It’s getting to be that time again: The 2025 Fall Foliage Prediction Map.
I Replaced Animal Crossing's Dialogue with a Live LLM by Hacking GameCube Memory
I Replaced Animal Crossing's Dialogue with a Live LLM by Hacking GameCube Memory
Brilliant retro-gaming project by Josh Fonseca, who figured out how to run 2002 Game Cube Animal Crossing in the Dolphin Emulator such that dialog with the characters was instead generated by an...
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Who Put a Crack in The Glen Canyon Dam?
Utah bookseller Ken Sanders has spent his life fighting the Glen Canyon Dam. Inspired by a band of cowboy ecoterrorists in his favorite Western novel, The Monkey Wrench Gang, Ken's used his own blend of hijinks and illegal actions to free the Colorado River. For years he thought he'd failed. But these days, he sees a glimmer of hope that something big is about to change.
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656: A Long T-Shirt
- 🗣️ It’s St. Jude time again! 🗣️
- iPhone event
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- Apple trade-in
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A Few Details Apple Didn’t Mention During Its “Awe-Dropping” Event
sixcolors.com/post/2025/09/a-few-details-apple-didnt-mention-during-its-awe-dropping-event/
Dan Moren:
There were no doubt some shouts of joy when Apple mentioned it had a new version of its MagSafe Battery, but if you want one of those to boost your phone’s longevity, be aware: it’s an iPhone Air exclusive. The key’s in the name “iPhone Air MagSafe Battery”—Ap...
This is what could happen to a child who doesn’t get vaccinated....
This is what could happen to a child who doesn’t get vaccinated. “Pneumonia struck first. Then tonsillitis spiraled into sepsis. Malaria battered him next, and after treatment, the other illnesses flared back up again.”
Quoting Apple Security Engineering and Architecture
There has never been a successful, widespread malware attack against iPhone. The only system-level iOS attacks we observe in the wild come from mercenary spyware, which is vastly more complex than regular cybercriminal activity and consumer malware. Mercenary spyware is historically associated with state actors and uses exploit chains that cost millions of dollars to target a very small number of specific individuals and their devices. [...] Known mercenary spyware chains used against iOS share a common denominator with those targeting Windows and Android: they exploit memory safety vulnerabilities, which are interchangeable, powerful, and exist throughout the industry.
— Apple Security Engineering and Architecture, introducing Memory Integrity Enforcement for iPhone 17
Drunk Jeff Goldblum
One of my favorite “memes” of all time is Drunk Jeff Goldblum. The first video, a slowed-down ad for Apple from 1999, is still the best. “In ter net?! I’d say In ter net.”
But this new one about PayPal is pretty great too.
“Buying a chair… while sitting in a chair…” (via ★interesting)
[This is a vintage post originally from Oct 2012.]
Tags: Apple · Jeff Goldblum · remix · timeless posts · video
A clicker game where the click reloads the page in your browser....
A clicker game where the click reloads the page in your browser. (Let’s see if we can crash the server?)
An Electro-Acoustic Instrument Made Out of an Old Singer Sewing Machine
Gabriel Bonnin, aka Singer Sound System, plays an electro-acoustic hurdy-gurdy that’s driven by an old Singer sewing machine pedal.
My instrument is an electro-acoustic hurdy-gurdy. I just removed the crank and use a Singer machine to drive it :-) It is equipped with four integrated microphones that allow me to process the sound live, especially in Ableton Live.
Some of his most popular recent covers include the Doctor Who theme1:
And Enter Sandman by Metallica:
Oh and Daft Punk!
You can find his stuff on YouTube and Instagram.
- One commenter on Instagram remarked: “This sounds more like the Dr Who theme than the Dr who theme does”.↩
Tags: Gabriel Bonnin · music · remix · video
My review of Claude's new Code Interpreter, released under a very confusing name
Today on the Anthropic blog: Claude can now create and edit files:
Claude can now create and edit Excel spreadsheets, documents, PowerPoint slide decks, and PDFs directly in Claude.ai and the desktop app. [...]
File creation is now available as a preview for Max, Team, and ...
‘It’s Just a Mess:’ 23 People Explain How Tariffs Have Suddenly Ruined...
‘It’s Just a Mess:’ 23 People Explain How Tariffs Have Suddenly Ruined Their Hobby. “Many small businesses overseas have stopped shipping items to the United States, and some customers say that their packages are in customs processing hell…”
The great Ray Hudson is retiring from broadcasting. “His commentary was a...
The great Ray Hudson is retiring from broadcasting. “His commentary was a gift from the gods, a shooting star from the furthest reaches of the brightest galaxy, that was only meant to rest on planet earth for a short period of time…”
Wake Up Dead Man Trailer
The trailer for Wake Up Dead Man, the new Knives Out movie; looks like another great prestige caper.
Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) returns for his most dangerous case yet in the third and darkest chapter of Rian Johnson’s murder mystery opus. Starring Daniel Craig, Josh O’Connor, Glenn Close, Josh Brolin, Mila Kunis, Jeremy Renner, Kerry Washington, Andrew Scott, Cailee Spaeny, Daryl McCormack, and Thomas Haden Church.
It’s coming out in “select theaters” on Nov 26 before it’s debut on Netflix Dec 12.
Tags: movies · trailers · video · Wake Up Dead Man
Congress Plays Keep-Away With Child’s School Lunch. “‘If you want to eat,...
Congress Plays Keep-Away With Child’s School Lunch. “‘If you want to eat, you’re going to have to jump for it!’ said Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), laughing as he dangled the bag above the head of the 4-foot-tall child, who leapt in vain…”
I’m a High Schooler. AI Is Demolishing My Education. “The dominant worldview...
I’m a High Schooler. AI Is Demolishing My Education. “The dominant worldview seems to be: Why worry about actually learning anything when you can get an A for outsourcing your thinking to a machine?”
“A new volunteer-led organization called Grandparents for Vaccines launched Sunday on National...
“A new volunteer-led organization called Grandparents for Vaccines launched Sunday on National Grandparents Day with a mission to share firsthand experiences of life before vaccines were widely available.”
The 2025 PSF Board Election is Open!
The 2025 PSF Board Election is Open!
The Python Software Foundation's annual board member election is taking place right now, with votes (from previously affirmed voting members) accepted from September 2nd, 2:00 pm UTC through Tuesday, September 16th, 2:00 pm UTC.
I've serv...
Geoffrey Huntley is cursed
I ran Claude in a loop for three months, and it created a genz programming language called cursed
Geoffrey Huntley vibe-coded an entirely new programming language using Claude:
The programming language is called "cursed". It's cursed in its lexical structure, it's cursed in...
Anthropic status: Model output quality
Anthropic status: Model output quality
Anthropic previously reported model serving bugs that affected Claude Opus 4 and 4.1 for 56.5 hours. They've now fixed additional bugs affecting "a small percentage" of Sonnet 4 requests for almost a month, plus a less long-lived Haiku ...