- Sunny DisneySea (Louie Mantia)
- It really is the year of the website (Andy Bell)
- Meet Loud Room (Jason Santa Maria)
- Weeknotes 26:05 (Jeff Bridgforth)
- Stamps: Graphic Art in Miniature (kottke.org)
- Now (January 2026) (Robb Knight)
- The Don’t “Contact Us” Page (Jim Nielsen)
- I went back to Linux and it was a mistake (The Verge)
- ReliCSS (CSS-Tricks)
- React’s ViewTransition Element (Frontend Masters Blog)
- The Browser’s Little White Lies (Jim Nielsen)
- Convert & Compress (Frontend Masters Blog)
- Saying “No” In an Age of Abundance (Jim Nielsen)
- Write about the future you want (Dave Rupert) — “Often people need you to show, not tell the alternative. You need to paint a picture. Not a full complete picture, but one where a person can paint themselves in it. When people want change and bad change is happening all around them, that’s a hopeless place. Build a raft of opportunity that people can latch onto in the rough open waters, instead of hitting them with spears.”
- Container queries are rad AF! (Go Make Things)
- The open source design stack (Piccalilli)
- Kosuke (Louie Mantia)
- Study Finds Obvious Truth Everybody Knows (Jim Nielsen)
- Tokyo Disneyland in the Snow (Louie Mantia)
- Weeknotes 26:06 (Jeff Bridgforth)
- It’s about to get a lot easier for your JavaScript to clean up after itself (Piccalilli)
- Weeknote #1987 (Robb Knight)
- 50 Most Underappreciated Movies of the 21st Century (TIME) — via kottke.org
- jQuery 4 (Frontend Masters Blog)
- Zoning Out Is Good For You (kottke.org)
- Wes Cook and the Centralia McDonald’s Mural (Cabel Sasser)
- The start (Piccalilli) — Post 1 of Andy Bell’s personal website redesign open working project
- Base-level planning (Piccalilli) — Post 2 of Andy Bell’s personal website redesign open working project
Tag: Disneyland
Weekly Links 01.19–01.25
- The guy who discovered South Park’s creators was shocked by the new season as you were (Polygon)
- Vibe Check №41 (Dave Rupert)
- I like when apps are “finished” (Cassidy Williams)
- Jungle Green (Louie Mantia)
- Weeknotes 25:51 (Jeff Bridgforth)
- No stars (Adactio)
- Weeknotes 25:52 (Jeff Bridgforth)
- Dungeon Crawler Carl (Go Make Things)
- Weeknote #1981 (Robb Knight)
- 2026 (Louie Mantia)
- 2025 in review (Cory Dransfeldt)
- Projects Recap 2025 (anhvn)
- 2025: my year in review (Blake Watson)
- v19 (Robin Rendle)
News
- Sony’s TV business is being taken over by TCL
- Amazon’s CEO says tariffs are starting to ‘creep into’ pricing
- Nintendo is following up Alarmo with a weird Talking Flower in March
- Vimeo lays off ‘large portion’ of staff after Bending Spoons buyout
- The TikTok deal is done, finally
- Nintendo announces new Animal Crossing aquarium tour dates
- ICE has killed another person in Minneapolis
Weekly Links 01.06–01.12
- Louis Armstrong Reads ‘Twas The Night Before Christmas (kottke.org)
- CodingFont by Typogram (kottke.org) — Also on Daring Fireball.
