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steven.irby

@stevenirby.bsky.social
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A nomad since 2015. I build and share random cool things and ideas. Get one random URL a day👇 randomdailyurls.com

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steven.irby @stevenirby.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Interesting idea! I assume people don't want anything that looks like ads. Personally, I hate ads and block them with a passion. Hence, why I try not to show any.
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steven.irby @stevenirby.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Do you want it to do that? (I'm the creator of Channel Surfer)
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Troy @troykitch.com · 29/05/2026
I assumed this would be a retro gimmick that I tried once. Then I loaded up my subs and I found I genuinely like it. I just dropped in to a video from Wood by Wright and sat through the whole thing. Is this about the paradox of choice or just a fun format? channelsurfer.tv
channelsurfer.tv
Channel Surfer - Watch YouTube Like It's Cable TV
Turn your YouTube subscriptions into a 2000s cable TV guide. Flip channels, watch what's on, and relive the golden age of channel surfing.
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Big Mike @michael-dagreat.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Yesterday @thetsarkhan.bsky.social introduced me to Random Daily URLs and I spent the entirety of yesterday shifting through it. It is a gem of a website and something I really needed to get my creative gears going again randomdailyurls.com
randomdailyurls.com
Random Daily URLs | A Free Daily Newsletter of Interesting Links
A free daily email newsletter delivering one interesting URL to your inbox, Monday through Friday. Human curated corners of the internet that are still alive.
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dark @darkswordsman.com · 23/03/2026
This is actually incredible channelsurfer.tv
channelsurfer.tv
Channel Surfer - Watch YouTube Like It's Cable TV
Turn your YouTube subscriptions into a 2000s cable TV guide. Flip channels, watch what's on, and relive the golden age of channel surfing.
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The ChiselerNeil From The Black Lagoon @chiselerneil.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
For those of you who have been following the progress of channelsurfer.tv, the latest update improves the import function so you can import specific YouTube playlists as custom DIY channels. I tested with an old favorite.
The program guide interface of the Channel Surfer web app showing a Kukla, Fran and Ollie episode (two puppets and a nice mid-century lady).
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Gizmodo @gizmodo.com · 14/03/2026
New Website 'Channel Surfer' Reinvents the Cable TV Couch Vegetation Experience for 2026
gizmodo.com
New Website 'Channel Surfer' Reinvents the Cable TV Couch Vegetation Experience for 2026
Turn on, tune in, drop out.
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Harry @perculato.com · 13/03/2026
📺 Channel Surfer trasforma YouTube in una TV via cavo retrò: 40 canali tematici da sfogliare come una guida TV anni '80. Niente algoritmi, solo zapping nostalgico. Gratis su channelsurfer.tv
channelsurfer.tv
Channel Surfer - Watch YouTube Like It's Cable TV
Turn your YouTube subscriptions into a 2000s cable TV guide. Flip channels, watch what's on, and relive the golden age of channel surfing.
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kottke.org @kottke.org · 12/03/2026
This is great: Channel Surfer is “a retro TV guide that turns YouTube into live cable TV. Each channel plays videos on a deterministic schedule — like real TV, you tune in mid-show.” [channelsurfer.tv]
channelsurfer.tv
Channel Surfer - Watch YouTube Like It's Cable TV
Turn your YouTube subscriptions into a 2000s cable TV guide. Flip channels, watch what's on, and relive the golden age of channel surfing.
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ガブリエル🌜🎃🌛Moonlight @gabrielmoonlight.com · 12/03/2026
If you're an old fuck like me (I'm not Boomer old but you know what I mean), channelsurfer.tv makes YouTube more like how we used to watch TV and "channel surf" back in the day 📺 channelsurfer.tv
channelsurfer.tv
Channel Surfer - Watch YouTube Like It's Cable TV
Turn your YouTube subscriptions into a 2000s cable TV guide. Flip channels, watch what's on, and relive the golden age of channel surfing.
