`fogus @fogus.me · 11/09/2026I remember a time when it took months or years to create a crappy hobby programming language, now it takes a matter of days! 052
`fogus @fogus.me · 28/08/2026Can someone tell me the name of that Woody Guthrie song with the lyrics “… from Lake America to the Gulf of America to the American Ocean to the other American Ocean…”? 240
`fogus @fogus.me · 27/08/2026Some people, when confronted with a problem, think "I know, I'll vibe code it." Now they don't know how many problems they have. 06116
`fogus @fogus.me · 12/08/2026The reworded article on Boing Boing about my “Born Against…” post might be longer than my post. boingboing.net/2026/08/12/h... 010
`fogus @fogus.me · 11/08/2026Why can't modern language designers stop shoving curly braces and semicolons into their new programming languages? They're Algolholics. 🥁 3314
`fogus @fogus.me · 07/08/2026Happy Birthday (Aug 7, 1946) to L. Peter Deutsch, computing luminary and inventor of the REPL. obsolescence.dev/interactive-...obsolescence.devThe Early Days: The History of Interactive ComputingFrom Project Whirlwind through the DEC legacy: the early days of interactive computing 040
`fogus @fogus.me · 06/08/2026A Reddit community for the Read-Eval-Print-λove lifestyle at www.reddit.com/r/ReadEvalPr... 012
`fogus @fogus.me · 04/08/2026Emblogginated "Born Against, or why hobby programming communities are aggressively against LLM usage" --> blog.fogus.me/llm/born-aga...blog.fogus.meBorn Against, or why hobby programming communities are aggressively against LLM usage 0112
`fogus @fogus.me · 03/08/2026From about 7th grade to the time that I graduated college was peak TV to me. In that span I found the three big shows of my life: STNG -> Twin Peaks -> X-Files. I will still stop whatever I'm doing if I happen upon an episode from one of these shows. 040
Reposted by `fogusQuiet Little Horrors @quietlittlehorrors.bsky.social · 28/07/2026We revisit one of the new horror classics of the 2010s, David Robert Mitchell’s It Follows. Tangents include (but are not limited to): good cinematography, twisted coming-of-age stories, suburban horror, and. of course, where is our damn clamshell e-reader already?quietlittlehorrors.comEpisode S07E13: It FollowsWe revisit one of the new horror classics of the 2010s, David Robert Mitchell’s It Follows. Tangents include (but are not limited to): good cinematography, twisted coming-of-age stories, suburban horror, and. of course, where is our damn clamshell e-reader already? 001
`fogus @fogus.me · 19/07/2026I wrote a post “The Centenary of 'Flower Phantoms' by Ronald Fraser” celebrating a beautiful whimsical fantasy. —> wormwoodiana.blogspot.com/2026/07/the-... 000
Reposted by `fogusJen Myers @antiheroine.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Hey what better way to celebrate not being able to breathe air because of wildfire smoke than to go to a movie about animals finally getting sick of our shit and attacking us. Tomorrow is DAY OF THE ANIMALS at @musicboxtheatre.bsky.social! I will be there as part of a panel discussion! Go animals!linkedin.com#chiclimateweek26 | Chicago Climate ConnectWhat do horror movies have to do with climate change? More than you might think. 🌎 🎬 As part Chicago Climate Week (ChiCW), Chicago Climate Connect is excited to partner with the historic Music Box T... 112
Reposted by `fogusJen Myers @antiheroine.bsky.social · 13/07/2026What a gift it was to have Sam Neill. Beyond all his other work, fearless performances in two of my top tier horror films. I will miss his Instagram dispatches from the Aotearoa countryside and his herd of animals named after other actors. 072
`fogus @fogus.me · 01/07/2026Does anyone else find it particularly insidious that a bulk of LLM tokens in the workplace are burned to help make tools that make LLMs more useable in the workplace? 050
Reposted by `fogusPapers We Love @paperswelove.org · 29/06/2026William Byrd on "The Most Beautiful Program Ever Written" [PWL NYC] (2017) www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyfBQmvr2Hc #programminglanguages #metacircularinterpreter #lisp 121
`fogus @fogus.me · 25/06/2026Libraries of dead literary figures has always been a topic of study and interest. Sadly, no one gives a hoot about the libraries of computerists. "Dijkstra's library" is the first attempt to even inventory such a thing since Erik Naggum's books were listed years ago. www.dijkstrascry.com/inventory 251
`fogus @fogus.me · 24/06/2026Has anyone found out if 1-trillion dollars is enough to buy happiness? 140
`fogus @fogus.me · 24/06/2026Ha! My Lithp project from 2008 made a brief blip on the HN front page earlier today. fogus.me/fun/lithp/ 040
