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Workshop on magic

@ wdka - 03-11-2025
with Charlie and the xpub crew

Starting point: what if the web was a magical artifact?

Food for thought:

from a discussion with Doriane

decentralization / trans-website (the webring doesn't exist in a website but cross-website which make it less tangible then more magic: it exist trans-website + belongs to no one = a possibility for (re)appropriation/remix/etc.; the magic happens between the websites; we use the term "ring" but there is no ring the ring is a conceptual magical shape.

DIWO: physical gathering, ritual, to make up for the inaccessibility of dev/programming tutorials >> shoulder2shoulder against crypto-dev

declarativeness

magic is declarative

formula, incantation, "manifesting" (forming intention) by saying something it becomes real/true/alive/comes into existence

the web is declarative

CSS selector *:not(:focus):hover <-- incantation that might be super powerful on the web and contains multiple intentions

"web fabulation" > browser extensions modifying a website in one go (= metamorphosis) | web extensions that metamorphose the web through simple CSS formula | both magic and hacking

the language prism: idea of a dialect -- SAAS is out of the standards -- to what extent a magical dialect is different from spoken language

hacking: surviving in the system | magic: developing our own knowledge outside of the system

but we could do magic database!

aesthetics of the database, writing spells/incantations with databases

most of the database languages are declarative - ex: SQL

"is this an occasion to bring magic in a world of oppressing male dev???"

from self reflections

:hover
:focus
:not()
:has()
class name
id name
animation
:visited

all invoke actions or inaction
bear intention
have a strong declarative power

everything is a system and we are the hackers

z-index with crazy value invoke a special entity of the absolute positioning - CSS as a ritual - CSS as a spell - CSS is a declarative language, spells and incantations are declarative - The content of a website lies in the <body> (physical), the information about the website is in the <head> (spiritual)

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-== B(r)oilerplates for Fictionality: Doing stuff with technology (gossip, folklore, craft, aesthetics, scenes) ==
- @ varia - 11-10-2025
- with Doriane and Simon
- https://vvvvvvaria.org/en/broilerplates-for-fictionality-part-iv.html
 == Workshop on magic ==
   @ wdka - 03-11-2025
   with Charlie and the xpub crew
+Starting point: ''what if the web was a magical artifact?''
+[[File:Css-rituals.png]]
+Food for thought:
+* from a discussion with Doriane
+: decentralization / trans-website (the webring doesn't exist in a website but cross-website which make it less tangible then more magic: it exist trans-website + belongs to no one = a possibility for (re)appropriation/remix/etc.; the magic happens between the websites; we use the term "ring" but there is no ring the ring is a conceptual magical shape.
+: DIWO: physical gathering, ritual, to make up for the inaccessibility of dev/programming tutorials >> shoulder2shoulder against crypto-dev
+: declarativeness
+:: magic is declarative
+::: formula, incantation, "manifesting" (forming intention) by saying something it becomes real/true/alive/comes into existence
+:: the web is declarative
+::: CSS selector <code>*:not(:focus):hover</code> <-- incantation that might be super powerful on the web and contains multiple intentions
+::: "web fabulation" > browser extensions modifying a website in one go (= metamorphosis) | web extensions that metamorphose the web through simple CSS formula | both magic and hacking
+: the language prism: idea of a dialect -- SAAS is out of the standards -- to what extent a magical dialect is different from spoken language
+: hacking: surviving in the system | magic: developing our own knowledge outside of the system
+: ''but we could do magic database!''
+:: aesthetics of the database, writing spells/incantations with databases
+:: most of the database languages are declarative - ex: SQL
+:: ''"is this an occasion to bring magic in a world of oppressing male dev???"''
+* from self reflections
+ :hover
+ :focus
+ :not()
+ :has()
+ class name
+ id name
+ animation
+ :visited
+ all invoke actions or inaction
+ bear intention
+ have a strong declarative power
+ everything is a system and we are the hackers
+z-index with crazy value invoke a special entity of the absolute positioning
+- CSS as a ritual
+- CSS as a spell
+	- CSS is a declarative language, spells and incantations are declarative
+	- The content of a website lies in the <body> (physical), the information about the website is in the <head> (spiritual)