Expanding The “Data” Section With Zelda

Link (from The Legend of Zelda) holding a sign that says, “Data!”Nintendo launched the “Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition” on the Nintendo Switch. That motivated me to revisit the NES Classic Edition. Instead of focusing on speed runs, I could play the full versions of classic games. That’s when motivation hit! Back in the 1980s, kids used to ask me about the secrets of The Legend of Zelda. Why not expand on that?

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Flipping A Card With HTML, CSS, & JavaScript

Flipping the Queen of HeartsIt is possible to create 3D graphics on the web. It should be even better as browsers improve. As an example, the “model” HTML tag has lots of potential. But what if you don’t want to wait, or what if you want something extremely lightweight? For flipping cards, simple CSS can create a sense of perspective. That’s what this tutorial is about.

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One Quarter-Century

25Twenty-five years ago today, Photics.com was created. In human years, that’s a long time! Back in 1998, the Space Shuttle was still in active service. The first iMac launched in 1998, with that iconic Bondi Blue color. The first Matrix movie would launch the following summer. It would be two years until the launch of the Xbox in 2001. Prince was still alive and getting ready to party like it was 1999.

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Twelve Days of Christmas — Holiday Gift Ideas on Photics.TV

Arcade1Up Pac-Man HDMI Game Console ThumbnailTo celebrate the holiday season, a Twelve Days of Christmas Photics.TV (YouTube) video extravaganza is planned. While “Twelvetide” / “Christmastide” is from December 25 (sunset December 24) to January 5, with Little Christmas on January 6, these review videos are interesting gift ideas. Some products have massive discounts during Black Friday / Cyber Monday, so it’s nice to know about them sooner.

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I’m Gonna Need A Bigger Robot!

C2HK (Candy To Halloween Kids) Robot — With M&MsOver on Photics.TV (YouTube), a question was asked — Can A Toy Robot Deliver Halloween Candies? It can! It was a lot of fun. It was nice to hear, “Highlight of the night” and “That’s cool” from the crowd — and it was quite a crowd. I’ve never had so many Trick-or-Treaters at my home. There were dozens, perhaps hundreds of people. C2HK, with a maximum candy capacity of six, was simply overwhelmed.

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