“SUSA, the small conceptual electronic device can perform many of the functions of a smartphone, tablet or portable computer.” I’m dubious of all things AI, but the actual device is pretty neat. Shades of the Light Phone III.
Organic Software Directory lists software that has no external pressure (eg. from funding sources) to chase funding rounds, grow unsustainably, or to get acquired.
Log of the Bay is a LOG of radio traffic received on Marine VHF channels form a basement window in Oakland, California.
The romotow camping trailer swivels out to form a spacious deck lounge.
D-20 Stainless Steel is a watch that lets you roll a virtual 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, or 20-sided die with the push of a button.
Vintage Tech Logos is a collection of found vintage tech logos circa 1985.
Vintage Tech Logos
“Collection of found vintage tech logos circa 1985 (USA)”
Don't call it a Substack
“We constrain our imaginations when we subordinate our creations to names owned by fascist tycoons.”
Words like this presents beautiful passages of poetry in a beautiful, contemporary way.
Historical travel times from New York City to the rest of the...
Historical travel times from New York City to the rest of the U.S.
Gallery of Tirana 2030: Watch How Nature and Urbanism Will...
Gallery of Tirana 2030: Watch How Nature and Urbanism Will Co-Exist in the Albanian Capital
"How often is it acknowledged that people thrive better in lower stimulus environments?"
“How often is it acknowledged that people thrive better in lower stimulus environments?”
- Lower stimulus environments | A Working Library
Akiya (vacant houses in Japan) “are becoming less like financial assets and more akin to natural resources, available to be harvested by those who wish put in the time and substantial effort to reclaim one from natural decay.”
A far-right attack on a community college reveals a blueprint for destroying higher ed
The problem goes far beyond a three-person majority on the trustee board of a small community college. NIC and many other institutions are in danger because, over the last decade and a half, a core group of extremists has slowly taken over the Idaho Republican Party in the same way that a parasitic wasp slowly takes over its host. This required no astroturfing or Koch-fueled cash infusions, just a regular, everyday indifference to hyperlocal politics. The tactic is underway elsewhere, but Idaho got a head start. This crisis is what happens when insurgency bears fruit.
Emphasis mine. Currently looking for more ways to be involved in my community.
Remind me later is a comic about “technological problems.”
it’s okay if you just pick one thing you really care about, and it’s okay if that thing is “being a good friend” instead of “maximizing your potential”
Walkcast is an ever-changing podcast generated as you walk, revealing the hidden layers that surround you.
I don’t need these people’s psychodramas in my head anymore:
“The closest thing to a political point I want to make is that I’ve dedicated far too much brain-space, in recent years, to marinating in the psyches of the angry, cynical and damaged men currently ascendant in our politics – which is basically what you’re doing when you spend time on Twitter, idly surf online media, or consume most TV news.”