Doug Jones
Doug Jones

  • After a long time away, I’m getting back into Glass for photo sharing. Check out my profile!

  • Shenmue on Dreamcast

    Shenmue is one of the first games that I’m revisiting on my Dreamcast. Originally released in 1999, Shenmue is an open-world RPG/life simulation set in 1980s Japan. It was the most expensive game ever developed at the time and I think it shows. When I originally played Shenmue, I remember … read more

  • Came here to say something insightful about the election. But instead the only thing I can manage to say right now: fuck this.

  • 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 … read more

  • A tranquil waterfront scene featuring two small tugboats and a large blue barge labeled “BIBLIA,” equipped with a crane. The background contains trees and industrial buildings under a partly cloudy sky.

    Savannah, GA

  • Caved and installed 18.1 on my phone and got access to Apple Intelligence. Is Apple really Intelligent? Time will tell, I suppose.

  • ⚽️ Wow, Atlanta United is continuing this season by the skin of their teeth! ⚽️

  • 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!

  • A vibrant landscape with tall grasses in the foreground, a cluster of trees on the right, and a colorful sunset sky. A sundog is visible in the clouds, casting a rainbow-like light.

    Visiting with family in Ocala, Florida.

  • Unexpected find: new favorite apple review website Apple Rankings

  • LCD Soundsystem x Miles Davis

    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!

  • Pluralistic: You should be using an RSS reader (16 Oct 2024) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

    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…

  • 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.

    Via manton.org

  • A few more from the hike.

    A serene lake scene with clear blue water and a forested shoreline in the background. Pine trees frame the view from the shore, and sunlight sparkles on the water.

    A serene lakeside view with clear blue water and a tree on the rocky shoreline. The background features a forested area under a bright blue sky.

  • Hiking in North Georgia in perfect weather. The Joro spiders were out in force.

    A person walks a dog on a forested trail, leading towards two people ahead, also with a dog. Sunlight filters through the trees, illuminating the path scattered with leaves and pine needles.

    A small stack of flat stones is balanced on a wooden log in a forest setting. The log is adorned with various colorful fungi, including bright orange and brown mushrooms. The background is a blurred view of trees and greenery.

    A large spider with a yellow and black pattern on its body and legs is hanging in its web. The background is a blurred natural setting with green foliage.

  • A plastic mask resembling a horror character with stitched facial features is hanging above rows of Heinz ketchup bottles on a wooden shelf.

  • 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!

  • A satellite view of a large swirling hurricane Milton over Earth, showing dense, layered cloud formations against the dark backdrop of space.

    Hurricane Milton from space via the NASA Johnson Flickr.

  • This is crazy, Greenday’s Dookie album rendered on various whacky media for the album’s 30th anniversary!

    Via Waxy.org

  • I really enjoyed Guy Kawasaki’s 2021 podcast interview with Dave Winer!