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1 pointsmanifoldgeo2y ago4 comments

I was motivated to share this after reading the blog "Write more 'useless software'"[0].

I recently made a Firefox Add-on that modifies every letter area in the NYT Wordle page to have a Dana Carvey gif from the movie "Master of Disguise".

It was just a joke that came to me as I was waking up, and I put it together quickly before the novelty wore off.

I know it's silly and fragile, but I had fun making it, and I really enjoy looking at it. I hope you enjoy it too. Thanks for reading!

References:

0: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37911900

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clubm82y ago

no extension is useless if you learned making it friend.

(still curious how people managed to make greasemonkey and noscript play out, i feel like my paranoia made me miss out on some fun things)

manifoldgeoOP2y ago

Thanks for the kind words :). I didn't necessarily mean "useless" in a self-deprecating way. I only meant it in the sense of the linked article called "Write More 'Useless Software'"-- i.e. that it doesn't directly have a production use.

I'm curious what you mean about greasemonkey and noscript. Do you just mean you're astounded that such cool add-ons were made, or something else?

clubm82y ago

I more meant it's a fork in your personal browsing experience -- do you want to do a lot of risky customizations, or lock things down?

(To paint a picture, I'm writing this in TBB since it forces only HTTPs JS and I want to get an approximate picture of what others see, then then people complain about the obvious exit node I pop over to a public location's wifi with uBlock and NoScript and try to allow as little as possible.

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Show HN: Wordle-Turtle – A Useless Firefox Add-On (opens in new tab)

(github.com)

1 pointsmanifoldgeo2y ago4 comments

I was motivated to share this after reading the blog "Write more 'useless software'"[0].

I recently made a Firefox Add-on that modifies every letter area in the NYT Wordle page to have a Dana Carvey gif from the movie "Master of Disguise".

It was just a joke that came to me as I was waking up, and I put it together quickly before the novelty wore off.

I know it's silly and fragile, but I had fun making it, and I really enjoy looking at it. I hope you enjoy it too. Thanks for reading!

References:

0: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37911900

4 comments

clubm82y ago

no extension is useless if you learned making it friend.

(still curious how people managed to make greasemonkey and noscript play out, i feel like my paranoia made me miss out on some fun things)

manifoldgeoOP2y ago

I'm curious what you mean about greasemonkey and noscript. Do you just mean you're astounded that such cool add-ons were made, or something else?

clubm82y ago

I more meant it's a fork in your personal browsing experience -- do you want to do a lot of risky customizations, or lock things down?

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