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…

   • #movie
   • #review

   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
   • #review

   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…

   • #movie
   • #review

   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

Monday, Feb 12, 2024

1. If I were in charge of Xbox’s multi-platform strategy…

   I would focus the rumored change on Game Pass and would not offer any first party Microsoft game as a stand alone physical or digital purchase outside of the existing ecosystem. If you have a PS5 and you want to play Starfield, your only wa…

   • #games
   • #musing

   1:54PM

Sunday, Feb 11, 2024

1. I watched Poor Things

   An unusual film from subject matter to direction but it fits with what the Academy would nominate for Best Picture. The settings, wardrobe, and cinematography—especially shot composition and framing—are strong, obvious standouts. Everything…

   • #movie
   • #review

   6:51PM

Saturday, Feb 3, 2024

1. If you only watch one video about Apple Vision Pro, it should be Casey Neistat’s

   Without burying the lede, here’s Neistat’s video. I’ve followed Vision Pro closely since the review embargo lifted. There’s a lot of videos out there already, including good ones from the usual suspects. Those videos…

   • #apple
   • #musing
   • #tech
   • #vision-pro

   11:35PM

Friday, Jan 5, 2024

1. Forecasts and commitments

   I missed a lot in 2023. Unsurprising, given I miss the vast majority of all things every year. I was also wrong about a lot in ’23. Also unsurprising. I don’t have a record of the specifics, though. I like details so for 2024 I&…

   • #life

   12:32AM

Tuesday, Oct 10, 2023

1. What is a photo?

   Last week, Google held their annual Fall event, #MadeByGoogle, where they revealed new hardware and the software experiences they will support. They did that while reminding us that they’ve been at this AI thing for a long time. Much …

   • #ai
   • #google
   • #photography
   • #tech

   8:29PM