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1 points by manifoldgeo ↗ HN
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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clubm8
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)

manifoldgeo
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?

clubm8
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.

manifoldgeo
Ah, I see. Wow, that is a high level of dedication to Internet privacy! With my work and interests I would 100% be incapable of using a combo of TOR, public wifi, and other locked-down browsers / networks. Props to you!