- 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: Japan
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 09.08–09.14
- The Surreality of Japanese Playgrounds at Night (kottke.org)
- How to Make Websites That Will Require Lots of Your Time and Energy (Jim Nielsen)
- A Few Things About the Anchor Element’s href You Might Not Have Known (Jim Nielsen)
- Bottomless Subtleties (Jim Nielsen)
- Consistent Navigation Across My Inconsistent Websites, Part II (Jim Nielsen)
- Weeknote #1963 (Robb Knight)
- Weeknotes 40 (Mark Boulton)
- Weeknotes 41 (Mark Boulton)
- Weeknotes 25:34 (Jeff Bridgforth)
- Weeknotes 25:35 (Jeff Bridgforth)
- Weeknotes 25:36 (Jeff Bridgforth)
News
- OpenAI comes for Hollywood with Critterz, an AI-powered animated film
- It’s time to change your Plex password again
- Canon is bringing back a point-and-shoot from 2016 with fewer features and a higher price (it’s viral)
- Apple announces AirPods Pro 3 with ‘world’s best ANC’ and heart rate sensing
- Apple Watch Series 11 announced with 5G and stronger glass
- Apple’s iPhone 17 drops the Plus, but gains a bigger, faster display
- Apple announces the ultra-slim iPhone Air
- Apple’s iPhone 17 Pro has the biggest battery of any iPhone
- The new iPhones all have Center Stage front-facing cameras
- The web has a new system for making AI companies pay up
- Vimeo to be acquired by Bending Spoons for $1.38 billion
- PlayStation launches new app for parental controls
- Mastodon is bringing quote posts to the fediverse
- Mario’s going to space in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie trailer
- Retired Marc-Andre Fleury to suit up for Penguins preseason game
Weekly Links 05.26–06.01
- Some photos, videos, and observations from a visit to a West Virginian snake handling church (kottke.org)
- Owls in Towels (kottke.org)
- View of Azalea Garden from Mt. Fuji, Hasui Kawase (kottke.org)
- The 100 best sports moments of the 21st century (so far) (kottke.org)
- Responsive web design turns fifteen. (Ethan Marcotte)
- Weeknotes 25:21 (Jeff Bridgforth)
- Webkit’s New Color Picker as an Example of Good Platform Defaults (Jim Nielsen)
- Could I Have Some More Friction in My Life, Please? (Jim Nielsen)
- The Last of Us season 2 failed Ellie in service of safe TV (Polygon)
- New for Everyone: Create Unlimited Journals (Day One)
News
- Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
- Nikon’s cameras will get more expensive after June 23rd
- The Browser Company explains why it stopped developing Arc
- HBO’s Harry Potter series has found its trio of young leads
- Opera’s new AI browser promises to write code while you sleep
- Nintendo Switch Online N64 games are getting Rewind — but only on Switch 2
- The plan for nationwide fiber internet might be upended for Starlink
- LexisNexis leaked social security numbers and other personal data of over 364,000 people
- Apple is reportedly going to rename all of its operating systems
- AI could consume more power than Bitcoin by the end of 2025
- Disney Plus’ new ‘Perks’ pile on discounts and other bonuses
- NYT reports Elon Musk’s drug use went ‘well beyond occasional’ in 2024
- Two former Polygon writers are starting a new site
- Microsoft is updating Notepad with text formatting and Markdown support
- Netflix showed off new trailers for Knives Out 3 and del Toro’s Frankenstein
- Stranger Things season 5 will stream this November
- How college students built the fastest Rubik’s Cube-solving robot yet
Weekly Links 10.28–11.03
- The Nirvana Concert “Sabotaged” by Kurt Cobain to Spite an Angry Crowd (kottke.org)
- The 20 best art museums in America (kottke.org)
- Retro 80s Versions of Tech Company Logos (kottke.org)
- Household Surrealism: Clothesline Animals (kottke.org)
- The Best of Japan’s Mundane Halloween Costumes for 2024 (kottke.org)
- TIL that the dunk tank has extremely racist origins. (kottke.org)
- Home-cooked web apps (Rach Smith)
- A Penny (Chris Coyier)
- You can use text-wrap: balance; on icons (Terence Eden)
- The best noir movies to watch this Noirvember (Polygon)
News
- Marc-Andre Fleury made his last visit to Pittsburgh before his retirement this summer:
- Microsoft Teams is getting threads and combined chats and channels
- Apple updates the iMac with new colors and an M4 chip
- Apple’s new Magic Keyboard, Magic Mouse, and Magic Trackpad have USB-C
- Apple announces redesigned Mac Mini with M4 chip — and it’s so damn small
- ESPN is launching a game inside Fortnite
- GitHub Copilot will support models from Anthropic, Google, and OpenAI
- Chrome introduces new ‘Performance’ tools to wrangle the tabs gobbling up your memory
- An Elon Musk-funded super PAC is putting out fake pro-Harris ‘Project 2028’ ads
- More than a quarter of new code at Google is generated by AI
- Fantastical for Windows: an excellent calendar app comes to PCs — Also on Daring Fireball
- The Playdate Stereo Dock has been shelved
- Apple updates the MacBook Pro with M4 Pro and M4 Max chips
- The MacBook Air gets a surprise upgrade to 16GB of RAM
- Miniot’s split-flap clock is what nostalgia sounds like
- Microsoft wants $30 to let you keep using Windows 10 securely for another year
- WordPress cofounder asks court to dismiss WP Engine’s lawsuit
- Playdate is getting a second season of games in 2025
- Wyze added a big color screen to its latest budget-friendly smart scale
- Why is Nintendo targeting this YouTuber?
