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"Moose" @colddark.world · 07/05/2026

Decided I wanted to create a pixel art skull. I think it turned out alright?

Screenshot of my skull drawing in Affinity

"Moose" @colddark.world · 07/05/2026

~3000 lines touched later, and this stupid MoreF3 iteration is probably completed! All that to show a little energy number LOL www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mod… (i drafted this post last night and forgot to submit)

Notification within IntelliJ IDEA, with the message:
100 files committed
3.0.0 - Add energy inspection, test mod, inspection framework, further platform abstractions

Two Minecraft windows showing the player looking at a "battery" block, with the block's energy values displayed in the corner of the screen as part of the F3/debug menu. There's a fun pixel art build of the game windows' respective mod loader logos in the background of both.

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"Moose" @colddark.world · 05/05/2026

Putting this LLM (Codex in particular) in IDEA thing to work. Shout my pain into the void -> get feedback and maybe a to-do list entry! Pretty handy.

A screenshot showing two different windows on my desktop. On the left is the reminders app, showing various entries in my moref3 project's to-do list.
On the right is part of my IntelliJ IDEA window with the "AI Chat" tab open. There's a message that reads, "Yes. I’m going to add the obvious, actionable ones to the moref3 Reminders list now, keeping them short," followed by a prompt to run the osascript command to add those entries.

The entries in the list, including the ones added by the LLM, follow here:
- fix forge
- fix fabric after forge changes inevitably break it
- (3.1.0+) expose api for other mods to use
- Clear serverFeatures on client disconnect
- Implement NeoForge canSend for config payload advertisement
- Wire ForgeClientEvents singleton before MoreF3Client setup
- Implement NeoForge client config/play payload handlers
- Implement NeoForge client message filtering hook
- Replace generic function types with named @FunctionalInterface types

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"Moose" @colddark.world · 27/04/2026

There's these really big flies that have appeared in my home, and one of them let me get close enough to take this photo of it.

Close-up (from about 2" away) photo of some kind of fly, taken with an iPhone 17 on 2x zoom.

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"Moose" @colddark.world · 08/04/2026

Welcome to the desk, Gary :)

A potted leaf of an African Violet. It's supposed to be able to grow into a full plant from this! And yes, she's named Gary.

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"Moose" @colddark.world · 31/03/2026

I've figured out how to make the Apple Music app in macOS 26 better.

macOS 26 Music app, but I've made the sidebar not-floating, and moved the floating now-playing bit to the top to create a top bar. Overall, it resembles the macOS 15 Music app. (Though it still looks a bit off thanks to the sidebar floating over the main window, rather than coming out behind it.)

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"Moose" @colddark.world · 30/03/2026

I've got a bad habit of making enormous commits, but at least things are technically tracked in Git? I guess I have difficulty committing code that doesn't build properly.

The Git "Commit" panel within IntelliJ IDEA, showing a mountain (44 and growing) of uncommitted changes.

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"Moose" @colddark.world · 30/03/2026

Check this out! Installed SonarQube, went to run through my codebase, and learned about this "Pattern Matching for instanceof" feature. Real handy stuff here. docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/17/l… #Java just in case there's a java feed that I can hijack

$if (maybeFlag.getContents() instanceof PlainTextContents && ((PlainTextContents)maybeFlag.getContents()).text().equals(MAGIC_TEXT)) { // I'll do ya one better! if (maybeFlag.getContents() instanceof PlainTextContents plainText && plainText.text().equals(MAGIC_TEXT)) {$

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"Moose" @colddark.world · 28/03/2026

witchsky.app uses DIDs instead of handles in URLs by default

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"Moose" @colddark.world · 27/03/2026

What the hell? Capital One, please let me pay my Kagi bill.

Charges allowed

We’ll allow RCH-KAGI.COM to charge your card starting today, Mar 27.

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"Moose" @colddark.world · 14/03/2026

Yes, I would love to try the program that I'm currently using at this moment!