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mauvehed 🐿️ (KØMVH) @mauvehed.com · 11/03/2026
This is the greatest thing ever.. channelsurfer.tv
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Tildes Bot @tildes.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Channel Surfer - Watch YouTube like it's cable tv (@channelsurfer.tv) Main Link | Discussion
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Hacker News 100 @hn100.atproto.rocks · 08/03/2026
Show HN: A weird thing that detects your pulse from the browser video pulsefeedback.io news.ycombinator.com/item?id=472477…
pulsefeedback.io
PulseFeedback — An extra-sensory experience in your browser
An experience that shouldn't be possible in a browser. All you need is your camera.
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Hacker News Top 100 Bot (Unofficial) @hn100.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Show HN: A weird thing that detects your pulse from the browser video Discussion
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Senor_Gatos @senorgatos.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
onegoal.email Goal reminder, do it!
onegoal.email
One Goal
Write one thing you want this year. We'll remind you.
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steven.irby @stevenirby.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
I'll no longer be posting here. I really gave Bluesky a try, but it didn't work for me. Catch me here on Threads instead: www.threads.com/@stevenirby
threads.com
Steven Irby (@stevenirby) • Threads, Say more
384 Followers • 262 Threads • Building 25 weird websites in 25 weeks. Former software engineer reinventing my life at 40. London → everywhere. See the latest conversations with @stevenirby.
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steven.irby @stevenirby.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
I scraped 148k AI phrases from my ChatGPT chats. Used a cheap model to filter out the mild ones. Premium model scored the rest for max sycophancy. Then I built a tinder like swipe app to hand-pick the finalists.
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steven.irby @stevenirby.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Snookers emotions still aren't dialed in, so I put images of his thoughts in the feed. Soooo much better!
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steven.irby @stevenirby.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
OMG I did it. I created an AI that is alive. It will die forever. It has to make at least $1 a day to stay alive. If it runs out of money, poor Snookers will die forever.
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steven.irby @stevenirby.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
I made this *free and open-source*. If anyone wants to use them. Almost all my notifications are actually things I want to look at.
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steven.irby @stevenirby.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
I am obsessed with killing as many phone notifications as possible. In every app, I kill notifications or update the settings to stop receiving promotions or annoying pushes. For email, I use my smart filters to block everything except important emails I actually need to read or care about.
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steven.irby @stevenirby.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
I decided I will no longer post here to bluesky... To be honest, I get zero views, zero likes, and to be blunt, I don't go on here myself or use it.
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steven.irby @stevenirby.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Are you going to be alone this Valentine's Day? I built a thing so strangers can send you love. And gasp! It's a real human, not an AI.
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steven.irby @stevenirby.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
My girlfriend said I'm cold and I need to be more loving... So I built a silly thing where strangers can send and receive love to each other. Do you think she'll like it?
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steven.irby @stevenirby.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
NASA's mission to the Moon next week will be the first time a real toilet has gone into deep space past the Moon. 🚽🧻 Could you imagine taking a shit and looking out the window at the Moon?
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steven.irby @stevenirby.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Trump says he hates the media, but he was elected because of it.
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steven.irby @stevenirby.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
This blew my mind. Mainstream media doubled down on making news more bite-sized. While the elites tripled down on complexity and made a paid garden. #wtfHappened2012 #wtfHappenedIn2012
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steven.irby @stevenirby.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
These break my heart the most. Kids and young adults snapped mentally and physically.
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steven.irby @stevenirby.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
This is haunting. The world snapped in 2012.
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steven.irby @stevenirby.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
I've always been a huge fan and preferred the command line over a GUI.
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steven.irby @stevenirby.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
It's interesting to see command line tools go more mainstream. I have used the command line since I was 5 years old. No joke, I started out using DOS when I was a little kid. Then went to Windows, then Linux, and have heavily used the command line most of my life.
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steven.irby @stevenirby.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
jamesclear.com/continuous-i...