`fogus @fogus.me · 18/06/2026Saw "Backrooms" and really liked it. It fits nicely into exactly the kinds of films that I love; those that show how the mundane world is punctured by something weird and eerie. 160
`fogus @fogus.me · 13/06/2026Received my copy of Arthur Machen’s book of essays The Guide, published by Darkly Bright Press in the mailbox today. This little lovely contains a humble appendix by yours truly! 061
`fogus @fogus.me · 11/06/2026The problem with listening to music with bleeps and bloops in it is that I constantly think that I'm getting Discord notifications. 010
`fogus @fogus.me · 02/06/2026I'm going to save my company some money today by using my human brain! 050
`fogus @fogus.me · 27/05/2026Was there anything more beautiful than a 1980s video-store horror section? 180
`fogus @fogus.me · 21/04/2026Emblogginated about LLMs -- "Mind the van Emden Gap" --> blog.fogus.me/llm/van-emde... 021
Reposted by `fogusMatt Forbeck @forbeck.com · 19/04/2026The legendary game designer, distributor, and publisher Louis Zocchi has left us at the age of 91. He founded Zocchi Distribution (the first distributor dedicated exclusively to hobby games) and Gamescience (which made games and polyhedral dice). 511031
`fogus @fogus.me · 20/04/2026An ocean of mouthwash can’t wash the bad taste in my mouth brought on by learning what shadow pages are. 🤢 100
`fogus @fogus.me · 15/04/2026The phrase "Icelandic doom metal" popped into my head this morning and now my day has been made so much better. 000
`fogus @fogus.me · 09/04/2026We need a cutesy name for the dialect LLMglish used in the States. Something like “gherkin” maybe… 000
Reposted by `fogusMariana Colín @themorbidzoo.bsky.social · 04/04/2026Made a little video about the metaverse, adapted from the part of my dissertation I had to write twice last week because the cat deleted it youtu.be/aWRzvOiqc-s?...youtu.beZuck Never Understood the MetaverseYouTube video by The Morbid Zoo 48316
`fogus @fogus.me · 04/04/2026Long drive to SC this weekend and I need a 10+ hour audio feed of Werner Herzog talking about… really anything at all. 000
Reposted by `fogusAlex Miller @alexmiller.bsky.social · 02/04/2026I'm very happy to announce that Programming Clojure, 4th edition on @pragprog.com is now available for both ebook and print orders! pragprog.com/titles/shclo...pragprog.comProgramming Clojure, Fourth EditionQuickly turn complex problems into simple, working solutions using functional programming, safe concurrency, and the expressive tools of Clojure. 1298
`fogus @fogus.me · 26/03/2026The Clojure Documentary trailer has dropped! www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJEy...youtube.comClojure: The Documentary [OFFICIAL TRAILER] | Coming April 16th! 🚨YouTube video by CultRepo 1111
Reposted by `fogus(hollaback/cc) @drun.v25media.com · 25/03/2026Tracy Kidder has left the building. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/b... #soul #of #the #new #machinenytimes.comTracy Kidder, Author of ‘The Soul of a New Machine,’ Dies at 80 051
Reposted by `fogusQuiet Little Horrors @quietlittlehorrors.bsky.social · 15/03/2026We found the ideal “quiet little horror as giallo”—1976’s The House with Laughing Windows. We discuss weird Italian towns, brightly-lit attics, and this film’s overlap with folk horror. Also: what’s in that bag?quietlittlehorrors.comEpisode S07E05: The House with Laughing WindowsWe found the ideal “quiet little horror as giallo”—1976’s The House with Laughing Windows. We discuss weird Italian towns, brightly-lit attics, and this film’s overlap with folk horror. Also: what’s in that bag? 022
`fogus @fogus.me · 16/03/2026Emblogginated "As Presaged in March 1993" whereby I read an old computing magazine and write about it with the benefit of hindsight. --> blog.fogus.me/as-presaged/... 032
`fogus @fogus.me · 11/03/2026I received Ghosts & Scholars #50, containing my first non-computing-related published article! On top of that, I got a nice mention by the amazing Rosemary Pardoe in the editorial. (swoon) That said, this is the final issue of a publication that I've read for decades, so my feelings are bittersweet. 050
`fogus @fogus.me · 08/03/2026I recently submitted my first piece of fiction for potential publication and unsurprisingly it was rejected. The funny part is that every writer that I know is reaching out to congratulate me. 9690
`fogus @fogus.me · 21/02/2026Behold the most confused board game ever: A 1970s "executive"-style Go set with a gold-etched playing surface, Summer Olympic motifs, and a box that says "Chinese Chess"... Seems like a specialty item from the 1960-70s associated with an Olympics hosted in asian... 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo? 140
