2025-07-08

Checking in.

Posting has been slow/sporadic/non-existent on here for a while. I'm going to mostly blame the heat - the last thing I want to do when it is 30 degrees is... Well, anything actually. But I'm still here, and I note that Teenage Engineering have been busy:

Hear the Otherworldly 'Choir' of Singing Beechwood Dolls by Teenage Engineering — Colossal

The Dia browser from The Browser Company is still in its infancy. Fans of Arc, the company's previous offering, were asking for a sidebar. One has now been provided, and the announcement video is worth a look:

Some more links:

A New Aerial Photography Contest Takes a Bird's-Eye View of Life Around the World — Colossal

Get Up Close to Frank Lloyd Wright's Unrealized Buildings with David Romero's Digital Models — Colossal

Or you could, of course, buy the real thing:

Buy a historic Frank Lloyd Wright home in Mississippi for $2.5 million - The Spaces

If your tastes run to the more traditional, or if you're shopping for a base for your international crime syndicate:

A palatial English estate hits the market for just under £10m - The Spaces

And finally, for those worrying about the onward march of AI, some fact-based predictions courtesy of Cal Newport, who knows his onions:

AI and Work (Some Predictions) - Cal Newport

Enjoy Tuesday.