- The Verge’s favorite social networks
- Halloween 2024: Athletes show out with costumes
- Auston Matthews meets fan who dressed as him for Halloween
- Apple is buying Pixelmator — Also on Daring Fireball
- Eight Sleep Pod 4 Ultra review: for sale, good night’s sleep, just $4,700
- Can Nintendo’s Alarmo run Doom? You bet it can
Weekly Links 10.14–10.20
- “Secure Custom Fields” is not Advanced Custom Fields (Piccalilli)
- Cabel Sasser, Panic – XOXO Festival (2024) (YouTube) — This video has been showing up in all my social feeds, and it did not disappoint.
- Moom 4 Is Excellent, But Not Available in the Mac App Store (Daring Fireball) — I’ve been trying Moom this week, and I like it so far. I have been needing to find a replacement for Divvy, which looks to now be abandoned.
- The Secretive Dynasty That Controls the Boar’s Head Brand – the New York Times (Daring Fireball)
- Things Are Not Going Well at Automattic (Daring Fireball)
- DHH Argues Against Passkeys (Daring Fireball)
- Apple Passwords’ Generated Strong Password Format (Daring Fireball)
- Therapy is now horrible (The Oatmeal)
- Floor Maps of Iconic NYC Fast Food Joints (kottke.org)
- Charles Schulz on Being a Good Citizen (kottke.org)
- A Bonkers Japanese Skateboarding Show (kottke.org)
- Artfully Arranged Junkyard Objects (kottke.org)
- Tinkerers Are Taking Old Redbox Kiosks Home and Reverse Engineering Them (kottke.org)
- Strolls with stops use more energy than continuous walking, scientists show (kottke.org)
- Finders Keepers: Halloween (Louie Mantia)
- Super Mario Bros. (Louie Mantia)
- 2004 was the first year of the future — It’s 2004 week at The Verge.
