My links for the week.
- Today I learned Disney is making a retractable lightsaber, and I need to see it — See also: How Disney’s ‘real’ lightsaber patent actually works
- Age of Empires 4 will have 4 new campaigns and 8 playable civilizations at launch — My brother and I used to play epically long games of Age of Empires, and this was his response when I sent him this link: “Get the ramen ready, Nate… Clear out your basement, cause I’m coming to stay!”
- A Supercut of Everything Brad Pitt Eats & Drinks in Ocean’s Eleven
- An 18-Day Time Lapse of the Fagradalsfjall Volcano in Iceland
- Samsung’s ‘iTest’ Lets You Try a Galaxy Device on Your iPhone
- The Rules of Dozens of Sports Explained in Short Videos
- CS:GO has a years-old bug that can let a hacker take over your computer
- Sony now lets you store — but not play — PS5 games on external hard drives
- Sony’s new PS5 update includes surprise improvements to HDR and 120Hz support
- Confirmed: Child tax credit will be monthly and this is how much money you’ll actually get
- Strong Bad … thank you
- Marvel Superhero Lettering — via Kottke
- Deep dive on twin pines/lone pine mall in Back to the Future — via Daring Fireball
- The Importance of Career Laddering