This month, Gastro Obscura is sharing the recipes and stories behind amazing holiday dishes and drinks from around the world in the ongoing series “Home-Cooked Holidays.” In Mexico, ponche Navideño—or Christmas punch—is a holiday classic, served up at parties and … Read more
It’s Christmastime and I’ve been happily working through this year’s Advent of Code in Deno (look forward to a blog post in the new year). What with all the presents, it’s a good time to think about what we’d most … Read more
There is a well-known Christmas carol that starts out like this: God rest you merry gentlemen Let nothing you dismay Remember Christ our saviour Was born on Christmas Day Another carol has this verse: The holly bears a prickle As … Read more
A Computer Christmas, the Sierra Christmas Greetsings Card from 1986, is a nice little oddity from either a dark or golden age of video gaming. It just depends on which side of the love it or hate it camps of … Read more
Starting on the 12th of December 2022! LoveByte’s Tiny Code Christmas is an event to help you take your first steps in demoscene sizecoding with Lua based fantasy consoles like TIC-80 and PICO-8! Over 12 days, from the 12th to … Read more
Sprites mods – A Christmas tree bauble that plays Doom – Intro Christmas is coming again, and generally that means christmas trees and everything in it: lights, streamers, and ofcourse baubles. The holiday is all very jolly and everything, so … Read more
In 1962, the Simpson’s department store in Toronto used an IBM computer to help customers select Christmas gifts, based on the characteristics of the recipients.1 I came across a video that shows how it worked. “Now! A computer makes Christmas … Read more
Thank you for this gesture. I lost almost everything. Job, 7-year relationship, my mental health. Feeling that I’m not only alone but inadequate to have a life like anybody else. I’m still alive, so there’s that. Hang in there! Mental … Read more