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Gin Up General web Ginatra [github/narkoz] is a web-based git repo browser built with Sinatra, and not a delicious drink, like you’d assume from the name. novm [github/google] is a type 2 hypervisor written in Go. Speaking of Go, Nintengo [github/nwidger] is a NES emulator, also written in Go. Want to brush up on your git knowledge? The git-game [github/hgarc] is a terminal-based game to help with that venture. Here’s a fun article on some dirty hacks used by game developers who just need to ship something [gamasutra]. Did you know the new version of Chrome Canary has animation controls in the dev tools? Well, it does [valhead].

It’s Curtains Design This is a really clever use of CSS, parallax, and old school visual trickery [scrollslowhavefun]. And here are some demos for pretty text input box effects [tympanus]. Also, a demo for a cool 3D curtain effect [codehouse]. Lastly for this section, here’s an article about how a designer went about fixing the Medium icons [medium/dmiiiitri].

Mixin Match SitePoint On SitePoint today, we take it back to basics, Sass basics, with a look at the mixin directive. Then there’s a look at Rails messaging gem Mailboxer. Then we have an account of the recent Dublin Web Summit, where discussions ranged from code reviewing to a cool new standing desk that tracks the calories burned while upright.

DIY News/business Google has put out a very nice little collection of tips for getting more out of the web, and Google products in general [google]. So CES has been happening this week. It’s a pretty overwhelming tech show, with every brand ever debuting their latest and greatest, but fortunately the nice people at the Wirecutter have done the hard work for us, with this round-up of what new products unveiled at the show may actually be worthwhile [wirecutter]. Everyone at Etsy can deploy code and do an engineering rotation [codeascraft]. Madness or genius?

The Gambler Off-topic Daily 140 [daily140] will send you a daily email with the Twitter activity of five Twitter users of your choice. Only a little bit creepy. Here’s a look at how Lego became the Apple of the toy world [fastcompany]. Grantland meets a motion capture stuntman who, if you own a Playstation, you’ve probably killed a few times [grantland]. The latest episode of Gimlet Media’s (great!) Reply All podcast focuses on web designer and writer (and Versioning favorite) Paul Ford, and how he uses a bot to manage his anxiety [gimletmedia]. Every episode of the podcast is well worth a listen FYI. Speaking of bots, there’s now a bot that cannot lose at Limit Texas Hold’Em [motherboard.vice]. No word on whether it knows when to walk away and when to run though. Finally, here’s the world, staring at screens [theatlantic]. Yay!

That's it for us, we'll see you out on the poker tables, going all in with questionable hand.