Tag: Star Wars

• How Google perfected the web (The Verge)
• The 25 Best Films of 2023: A Video Countdown (kottke.org)
• Footsteps in the Snow (kottke.org)
• The Perils and Pleasures of Bartending in Antarctica (Gastro Obscura, via kottke.org)
• The Truth About Airplane Safety (kottke.org)
• The Clever Engineering Trick That Allows Simple Rice Cookers to Perfectly Cook Rice (kottke.org)
• The Stunning Winners of the 2024 Close-Up Photographer of the Year Contest (kottke.org)
• The SUPERs (kottke.org)
• How the NHL’s first Winter Classic overcame many hurdles (ESPN)
• Review: Foursquare 15 Year Old Private Cask Selection – Nickolls & Perks 225th Anniversary (The Rum Barrel Blog)
• Review: Camikara 12 Year Old (The Rum Barrel Blog)
• Review: Hamilton 151 Overproof (The Rum Barrel Blog)
• Own Your Web – Issue 6: The Year of the Personal Website
• Quotes from moving house (Dave Rupert)
• Accessible Fart Machines (Dave Rupert)
• Trying to be the ideal American family with a small fridge (Dave Rupert)
• Ecosia (Dave Rupert) — A search engine that plants trees.
• MDX with Web Components Part II (Dave Rupert)
• Stitch images together with Stitchy (Dave Rupert)
• Not a collector, but… (Dave Rupert)
• Giving Yourself Stakes (Chris Coyier)
• Exposed RSS (Chris Coyier)
• Up Ahead Lets You Track the Important Things in Life (The Sweet Setup)
• ‘Trump Has Taken Presidential Immunity to Its Illogical Extreme’ (Daring Fireball)
• The Mom and Son Sitting in Front of the Blown Out Window on Alaska Flight 1282 (Daring Fireball)
• Weeknotes 24:02 (Jeff Bridgforth)

News

• Ex-Kansas State QB Will Howard commits to Ohio State
• No surprises here: Succession, Oppenheimer dominate 2024 Golden Globes
• Wi-Fi 7 certification is now underway for new routers and devices
• The Home Depot’s Hubspace launches five new products at CES 2024
• Apple Vision Pro launches February 2nd
• GE Lighting’s new Cync under-cabinet smart lights look slick
• This iPhone fell out of Alaska Airlines Flight 1282
• United Airlines says it found loose bolts while inspecting Boeing 737 Max 9 planes
• Disney Lorcana publisher launches heroine team-up TTRPG
• Razer Aether Monitor Light Bar: CRI 95 desk lamp, RGB bias lighting
• Anker’s flagship power station can charge an EV and make homes energy independent
• Anker Qi2 charger hands-on: MagSafe charge rates at lower prices
• You can now jazz up your patio with Nanoleaf’s first dedicated outdoor lights
• The Mandalorian and Grogu are getting a movie
• Sony brought its new PS5 colors to CES
• The Rabbit R1 is an AI-powered gadget that can use your apps for you
• 28 Years Later is coming from Danny Boyle and Alex Garland
• A PS5 DualSense V2 controller with better battery life may launch soon
• Corsair, Asus, and others are making it easier to build a beautiful PC
• FedEx is launching a new e-commerce platform as it competes with Amazon
• Plantation Rum Is Finally Changing its Name, to “Planteray Rum”