Thursday, Jan 16

1. Forecasts and commitments, 2025

   This was a good exercise last year so I’m doing it again. Same rationale—capture specifics so I can hold myself accountable later. I’ll reflect on last year’s in the near future and the ones here in the distant future. For…

   • #life

   10:26PM

Sunday, Oct 27, 2024

1. Tales From Around the System

   A collection of short sci-fi stories from a shared universe

   • #fiction

   1:27AM

Thursday, Aug 15, 2024

1. Pixel 9 and corner radii

   I can’t stop staring at the back of the Pixel 9 series. It looks like Google ignored conventional design wisdom on how to nest rounded shapes within one another. The back of a 9 Pro for reference: Take a close look at the relationship…

   • #design
   • #google
   • #musing
   • #tech

   9:06AM

Sunday, Jun 2, 2024

1. Siri, Use My Phone For Me

   A “simple” request, a Mark Gurman leak, and an Apple research paper

   • #apple
   • #siri
   • #tech

   11:11PM

Saturday, Mar 23, 2024

1. A Practical Guide to Consuming a Backlog

   So much content, so little time

   • #random

   6:53PM

Sunday, Feb 25, 2024

1. I watched The Holdovers

   A mediation on loneliness told from the perspectives of three people who are forced to spend time with one another. Each of them is burdened by their past in a way that makes their present harder to navigate. Through their time together the…

   • #impressions
   • #movie

   9:39PM

Thursday, Feb 22, 2024

1. Hello Again, Night City

   A Cyberpunk 2077 retrospective after a second play through

   • #games

   10:49PM

Monday, Feb 19, 2024

1. I watched American Fiction

   A dark comedy about the commodification of blackness in America that also features a compelling family drama that borders on tragedy. It’s not subtle in its satire but it does avoid getting too overt with its delicately balanced humor; it’s…

   • #movie

   10:10PM

Saturday, Feb 17, 2024

1. I watched Past Lives

   A slow burn love story that feels more genuine than what tends to be featured in Hollywood films. The overarching theme is the concept of “inyeon”—a Korean word that defines a kind of fate in relationships. It’s a beautifu…

   • #impressions
   • #movie

   8:41PM

Thursday, Feb 15, 2024

1. OpenAI’s Sora is insane

   Today, OpenAI announced Sora, a text-to-video model. In OpenAI’s own words: Sora is able to generate complex scenes with multiple characters, specific types of motion, and accurate details of the subject and background. The model unde…

   • #ai
   • #musing
   • #tech

   10:58PM