Updating npm via nvm while keeping your global packages

💡 --reinstall-packages-from=default

Don't forget to update Node and your global packages regularly!

How are you doing this? Using topgrade?
Are there smart ways to automate it?

https://github.com/topgrade-rs/topgrade

#npm #nvm #topgrade

Der Vertrag ist unterzeichnet – das Kombiticket für den #Katholikentag steht fest! 🚍🚆
Die guten Nachrichten bedeuten für euch:

🎟 Sowohl Dauer- als auch Tageskarten des Katholikentags beinhalten #Tickets für alle #Busse, #Straßenbahnen & #Bahnen im gesamten NVM-Gebiet* (außer Fernverkehr)

📅Gültig vom 13.–17. Mai 2026 (bzw. bei Tageskarten am jeweiligen Gültigkeitstag)

📍 Das #NVM-Gebiet umfasst:
Städte: #Würzburg & #Schweinfurt
Landkreise: #Bad Kissingen, #Haßberge, #Kitzingen, #Main-Spessart, #Rhön-Grabfeld, #Schweinfurt, #Würzburg & und in Teilen des Landkreises #Neustadt a.d. Aisch-Bad Windsheim

Mit dem Ticket könnt ihr also bequem überall hinkommen und den Katholikentag voll genießen! Toll, oder? ✨

Wir danken #NVM, dass wir diese großartige, umweltfreundliche Vereinbarung treffen konnten!

*Nahverkehr Mainfranken
#katholikentag2026 #würzburg #kombiticket #nvm

Oh, ich dachte eurer Online-Büro ist 24/7 geöffnet?! 😁

#NVM #Wuerzburg #Unterfranken #Nahverkehr #Hassberge

https://www.nahverkehr-mainfranken.de/service-hilfe/kontakt/

More Than a Game: On Joining the British Games Institute

Last week, I was formally onboarded as a new trustee of the British Games Institute (BGI), the incredible organisation that runs the National Videogames Museum. After taking part in my first board meeting, I’ve been reflecting on why this work is so important – and why it cuts to the very heart of the challenges and opportunities facing our entire industry.

For years, we’ve all heard the same statistics. We know the games industry is commercially massive, dwarfing film and music combined. We are, by any financial metric, a spectacular success story.

But for all our commercial confidence, we have been shamefully quiet when it comes to our cultural confidence. As an industry, we are incredibly adept at talking about what we make and how much it sells for, but we are often silent, or even dismissive, on the subject of why it matters.

We lack cultural leadership. We have very few public-facing institutions that look beyond that huge financial bottom line and champion the deeper, transformative potential of play.

The Role of The British Games Institute

This is precisely why the BGI and the National Videogames Museum are so vital. They are one of the very few organisations in the UK dedicated to preserving, cataloguing, and interrogating games as a cultural form. They are the epitome of the ‘More Than Games’ philosophy – a permanent, physical declaration that games are more than just ‘digital toys’ suitable only for children, or financially lucrative products; they are artistic expressions, social platforms, and powerful tools for learning and connection.

In an industry defined by rapid technological change and relentless forward momentum, we need an institution that has the mandate to look back, to hold onto our history, and to ask critical questions about our impact.

But for me, this new role isn’t just about preservation. That work is essential, but it is the foundation, not the final structure. The true opportunity is to help build upon that foundation. It’s about looking beyond just cataloguing the past and helping to position Britain as a global leader in thinking about games differently.

This is a platform to champion the role of games in our wider cultural and social life. It’s about moving from simply preserving our history to actively using our medium’s power to shape the future – in education, in healthcare, in public policy, and in our national discourse.

I am incredibly proud and excited to join the BGI board and to contribute to this mission. It is work that aligns perfectly with everything we are trying to build here in Scotland – a mature, confident, and culturally-aware games ecosystem that understands its own value far beyond the balance sheet.

#bgi #britishGamesInstitute #games #nationalVideogameMuseum #nvm #sheffield #uk

Last week, I had the pleasure of working with Children’s Capital of Culture in Rotherham for an amazing project — the 8-Bit Jam!

We introduced children to the magic of making music using vintage 8-bit video game machines, transforming classic technology into creative musical instruments. It was inspiring to see how curiosity and play can come together to create something truly unique.

