Max Glenister

I came across a catalogue of antiquated HTML snippets and artefacts, the kind of markup we just accepted as necessary in the <head> of every site.

A retro-heavy week over on social.omgmog.net between 31 August and 6 September.

I was showing a friend the Pokémon gen1recomp project on my phone the other day, and he wanted it on his.

Everything I shared on social.omgmog.net between 24 and 30 August: a website that turns anything you hit into a bell, a word game designed to give you a headache, and flying toasters back on the desktop.

Setting up a new phone always takes longer than it should, usually with at least one app or account causing grief along the way.

One large mug, two Yorkshire tea bags, steeped in freshly boiled water for 2 minutes, squeeze and remove the bags, generous splash of milk.

I was away on holiday this week, so slimmer pickings than usual.

Everything I shared on social.omgmog.net between 10 and 16 August: two old games having birthdays, a solar eclipse that failed to impress my kids, and a font you’ve definitely seen without knowing it.

I saw the Hidizs AP30 Music Boy on Reddit and got curious enough to reach out to Hidizs to see if they’d send me one to review.

Wasn’t at my computer much this week, but still ended up with a decent batch of links from social.omgmog.net, 3-9 August: some N64 homebrew, Quake’s 30th birthday, and a paper globe you can print and fold.

A retro-computing heavy week over on social.omgmog.net, 27 July to 2 August: Half-Life on Mac OS 9, a new GammaOS handheld firmware build, and a demoscene UI retrospective, alongside the usual scattering of tech and web links.

A short one from social.omgmog.net for 20 to 26 July, spent the week mostly lake-side at Llyn Tegid in Snowdonia rather than online.

Yes, I’m still playing Wordle in 2026.

Another week of links from social.omgmog.net, 13 to 19 July.

Two consecutive titles on the HN front page yesterday had a 6 in them.

Lots of links shared on social.omgmog.net between 6 and 12 July, from old handheld games to a live map of Britain’s railways.

I was waiting for Claude to answer a token-heavy question at work the other day, the little “Thinking…” label flickering into “Wibbling…” and then “Moseying…”, and I caught myself doing the thing I always do when a spinner takes too long, staring at it, t…

In the old days of the web, animating between pages meant faking it with jQuery.

A few things I shared over on social.omgmog.net between 29 June and 5 July, without much comment at the time, but worth a second look.

For years I was firmly in the mechanical keyboard camp, and specifically a 60% person.

Between March 2011 and October 2021 I backed 19 Kickstarter projects, spending £386 and $565 across the lot.

A few things I shared over on social.omgmog.net between 22 and 28 June, without much comment at the time, but worth a second look.

The Group Stage of the 2026 World Cup finished today, so it’s time to mark the homework.

I keep finding new gaps in my webmention implementation.

GIMP has always had an interface problem.