Month: January 2018

Is ASCII Art Open Source?

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Some people get peeved because I don’t offer my art in a plain text file. I don’t like having my ASCII ripped off, as it so often and easily is. So, for the past few years, I only post an image file (a .png screen capture from NotePad). It still gets ripped off because people like to assume any ASCII art is free, like free software in price and availability.… Read the rest

Holiday and Event Calendar Sites

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In no special order, just keeping the links in a place I can find them again.

https://www.daysoftheyear.com/
https://www.checkiday.com/
https://www.timeanddate.com/
https://happydays-365.com/
http://www.dates.abouttravelingtheworld.com/
https://www.awarenessdays.com/
http://www.holidayinsights.com/
http://www.holidayscalendar.com/
https://www.daysoftheyear.com/
http://nationaldays.net/
https://nationaldaycalendar.com/

I’m sure there are more. I used to keep track of them when I edited at the Open Directory Project.

Stop Getting Red Marks on Your Nose From Glasses

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For the Girls Who Wear Glasses and Get Sore Noses from Them

I’m in the process of ordering new glasses so it’s a funny time for the current eyeglasses to start giving me a problem. But, since getting the eye tests done, I’ve been getting red marks on the bridge of my nose from the plastic bits (nose pad, nose pieces, nose guard?)… Read the rest