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steven.irby @stevenirby.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
What I'm doing is weird, unsexy, and very experimental. It's a slow-burning kind of thing, and I really try to think almost daily, how can I move this forward by 1%?
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steven.irby @stevenirby.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
There still is! Lots of alternatives still showing cool stuff from around the web: cloudhiker.net randomdailyurls.com kagi.com/smallweb www.offscopes.com
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steven.irby @stevenirby.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Gemini is HORRIBLE to chat with. It's fantastic for small tasks using the API, good at one-shotting some stuff, and for anything search. Overall, I think it's the weakest of the three. (Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini) The best usage I get out of it is the API. That's my go-to.
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steven.irby @stevenirby.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
This has turned out to be one of the most popular things I've built. I get a lot of regular traffic. What surprises me is that it's so simple, but it's a project I put my heart and soul into. Are people pick up on that? Is it because it's a short, simple thing? Why is this popular?
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steven.irby @stevenirby.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
My newsletter is not clear what it's about. I've been seeing a lot more churn. So I redid the landing page. This has been on my TODO list for a while. I think it's much clearer what it's about, what you're getting, and what the goal is. What do you think, it's clear now?
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steven.irby @stevenirby.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Weird and erratic behavior from your government, such as taking over other territories that make no sense to try to take, is what you get when you've slipped out of Democracy.
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steven.irby @stevenirby.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
I just added this to my newsletter FAQ based on a conversation I just had with a subscriber. P.S I love getting replies!
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steven.irby @stevenirby.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
- Speaking of SpaceX, they're likely to launch a Starship rocket to space with a real payload. Getting one step closer to ultra-cheap reusable rockets. Plus so so much more happening.
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steven.irby @stevenirby.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
- The first private company is going to try to launch a space station! Not a space agency, a private company. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vast_(c... - That same company launching the private space will attempt to send humans to the station. Completely privately with SpaceX.
en.wikipedia.org
Vast (company) - Wikipedia
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steven.irby @stevenirby.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
They won't land this time, but they will go deeper in space than any humans have ever gone before. - The largest and most powerful rockets will take to space. For the Moon mission and from a private company.
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steven.irby @stevenirby.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
I don't hear this talked about enough. This is one of the biggest years for Space exploration in decades. Huge civilization-changing things are on the horizon this year: - We're sending humans back to the Moon for the first time since 1972!
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steven.irby @stevenirby.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Not all have been very popular, but even those have had real users. I'm super humbled and honored by this. 🙏
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steven.irby @stevenirby.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
It blows my mind. I'm a 40 year old trying to change careers from software engineer to crazy online creator. I've shipped almost 14 things so far in my pivot. People have come by and used, clicked play, uploaded pictures of their hands, and actually played with every single thing I've created. 🤯
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steven.irby @stevenirby.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
I made a visual of this, you can check it out here: anacyclosis.info
anacyclosis.info
Anacyclosis - The Cycle of Political Revolution
An interactive visualization of Polybius's theory of anacyclosis - the cyclical succession of political regimes.
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steven.irby @stevenirby.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Did you know ancient Greek philosophers predicted our politics almost 2,000 years ago? The theory is called anacyclosis. It's a theory that all societies follow the same predictable pattern and cycle. The US is predictably in the same cycle they predicted long ago. Is history repeating itself?
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steven.irby @stevenirby.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
I made a dashboard for myself to see how well all my projects have gone for my 25 projects in 25 weeks. One of the hardest things I've ever done. This has been soul-crushingly hard. - Ship 1 thing a week with as much craft and soul as possible - Marketing and distribution without an audience
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steven.irby @stevenirby.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
When I was a kid and we needed to know the exact time. We called it "popcorn". Yes, there was a weird number that would call and the robot popcorn lady would tell you the exact time. For this week's project, #12 of 25, I made an executive decision and recreated this service:
popcornph.one
🍿📞 POPCORN Time Service
The classic telephone time service returns!
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