The Spanish Ruben Retro has created a version of Windows for the Game Boy Color — the predecessor of the Nintendo Switch. You can play Minesweeper, listen to music, draw (and print your drawing on the quirky Game Boy printer)… even the infamous blue screen of death is there. Fascinating! I couldn’t find any technical details about this feat, and the cartridge is sold out.
The undercut-f1 is a command-line application (TUI) that displays Formula 1 race data — in real-time or replay sessions. It shows sector times with colors for personal and overall bests, tire types, gaps between drivers and the leader, and race information.
Tacky animated GIFs (flames, “under construction,” blinking “new” signs), eye-catching colors, and scrolling text with the long-gone <marquee> HTML tag: it’s all there. The Geocities Time Machine transforms any modern website into a masterpiece from the 1990s — or any site from that era hosted on the beloved Geocities. The image to the side is of this Manual “Geocitified.” Hot tip by Antonio.
Short Trip is a tram ride through a universe of anthropomorphic cats that, as the name suggests, is quite short. However, that doesn’t mean it was quick to built: Alexander Perrin spent five years (!) completing this beautiful hand-animated illustration. (More details.) The sound effects are pleasant as well. If you prefer, there’s a version that “adds a new ‘scheduled’ mode that integrates with the computer’s clock to create an itinerary for the tram” available for purchase on Steam.
If you think mechanical keyboards with blue switches are annoying, get ready because things can always get worse: the free app Kwack (macOS) plays a “quack!” with every keystroke.
The Oaksun studio developed a mobile-optimized VR experience that showcases properties in a super immersive way. (It works well on both phones and computers, without the need for a virtual reality headset.) Meanwhile, in the real world, we have to deal with those hostage-style photos in rental listings…
Who needs Photoshop for simple things? The free website Curved Text Generator does what its name suggests: create curved texts. There are two creation modes, a free draw one and other with the “pen”, in which points and curvatures are spread on the canvas as if they were coordinates. And, of course, some customization options, such as font family and size, colors, and spacing.
368 Chickens is a logic game, like “tie three equals together to eliminate them”, but with an end: the goal is to rescue… 368 chickens. It’s harder than it seems. Cool detail: the site saves the state of the match, that is, you can close the tab, come back later and continue from where you left off.