: Game List This format of a favorite game list has been popping up all over lately and it’s a fun way to …

: Above is a photo I took in 2022 near George Floyd Square. When I started this blog, I made a …

: Default Apps 2026 I really like this format that I’ve seen Matt Birchler and Robb Knight do, and I think it’s a great …

: This Life Gives You Nothing Jonah Weiner writing in Blackbird Spyplane: “This Life Gives You Nothing” My phone has trained my …

: Excelerated Work From Matt Birchler: It’s like Apple Shortcuts for me: it’s not replacing my need to do anything, …

: An Affinity for Free Jaron Schneider writing for PetaPixel:1 Affinity was always an alternative, but it never felt like …

: Leggo My Em Dash “On em dashes” - Manuel Moreale As we descend further into the AI-fueled dystopia, and as it …

: We Don't Even Like Perfect A friend of mine recently inherited a large record collection. What does one do when confronted with …

: Purposeless Magic If you’ve heard of Star Citizen, you probably either hate to love it or love to hate it. Some say …

: Making Your Phone Worse In the second block of this episode of The Vergecast, David Pierce and Casey Johnston speak about …

: Getting Intuit Matt Birchler on Birchtree (emphasis mine): To be clear, I think it’s fine if private companies …

: Abandonment Revisited About a year ago,I wrote about giving myself the permission to abandon things in my life that …

: 2 Switch 2 Costly I personally never jived with the OG Switch, though I do understand why most of the world adores it. …

: Kirby Air Riders! I never thought I’d see the day! My friends and I loved Kirby Air Ride as kids, particularly the …

: This Podcast is Worth a Listen Every once in a while, I’ll stumble upon a piece of media that I’m in awe of. This episode of Twenty …

: The Small Town EV Problem Recently, I bought a new (to me) vehicle. I wanted something bigger and higher off the ground than …

: The Acolyte is Pretty Good But it could have been a lot better. A Star Wars show set in the High Republic era that stars not …

: Publishers are Not Innocent During this episode of Search Engine, PJ and Casey kept coming back to the idea that Google thinks …

: Corporate Greed is Self-Destructive Nathan Grayson, for Aftermath: Big Video Game Publishers Like Microsoft Are Paving Their Own Path To …

: Final Fantasy VII I recently acquired one of the most advanced pieces of modern gaming technology[1], and what was the …

: Shōgun I can't pretend to fully grasp all the machinations and mysteries within this show — my general …

: We Shouldn't Be Surprised That the AI Pin is Bad The Humane AI Pin is bad. The writing was always on the wall for this one. Any product whose core …

: Yet Another Great App Drinks the AI Kool-Aid David Pierce, writing for The Verge: Aboard is just one of a new class of AI companies, the ones …

: Sea of Stars The narrative follows Valere and Zale, two Solstice Warriors with a special affinity with lunar and …

: I Dig Arc Search But not for the reason you might think. Matt Birchler: Browse for me gets a big 🤨 from me …

: The Permission to Abandon I tend toward being somewhat of a completionist. Not in the realm of getting all the achievements or …