Notices by Joe Rosensteel 🏳️‍🌈 (joesteel@duck.haus)

Might as well announce the store closing too.

Jesus Christ.

If any of you send me a Happy Birthday generative AI image I will block you.

Hey web developer party people, what are some good JS image gallery and lightbox libraries that you *personally recommend* (not search results that you are handing to me)?

I want something lightweight that I can embed on my static site, with simple syntax for invoking it in the middle of a blog post without making the text document unwieldy. I would prefer a brick layout to a slide carousel. Minimal overlay cruft and nothing that will mess up page dimensions or scrolling. Needs figcaptions too.

@powersoffour @tvaziri I'm not sure I could really say anything useful about it without more context. I don't have any experience with stereo in non-cinema applications.

https://joe-steel.com/2023-12-27-So-You-Just-Found-Out-Amazon-Is-Greedy.html

People seem super surprised by the Prime Video ads for some reason.

In other news, I - a humble frog - am shocked about the behavior of this scorpion that told me it would sting me months ago.

Amazon Fire TVs have found a new and annoying way to slap you in the face with ads - The Verge

“A new update now auto-plays ads on startup…”

I used to recommend the Fire TV Stick to price conscious consumers a few years ago, but I can’t possibly recommend it to anyone these days. Hopefully none of you bought this stuff as gifts for people. https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/1/23984444/amazon-fire-tv-autoplay-ads-on-startup

Apple Removed Trump Comments From Robert De Niro Gotham Speech - Variety

(via @powerllama) https://variety.com/2023/film/news/robert-de-niro-apple-censors-trump-criticism-gotham-speech-1235810832/