43 replies

1. Michael Bluesky 18 min later

   11ty Mario Kart World league?

   1. Zach Leatherman Bluesky 32 min later

      how do we do it 👀

      1. Michael Bluesky 1 hr later

         11ty spend more time figuring out and systematizing the league than actually playing video games league

         1. Zach Leatherman Bluesky 2 hr later

            I used to work on tournament software let’s build a website to manage the tournament

            1. Michael Bluesky 2 hr later

               I have a group of friends with whom we sometimes have to specify if we’re playing the game-game or the spreadsheet of the game tonight.

               In short, yeah. Let’s talk features. And of course it should be deployable for all the other people who want to have a Mario Kart World league on an 11ty site.

2. Anthony Baker Mastodon 45 min later

   @zachleat This is awesome

   1. Zach Leatherman Mastodon 2 days later

      @AnthonyBaker thanks Anthony!

3. Andrew Douglass Mastodon 53 min later

   @zachleat I want someone (not me) to make a /uses page with like a WebGL NASCAR vehicle covered in the logos for their stuff.

   1. Zach Leatherman Mastodon 2 days later

      @ardouglass NASCAR has this sponsorship thing figured out

4. elle mundy Mastodon 2 hr later

   @zachleat 😯 this is so cool

   1. Zach Leatherman Mastodon 2 days later

      @exchgr hey, thanks!!

5. Erika Bluesky 2 hr later

   Very cool page, awesome work!

   1. Zach Leatherman Bluesky 2 days later

      Thanks Erika!

6. daniel r(ooooooh) in nyc 🇺🇸 Bluesky 3 hr later

   I _love_ the timeline concept

   1. Zach Leatherman Bluesky 2 days later

      Thanks Daniel! I love seeing how long gear lasts

      1. Joel ✨ Bluesky 2 days later

         Gonna be tough to beat my electric razor.

         1. Zach Leatherman Bluesky 2 days later

            how many years are we talkin’

            1. Joel ✨ Bluesky 2 days later

               It's getting a driver's license this year

               1. Zach Leatherman Bluesky 2 days later

                  Incredible!

7. Anoesj Bluesky 3 hr later

   Now make it a multidimensionally scrolled timeline with x = topics, y = time 😁

   1. Zach Leatherman Bluesky 2 days later

      no u 😅

8. Nathan Bottomley Mastodon 4 hr later

   @zachleat Just read the post from 2013 where you announce that zachleat.com has moved to Jekyll.

   “That being said, if anyone knows of a really good Node.js site generator, please let me know. I’ve tried a bunch of them and haven’t yet found anything as good as Jekyll.”

   😍

   1. Zach Leatherman Mastodon 2 days later

      @nathanbottomley haha that is a wild 12-year-old quote 😅😅😅

      1. Nathan Bottomley Mastodon 2 days later

         @zachleat It’s like a superhero origin story.

         1. Zach Leatherman Mastodon 2 days later

            @nathanbottomley I had to read it three times before I realized it said hero and not villain 😅

9. Christian Alder Bluesky 5 hr later

   Fastmail and Brother printer is legitness 🥰

   1. Zach Leatherman Bluesky 2 days later

      both great tools

10. Matthew Somerville Bluesky 21 hr later

    Nice :) One heart for Macbook Air M1 is in the wrong column, HTH!

    Not sure I’m up to the whole task, but computers: 1985 – BBC B – 1992 – Acorn A5000 – 1999 – RiscStation – 2003 – Dell Inspiron 8200 – 2008 – Mac Mini – 2011 – Macbook Air – 2018 – Dell XPS13 – 2022 – Macbook Air M2 –

    1. Zach Leatherman Bluesky 2 days later

       fixed thank you! Oh yeah I could take those computers back a bit more but the timelines get fuzzier (and more custom 😅)

       Yours is delightfully diverse!

       1. Matthew Somerville Bluesky 2 days later

          :) Like you, I was wondering what current stuff had lasted the longest – had our TV since 2011, I’ve had Flickr since 2007, and hosted websites/domains with Mythic Beasts since 2005!

          1. Zach Leatherman Bluesky 2 days later

             Flickr is OG! Somehow I’ve never heard of Mythic Beasts though, interesting

11. Tim Severien Mastodon 2 days later

    @zachleat Awesome! Your SNES is still going strong, huh? I replayed a bunch of games via an emulator a couple of years ago because I couldn’t be bothered to get adapters or TV with old connectors, but my system is in a box somewhere. How are you playing?

    1. Zach Leatherman Mastodon 2 days later

       @timsev yeah! The Dell 2407WFP monitor listed there from 2007 has Composite inputs (and still works!)

       But I’ve also had success with Composite to HDMI adapters too

       1. Christian "Schepp" Schaefer Mastodon 2 days later

          @zachleat @timsev I still have two of those here! 🫶

          1. Zach Leatherman Mastodon 2 days later

             @Schepp @timsev incredible longevity!

             1. Christian "Schepp" Schaefer Mastodon 2 days later

                @zachleat @timsev Just the power button is broken on both. So I just never turn them off nowadays (they still have standby)

                1. Zach Leatherman Mastodon 2 days later

                   @Schepp @timsev hah! I have the exact same problem with mine 😅

                   1. Christian "Schepp" Schaefer Mastodon 2 days later

                      @zachleat @timsev 😄

12. iamdtms Mastodon 2 days later

    @zachleat Good collection, except these two: 😅
    feedbin -> feedly is my choice
    bsky -> twitterStarterPack to /dev/null granted

    1. Zach Leatherman Mastodon 2 days later

       @iamdtms aww what’s wrong with feedbin?

       1. iamdtms Mastodon 2 days later

          @zachleat I'm just used to the Feedly app viewes, not much.

          1. Zach Leatherman Mastodon 2 days later

             @iamdtms ah ah right, sorry — I was thrown off by the twitter reference!

             1. iamdtms Mastodon 2 days later

                @zachleat I'm still managing a public OPML repository just for myself :D Everything comes and goes. Just AI remains...