Some really good thoughts here from Chuck Grimmett about preserving web sites after our death. I’ve also been thinking about this. There’s a little in my book about it. Hope to have more concrete plans by the end of the year.
Very reasonable take by Jason Snell about AI assistants. Siri needs to be completely gutted and rebuilt with generative AI. This will take, what, 2-3 years? The question is who can build a compelling device (“pin” or otherwise) in the meantime, before Apple gets there.
https://sixcolors.com/post/2023/11/ill-pin-my-hopes-on-ai-assistants/
CNN’s web site is usually a mix of news headlines and dumb clickbait, but sometimes it’s exactly what you need to start the day. Love this story about a pilot and his daughter. I’m a sucker for this style of photos separated by decades.
https://www.cnn.com/travel/father-daughter-pilots-recreated-photo-klm/index.html
Finished reading: Divergent by Veronica Roth. Wasn’t planning on getting this but it was on Libby’s no-wait list when I was queuing up books for my trip. Never saw the movie. 📚
Finished reading: Age of War by Michael J. Sullivan. Another good audiobook to finish on the road. Been working through this for a little while. 📚
Rest stop in Arizona, near Texas Canyon.
Finished reading: The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune. Listened to the audiobook version. Love the way the narrator interpreted all the kids' voices. 📚
Silver lining to getting sick and rerouting my trip back home for speed is I got to see Joshua Tree National Park. The original plan had me in Utah today.
I wish Google Maps had an “avoid clever shortcuts through the middle of nowhere” option.
For futuristic products, Humane’s AI Pin is actually a better idea than Apple’s Vision Pro, but it seems clear especially this week with spatial video that the Vision Pro will have better polish and completeness. There might be some clunky duds before someone makes the first indispensable AI device.
I-5 between Sacramento and Los Angeles.
A follow-up on my gripe about the digital download version of Mario Wonder. As pointed out by a couple helpful folks, I was holding it wrong. When you have multiple switches, you can de-register the “primary” switch. That fixed the internet check for me.
Going to attempt to catch up on some work today. Long story short, I got COVID this week while on the road. I had the new vaccine a month ago, also just started Paxlovid, so I’m as prepared as I can be. Swapping out cold camp sites for warm hotel rooms for the trip back home.
I’ve been traveling and now I’m sick, so of course Micro.blog goes down. Think I was too ambitious in the planning for this road trip. Hoping to shift things around so I can get back home sooner.
Great interview on Decoder with Barack Obama. He is so knowledgable and thoughtful. Plenty to think about with AI and social networks.
Blazers vs. Kings. 🏀
Millerton Lake. I’m still not used to how ridiculously early the sun is setting. This was a few minutes before 5pm!
First world problem, but I made the mistake of buying the digital download of Mario Wonder instead of the physical card. Every time the game opens, it has to check the internet, and when traveling sometimes there’s no good wi-fi. So I have to tether to my phone just to open the game? Not great. 🍄
Camping at Calico Ghost Town. Didn’t get here much past 5pm and it was already dark. There are over a hundred camping spots but only a couple other people here, far away, so it feels like just me and rocks and the wind. 👻
I knew I’d find a cool coffee shop around here somewhere. Bad Owl Coffee in Henderson, NV.