- 77 Facts That Blew Our Minds in 2024 (kottke.org)
- Happy Public Domain Day! (kottke.org)
- Meta’s Free Speech Grift (kottke.org)
- 2025 is PC gaming’s victory lap (Polygon)
- Update: So CSS4 is going to happen? (Jeff Bridgforth)
- Weeknotes 24:27 (Jeff Bridgforth)
- Weeknotes 24:28 (Jeff Bridgforth)
- Weeknotes 25:01 (Jeff Bridgforth)
- Apps I use in 2024 (Jeff Bridgforth)
- 581 Miles — Practice professional bravado. (Dan Mall)
- Pricing Design, Second Edition (Dan Mall)
- Festive Sandwich Reviews 2024 (Jon Hicks)
- Movies Watched, November 2024 (Khoi Vinh)
- DOOM CAPTCHA (via Waxy.org)
- My default apps, 2024 edition (Cory Dransfeldt)
- Vibe Check №36 (Dave Rupert)
- My Homescreen (December 2024) (Robb Knight)
- “it’s a small world” (Louie Mantia)
- Full Feed RSS (Chris Coyier)
- Default Apps 2024 (Chris Coyier)
- Realign (Chris Coyier)
- Slash Pages? (Chris Coyier)
- Media Diet (Chris Coyier)
- M4 (Chris Coyier)
- Starlink (Chris Coyier)
- Addition by Omission (Geoff Graham)
- Meet the only NHL teammate of both Ovechkin and Gretzky (ESPN)
- Moving to Obsidian as a Public Second Brain (swyx)
- The PARA Method: The Simple System for Organizing Your Digital Life in Seconds (Forte Labs)
News
- Finally, a real contender for Apple’s pricey Thunderbolt 4 cable is here
- Ring and Kidde team up to make a smart smoke alarm
- Microsoft is using Bing to trick people into thinking they’re on Google
- The Honeywell Home X2S Smart Thermostat works with Matter and costs just $80
- Disney strikes deal to merge Fubo with Hulu + Live TV
- Ecobee Smart Thermostat Essential launches for $129.99
- The new Carmen Sandiego game will be a worthy addition to the franchise
- Lifx announces Luna, its first smart lamp
- Dell’s new monitor tracks your head to beam audio to your ears
- Dell’s office-standard 27-inch 4K monitor now does 120Hz
- Satechi’s M4 Mac Mini hub will launch in February for $99.99
- This toaster-looking gadget boosts your phone’s battery in seconds
- The Last of Us season 2 will premiere in April
- Sony is working on Horizon Zero Dawn and Helldivers 2 movies
- Anker’s new wall charger has ports on the bottom to help it stay plugged in
- Nvidia is bringing a native GeForce Now app to Steam Deck
- The Razer Handheld Dock Chroma works with the Steam Deck and Nintendo Switch
- Keychron is putting Hall effect switches into more keyboards
- Getty Images and Shutterstock are merging into one stock photo powerhouse
- Catan, the OG gateway board game, gets a fresh new look for 6th edition
- Monopoly gets a major overhaul in 2025, with expansions built for speed
- GE Cync’s new smart switches look better and work with Matter
- You only need to charge this E Ink digital poster once a year
- Savant’s Smart Budget system uses an app to control your home’s electrical load
- Google Home hubs can now work locally thanks to Matter
- VLC player demos real-time AI subtitling for videos
- Freewrite’s latest keyboard has a mechanical word-counter to track your writing
- Nintendo’s next Lego console will be a Game Boy
- Bluey Lego sets due for release in 2025
- Venu Sports shuts down before it ever launches
- Automattic cuts WordPress contribution hours, blames WP Engine
- Amazon Prime will shut down its clothing try-on program
- Civilization 7 system requirements for PC, Steam Deck, Mac, and Linux
- Penguins’ Sidney Crosby now 9th on NHL’s career scoring list
Weekly Links 11.11–11.17
- The best noir movies to watch this Noirvember (Polygon)
- The best cozy board games of 2024 (Polygon)
- What’s on your desk, Kristen Radtke? (The Verge)
- Nintendo Controllers (Louie Mantia)
- Maybe It’s Social Media (Louie Mantia)
- Carving your space (Heather Buchel)
- Chip away (Elliot Jay Stocks)
- How It Went (Daring Fireball)
- A catalog. (Ethan Marcotte)
- Two books, no longer apart. (Ethan Marcotte)
- The childlike and the childish (Josh Collinsworth)
- Rum Advent Calendar (2024 Edition) – Drinks By The Dram (Spoiler Free) (The Rum Barrel Blog)
- The Kids Are (Naz Hamid)
- The Work Is Never Done (Naz Hamid)
- Two months at GitHub (Cassidy Williams)
- The web is a gift. The web is a weapon. (Go Make Things)
- The tech industry is about to get a lot worse (Go Make Things)
- Fave things I ate at Disneyland (Lynn Fisher)
- Movies Watched, October 2024 (Khoi Vinh)
- ADHD (Brad Frost)
- Just enough news (Cory Dransfeldt)
News
- Apple will let you share AirTag locations with a link
- Brief clip of Firewatch follow-up In the Valley of Gods looks amazing
- Bluesky adds 700,000 new users in a week — A lot of web developers I follow have moved to Bluesky recently. The thing I’m most missing from Bluesky is a nice app like Ivory (or Tweetbot 😢), specifically the timeline syncing feature. I hate that every time I open the Bluesky app, it starts me at the most recent posts rather than where I left off.
