Ho ho ho ho, it’s References & Easter Eggs time again! What could possibly be hidden inside such a silly throwaway? Rather a lot indeed, it transpires!
Behind the Wizards
In Just Wizards, there is and always has been a gallery containing 11 images. I’ll be digging into each image and what they truly all mean. Screenshots of each one are of course included within, and in some cases also links to screenshots of earlier versions.
SSH port mistakes with Oracle Cloud
I have recently had the displeasure of getting locked out of my Oracle Cloud VPS due to my chosen SSH port becoming unreachable. I still don’t know why this happened, as I hadn’t changed anything. There’s no firewall on the server, and everything is allowed in the ingress rules. But don’t tell any hackers that.
Do I Know How to Sp3ll?: References and Easter Eggs
There’s not a great deal to this game, but there’s still some stuff hidden inside that isn’t very obvious.
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Dall-E Mega
Last year, I used Dall-E Mini to generate some nonsensical images from the titles of my itch.io pages. I decided to repeat the process, this time using Bing’s Image Creator, which is built on Dall-E.
Celebrating Pi Day on the Commander X16
Guess what day it is, will be, or was! That’s right — the 14th of March, which can be written as 3.14 if you have trouble writing dates. In other words, π.
To celebrate this momentous occasion, I have created a pi generator (or, more accurately, adapted an existing one that I don’t fully understand).
Sydney knows who I am
A great breakthrough has occurred in the field of artificial intelligence. The machines now know all about Java Cake Games! ChatGPT doesn’t have a clue, likely due to the age of its training data, but Bing is on the ball!
Jaffa Jonut review
Today, I went into Sainsbury’s for my Thursday Meal Deal treat. A wrap, Fanta and snack for £3.50. It’s not as if I think wraps are the greatest thing in the world, but they’re usually the most expensive item covered by the meal deal so it feels like good value even though it isn’t really. The £3.50 “deal” is just an upsell.
Goodbye, Netcup
Originally, javacakegames.com was hosted… well, I don’t remember exactly where it was hosted, but I’ve been through a few hosts in my time.
I started with HostMonster, which seemed a bit expensive and limiting for what it was.
Improving the KitKat mouse on Linux
In May 2021, I bought a KitKat mouse. I think Nestlé must have had some promotion at some point, during which you could get a KitKat-branded computer mouse, because they are very affordable and easy to come by on eBay.