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Came here to say something insightful about the election. But instead the only thing I can manage to say right now: fuck this.
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The Dreamcast is back after 25 years
I’m now the proud owner of the Sega Dreamcast…again! I was lucky enough to get one on launch day 25 years ago on 9/9/99. And now, I’ve decided it’s time to own one again.
However, this console has been modded in several important ways. First, it has a HDMI port added. This taps directly into the GPU’s output allowing for 1080p display. Second, the disk drive has been swapped with a SD card reader. This allows you to play backups and should be much more reliable going forward than a spinning disk drive.
It arrived just in time to serve as a perfect distraction!
A game of Rez anyone? Looks fantastic on my OLED tv, by the way.
I’m also looking forward to replaying Shenmue and old Resident Evil games.
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Savannah, GA
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Caved and installed 18.1 on my phone and got access to Apple Intelligence. Is Apple really Intelligent? Time will tell, I suppose.
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⚽️ Wow, Atlanta United is continuing this season by the skin of their teeth! ⚽️
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Looking for suggestions of good YouTube channels featuring video taken out in the field. I’m a little tired of the talking head format. Anything science or environment related would be great!
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Visiting with family in Ocala, Florida.
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Unexpected find: new favorite apple review website Apple Rankings
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So first of all, this mashup of LCD Soundsystem’s New York, I Love You But You’re Bringing Me Down and a recording of Miles David from his Elevator to the Gallows score is just great to listen to musically. But the, let’s call it choreography, is brilliantly spare: a pair of YouTube videos pulled up side-by-side in a now-ancient Safari browser and pressing play to sync them by hand — jazz-like, improvisational.
Just great!
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This conduit is anti-lock-in, it works for nearly the whole internet. It is surveillance-resistant, far more accessible than the web or any mobile app interface. It is my secret super-power.
It’s RSS.
I’ve gone back to RSS in a big way, and it’s been great! There’s so many benefits, as Cory lays out. I highly recommend giving it a try!
I’m so deep that I’ve been building my own feed reader, maybe more on that someday…
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Dario Amodei — Machines of Loving Grace
I think and talk a lot about the risks of powerful AI. The company I’m the CEO of, Anthropic, does a lot of research on how to reduce these risks. Because of this, people sometimes draw the conclusion that I’m a pessimist or “doomer” who thinks AI will be mostly bad or dangerous. I don’t think that at all. In fact, one of my main reasons for focusing on risks is that they’re the only thing standing between us and what I see as a fundamentally positive future. […] In this essay I try to sketch out what that upside might look like–what a world with powerful AI might look like if everything goes right.
Very interesting article from the head of Anthropic about what benefits we might see if powerful AI is created.
I hope something close to this is the version of the future we get, rather than Terminator.
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A few more from the hike.
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Hiking in North Georgia in perfect weather. The Joro spiders were out in force.
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Wasm is the new CGI | Roborooter.com
I read a wonderful twitter thead about CGI and the birth of the web and this triggered a thought I’ve been kicking around. “Wasm is the new CGI”
Good article. Web server technology is an area of interest for me, and I think the author is right: Wasm is positioned to be the next big thing in this space. I think it’s just a matter of time before the tooling and platforms are mature enough for wide adoption.
Also, don’t miss the Twitter thread about CGI and the birth of the web. This was a great walk through history. As someone who’s been working in this space for a long time, it was so fun to see this look back at the history and the impact this technology had. I basically owe my career to CGI!
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This is crazy, Greenday’s Dookie album rendered on various whacky media for the album’s 30th anniversary!
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I really enjoyed Guy Kawasaki’s 2021 podcast interview with Dave Winer!
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A look at Mozilla’s rebrand. “Mozilla’s new logo is a flag s…
A look at Mozilla’s rebrand. “Mozilla’s new logo is a flag symbol built from the Mozilla M that comes to life to reveal the company’s iconic Tyrannosaurus Rex symbol and mascot, originally designed by Shepard Fairey.”
I like it, especially that it incorporates the T-Rex. Not so sure I believe Mozilla will live up to the brand that’s described here…but I’d like to be wrong about this. Here’s hoping they live up to their mission.
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The videos from XOXO are starting to be posted and one of the first up is Molly White’s talk Fighting for our web.
