Defiant Sloth

Really appreciate Cyan doing another print run of their Myst trilogy.

A 45.7 percent jump in CD sales (year over year) joins the chorus of streaming backlash — the revenge of physical media continues.

Our outings to the MN State Fair were more subdued this year, but still great food at the classic spots (Baba and Midway Men’s Club forever), and this piece in the Fine Arts building really stuck with me.

The Fair opens today, and so it’s only right to link to an article about the Giant Slide’s family legacy.

Clouds, mushrooms, trees.

Incredible growth story for a once-beleaguered toy maker: Lego has seen a 10× increase in revenues over the past 20 years, amid growing changes in its core customers’ attentions (obviously: screens).

A lot of these cukes just hanging over the edge, hiding in plain site.

Ah, a nice morning run around the lake, with a beach stop through the woods before wrapping up.

The idea of over-optimized everyday life and business, in all facets, has been banging around in my head for years.

Another reason I don’t want to “upgrade” to fully unlimited Internet data on Comcast by using their router and modem system: they’re remote-activating motion sensing inside of the homes that have their devices.

Minnesota Reformer posted a retelling of events during Operation Metro Surge (earlier this year) from the experience of Nazra Ahmed, a home care worker and member of SEIU Healthcare Minnesota and Iowa.

In a thoroughly documented post on building the music app of his dream, Jon Hicks has a well-appointed vision in Jacket.

Still thinking about this… watched Resurrection a few months ago, and have been meaning to re-watch Holy Motors.

Love to see a turnout record for the Minnesota primaries yesterday (1.1 million), about a quarter of eligible voters in the state.

Neon lighting.

Ben Thompson and John Gruber discuss immersive sports on the latest Dithering, and I couldn’t agree more: Apple should just try setting up spatial recording in a courtside and/or elite seats in a sports arena for Apple Vision to see if it’s a better exper…

Keep it coming: the video store resurrection continues.

Damn this is spot on.

I didn’t realize regrinding old vinyl records was possible, but in the face of our climate crisis, it’s another trick the resuscitated industry has focused on.

I fully support local coffee shops deploying canned brews, giving us a choice against (usually) poorly executed, mass-produced offerings at most grocers.

The Economist’s Big Mac index, a PPP analysis hitting its 40th year of kicking ass, demonstrates just how difficult it is to track the timely parity of global currencies.

We decided to return to the Pacific Northwest for our summer trip, three years after our last excursion.

Thinking back a month and a half about my first attempted pizza in an outdoor oven.

While I should have known, I wasn’t prepared for how much of a summer banger Dumas’s The Count of Monte Cristo is.

Streaming fatigue continues.