Play this unique twist on the classic snake game, where your mission is to eat as many apples as you can given their location and navigate the globe.

This was fun :-)
Perhaps the snake moves a tad too fast for my liking, but I imagine that could depend on clock speed or similar.

Via https://googlemapsmania.blogspot.com/2025/04/snakes-on-planet.html?m=1

Personally I prefer Ansible to Docker/Docker Compose every day of the week. But some projects make it really hard to extract them from Docker's grip.

• https://www.ansible.com/blog/how-i-switched-from-docker-compose-to-pure-ansible
• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/62452039/how-to-run-docker-compose-commands-with-ansible
• https://dev.to/kuwv/why-i-use-ansible-over-docker-compose-edg
• https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/community/docker/docker_compose_module.html
• https://techviewleo.com/manage-docker-containers-with-ansible

Interesting presentation with a good introduction. By Dr Geoff Emberling of the International Kurru Archaelogical project.

Via https://ikap.us/2019/01/02/memories-of-the-kings-and-queens-of-kush

Something I would like to be able to do: mirror all my issues that I own from across various code forges (Github, Codeberg, etc.) into a single list of my choosing, for example, as an RSS feed or a Markdown list or whatever.

Actually, as RSS feeds this already works (one feed per forge).

But what I have in mind would go further than that. Ideally, any tags associated with each issue should be visible, and full-text search should be possible. Also, the list should clearly indicate closed issues as such.

The point is, to have a single place to check to remind myself of any issues I have opened. This kind of mirroring would also insulate you from short-term service interruptions on the forge, assuming the project in questionn is still available locally (which it always is, thanks to git). But moreso, this would also help as a sort of backup in case the forge went away completely (say Github gets sold and scuppered, or whatever).

I am considering this today because I just spent the better part of the afternoon moving, manually, "tasks" from my Nextcloud instance to their proper place as issues on my Codeberg repos.

I don't know how to achieve this. I am pretty sure it needs to involve authentication to each forge. Is anyone aware of some existing work in this vein?

Links

• https://github.com/jlord/offline-issues Here is a rudimentary Node.js project. Unfortunately does not appear maintained, last commit 8 years ago. Only for Github, and requires your password (no auth token support).

Post and vote for questions or messages using mobile phones or other internet devices during large lectures, classes, meetups, or conferences: free-of-charge, anonymous, ad-free, easy-to-use.

Huh, neat.

I'm not sure if the source code is openly published, but there's a derivative code-base (Dockerized version) that is. The author of the original website is Prof. Dr. Thorsten Thormählen at Marburg University, where the website is also hosted.

• https://onlinequestions.org
• https://onlineclicker.org

This is something I'm still collecting more information on. If you have any tips, please do bother me.

Google's strangehold on casting is seriously annoying. Alternatives?

RaspiCast

• https://github.com/HaarigerHarald/omxiv - archived repo since 2023-05
• https://github.com/HaarigerHarald/raspicast - source code for Android app, last commit 2 yrs ago
• https://www.instructables.com/Raspberry-Pi-As-Chromecast-Alternative-Raspicast

PiCast

Has to be considered no longer maintained. May or may not actually work at this point.

• https://github.com/lanceseidman/PiCAST - last commit 8 yrs ago
• https://pypi.org/project/picast

PyCaster

Built on PiCast and youtube-dl using NodeJS.

You connect to the Pi, the server-side JavaScripts delivers a simple webpage. The communication is done in real time thanks to the socket.io library. Your browser connects to the Pi, you send the URL you want to stream, and the Pi streams it for you through omxplayer and youtube-dl.

• https://github.com/DevonLian/PYCASTER - last commit 8 yrs ago

Pipecast

• https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/PipeCast - archived repo since 2022-11. By the NewPipe team.
• https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23873892

NymphCast

Alpha stage. But interesting, worth testing it. They already offer Android APK and server software which could run on a Raspberry Pi, for example.

• https://github.com/MayaPosch/NymphCast - 2.5k stars, 80 forks, last commit 3 months ago
• http://nyanko.ws/nymphcast.php

So it seems that around 2020 there was a flurry of posts about this project, describing it as "alpha". So the fact that the project is still alpha five years later is perhaps not very encouraging. But it is still actively developed, which is more than you can say about most other projects in this field. The Google stranglehold on casting continues to be heavily felt, unfortunately.

• https://features.jellyfin.org/posts/1706/nymphcast-the-gentlepersons-google-cast
• https://old.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/fhdnav/nymphcast_an_opensource_alternative_to_chromecast
• https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27482699
• https://audiophilestyle.com/forums/topic/58714-nymphcast-network-audio-chromecast-replacement
• https://www.opensourceforu.com/2020/03/open-source-nymphcast-lets-you-use-raspberry-pi-like-a-chromecast
• https://www.tomshardware.com/news/using-raspberry-pi-like-a-chromecast-open-source-nymphcast-project-makes-it-happen
• https://old.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/comments/ter8fx/nymphcast_an_opensource_chromecast_alternative
• https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22457351
• https://old.reddit.com/r/raspberry_pi/comments/flgzu1/nymphcast_an_opensource_alternative_to_chromecast

MPV Cast for Jellyfin

Strictly Jellyfin only, but works nicely by casting from the Jellyfin Android app to the computer (by playing the video using mpv). Does not yet support IP-TV though (see issues 237 and 303).

• https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin-mpv-shim
• https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin-mpv-shim/issues/303
• https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin-mpv-shim/issues/237

Mirrorcast

• https://github.com/ASHS-School/mirrorcast - last commit 7 yrs ago, 49 stars, 7 forks

AirTame

Proprietary dongle with a proprietary app. Pricing really only meant for businesses.
Supports AirPlay, Miracast and Google Cast.

• https://airtame.com/products/airtame-2
• https://technicalustad.com/chromecast-alternative

TeeWe 2

Proprietary dongle. It was sold in India around 2015. Very likely long since dead.

• https://www.crazyengineers.com/threads/teewe-2-review-this-hdmi-dongle-packs-a-punch-for-the-price.81277
• https://www.purevpn.com/blog/best-chromecast-alternatives

iPazzPort Cast

It's just a Miracast dongle. Out of stock and probably long dead. Chinese no-name webstore.

• https://www.ipazzport.com/product-category/ipazzport-cast/miracast-dongle
• https://www.purevpn.com/blog/best-chromecast-alternatives

TV Buddy Caster

Looks like vaporware.

• https://old.reddit.com/r/TVDetails/comments/g175t4/tv_buddy_is_it_legit_or_is_it_a_scam
• https://www.amazon.ca/Streaming-Smartphone-Widescreen-AirMirror-Cross-System/dp/B081SYDYXJ
• https://www.purevpn.com/blog/best-chromecast-alternatives

Google Cast reimplementations

• https://github.com/vishen/go-chromecast - 900 stars, 86 forks, last commit a month ago
• https://github.com/tristanpenman/go-cast - 8 stars, 1 fork, last commit 3 weeks ago

Notes

• https://github.com/enen92/script.tubecast - learnt about it while researching Youtube on Kodi
• https://helpdeskgeek.com/the-best-4-alternatives-to-google-chromecast
• https://old.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/11ygmqx/chromecast_alternative
• https://old.reddit.com/r/fossdroid/comments/8vavp2/chromecast_netflix_w_microg