- The NYT Tech Guild’s election week strike is over
- Nvidia’s new app replacement for GeForce Experience is now out of beta
- Apple is reportedly working on an Apple Home security camera
- Obscure Martin Brodeur nickname on ‘Jeopardy!’ perplexes fans
- VMware Workstation and Fusion are now free for everyone
- Apple’s rumored six-inch ‘AI wall tablet’ could control your smart home by March 2025
- Final Fantasy games are coming to Apple Arcade
- Workers at Bethesda parent company strike over remote work policies
- EA Sports will add Professional Women’s Hockey League to NHL 25
- Threads might get ads early next year — I was initially excited about Threads, but how much can you really trust something owned by Facebook?
- GOG’s new preservation program intends to keep classic games playable ‘forever’
- PayPal will let you pool money for group gifts and shared expenses
- Apple faces a new $3.75 billion antitrust lawsuit over iCloud storage
- Bluesky says it won’t train AI on your posts
- Pokémon TCG Pocket will let you trade cards starting early next year
- The Onion just bought Infowars — This is by far the best news of the week. 🤣
- Half-Life 2 is getting a huge 20th anniversary update
- Gabe Newell says Half-Life 2: Episode 3 didn’t happen because he was ‘stumped’
- NFL fans worry Netflix’s bad Tyson vs. Paul stream means it can’t handle football
- Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake: a straightforward, old-school RPG
- Apple’s Lightning-to-3.5mm headphone adapter may be going away
Weekly Links 09.25–10.01
- Use Subdomains (Chris Coyier)
- NASA’s Logo: the Worm vs. the Meatball (kottke.org)
- Weeknotes 23:31 (Jeff Bridgforth)
- How to build a font library on a budget (I love Typography)
- A Mobile-Only Grid (Chris Coyier)
- 10 Reasons to Get Rid of Your Moan Faucets (Chris Coyier)
- How to Ace Your 1Password Interview (1Password)
- How to Apologize (kottke.org)
- A Web Component for Swapping Text between Text, HTML, and Markdown (Chris Coyier)
- Typical Urban Planning Opinion Progression (kottke.org)
- Eminem’s Lose Yourself, the Super Mario Bros Edition (kottke.org)
- Listen to the radio on your computer (Chris Coyier)
- Trying to figure out the Tailwind divide: maybe everyone is right (and wrong) (Chris Coyier)
- Artistic Leaf Raking (kottke.org)
- Git-Based WordPress Deployment (Chris Coyier)
- A Quick Thread (cabel.com) — “The code name for Disney’s Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge area was ‘Delos’, and the code name for its Rise of the Resistance attraction was ‘Alcatraz’.”
