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skep updated their site.

1 year ago

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skep 1 year ago

Nothing interesting today, just some restructuring and making those dang image folders consistent. Carry on.

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skep 1 year ago

Actually I take it back, could be a good day to re-read my commentary on The Canterbury Tales.

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skep updated their site.

1 year ago

top-10s/underused-emoji

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notesfromearth 1 year ago

the top 10s series is genuinely a great contribution to society (i didnt even think of unused emojis, fittingly)

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skep 1 year ago

Thanks Vúi. Plus I had a lot of fun writing it, too!

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miela583 1 year ago

No joke, I very nearly wore out a copy of Astro Lounge in late junior high/early high school.

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skep 1 year ago

Miela, you were already cool, but now you're 20x that original amount of cool.

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indynet 1 year ago

Skep confirmed fellow badminton enjoyer.

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harakanvarpu 1 year ago

I've used the garlic emoji once to react on an image of a hamster that looked like garlic on Discord. Me and my friend also used to be obsessed with Burkina Faso in elementary school. Not the country, but just the name of it, because it was so fun to say. I also remember its capital is named Ouagadougou, also very fun to say.

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harakanvarpu 1 year ago

You also made me delve into some hecking research on some of these emojis! I guessed right that since emojis originate from Japan, love hotels have some cultural signifigance there which would explain the emoji's existance. Also eyeball speech bubble is apparently from an anti-bullying campaign 😮

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fri11s 1 year ago

I'm adding garlic to all of my digital communications going forward. Thank you for your contribution to digital society 🧄🧄🧄🧄🧄⚜️

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skep 1 year ago

@Harakan I did have to look up the eyeball myself because it was so baffling without context. It's a good sentiment, but it's hard to find any info on how effective it's been.

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skep 1 year ago

I summarize 120 chapters of a classic Chinese epic but I get the most engagement from a goofy listicle I threw together in 30 minutes. I suddenly understand why modern journalism is the way it is.

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indynet 1 year ago

hey i did read the three kingdoms summary. at least a good chunk of it. and then i decided i should read the three kingdoms myself but thats an insane undertaking that skeps review is literally here to help me avoid

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asterion 1 year ago

Have you considered a Top 10 "tens" article yet? It would be interesting to see how Base 10 stacks up with binary, or how Roman numerals stack up against Mayan stacks up against Arabic.

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skep 1 year ago

@Indy Remember, if you skip my summary to go read the actual book, I fade out of existence.

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skep 1 year ago

@Asterion HMMMM I really love that idea but knowing me I'll end up taking it and doing something dumb with it instead.

skep

1 year ago

"Boy Skep, you're so meticulous you think you would have committed to a consistent naming scheme for image folders" "Yeah, you'd think that"

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skep

1 year ago

ICYMI: Would love to start a small, cozy, discussion-based community with some fellow Small Web folks! Details here: https://skep.place/blog/2025-04-27

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emilynhoward 1 year ago

Thanks for the reminder! I am interested but cannot 100% guarantee that I will contribute.

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wildbread 1 year ago

shortbread hands down

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harakanvarpu 1 year ago

Sounds like a fun idea! I just know I'd probably end up being very inactive and shy. Just like sending this comment has taken me way too long 😅

skep updated their site.

1 year ago

playdate/bloom

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skep updated their site.

1 year ago

blog/2025-04-27

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skep

1 year ago

I don't know why my friends on here seem to think I'm capable of these weird supernatural and/or demonic acts, but my true powers aren't actually all that far off.

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pentester skep

1 year ago

Thanks for the follow! And thank you for writing about games!

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skep 1 year ago

Of course! Apparently I have a thing for mazes, who knew?

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skep updated their site.

1 year ago

tiger-tracks/02-tea-party

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skep 1 year ago

You ever start writing, and then it kind of goes off somewhere you didn't expect and it turns out way better than what was in your head at the beginning? This is that.

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nohappynonsense 1 year ago

No.

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skep 1 year ago

Well obviously I didn't mean you

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readingproject 1 year ago

I start writing and then it keeps going and going, until I sense just before dinner that some Eldridge power has control of my fingers and brain, and all I can do is wrench myself from the keyboard, hoping something will make sense. Then I realise Skep is controlling me with a Ouija board from afar, and I find hope in the belief that everything will turn out way better than what was in my head at the beginning.

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readingproject 1 year ago

You mean that?

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skep 1 year ago

That's, uhh... close I guess?

asterion 1 year ago

The program on my website that allows for SVG mazes to be turned and flipped into various variants started its life as a way to automate analyzing them. Granted, I'm now working to fulfill that functionality... But that's for a future post... :)

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skep updated their site.

1 year ago

blog/2025-04-21

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skep updated their site.

1 year ago

blog/2025-04-19

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acetaminophriends skep

1 year ago

I don't know how serious you were, but I just figured out that the "less dry" setting is for smaller loads, so it won't take as long I pressume

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skep 1 year ago

When in doubt I'm never serious, but they still could have labeled it "small load" or something.

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acetaminophriends 1 year ago

True lol. It is an odd word choice

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skep

1 year ago

Everything sucks, but it sucks a little less at Skep's Place.

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nohappynonsense 1 year ago

[Unsubstantiated Claim]

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miela583 1 year ago

Overall fine, unless you're trying to vacuum a carpet.

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skep updated their site.

1 year ago

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miela583 1 year ago

I think that quote was in the edition my siblings and I read until the cover looked like it had survived several tornadoes and being hit with a car, too

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miela583 1 year ago

I don't know why that posted mid-sentence, anyway, it's a great feature idea!

skep 1 year ago

You saying that makes me realize that growing up with the 10th Anniversary Edition, just the fact that it had commentary, probably had a big influence on me.

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skep updated their site.

1 year ago

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playdate/trickle-greenweed

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skep miela583

1 year ago

You're telling me I have to do this every day?? Heck with that.

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miela583 1 year ago

My thoughts seeing yours: "Yikes, can't even imagine using coherent style and presenting complete thoughts!"

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eastathenaeum 1 year ago

I call shenanigans.

skep 1 year ago

Yep, that's the kind of polish that you too can achieve with only three months worth of work.

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eastathenaeum 1 year ago

If miela583 doesn't stop copying skep's css, then I'm going to copy it too just to make a point. Now that I think about it... What video game did I play yesterday?

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miela583 1 year ago

@skep Three months! I just copy paste the Ace Attorney page over and over and copy/paste everything into it, big respect to real effort!

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skep 1 year ago

Well, "real effort" is overselling it a little.

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skep updated their site.

1 year ago

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nohappynonsense 1 year ago

i can't believe youve done this

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skep 1 year ago

I can't do your site every year, Mike.

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miela583 1 year ago

I'm dying, I did not expect to actually be surprised by any jokes today. The pixel tuna's really nice.

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skep 1 year ago

*frantically rummaging through the handful of random things I made three years ago when taking a pixel art course I picked up from a Humble Bundle* I guess the fish will do

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skep updated their site.

1 year ago

blog/2025-03-25

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miela583 1 year ago

Maybe it's all for pranksters and the dry settings are just a way to convey how much static electricity it'll give your clothes.

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readingproject 1 year ago

My preferred setting scale is 'humid' to 'desiccated'. I've tried desert sands and crumbling mummy, but I wouldn't recommend them. Equally, Tsunami squall is not to be trifled with

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skep updated their site.

1 year ago

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skep updated their site.

1 year ago