Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

nolen

@itseieio.bsky.social

4.2K followers 340 following 640 posts

the internet can still be fun! https://onemillioncheckboxes.com • http://eieio.games • https://everyuuid.com • https://onemillionchessboards.com

onemillioncheckboxes.com

Posts Media Videos Starter Packs

Pinned

nolen @itseieio.bsky.social · Apr 28

I made a website. It's called "one million chessboards." It has a million chessboards on it.

moving a piece moves it for everyone, instantly. No turns. You can move between boards.

that's it. Have fun!

onemillionchessboards.com

170 910 4.4K

nolen @itseieio.bsky.social · Aug 1

~new newsletter about fun weird internet stuff~

every month my friend justin and I:
* write down everything our friends made
* bother them until they write a little blurb

the first issue features mads mikkelsen, kind of

newslettergoeshere.substack.com/p/projects-f...

Screenshot of some of the links. Full text:

Turn your boring boarding pass into a big, beautiful bald JD Vance for airport checkin
From James: Turn your boring boarding pass into a big, beautiful bald JD Vance for airport check-in. The most surreal part was being contacted by Mads Mikkelsen, the guy who was deported and hearing his side of the story. He in turn said it was surreal to see a day of his life become one of those memes about current events he usually consumes.

The Fed says this is a cube of $1M. They're off by half a million.
From Calvin: My trip to the Fed’s Money Museum went sideways when he discovered their $1 million cube doesn’t add up.

4 2 27

nolen @itseieio.bsky.social · Jul 2

oooh noisebridge seems cool, hopping on a flight but will DM!

nolen @itseieio.bsky.social · Jul 2

In SF next week. Where should I be going?

Please send (or dm) recs / invites for demo nights, art/tech/games events, venues etc!

3 5

nolen @itseieio.bsky.social · Jun 27

it was a very kind comment!!

nolen @itseieio.bsky.social · Jun 25

thank you!

nolen @itseieio.bsky.social · Jun 25

~How to run a million-board chess MMO in a single process~

An essay and video about how One Million Chessboards works:

essay: eieio.games/blog/a-milli...
video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bF1E...

Running a million-board chess MMO in a single process · eieio.games

How one million chessboards works

eieio.games

5 14 83

nolen @itseieio.bsky.social · Jun 12

ah yeah I'm not sure how to fix the first one, it made testing really annoying today lol. I'll think about what I can do.

the second is kind of on purpose? At least, it requires way fewer permissions which is nice. but I suppose I could trigger it randomly or something..

Reposted by nolen

NotNite @notnite.com · Jun 12

made a laser pointer on my desktop that my partner can control remotely to distract me while I work on things

53 140 1.5K

nolen @itseieio.bsky.social · Jun 12

oh maybe? I'm not sure, I've never tried that before.

also I'm doing everything using `history.pushState` which might complicate things, although if it's only forward navigation maybe that'd be fine

nolen @itseieio.bsky.social · Jun 12

I think it's really hard to make that play smoothly with the page reload by default

but maybe I can preload every relevant route into a different iframe, hide the actual page content, and swap in a new iframe when it fully eats a route...

1 2

nolen @itseieio.bsky.social · Jun 12

ooooooh

1 2

nolen @itseieio.bsky.social · Jun 12

i'm hearing you can install it yourself here github.com/nolenroyalty...

GitHub - nolenroyalty/url-muncher: a little goblin that eats your URL bar

a little goblin that eats your URL bar. Contribute to nolenroyalty/url-muncher development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

nolen @itseieio.bsky.social · Jun 12

installed the Chrome Developer Beta and now a little goblin keeps eating my URL bar? anyone know how to remove this

3 6 90

nolen @itseieio.bsky.social · Jun 12

your cursor is a bow and arrow

3 1 58

nolen @itseieio.bsky.social · Jun 11

it's so good!!

nolen @itseieio.bsky.social · Jun 11

this rules thank you

nolen @itseieio.bsky.social · Jun 11

???? if you share your work online enough someone will just show you the exact interface you should have for your next game????

Unmatched Bracket @bracket.isageek.net · Jun 11

i call it: nolenware
cc @itseieio.bsky.social

1 2 36

nolen @itseieio.bsky.social · Jun 11

oh my god

1 5

nolen @itseieio.bsky.social · Jun 10

your cursor is the gun from portal

had to figure out how to add multiple cursors to an html textarea for this one lol

1 63

nolen @itseieio.bsky.social · Jun 9

your cursor is a paddle

1 4 66

nolen @itseieio.bsky.social · Jun 7

I'm not sure what distinction you're trying to draw here!

nolen @itseieio.bsky.social · Jun 7

ya i was thinking the same thing! started making a list of ideas for this last night. Some might not quite be "games" (or at least winnable) but that's ok

nolen @itseieio.bsky.social · Jun 7

your cursor is an umbrella

2 15 100

nolen @itseieio.bsky.social · Jun 7

I'm a little split here! Right now this is just a standard textarea and I think that's kind of nice - if I add too many features then it's kinda like...I could just make a non-text game.

but on the other hand vim-style vertical select would be reallllly nice. Not sure what I'll do here yet!

1 2

nolen @itseieio.bsky.social · Jun 7

hey, thank you :)