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imgmod & vidmod

Webmistress — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 12:46:24 +0000

I finally decided to rewrite vidmod, my helper script for ffmpeg to do simple video edits, and made it modular using plugins.

Also created something similar for images with the new imgmod using ImageMagick 7.

Both vidmod v2 andimgmod are available in remutils as well as via my Homebrew cask homebrew-remino.

Remarqueeble Marquee Replacement

Webmistress — Sun, 28 Jun 2026 12:32:53 +0000

HTML has deprecated the de facto <marquee> tag a long time ago. Yet, browsers still support it—nobody suggested a 1:1 replacement. I vibe-codedRemarqueeble. Just replace <marquee>with <re-marquee>.

npm install remarqueeble

Remarquee demo

Checking how marquees are rendered in IE5 to ensure I replicate their functionality correctly:

Analysing marquees in IE5 on Windows 98 SE.

Astro going at warp speed

Webmistress — Sun, 28 Jun 2026 11:35:25 +0000

Two major releases in one year? Hey Astro team, can you maybe chill a bit?

Then again, Astro 6 was about cleanup, Astro 7 is for performance. It’s a lot: Vite 8, Rust compiler, faster Markdown, route caching, queued rendering, Live Collections, Fonts API, CSP API, request-pipeline control, etc.

Astro 6.0 (2026-05-10)
Astro 7.0 (2026-06-22)

Obamacare Floppy Disk

Webmistress — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

I don’t know why, but… Someone took an old 8” floppy disk and labelled it Obamacare. It’s on eBay for 10 USD plus shipping. Almost 200 were sold already. Description says it’s just a joke, adding “There are no data on this disk. It is a conversation piece only.” 💾

Obamacare 8” floppy disk on eBay

Windows 3.0

Webmistress — Mon, 25 May 2026 12:27:33 +0000

I find it interesting how Windows 3.1 eclipsed 3.0.

While 3.1 in 1992 was a major upgrade with a saturated colour scheme, WAV & MIDI sound, and TrueType fonts—having clock.exe change from its 8-segment display—3.0 was the one that brought a major UI overhaul two years prior.

Windows 3.0 with its Control Panel and clock.exe displaying a 8-segment digital display—before using TrueType fonts in Windows 3.1).

Despite everything Windows 3.1 brought, winver.exe reports it as “3.10.” As if the “.1” was a fraction—not a minor version—a 3% bonus on top of 3.0, the last part Microsoft was working on, not ready to distribute. Maybe it was a marketing decision like 4.0 being Windows 9.5?

Windows 3.1 with winver.exe reporting the version as 3.10.

Bits & Bytes is back

Webmistress — Mon, 18 May 2026 12:39:22 +0000

I renamed my blog “Bits” to its original name today, “Bits & Bytes.” It’s a little thing, but I wanted to honour my 30 years of web development and how it became a part of my career and personal growth.

https://remino.net/bits/bits-and-bytes-is-back/

88x31 banner

Webmistress — Thu, 14 May 2026 12:50:21 +0000

Remember when 88x31px buttons were everywhere on the Web and we’d design our own for our websites?

Adding zstd support to nginx

Webmistress — Wed, 13 May 2026 13:20:13 +0000

I installed zstd support on nginx, which serves the page you’re reading right now.

Details on how I did it, with how to compile dynamic modules, on my blog:

Adding zstd support to nginx // RÉMINO

Articles, updates, thoughts, tips, and code snippets by Rem

remino.net

Homage to twm

Webmistress — Sat, 09 May 2026 09:24:34 +0000

Used QEMU to set up an Arch Linux VM today for only one thing… To pay homage to twm, “Tom’s Window Manager” or “Tab Window Manager,” the most minimalist window manager on Linux I know.

Screenshot I captured today:

Back in 2003 when I was unemployed, I had to sell my high-end PC to pay rent. Went back to an old Pentium I, slow and low on resources, but it worked! Surprisingly customisable, and even did some web dev with it. Thanks for helping me get stuff done in those times!

Camscii Fun

Webmistress — Fri, 08 May 2026 01:12:38 +0000

Refactored Camscii a bit and fooled around with it this morning. Cool.

(But I admit the code at this point is so much of a mess, I think it just deserves a rewrite. 😅)

Pixelate yourself!

I fixed LinkedIn

Webmistress — Tue, 05 May 2026 22:52:41 +0000

LinkedIn’s opt-out page for AI training was bricked. They wouldn’t fix it, so I did.

Read all about my investigation:

I fixed LinkedIn // RÉMINO

Articles, updates, thoughts, tips, and code snippets by Rem

remino.net

What is “here”?

Webmistress — Sat, 17 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

A plea to stop vague links.