PLAYER 1 · STAGE 02 · VIDEO WALL

Kongomax

Homemade web apps and assorted nonsense, hosted with love and duct tape.

kongomax.com · est. 1998

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Aisle 01 · Every tape in the store

Projects

7 tapes on the wall. Everything the webmaster has built and put online, from the new releases up front to the scratched copies in the back. No membership card needed.

  • ONLINE×3
  • BETA TEST×2
  • COMING SOON×1
  • OUT OF ORDER×1

House rules

  1. Be kind, rewind.
  2. No membership card, no quarters, no late fees.
  3. Tapes marked OUT OF ORDER stay on the shelf as a warning to others.
  4. Ask Kongo for recommendations at your own risk.

New Releases Staff picks, front of the store

  1. A Kongo Pictures release

    Cookbook

    ©1986

    Kongo’s pick!ONLINE

    A web app for keeping and browsing recipes, hosted right here on Kongomax.

    The Cookbook is the first real, live project on the site: a recipe app running at cookbook.kongomax.com. More about it soon.

    • food
    • web app
    Released
    Condition
    In stock. Be kind, rewind.
    Press Start ▶ Cookbook (opens in a new tab)

  2. A Kongo Pictures release

    Pixel Pantry

    ©1986

    Kongo’s pick!ONLINE

    A recipe box that only accepts recipes you can fit on an index card.

    I kept losing recipes in forty browser tabs, so I built a tiny recipe box. Every recipe has to fit on a virtual index card. If it doesn’t fit, the recipe is too complicated and you should make toast instead.

    • food
    • web app
    Released
    Condition
    In stock. Be kind, rewind.
    Press Start ▶ Pixel Pantry

  3. A Kongo Pictures release

    Bus Oracle

    ©1986

    Kongo’s pick!BETA TEST

    Tells you when the next bus is coming, with the confidence of a fortune teller.

    Pulls the city’s live transit feed and predicts arrivals. It is right most of the time. When it is wrong, it is wrong with total conviction, which is honestly the most authentic bus experience available.

    • transit
    • web app
    • api
    Released
    Condition
    Preview copy. May skip.
    Press Start ▶ Bus Oracle

  4. A Kongo Pictures release

    Dice Goblin

    ©1986

    Kongo’s pick!ONLINE

    A dice roller for tabletop nights that remembers every bad roll you've made.

    Rolls any dice you can type (3d6+2, 1d20 with advantage, 100d100 if you are a monster). Keeps a history so everyone at the table can see who has been cursed. Recently Dice Goblin learned to sulk.

    • games
    • web app
    Released
    Condition
    In stock. Be kind, rewind.
    Press Start ▶ Dice Goblin

Back Catalog Newest first, dust included

  1. A Kongo Pictures release

    Tide Timer

    ©1986

    COMING SOON

    High tide, low tide, and a countdown to the best time for rock pooling.

    A tide chart for one specific beach I like. Currently it knows the tides for exactly one week of the year, which I am told is not enough weeks.

    • outdoors
    • web app
    Released
    Condition
    Still in the editing bay.
    Peek Inside ▶ Tide Timer

  2. A Kongo Pictures release

    Plant Nanny

    ©1986

    BETA TEST

    Nags you to water your plants before they file a complaint.

    Each plant gets a schedule and a little mood meter. Miss a watering and the mood drops. My ficus is currently rated “disappointed but hopeful”.

    • home
    • reminders
    • web app
    Released
    Condition
    Preview copy. May skip.
    Press Start ▶ Plant Nanny

  3. A Kongo Pictures release

    Link Jar

    ©1986

    OUT OF ORDER

    A jar to throw links into so I can pretend I'll read them later.

    A self-hosted bookmark bin. Paste a link, it grabs the title, it goes in the jar. The jar is currently broken because I changed the database and forgot I did. It will be fixed any day now (this has been true since March).

    • bookmarks
    • web app
    Released
    Condition
    Tape eaten by the VCR.
    Peek Inside ▶ Link Jar

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