So Dragon Quest III and Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom are getting my money. Mario and Luigi: Brothership probably and Fantasian is a maybe as well.
I saw my first (and second, third, fourth, and fifth) Japanese Giant Hornet yesterday at Hibiya Music Festival. It was huge and carrying what looked like a berry, but I was told they take the heads of other insects to their nests to eat.
I’ve gone through periods when I read no news, and then when I read too much news.
Along with solid, local journalism, I have been using brutalist.report, and a 30-45 second scan to find one or two interesting articles has been a perfect balance.
What is the opposite of bleeding-edge tech adoption?
I know @patrickrhone has referenced an Amish pace of technology adoption before.
How would you classify your own adoption speed?
Strong feelings about robots.
Blessed to be able to learn from navigator Nainoa Thompson today.
Please do yourself a favor and restore your faith in humanity.
Read the story of Hōkūleʻa and learn the life of and sacrifice made by Eddie Aikau.
Just watched Jim Henson: Idea Man and I will forever remember his son Brian sharing a core philosophy of his father’s:
The Muppets were a family—a very diverse one. One of his life philosophies was that we should love people not for their similarities, but for their differences.
I know it is clickbait, but I get bothered when I see videos titled, “X has no right to be this good!”
Often, they are about the genius of video game music composers or some other form of underrated media.
I learned this year that you can celebrate without comparison.
10 years later, Halt and Catch Fire got video games better than other shows:
The much-beloved AMC show made no secret of the fact that it was never really about the technology covered in a season; in the words of Joe MacMillan (Lee Pace), the computer was always “the thing that gets us to the thing,” a vector for connection, expression, or some other deeper human need. In that way, Halt and Catch Fire understands the draw of video games better than any show that’s come before it.
I am currently in the middle of a rewatch of Halt and Catch Fire with my wife. Even though the show is historical fiction, it has reignited my belief that computers can help build resilient communities. A finger pointing to the moon, they are the thing that gets us to the thing.
I don’t know why it took me so long to use Stop the Madness.
The hide page element function is excellent.
I find that I still need an ad blocker, but I was able to replace a few other YouTube improvement apps.