- Say Hello to Croissant (Aaron Vegh) — “a super-fun, super-easy way to cross-post your social media posts to Threads, Bluesky and Mastodon”
- My solar-powered and self-hosted website (Dries Buytaert)
News
- The Internet Archive is back as a read-only service after cyberattacks
- The Internet Archive hackers still have access to its internal emailing tools
- Google Chrome’s uBlock Origin phaseout has begun
- AMD and Intel are teaming up to fend off ARM chips
- The FCC is looking into the impact of broadband data caps and why they still exist
- A24’s The Legend of Ochi looks like an adorable fantasy adventure in first trailer
- Analogue’s 4K Nintendo 64 launches next year for $249
- Govee AI Sync Box 2 review: pricey yet accurate smart TV backlights
- Google Flights makes it easier to find the cheapest airfare
- Malkin scores 500th goal, Crosby hits 1,600 points for Penguins
- Crosby and Malkin have milestone nights in Sabres win
- The Innocn 27-inch OLED gaming monitor is a great deal at $429.99
- Password manager makers want to let you securely transfer passkeys
- Universal Orlando will open new Harry Potter and Nintendo worlds in May
- Automattic offered workers another chance to quit over WordPress drama
- WP Engine asks court to stop Matt Mullenweg from blocking access to WordPress resources
- People are flocking to Bluesky as X makes more unwanted changes
- Nintendo’s Alarmo review: cute and cozy, but still just an alarm clock
- FCC says all smartphones must be hearing aid compatible
- Cuba’s massive power outage extends into the weekend
- Turning an iMac G4 into an external monitor with the DockLite G4 mod
- Alien: Romulus will get a limited-edition VHS release
Weekly Links 06.17–06.23
- Colorful DIY Lego Millennium Falcon (kottke.org)
- Seven Samurai’s 4K Restoration (kottke.org)
News
- This might be the first Nintendo commercial in the US
- US sues Adobe for ‘deceiving’ subscriptions that are too hard to cancel
- T-Mobile asked to stop advertising ‘price lock’ guarantee that doesn’t lock your prices
- Sleep Number finally offers an affordable smart mattress
- Meta releases Threads API for developers to build ‘unique integrations’
- WhatsApp reunites Modern Family for ad about green bubble friends
- The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom trailer and release date
- Apple’s Vision Pro team is reportedly focused on building a cheaper headset
- Netflix House ‘immersive experiences’ will replace dead department stores
- Adobe’s new terms of service say it won’t use your work to train AI
- Athletes sound warning about extreme heat at Summer Olympics
- Sphero’s Bolt Plus robot has a screen parents would want their kids to look at
- Nvidia overtakes Microsoft as the world’s most valuable company
- Claude 3.5 Sonnet: Anthropic’s AI model is competing with GPT-4o and Gemini 1.5
- Amazon is getting rid of plastic air pillows in North America — My kids are going to miss playing with these plastic bags 😆
- Penguins re-sign goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic to 2-year contract
Weekly Links 06.10–06.16
- The 2024 Drone Photos Awards (kottke.org)
- Daylight Computer’s DC-1 Tablet (Daring Fireball) — I want something like this, but they always end up being as much (or more) than a more capable iPad.
- The Basics (.dev) (Geoff Graham)
- Review: Holmes Cay Belize 2006 16 Year Old vs Tamosi Obano-Oyo Belize 2006 (Cane Spirit Society) (The Rum Barrel Blog)
- Review: The Rum Discovery Box (The Rum Barrel Blog)
- Review: Rump@blic Sicilian Legacy Line – Barbados, Jamaican & Jamaican & Venezuelan (The Rum Barrel Blog)
- Review: El Dorado Rum Range (The Rum Barrel Blog)
- CSS Container Queries (CSS-Tricks)
- Weeknotes 24:21 (Jeff Bridgforth)
- Weeknotes 24:22 (Jeff Bridgforth)
- In-N-Out — Tokyo, Japan (Louie Mantia)
- iPod (Louie Mantia)
Apple WWDC
- Apple announces iOS 18 with new AI features and more customizable homescreen
- Apple is bringing RCS to the iPhone in iOS 18
- The iPhone’s new Game Mode makes it faster and more responsive
- Canon made a special lens for the Apple Vision Pro’s spatial videos
- Apple announces watchOS 11 with new training features and Live Activities
- iOS 18 introduces satellite capabilities to its iMessage app
- Apple made an iPad calculator app after 14 years
- Apple announces iPadOS 18 with a built-in calculator and customizable homescreen
- Apple announces macOS Sequoia at WWDC 2024
- Apple’s InSight feature for Apple TV Plus will tell you who that actor is
- Apple Intelligence: every new AI feature coming to the iPhone and Mac
- Apple is giving Siri an AI upgrade in iOS 18
- Apple’s standalone Passwords app syncs across iOS, iPad, Mac, and Windows
- Apple is putting ChatGPT in Siri for free later this year
- Apple’s AI can make custom emoji and images
- Apple brings support for robot vacuums to Apple Home at WWDC 2024
- iOS 18 will let you record calls — and tells everyone for their privacy
News
- Adobe’s new terms of service say it won’t train AI on customers’ work
- Penguins hire David Quinn as assistant coach
- Capitals announce deal to buy NHL salary data site CapFriendly — This sounds like bad news for fans and the rest of the NHL.
