. I quit the app but VoiceOver is still stuck and I can't even turn it off.
October 24, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Oh. It turns out trying to play the audio graph of a Swift Chart that has ~30000 values is a bad idea. I quit the app but VoiceOver is still stuck and I can't even turn it off.
I’m doing Japanese on Duolingo, and this lesson is supposed to be teaching me the Japanese names for different years at university, but the Japanese names for them are just numbered, the same as the English names, so what I’m actually learning is the American names for different years at university.
October 24, 2025 at 5:20 PM
I’m doing Japanese on Duolingo, and this lesson is supposed to be teaching me the Japanese names for different years at university, but the Japanese names for them are just numbered, the same as the English names, so what I’m actually learning is the American names for different years at university.
I’ve known these existed for ages, but didn’t see the point of having a stand for my Apple Watch charger until recently, when my charger fell off the narrow end table one too many times. It looks so cute! I think the watch band in the colours of the original Apple logo (but wrong order) adds to it.
October 20, 2025 at 1:18 AM
I’ve known these existed for ages, but didn’t see the point of having a stand for my Apple Watch charger until recently, when my charger fell off the narrow end table one too many times. It looks so cute! I think the watch band in the colours of the original Apple logo (but wrong order) adds to it.
Reposted by Angela Brett
Them: need help doing things?
Me: yes
Them: we have a doing things medication
Me: ooh
Them: hahahahaha guess what you have to do to get it?
Me: oh no
Them: things.
Me: yes
Them: we have a doing things medication
Me: ooh
Them: hahahahaha guess what you have to do to get it?
Me: oh no
Them: things.
October 14, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Them: need help doing things?
Me: yes
Them: we have a doing things medication
Me: ooh
Them: hahahahaha guess what you have to do to get it?
Me: oh no
Them: things.
Me: yes
Them: we have a doing things medication
Me: ooh
Them: hahahahaha guess what you have to do to get it?
Me: oh no
Them: things.
To paraphrase Baldbox: Of all of the coding tests for job applications you will ever do in your lifetime, one of them has to be the worst. This could be the day for it.
😔
😔
October 11, 2025 at 2:56 AM
To paraphrase Baldbox: Of all of the coding tests for job applications you will ever do in your lifetime, one of them has to be the worst. This could be the day for it.
😔
😔
Thanks, iOS 26, for screening this call from a weirdo. 😂
(It was actually someone I’d just talked to from a recruiting firm whose name sounds a little like weirdo, I guess)
(It was actually someone I’d just talked to from a recruiting firm whose name sounds a little like weirdo, I guess)
October 9, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Thanks, iOS 26, for screening this call from a weirdo. 😂
(It was actually someone I’d just talked to from a recruiting firm whose name sounds a little like weirdo, I guess)
(It was actually someone I’d just talked to from a recruiting firm whose name sounds a little like weirdo, I guess)
Yesssss, finally we got an astronaut! I'll have to bring all three of my astronaut costumes even though the theme days don't really suit them as much as in previous years.
Announcing the JoCo Cruise 2026 featured guests! We have some amazing newcomers, as well as returning fan favorites and old friends. Visit our website for more information about this stellar line up!
#jococruise #jococruise2026
#jococruise #jococruise2026
October 9, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Yesssss, finally we got an astronaut! I'll have to bring all three of my astronaut costumes even though the theme days don't really suit them as much as in previous years.
Seddit 1.5 supports multilingual Reddit listening. Also, Joey sang my half-baked PSOLA song!
A while ago I added the possibility to configure Seddit (my text-to-speech-focused hands-free Reddit client for macOS and iOS) with multiple voices so that each user's content could be read in a different…
A while ago I added the possibility to configure Seddit (my text-to-speech-focused hands-free Reddit client for macOS and iOS) with multiple voices so that each user's content could be read in a different…
Seddit 1.5 supports multilingual Reddit listening. Also, Joey sang my half-baked PSOLA song!
A while ago I added the possibility to configure Seddit (my text-to-speech-focused hands-free Reddit client for macOS and iOS) with multiple voices so that each user's content could be read in a different voice. Of course, iOS and macOS come with voices that speak a huge variety of different languages, so you could theoretically select, say, a Japanese voice, a French voice, and three English voices, and download Reddit posts and comments in all of those languages.
angelastic.com
October 9, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Seddit 1.5 supports multilingual Reddit listening. Also, Joey sang my half-baked PSOLA song!
