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Ian Kettlewell

@ianjk.com

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Designer and programmer @kettlecorn over on Twitter

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Ian Kettlewell @ianjk.com · 08/01/2026

Carmack is disappointing. He should reflect on why some of the most creative and smart people he wants to engage with have left the platform, instead of dismissing their concerns.

A tweet from John Carmack with the following text:

It would be nice if some of the Twitter diaspora returned. So many creatives, but also many developers, that generally enriched the
experience are no longer active. Those that performatively left and those with a seething hatred of Elon probably won't be back soon, but a lot of people just disengaged on
vague cultural grounds that can be reevaluated. There are probably some technical tweaks to the algorithm that could make them more comfortable. I don't mind the existence of independent echo chambers that people are happy within. There is only a problem
when some echo chambers are allowed and others aren't.
Reach out to lapsed friends!

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Ian Kettlewell @ianjk.com · 31/12/2025

The date of the first day of the year corresponds to a hex color code. Today we embrace the spirit of change and say goodbye to #010125 and welcome in #010126.

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Ian Kettlewell @ianjk.com · 19/12/2025

I have also appreciated this as an exercise in paying attention to small details in art. There's a lot of beauty in tiny details people would typically miss, but which make for a nice card back.

A painting of a woman reaching into a pond to gather lily flowers.

A crop of a painting of a boat sailing at sea. The detailing of the canvas is visible due to the tight crop.

A boy carrying a bucket riding on a barrel that itself is pulled on a sled. A detail from a larger painting.

A close up crop of just raspberries from a still life painting.

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Ian Kettlewell @ianjk.com · 19/12/2025

I've been building a simple web solitaire game for fun and one of the things I've spent hours on, perhaps to my joy more than any player's, is browsing through public domain art to crop as inane or beautiful unlockable cardbacks. There's such a depth of odd and unusual art out there.

A strange headless body with a face on the torso striking an odd dance-like pose. From 1290.

A painting of a bow blowing a bubble while leaning out a window sill.

A woman drawn with bold colors in art nouveau style. From a 1928 magazine cover.

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Ian Kettlewell @ianjk.com · 08/10/2025

Turns out @zed.dev has an irreversible Delete option in the context menu that skips the trash, and they have yet to implement Ctrl+Z. I just lost about a day of work to this design.

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Ian Kettlewell @ianjk.com · 25/09/2025

Over the last few years I've noticed Google getting weirdly worse and worse at simple queries, but the most egregious example I noticed recently is this one. When asked "How many days are between Halloween and Christmas" Google confidently "420 days".

A screenshot of a google search query for "How many days are between halloween and christmas" and Google responds 420 days because for some reason it calculated between different years.

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