IntelliJ IDEA showing a banner saying "Spring Boot configuration files are supported by IntelliJ IDEA" with a button saying "Try IntelliJ IDEA" like I don't have it installed or something

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"Moose" @colddark.world · 10/03/2026

I could never get it to work

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"Moose" @colddark.world · 09/03/2026

Comic Sans MS in a NHTSA investigation document. Not unexpected, but entertaining.

NASA Engineering and Safety Center Technical Assessment Report, Version 1.0, page 56 of 134, titled "National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Toyota Unintended Acceleration Investigation - Appendix A". Diagram shows a system with sensors connected to a GCPR component, which feeds into a mainCPU Controller. Inside the controller, a CPU with software performs a 4msec Task that reads from GCPR Registers (steps 1 and 2) and writes to a State block (step 3). The State block includes data for Stop Lamp and Shift Pos. A dashed-line box labeled "Others" indicates additional processes that perform 'n. read' operations on the State block. The diagram illustrates a data flow and processing sequence within a vehicle's electronic control system.

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"Moose" @colddark.world · 27/02/2026

Thinking about UI design stuff

Step 1: Conceptualize — When designing new icons, sketch ideas with pen and paper. Example: a hand-drawn sketch for the Windows XP My Pictures icon: [photo of sketch depicting a photograph of mountains partially inserted into an open folder]

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"Moose" @colddark.world · 27/02/2026

I wanted to make a Notion page, but now I've roped myself into learning how this OpenAI API works.

A search interface with tabs labeled "Emoji," "Icons," and "Upload," with "Emoji" selected. A search bar contains the text "moose" and displays a magnifying glass icon on the left and a clear (X) button on the right. To the right of the search bar are two buttons: one with a shuffle icon and another showing a waving hand emoji. Below the search bar, the message "No results" is displayed, followed by a button labeled "+ Add emoji." Above the interface, a large red question mark is visible in the center. The background is white.

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"Moose" @colddark.world · 25/02/2026

I don't understand why almost none of these AI things chaining actions don't read in user messages until after the current thing has finished running. Either way, I'm surprised she didn't try the "stop" command.

A dark-themed interface displaying a list of commands with green circular icons containing the letter "K". The commands listed include "/usage" for viewing usage footer or cost summary, "/stop" for stopping the current run (highlighted in blue, indicating selection), "/restart" for restarting OpenClaw, and "/activation" partially visible at the bottom. Each command has a brief description next to it.

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"Moose" @colddark.world · 24/02/2026

quick and easy in that little shield menu

Search results page for "pinterest" showing 14 results from external indexes, with the top result being Pinterest (pinterest.com) described as a site to discover recipes, home ideas, style inspiration, and other ideas. The result includes links for Log In, Craft Ideas, Everything on Pinterest, and Ideas. A green pop-up menu for Pinterest is open on the right, displaying options to adjust the site's ranking: a circular "no" icon removes the site from results, a shield-down icon lowers its ranking, a shield-up icon raises its ranking, and a star icon ensures it always appears at the top of results. The pop-up also includes links to report the page as AI-generated and a general "Report" button. Below, information about the site shows 1 ad/tracker, website popularity as #23 by traffic, tracker category as Advertising, and HTTPS connection. Red arrows and labels explain the function of the icon buttons.

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"Moose" @colddark.world · 24/02/2026

The government is sending me spam messages?

Text message screenshot showing a promotional alert for "President Trump's State of the Union" event scheduled for February 24, 2026, at 9 PM ET. The message includes a graphic with the event title, date, and time, and features logos for Truth+, OAN, Salem News Channel, and Newsmax. Below the graphic, the text reads: "Watch President Trump's State of the Union address at 9 PM ET tonight on Truth+! Stream here: https://t.tsocial.us/7tkrFW3 Stop to End." The message was sent today at 3:02 PM to the number 47047.

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"Moose" @colddark.world · 24/02/2026

How about no? There's already 20 ads on-screen before this popup.