- Listen to Page in Mobile Safari 17 (Dave Rupert)
- Single letter logos: What do you see? (I love Typography)
- Winners of the 2023 Bird Photographer of the Year Competition (kottke.org)
- The Storm Pilot (kottke.org)
- Stunning High-Resolution Lidar Images of Rivers & Deltas (kottke.org)
News
- The Writers Guild of America’s strike is over
- The new WGA contract will change how Hollywood works
- SAG-AFTRA votes for strike approval for video game performers
- OpenAI’s ChatGPT chatbot now supports prompting with voice and images
- Getty made an AI generator that only trained on its licensed images
- The Apple iPhone 15 Pro is teaching me to embrace digital zoom
- NASA collected a sample from an asteroid for the first time — here’s why it matters
- Netflix’s DVD service shuts down: here’s the complex tech behind it
- Ticket to Ride Legacy: Legends of the West abandons American history
- Gmail’s basic HTML view will go to the Google graveyard in 2024
- Valve suddenly releases SteamVR 2.0 in beta — as headset rumors swirl
- Google Podcasts shut down in 2024 as podcasts debut globally for YouTube Music
- Apple Podcasts overhaul pulls in original programming from third-party apps
- Apple and Google are changing how you listen to podcasts
- Streaming giants have banded together for lobbying power
- Windows 11’s next big update is now available with Copilot, AI-powered Paint, and more
- Apple releases macOS Sonoma, with iOS-like widgets and Game Mode
- Apple defends Google Search deal in court: ‘There wasn’t a valid alternative’
- Newegg Trade-In Program offers cash for old GPUs
- Epic Games asks the Supreme Court to hear its case against Apple’s App Store rules
- Counter-Strike 2 is out now
- Disney’s password-sharing crackdown has begun
- The Raspberry Pi 5 is finally here
- Reddit will no longer allow users to opt out of ad personalization
- Google adds a switch for publishers to opt out of becoming AI training data
- Microsoft reportedly pitched Apple on buying Bing to no avail
- Letterboxd has been acquired — and promises ‘very little’ will change — Please don’t ruin Letterboxd.
Weekly Links 09.11–09.17
- The China-Apple Cold War Heats Up (Daring Fireball)
- Using AirPods as a Hearing Aid (Daring Fireball)
- Weeknotes 23:29 (Jeff Bridgforth)
- Weekend Project: Smashburgers in Bend Microsite with View Transitions (Chris Coyier)
- Anyone can dig up a road (Dave Rupert)
- Dissocial Media (Naz Hamid)
- Post by post. (Ethan Marcotte)
- McDonald’s at the Movies and on TV (kottke.org)
- Personality Buckets (Chris Coyier)
- How the Race Was Won (kottke.org)
- Relocating a Floating Island (kottke.org)
- Two Events (Chris Coyier)
- Why US Malls Are Dying (And European Malls Aren’t) (kottke.org)
- Bird Buddy (Chris Coyier)
- $38,000 (Chris Coyier)
- Some blogging myths (Julia Evans, via Chris Coyier)
- All of the 8,291 License Plates in America (kottke.org)
- Student-Built EV Car Goes 0-62 mph in Record 0.956 Seconds (kottke.org)
- Disney+ to Air a Real-Time Toy Story Version of an NFL Game (kottke.org)
- Tool Picks (Chris Coyier)
- Reviewing Things That Are Too Big To Review (Chris Coyier)
- Link Categorization (Chris Coyier)
- The 2023 Fall Foliage Prediction Map (kottke.org)
- Movies That Began As Short Films (kottke.org)
- My Favorite Mac Apps in 2023 (Matthias Ott)
- Paradise Lost ’06 (cabel.com)
- Wonder Is Steven Spielberg’s Blockbuster Secret Ingredient (kottke.org)
- “How Do You Know When to Cut?” (kottke.org)
- Doing Essential Things Makes Time For Everything Else (kottke.org)
- 368 Broadway: the NYC Building That Nurtured the Film Careers of Greta Gerwig, Lena Dunham, the Safdie Brothers, and More (kottke.org)
- Multi-page web apps (Jeremy Keith)
- Live Coding Interviews (Chris Coyier)
News
