Every time I am ever in Burbank, my mind floats back to Rowan and Martin’s Laugh In …
Today ‘Beautiful Downtown Burbank’ is hosting a fine art fair.
I like the ‘line’ … ‘we mine - you shine’
Overall, I think the quality of art is better than average because the purveyors are artists that have day jobs i... john.philpin.com https://john.philpin.com/2024/12/08/every-time-i.html
That Christmas, 2024 - ★★★½ https://john.philpin.com/2024/12/08/that-christmas.html
🔗 Dawson’s Creek actor James Van Der Beek sells merch to pay for cancer treatment.
Good idea. Should have thought about it myself …
Oh wait I did — zero response, just like most of my posts. https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2024/dec/01/dawsons-creek-actor-james-van-der-beek-cancer
Of course Bitcoin is up … could have predicted that on November 6th .. that’s why the tech bros ( the monied ones - deep into crypto - the ones that stood back at watched Silicon Valleyn Valley Bank crash) were rooting for for him.
Another Substack clash.
Literally back to back - these two pieces appeared. The first was from our old friend Dana talking about the AI Boom bust and in turn - a haircut
🔗 When Will The AI Boom Bust? - by Dana F. Blankenhorn
And then right after that, another writer talking about what you’ve taken to h... john.philpin.com https://john.philpin.com/2024/12/07/another-substack-clash.html
Wicked, 2024 - ★★ https://john.philpin.com/2024/12/07/wicked.html
Is Croissant broken OR BlueSky AND Threads?
He (maybe she - but I don’t think so) lost someone and are blaming United and/or healthcare bankrupted them. They will be described as mentally disturbed. The root cause won’t be examined.
Logging this now for a futures check.
Tragic on all fronts for sure. Nothing will change.
🔗 🎙️I just listened to this podcast twice - Sean Illing talking to Simon Critchley https://overcast.fm/+AAQLhUGZw_U
"The researchers say the findings may provide new evidence for the International Criminal Court, which last year issued arrest warrants for Russian President Vladimir Putin and his commissioner for children, Maria Lvova-Belova, on alleged war crimes for their roles in directing the deportation of Ukrainian children to Russia."
Still won’t happen.
🔗 Well now - that’s an idea - the new product from Arc, though I can’t help thinking that is a video for an audience of one.
Currently reading: Pattern Breakers by Mike Maples Jr 📚
I don’t usually post about books I am reading, but want to see how the change that @manton made to Micro Blog works.
https://micro.blog/books/9781541704374 https://micro.blog/manton
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💬 Connected thoughts in today’s Readwise grab bag …
So your iPhone is now tuned to understand the best time to charge based on tariffs your power company will charge at specific times of day.
It’s not going to change your electric bill much today, but imagine this software running your house.
🔗 Age-gating - Matt Mullenweg … at the OS layer?
Over in identity land I am constantly amazed how the world of tech keep on providing solutions that if they work, will only work with devices and computers.
Nobody ever talks about how this happens in person or on the phone.
🔗 What happened to Marc Andreessen - Kevin Drum .. money?
🔗 Manton Reeceon crap Substack RSS feeds.
Personally not surprised. Isn’t their whole schstick newsletters, email subscriptions and followers, so that the writer knows who is interested in what they produce and how many of them they are? Make the RSS feed too good would undermine all of that .. no?
🔗 Robot(taxi)s Are Coming! No seriously!
I love Om’s visual.
https://om.co/2024/11/29/robottaxis-are-coming-no-seriously/
Craft3 is really rather nice …tags coming soon and very cool new functionality .. but would certainly like to view at a global level not just at Spaces level. That said what isn’t being talked about too much is support for own domain and published doc analytics that are suddenly available to you .. used to... john.philpin.com https://john.philpin.com/2024/12/01/craft-is-really.html