A huge thank you to Rotherham and the entire team for letting me be part of this incredible initiative! 💡✨

#ccoc #childrenscapitalofculture #ccocfestivalyear #nationalvideogamemuseum #nvm #pluginandplay #PIAP #pluginandplay2025 #rotherham #rotherhamgames #rotherhamgaming #8bitjam #retrogaming #commodore64 #vintagecomputing

Por qué usar nvm para configurar un entorno de desarrollo y ejecución Node.js en Linux Debian

https://voragine.net/weblogs/nvm-entorno-desarrollo-ejecucion-nodejs-npm-linux-debian

Step into a retro-futuristic playground where video game consoles and home computers from the 1980s are turned into real-time instruments! ⌨🎶

In this unique jam session, take control of Commodore 64s, Amiga 1200s, Game Boys, Famicoms, NES consoles and more… 🤯

Part performance, part workshop, this is a chance to discover how the bleeps and bloops of early gaming can become beats, melodies and rhythms.

No musical training required — just curiosity, creativity and a love of play!

📍 All Saints Square
📅 Friday 31st October
⏰ 10am - 4pm
🎟 FREE

To find out more and to sign up, please head to Children's Capital of Culture's website: www.childrenscapitalofculture.co.uk/homepage/70/plug-in-and-play

#ccoc #childrenscapitalofculture #ccocfestivalyear #nationalvideogamemuseum #nvm #pluginandplay #PIAP #pluginandplay2025 #rotherham #rotherhamgames #rotherhamgaming #8bitjam #retrogaming

It’s Oktoberfest Already

I had no idea Denver celebrated Oktoberfest in September. I always thought the Oktober part of Oktober fest referred to October because I’m a dumb American. Anyways, when I think of Oktoberfest, I think of a mega house party – a shit ton of drinking games with one guy who’s way too into the grill.

And houseparty vibes is what alt rock bands Moonpool and NVM gave. The people in the back were drinking beers and eating pizza while the people in front were bopping with the bands who were also bopping because, as at all house parties, the band is friends with like half the people. They only exist to give people a good time and to get laid. And while I can’t talk to the latter half of that, the former definitely happened.

Then demonic metal rockers Faetooth and shoegaze Slow Crush came in and changed it from a house party to a concert. From a social experience to a night of music. The crunchy Faetooth came in and… I mean, I guess they slowed things down. But they also made things angry with their crunchy guitar tones and whimsical gutter growls from hell. So a little bit of this, a little bit of that I guess.

And I guess Slow Crush also slowed things down with their atmospheric rock. Although, in my notes, I wrote that it was like an acid trip. So maybe the house party never stopped. Maybe people got too intense – Faetooth – and then the drugs kicked in – Slow Crush. Which happens, not just in Colorado where shrooms are now legal too, but everywhere.

When I left, Oktoberfest was obviously still rocking. It was a Saturday night and there’s a college not too far away. It felt highly appropriate given what I had just experience at Slow Crush’s show. The good vibes kept going, the smell of good food still invaded, the people… still existed.

I’m not going to judge people I’ve never met, but I did enjoy the gauntlet of festivities as I walked to my car, which is something I wouldn’t normally say. I guess I was just put in a good mood.

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#faetooth #metal #moonpool #nvm #rock #slowCrush

𝗡𝗩𝗠: 𝘄𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝘁 𝗸𝗼𝗺𝘁 𝘁𝗼𝘁 𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗼𝗿 𝗿𝘂𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗮𝗻𝗯𝗼𝗱 𝗸𝗼𝗼𝗽𝗵𝘂𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗻

De woningmarkt breekt opnieuw records, maar dan wel iets meer in het voordeel van mensen die op zoek zijn naar een woning. Het aantal te koop staande huizen is gegroeid naar 52.000. Sinds 2008 stonden er niet zoveel woningen te koop. Dat zorgt, eindelijk, voor neerwaartse druk op de prijzen.

https://www.rtl.nl/nieuws/economie/artikel/5517706/record-aanbod-koopwoningen-zorgt-voor-gematigde-prijsstijging

#NVM #woningmarkt #ruimeraanbod