- ESPN’s standalone streaming channel is included in Charter and Disney’s new deal
- FDA approves Pfizer and Moderna covid vaccines with new formula
- Internet Archive appeals loss in library ebook lawsuit
- Apple’s port changing timeline
- Drop’s own-brand keyboards are getting a customizability upgrade
- The next Sims will be free and won’t replace The Sims 4
- Intel makes Thunderbolt 5 official, promising speeds of up to 120Gbps
- 10 years ago, Apple’s Touch ID finally convinced us to lock our phones
- Disney Lorcana asked Disney animators to bring their best for Disney100
- Steam just turned 20 years old and Valve is celebrating
- Flic’s Twist smart home button is now available to preorder
- Lego Venator Attack Cruiser: available Oct. 1 for Lego Insiders
- Sony’s new PS5 update includes Dolby Atmos and the ability to mute the startup beep
- Adobe Premiere Pro adds automatic ‘um’ and background noise removal
- Baldur’s Gate 3 on PS5 is a technically complicated but still enjoyable experience
- PS Remote Play now works on Google’s 4K Chromecast
- Don’t buy a Chromecast just to play PS5
- A key cold medicine ingredient is basically worthless
- Google’s emoji mashup maker is now available in Search
- Chrome, Firefox, Brave, and Edge are patched for a big security vulnerability
- Bike tires made from NASA’s bizarre shape-shifting metal are now available to buy – The Verge
- Twelve South’s new HiRise 3 Deluxe is for StandBy Mode and charging all your Apple stuff
- Best gaming headsets: wired and wireless options
- The best new sci-fi and fantasy books to read in fall 2023
- Disney Parks Unveils Future Projects, Surprises at Destination D23 — Some good news in here — re-theming Test Track at EPCOT and replacing the old Dinoland U.S.A. with a tropical land in Animal Kingdom.
- Disney reportedly held talks about selling ABC
- Emoji 15.1 includes head shakes and a phoenix
- X still throttles links to Facebook, Instagram, and other competitors
Apple news
News from this week’s iPhone event.
- Apple’s Vision Pro headset is on track to ship early next year
- Apple announces Apple Watch Series 9, and it has a handy double-tap feature
- Apple’s watchOS 10 is coming September 18th
- Apple announces iPhone 15 with USB-C, a camera upgrade, and the Dynamic Island
- Apple is switching the AirPods Pro charging case to USB-C
- iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max in titanium: price, features, and release date
- Apple brings satellite-powered Roadside Assistance to the iPhone 15 and iPhone 14
- The iPhone 13 Mini is dead
- Apple is releasing iOS 17 on September 18th
- macOS Sonoma comes out on September 26th
- Apple has added Thread to the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone Pro Max
- The iPhone 15 is the first phone to (almost) support Qi2 charging
- The iPhone is getting new ringtones with iOS 17
- Apple brings Grid Forecast to Apple Home to tell you when you’re using clean energy
- Why Apple put a Thread radio in the iPhone 15 Pro
- The iPhone Mini is officially gone, long live the iPhone Mini
Weekly Links 04.24–04.30
- Apple’s App Store can stay closed, but developers can link to outside payments, says appeals court
- Disneyland dragon catches fire during Fantasmic show
- WiZ smart lights are now Matter compatible
- Apple’s Weather chaos is restarting the weather app market — ForecastAdvisor
- Microsoft’s Phone Link app is now available for iOS so you can use iMessage from a PC
- Disney sues Florida for ‘government retaliation’ in escalating feud
- Pirating the Oscars 2023: The Final Curtain Call
- Apple’s Journaling App and Day One
- Microsoft is done with major Windows 10 updates
- Dallas Cowboys get Deuce Vaughn, son of team scout, in 6th round of NFL draft
Weeknotes 09.12–09.18
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