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A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
Hey Sony, Can You Not
Sony hoovering up Japanese mega-conglomerate Kadokawa, the main shareholder of FromSoftware, is definitely an idea, but here’s another: Don’t!
Some guy complained this fishing game only caters to queer players, so the dev added a "straight" title - it costs $9999
In cosy fishing game Webfishing you can buy clothes and titles that celebrate your sexuality. But one player complained there was no "straight" option...
The Art of Not Sharing
It’s a typical Monday morning. You wake up, reach for your phone, and within seconds, you’re scrolling through an endless stream of updates. Your college roommate has a new puppy. Your aunt’s dog just died. Your coworker made homemade sourdough bread. Your second cousin just broke up
The Onion Buys Alex Jones’s Infowars Out of Bankruptcy
The satirical news site intends to turn Infowars into a parody of itself. But the court overseeing the bankruptcy put a hold on the sale pending a hearing next week.
Bluesky surges to 15 million users after getting a million sign-ups in one week
Bluesky just passed the 15 million user mark after adding more than a million new users over the last week, the company said in an update.
AI Companies Reportedly Struggling to Improve Latest Models
Leading artificial intelligence companies including OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic are facing "diminishing returns" from their costly efforts...
How It Went
Election day, 2024.
Shame on the Elon enablers
Media and politicians created a monster and lost control of him
Lost In The Future
Soundtrack: Post Pop Depression - Paraguay I haven't wanted to write much in the last week. Seemingly every single person on Earth with a blog has tried to drill down into what happened on November 5 — to find the people to blame, to somehow explain what could've been done differently,
OnePlus One: Ten Years Later
The OnePlus One (codename “bacon”) was an Android phone that shipped with CyanogenMod, a modified version of Android OSP. It was marketed as a “flagship killer”; retailing for $350 USD in 2014 while many flagship Android phones were much more expensive. My favorite selling point was how open OnePlus was to custom ROMs, and there was a lively ROMing community for many years. One of my favorite pastimes involved flashing new ROMs to try out. While Android was dominant among these experiments, I did run SailfishOS at one point.
Signalis still has me in its tortured loop, one year later
Remembering the promise one year later.
Big Box Collection Is A Lovely Website Where You Just Look At The Boxes For Old PC Games
Let's (virtually) reminisce
In Leaked Tirade, CEO of Zoom Complains You Can’t Get Anything Done on Zoom
Zoom CEO said some employees need to return to office work because remote work is not conducive to fostering innovation or building trust.