Omar Rizwan
@omar.website
still homesick for the ice / omar.website
Why did I think this was frinklang.org like the websites occupy the same part of my brain
August 6, 2026 at 5:37 AM
Why did I think this was frinklang.org like the websites occupy the same part of my brain
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There should be an equivalent of Letterboxd for buildings you’ve visited.
July 29, 2026 at 6:09 PM
There should be an equivalent of Letterboxd for buildings you’ve visited.
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A fun image processing distraction today -- how to clean up the noisy background of a photo of a microfilm of a medieval manuscript? Thread, in which I use Photoshop, but similar tools are available in GIMP and other image processing software.
July 28, 2026 at 6:16 PM
A fun image processing distraction today -- how to clean up the noisy background of a photo of a microfilm of a medieval manuscript? Thread, in which I use Photoshop, but similar tools are available in GIMP and other image processing software.
Woah throwback in the HTMLImageElement MDN
July 24, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Woah throwback in the HTMLImageElement MDN
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Sorry for vanishing, we arrived at Glas for dinner 😉 As Katrine said they were making statements as masters of their craft; calling them “artists” in the modern sense would have bewildered them as alien to the world they worked in — and in any case “artista” was for grammarian/logician/rhetorician…
June 10, 2026 at 6:02 AM
Sorry for vanishing, we arrived at Glas for dinner 😉 As Katrine said they were making statements as masters of their craft; calling them “artists” in the modern sense would have bewildered them as alien to the world they worked in — and in any case “artista” was for grammarian/logician/rhetorician…
HTML Energy!
June 10, 2026 at 9:39 PM
HTML Energy!
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yeah I want to be able to text an app to the group chat
June 6, 2026 at 3:53 AM
yeah I want to be able to text an app to the group chat
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“nostalgic design”: the tendency to create something for their idealized childhood www.goodreads.com/review/show/... via @omar.website
June 5, 2026 at 5:01 AM
“nostalgic design”: the tendency to create something for their idealized childhood www.goodreads.com/review/show/... via @omar.website
feel like I should have a blog or something where I make a post every time I get sent the same link by 3+ different people
May 26, 2026 at 5:17 PM
feel like I should have a blog or something where I make a post every time I get sent the same link by 3+ different people
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singleride.nyc by @obtusatum.bsky.social !!!!! Amazing!!!!!!
May 3, 2026 at 3:50 PM
singleride.nyc by @obtusatum.bsky.social !!!!! Amazing!!!!!!
always feel a little gross when I have a Makefile target to actually run the program, not just to compile it
May 3, 2026 at 7:02 PM
always feel a little gross when I have a Makefile target to actually run the program, not just to compile it
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something that is particularly interesting is how much interface design relies on white lies -- computers are great examples, the icon and semiotics of "saving" a document has very little to do with what is actually happening. so cognitive abstractions for managing a ship being semi-reliable is fun
April 2, 2026 at 5:18 PM
something that is particularly interesting is how much interface design relies on white lies -- computers are great examples, the icon and semiotics of "saving" a document has very little to do with what is actually happening. so cognitive abstractions for managing a ship being semi-reliable is fun
Remember this en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Is_Goog...
Is Google Making Us Stupid? - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
April 2, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Remember this en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Is_Goog...
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April 1, 2026 at 1:16 AM
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effects of HTML:
- mood lift, euphoria
- increased giggling and laughing
- creative, philosophical or deep thinking: ideas flow more easily
- boring tasks or entertainment can become more interesting or funny
- sensation of insight
- intense feelings of wonder
- mood lift, euphoria
- increased giggling and laughing
- creative, philosophical or deep thinking: ideas flow more easily
- boring tasks or entertainment can become more interesting or funny
- sensation of insight
- intense feelings of wonder
December 4, 2025 at 2:21 PM
effects of HTML:
- mood lift, euphoria
- increased giggling and laughing
- creative, philosophical or deep thinking: ideas flow more easily
- boring tasks or entertainment can become more interesting or funny
- sensation of insight
- intense feelings of wonder
- mood lift, euphoria
- increased giggling and laughing
- creative, philosophical or deep thinking: ideas flow more easily
- boring tasks or entertainment can become more interesting or funny
- sensation of insight
- intense feelings of wonder
need a dedicated device for messaging
March 27, 2026 at 8:07 PM
need a dedicated device for messaging
data gathering tools…
Graph sticky notes are back, for plotting wherever you are. www.presentandcorrect.com/products/cop...
March 27, 2026 at 3:00 PM
data gathering tools…
yeah, you can't program your phone from your phone and really be a peer of the Apple/Google software on it, so in some sense it's not a "computer" at all, it's closer to a video game console than a PC
it's quite simple. phone is fake computer
Somebody said millennials usually use their laptops (instead of smartphones) for major purchases, including booking flights. I can’t stop thinking about this.
March 24, 2026 at 9:22 PM
yeah, you can't program your phone from your phone and really be a peer of the Apple/Google software on it, so in some sense it's not a "computer" at all, it's closer to a video game console than a PC
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why are macs so obsessed with storing DSs anyway. Aren't they on the switch nowdays.
March 23, 2026 at 7:12 PM
why are macs so obsessed with storing DSs anyway. Aren't they on the switch nowdays.
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memory's gotten so expensive! still cheaper than forgetting, though
March 15, 2026 at 7:47 PM
memory's gotten so expensive! still cheaper than forgetting, though
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Paying my water bill on the city's blog.
March 15, 2026 at 6:59 AM
Paying my water bill on the city's blog.
"blog" is now a synonym for what people used to call "website"
March 14, 2026 at 12:10 PM
"blog" is now a synonym for what people used to call "website"