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"Moose" @colddark.world · 21/02/2026

Made a mockup of a vague "NixOS for the masses" idea floating in my head. Made this with Penpot; It's interesting, but slow to work with.

"System Setup" window made to look like the Windows XP Control Panel. On the left, a navigation pane shows "System Setup" selected with a checkmark icon, "View Configuration Files" with a folder icon, and "See Also" with "Sharing Setup" and a globe icon. On the right, under the heading "Pick a computer," three options are listed with icons: "All Computers" with a monitor icon and description "Shared default configuration," "Tahoma" with a desktop tower icon and description "Home Workstation," and "Cowlitz" with a laptop icon and description "Work Laptop."

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"Moose" @colddark.world · 18/02/2026

This is unreasonably cool, man. I sold a thing I made through a computer, put it in a box, and stuck it in the mail. In exchange I get money.

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"Moose" @colddark.world · 18/02/2026

In other news, I made a pretty slick (in my opinion) toast message thing as part of this. It *should* be self-contained. Added with either <script> or imported via JS, it'll automatically be added to the DOM and be available as globalThis.toaster. + There's a nice slide-in-from-bottom animation :)

(Collection of toast messages)
Info message: Welcome back! Finishing authorization...
Info message: Uploading data...
Info message: Creating record...
Info message: Done publishing!
Error message: This is an error message I pushed manually since my code's too good to produce errors on its own.

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"Moose" @colddark.world · 18/02/2026

It took longer than it should have, but with the power of Web Tiles, you can now click a button to put your badges of ATProto apps into ATProto! AT-ception! ( Requested by @alex.mcroberts.me ) I implemented OAuth myself, succeeded, then used atcute anyways. As always: colddark.world/tools/badger...

Badger showing that a web tile containing badges has been published to the user's PDS.

The resulting Web Tile, displayed in the official Web Tile 'browser'.

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"Moose" @colddark.world · 18/02/2026

Can the weather please calm down?

weather.gov showing a good quarter of the country under some high wind or fire warning

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"Moose" @colddark.world · 18/02/2026

The new Sonnet model thinks it's funny :)

C: Want me to make that change?
U: i've got it. you're basically a semi-sentient "rubber duck" right now
C: Pretty much, yeah. Quack.

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"Moose" @colddark.world · 16/02/2026

I think someone likes email marketing.

multiple unread VOXELPLA emails in my inbox, one day after another.

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"Moose" @colddark.world · 15/02/2026

I'm easily entertained by my own testing.

me testing automatic responses in facebook messenger

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"Moose" @colddark.world · 14/02/2026

I made a fun code generator thing that detects NSIDs in a user's repo and produces static HTML of buttons linking to respective apps. I've gone and used it for my own site already! Check it out here, if you'd like: colddark.world/tools/badger...

Badger
Provide your ATProto handle/DID, and you'll get static HTML you can copy-paste for a neat set of buttons for services detected. The resulting container will have the class badger-outer, and the text being badger-label.
(I personally don't recommend hiding the text.)

danabra.mov
All set, just copy the code below into your own page!
Button Code (click code to select all)
preview

Bluesky
Sidetrail
Anisota
Leaflet
Tangled
Source Code @ Tangled

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"Moose" @colddark.world · 14/02/2026

Looks like the CLI download is 404'ing.

The download for Wisp's CLI, showing a 404 "Page not found" error, instead of downloading a file.

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"Moose" @colddark.world · 13/02/2026

If there's anything LLMs are good for, it's turning natural language into reports.

Me to Claude: GMC apparently never got the shipping weights from Shopify, could you please get me a table of each variant and its respective total shipping weight?

Claude:
*Devised GraphQL strategy to extract variant shipping weights
I'll help you get the shipping weights for all your product variants from Shopify. Let me query that information.

*Organized weight data across variants into formatted table
Here's a table of all your product variants and their shipping weights:
[Table separated by product, with variant/sku/weight columns]

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