Week 02, 2021

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The State of Virtual Reality on Linux by patolinux (boilingsteam.com)
When I first learned about that virtual reality stuff, I was still a kid and it was through movies like The Lawnmower Man. I really did not understand what it was about: it was very confusing, some people in a place doing things
 but they weren’t in that place, and those things were not real. La...

Looks like @patolinux wrote an in-depth article on virtual reality (VR) with a focus on his experiences on PC: https://boilingsteam.com/the-state-of-virtual-reality-on-linux/ (and how it spoils your average 3d game).

WordPress Stories – a quick review by @edent (shkspr.mobi)
The WordPress app for Android prompted me to add a story! This is a new and experimental feature. Sadly, it isn’t very good. Here’s how it works. A pop up in the Android app. There’s a brief description and some aspirational screenshots. In product screenshot. You've got early access to Story ...

This feels so very wrong. Like a failed gamification attempt. It would sure drive me away o0

How I turned my Goodreads data into a self-hosted website with Eleventy by Hidde de Vries (@hdv) (hiddedevries.nl)
In the last week of 2020, I decided to export my Goodreads data to display it on my personal website. This post is about what I did and how. Screenshot Why export? First, I quite like Goodreads. It lets me see the reads of friends and acquaintances. It lets me share my own. This is all splendid, but...

Hm
 exporting Goodreads data to display on the own website. Sounds like a good idea. I mean I never did use Goodreads myself but I know many others did: https://hiddedevries.nl/en/blog/2021-01-04-how-i-turned-my-goodreads-data-into-a-self-hosted-website-with-eleventy