- Epic Games database leak hints at a trove of unannounced games
- Sony buys Alamo Drafthouse Cinema
- Roku TV owners complain that motion smoothing is stuck ‘on’ after an update
- Netflix will settle 15 years of Chestnut vs. Kobayashi with a live hot dog-eating contest
- Apple and OpenAI aren’t paying each other yet, says Bloomberg
- Disney Lorcana’s Shimmering Skies set debuts Wreck-it Ralph — My family got me a Lorcana starter deck for Father’s Day, and I’m already overwhelmed by all the new cards 😆
- Finally, the Apple Watch will let you rest
- iOS 18 will let you use Apple Pay on desktop Chrome by scanning a code
- Arc’s live calendar button makes it hard to miss your next meeting
- New trailer for Netflix’s The Imaginary is for friends and believers
- Did Apple just Sherlock our favorite password managers?
- iOS 18 lets Apple Home users choose their Home Hub
- Philips Hue’s jaunty sunrise smart lamp is called the Twilight
Weekly Links 04.29–05.05
- A live-action, 1950s version of The Simpsons and Futurama, imagined by AI (kottke.org)
- Return to Hungary (Jeff Bridgforth)
- Will Web Components replace React and Vue? (Go Make Things)
- Your first Web Component (Go Make Things)
- Adding options to your Web Component (Go Make Things)
- Progressively enhancing a Web Component (Go Make Things)
- Why is Windows 11 so annoying? (The Verge)
- Bulletproof Method to Solving Problems (Jim Nielsen)
- The Big Sur-ification of macOS Icons (Jim Nielsen)
- Tokyo Dome (Louie Mantia)
- LWF Distilling – White Rum & Spiced White Rum (The Rum Barrel Blog)
- Use Your Old Mac as a Server or NAS Drive: Here’s How (Make Use Of)
- Designing The Cascade (Robin Rendle)
- iPhone 15 Precision Finding — Find Your Friends (YouTube) — Happy Star Wars Day!
News
- Razer made a million dollars selling a mask with RGB, and the FTC is not pleased
- GitHub Copilot can now help start a project with AI, not just complete it
- Fallout’s practical effects started with building real power armor
- FCC fines AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon nearly $200 million for illegally sharing location data
- The Arc browser arrives on Windows to take on Chrome and Edge
- Roku plans to start showing video ads on your homescreen
- Studios are betting on 2025 by sacrificing 2024’s blockbusters
- Turns out the Rabbit R1 was just an Android app all along
- Fubo drops Discovery networks and blasts WBD for abusing its power
- Home Assistant’s next era begins now — “How Home Assistant plans to transition from an enthusiast platform to a mainstream consumer product.”
- UnitedHealth CEO Andrew Witty admits he paid $22 million ransom to hackers
- Here’s what’s coming to Super Nintendo World at Universal Orlando
- Full Bluey episode ‘Dad Baby’ uploaded to YouTube after Disney ban
Weekly Links 07.10–07.16
- Naz Hamid — Midlife Malaise Part II
- Design Notes on the Alphabet
- The Wellington Family
- The Ambient Sounds of Japan’s Jazz Kissas (Listening Cafes)
- Jon Hicks — A new logo for Thunderbird
- Jeremy Keith — Permission
- Chris Coyier — Sass Features in CSS
- Barbenheimer
- Why Do American Diners Look That Way?
- Instruction Manuals for 6000+ Lego Sets, Courtesy of the Internet Archive
- Instagram’s Threads surpasses 100 million users
- The Twitter bot tracking Elon Musk’s private jet resurfaces on Threads
- Something odd is happening when you try and search Twitter for Threads links
- Bear 2 for Mac and iOS is here, with tables, GIFs, and more
- Democrats call on DOJ to investigate tax sites for sharing financial information with Meta
- Disney Plus will start streaming Cinderella in 4K in August
- Apple’s iOS 17 is a lot of little updates that make a big impact
- This is a quietly big year for the Apple TV and tvOS
- The Mac sure is starting to look like the iPhone
- Here’s a reminder to make your Venmo transactions private, courtesy of Clarence Thomas
- Disney CEO Bob Iger will stay for at least two more years
- Telly starts shipping its free ad-supported 55-inch TVs
- Meet Microsoft Office’s new default font: Aptos
- UK investigation places Adobe’s $20 billion Figma deal in peril
- SAG-AFTRA goes on strike at midnight tonight
- Hollywood studios proposed AI contract that would give them likeness rights ‘for the rest of eternity’
- The unions of Hollywood are trying to save it from itself
- LG plans to expand ads and subscriptions across its TV and appliances
- Republicans defend Elon Musk in FTC’s Twitter probe
- Reddit removed your chat history from before 2023
- Those new M3-equipped iMacs may come in October