Notes from my week.
Links
- I Finally Installed an Ad Blocker
- The world is lost because we’ve stopped reading books
- PSA: Update Zoom on Mac to fix a bug that keeps your mic on after meetings
- AI Creates Photorealistic Portraits of Cartoon Characters
- Measles Makes Your Immune System Forget Its Protections Against Past Illness
- Opera browser now allows emoji-only web addresses
- Best Picture nominee Drive My Car hits HBO Max this March to emotionally ruin you
- Lego’s latest video game collaboration is a fantastic looking Horizon Forbidden West set
- Netflix is making a live-action BioShock movie
- Disney is developing planned communities for fans who never want to leave its clutches
- Windows 11’s first big update arrives with Android apps, taskbar changes, and more
- Windows 11 is getting new touch gestures, Start menu folders, and much more
- Disney Plus goes full Space Jam 2 with a new Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers movie
- Unlocking this Horizon Forbidden West trophy also plants a real-life tree
- The History of Blue Jeans
- Cooler Master’s Sneaker X PC case has a lot of sole
- Google is bringing Chrome OS to PCs and Macs
- Newegg promises ‘no questions asked’ returns on CPUs and motherboards after YouTube scandal
- Google and Mozilla are ready for Chrome and Firefox version 100 to break some websites
- The State of JS 2021
- Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis trailer is superhero cinema at its best
- When the Giant Cruise Ships Came to Town
- Netflix reveals Stranger Things season 4 release dates, final season plans
Sidney Crosby scored his 500th goal in the NHL:
- Sidney Crosby nets 500th career goal, joins Mario Lemieux as only Pittsburgh Penguins to reach feat
- Sidney Crosby scores 500th career goal!
- Pens/Flyers Recap: Letang caps massive comeback win on Crosby’s historic night
- Looking back on some of Sidney Crosby’s best goals of all time
- Evgeni Malkin congratulates himself for assisting on Sidney Crosby’s 500th goal
Podcasts
- ShopTalk Show — 502: Text Select in Notion, Safari Hot Drama, Writing in VS Code, and Other Browsers on Mobile Safari
- Syntax — 431: Code Explorers
- Syntax — 432: Potluck – Selling Themes × Which Browser Should Devs Use? × Where Do You Keep 2FA Codes? × Remix vs Svelte Kit × Getting Unstuck from Tutorial Hell
Reading
- Continued Station Eleven
Watched
- Nightmare Alley
- NHL: Penguins-Flyers
- NHL: Penguins-Maple Leafs
- Murderville
- NHL: Penguins-Hurricanes
Played
- Horizon Zero Dawn (PS4/PS5)