John Gruber followed up about Alexandr Wang’s Muse post on X:

Wang wrote that Muse “Clears the way and solves all the problems it can until the human part, the wanting and the dreaming, is all that’s left.” That’s dystopic, not utopic. It’s the actual creation and doing of things that makes life worthwhile — not just wanting and dreaming about it.

I read Alexandr’s post as wanting to give people more time to do the work that matters, not the busywork. That vision for AI sounds good, but it doesn’t convince me to use Muse specifically. I’m worried about delegating so much power to Meta.

Crazy last few minutes of Ravens / Cowboys. 1 second! Sigh. 🏈

Dario Amodei will have a private dinner with Trump tonight, according to Axios:

Months ago, when Anthropic first started talking about having a one-on-one with Trump, some advised against it because “Dario’s a little too weird” for Trump, one senior official told Axios.

This is gonna be awkward.

Mark Gurman compares the Apple Vision Pro to the Meta VR Glasses, and adds some notes about new development:

Apple’s Vision team is now working on a completely revamped headset under the code name N224. Company engineers are exploring about four concepts for the device, including designs that offload internal components in the same way as Meta’s new product. But some senior Apple decision-makers view the external puck as a poor user experience and want the company to stick with something closer to an all-in-one design.

Worked on Epilogue this weekend, adding a new layout for the iPad. This also gets it a step closer to iPhone Duo support.

Weekend Update on SNL: Dario Amodei. “If we can pressure lawmakers to create guardrails, we will be able to stop me.” 🤣

Got my print copy of The Fires of December. Love the secondary ink color. I started the ebook already and I’m about halfway through it.

Alexandr Wang, who went to Meta when Meta acquired 49% of his company Scale AI, posted on X about why he’s building Muse. It starts like this: Most people never say what they want. It’s not because we don’t want. We want fiercely and constantly. It happens in the moments be...

Updated my Texas state parks page with this week’s visit. Making slow progress, only 32 parks in. It’s gonna take several more years. I think next up I will hit a few near the gulf coast at once.

Now people are saying that the OpenAI agent is called simply lowercase “o”? Please tell me this is a placeholder code name or a shortcut command-line tool. Aeon is a good name. Hope OpenAI hasn’t completely lost their mind.

Rumor is OpenAI is launching a new agent called Aeon next week. I hope they can also finish consolidating Chat, Work, and Codex. More users will switch to Meta’s Muse if ChatGPT’s suite of products remains so disjointed. Muse already has a great, approachable brand.

Rail and oil in Three Rivers, Texas.

Another update on the new theme editor: I added a “…” context menu with a “Show Locations” item. This will show where a template is coming from, e.g. your custom theme or a plug-in. Still can be confusing, but getting better.

I filled out the Siri AI class action settlement to get my $25 to $95. But I’m not happy about it, because for these lawsuits all I can think about is how much the lawyers are making. It’s a racket.

Choke Canyon State Park. Kind of a rough night camping. Pretty much had the place to myself, though, except rabbits and deer.

We’ve got the track list for U2’s next album, coming out in November, including this surprise:

The song connecting the album and two EPs is the final track on the new album, ‘Torn’, a duet between Bono and the late, great Dolly Parton, in what has sadly turned out to be her last recorded vocal performance.

Screenshot of the redesigned theme editor for Micro.blog going live now. It’s better in pretty much every way. Nicer folder and file list, brand new syntax highlighting editor with support for Hugo and HTML, and other improvements.

Bad wi-fi today, so I’m tethering, but bad cell signal too… So much of my work depends on the web, even simple coding and testing slows to a crawl. I’m usually spoiled. It’s a weird disconnect when internet in downtown Austin is worse than it was via Starlink in the middle of the ocean.

There’s a bug fix update to the OutPost beta for Mac. It’s shaping up to be a nice Micropub client. Good app to have around for Micro.blog blogs.

A couple more thoughts on Meta Connect: Mark Zuckerberg seems pretty happy with the company’s position right now. For the moment, they are ahead of everyone on glasses and personal agents. Meta does a lot, yet in a way they are more focused than OpenAI because Meta doesn’t need to compete on coding.

Mark Zuckerberg has a short thread on, uhm, Threads that highlights the announcements from Meta Connect today. The no-video glasses look good, and the Muse Charm is fun. I just wish another company was shipping this stuff.

John Gruber linked to this iPhone 4 Antennagate Q&A and it really is extraordinary. A look back into an old version of Apple, sitting somewhere between the classic Mac days of the 1990s and today’s Apple.

Another trailer for Nathan Fielder’s You Can See Everything. Amazing. I don’t know what kind of story this is going to tell, but it’s obviously going to be a totally different kind of documentary.

First trailer for Ray Gunn is out. Brad Bird had been wanting to make this film for decades. Can’t believe it’s actually happening.

Still settling in to what AI models I should be using. Last month, I was happy with GPT-5.6 Sol (xhigh) and fast mode all the time. Astra blew that up because it’s just more expensive. I think GPT-6 Sol (high) is the right balance for my usage.

Politico quoting Trump’s remarks at the UN:

From this point forward, all United States documents and hopefully the world’s will be changed to use the much more accurate term, super, as opposed to artificial. So it’s super intelligence.

No. As usual this is just a distraction. 🇺🇸

Lots of AI news today. Opus 5.5, and GPT-6 Sol and Luna. Luna is very affordable. 1/100th the price of Astra. The only cheaper model from OpenAI is the old GPT-5 Nano, which I’m still using for some server work because of the price.

OutPost is a new Micropub client for Mac, with full compatibility with Micro.blog-hosted blogs. It’s a public beta now. Initial testing looks good! In fact I’m typing this microblog post using it.

Following up on my home server minor dilemma… The problem is best illustrated with this summary:

• Mac mini with 4 TB: $3499
• Beelink mini PC + 4 TB internal M.2: $865

That is quite the price difference. I feel like the M5 Pro is wasted here.

Thinking more about what I need for home NAS or OpenClaw server. I have an old Drobo that has important files I need to transfer before it stops working. Could get a Synology, Mac mini that solves multiple problems, or… nothing. I don’t love maintaining extra hardware.