A while ago I added the possibility to configure Seddit (my text-to-speech-focused hands-free Reddit client for macOS and iOS) with multiple voices so that each user's content could be read in a different…
A while ago I added the possibility to configure Seddit (my text-to-speech-focused hands-free Reddit client for macOS and iOS) with multiple voices so that each user's content could be read in a different…
The new macOS/iOS version of Seddit is out! In this version, if you have voices in multiple languages selected, it will detect the language of the first post or comment by each user and give them a voice that speaks that language. So they’ll be pronounced correctly. apps.apple.com/us/app/seddi...
October 9, 2025 at 12:57 AM
The new macOS/iOS version of Seddit is out! In this version, if you have voices in multiple languages selected, it will detect the language of the first post or comment by each user and give them a voice that speaks that language. So they’ll be pronounced correctly. apps.apple.com/us/app/seddi...
Reposted by Angela Brett
You may now kiss the bride.
What if all long term contracts were sealed with a kiss?
You may now kiss the landlord.
You may now kiss the car salesperson.
You may now kiss the recruiter.
You may now kiss the mortgage broker.
What if all long term contracts were sealed with a kiss?
You may now kiss the landlord.
You may now kiss the car salesperson.
You may now kiss the recruiter.
You may now kiss the mortgage broker.
September 26, 2025 at 10:47 PM
You may now kiss the bride.
What if all long term contracts were sealed with a kiss?
You may now kiss the landlord.
You may now kiss the car salesperson.
You may now kiss the recruiter.
You may now kiss the mortgage broker.
What if all long term contracts were sealed with a kiss?
You may now kiss the landlord.
You may now kiss the car salesperson.
You may now kiss the recruiter.
You may now kiss the mortgage broker.
Reposted by Angela Brett
October is blindness awareness month and you might have noticed that recently I've been talking more about vision in general lately. I'm going to answer some common questions and give you some facts. First, blindness is a spectrum. Only 10% of us see nothing, most have residual/some usable vision
October 3, 2025 at 12:32 AM
October is blindness awareness month and you might have noticed that recently I've been talking more about vision in general lately. I'm going to answer some common questions and give you some facts. First, blindness is a spectrum. Only 10% of us see nothing, most have residual/some usable vision
Just submitted a Swift Charts bug FB20491693. Making minimal example projects is a fun puzzle, especially when they show that the bug isn't my fault. 😆 And helped me find a workaround for what is probably quite an edge case.
October 2, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Just submitted a Swift Charts bug FB20491693. Making minimal example projects is a fun puzzle, especially when they show that the bug isn't my fault. 😆 And helped me find a workaround for what is probably quite an edge case.
Yesterday we went to an event with Mary Roach for the second time this year. Her new book, Replaceable You, is about replacing various body parts. At the signing table afterwards, she was giving out little packets of tissues, saying, “I’m a tissue donor”. 😆
October 2, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Yesterday we went to an event with Mary Roach for the second time this year. Her new book, Replaceable You, is about replacing various body parts. At the signing table afterwards, she was giving out little packets of tissues, saying, “I’m a tissue donor”. 😆
I’m just starting writing an app that (among other things) concatenates integers, and obviously has trouble with that when the concatenated values don’t fit in an Int.
Joey said, “I couldn’t BigInt o tell you how to fix that.”
Strong contender for worst pun of the day, but I bet we can do worse.
Joey said, “I couldn’t BigInt o tell you how to fix that.”
Strong contender for worst pun of the day, but I bet we can do worse.
September 27, 2025 at 10:02 AM
I’m just starting writing an app that (among other things) concatenates integers, and obviously has trouble with that when the concatenated values don’t fit in an Int.
Joey said, “I couldn’t BigInt o tell you how to fix that.”
Strong contender for worst pun of the day, but I bet we can do worse.
Joey said, “I couldn’t BigInt o tell you how to fix that.”
Strong contender for worst pun of the day, but I bet we can do worse.
James Webb Space Telescope (now actually sung) and Seddit 1.4
Joey and I sang the James Webb Space Telescope song, and I released a new version of Seddit with liquid glass controls.
Joey and I sang the James Webb Space Telescope song, and I released a new version of Seddit with liquid glass controls.
James Webb Space Telescope (now actually sung) and Seddit 1.4
Joey and I sang the James Webb Space Telescope song, and I released a new version of Seddit with liquid glass controls.
angelastic.com
September 25, 2025 at 10:01 PM
James Webb Space Telescope (now actually sung) and Seddit 1.4
Joey and I sang the James Webb Space Telescope song, and I released a new version of Seddit with liquid glass controls.
Joey and I sang the James Webb Space Telescope song, and I released a new version of Seddit with liquid glass controls.