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June 2026
Howdy folks, I've been sick as a dog for two-ish weeks, but I'm BACK, and I've gotten through most of (but not all) the backed-up posts in my RSS reader. Here's what else is on this month!
Put This On
What a Day That Was - Talking Heads
If you can keep still while listening to this song, you are dead. I feel like I could run a marathon every time.
Read This
Revenge of the Business Idiot - Where's Your Ed At?
A perfect assessment of the origins, motivations, and trajectory of the AI bubble from Ed Zitron.
Follow up: AI Doesn't Have ROI.
I Built This Body To Hold Yours - Inner Spiral
A very personal and beautifully told story of trans joy in this hell world in which we live. Happy Pride!
The Future is Possible! - sweetfish
Made for the Manifesto Game Jam 2026, but I'm putting it under Read This because it's more of a Read than a Play, by design. A manifesto for the NEW and the NOW.
The web is bearable with RSS - Pluralistic
A post about the history and wonders of RSS, why people should still use it, and a few helpful tidbits about using your browser's Reader Mode and other methods to get around the cruft of the modern web.
so what's all this then? - becca goes outside
The introductory post to the blog of a friend who is also a very talented artist! Check out their work!
Egghead Software’s 1993 Annual Report - The Virtual Moose
And finally, just a post with some great pictures from the heyday of buying software that came in a box from a store.
Watch This
crow countings - Nicky Flowers
Nicky Flowers went and found a crow that was making noise in the neighborhood, and produced a brief count of the number of crows, caws, and pecks they were able to capture.
This is a full episode of an old HGTV show called "Decorating Cents" that Lauren and I had to seek out after years of being served reels of some of the abominable things these women do in the name of budget redecoration. Why are they dressed identically? Why do they insist on torturing wood furniture? Is the child in the later segment actually a doll that was cursed with human life? You may not find many answers, but hopefully you'll find some enjoyment.
Big Boss Grill with Vicki Lawrence - asseenontvs
This is an infomercial for a horrendous little product called the Big Boss Grill, but that's not the focal point here. The reason I'm recommending it here is the program's host, The Carol Burnett Show and Mama's Family star Vicki Lawrence, and her waning enthusiasm for both the product she's selling and her co-host. I haven't yet determined if her soul left her body before filming, or if it happens sometime onscreen. See if you can find it!
Play This
Free, Browser
An extremely cute game from Neal Agarwal where you can take your actual mouse cursor to a little camp where they can play around and relax. You can also see the cursors of other people from around the world playing at the same time as you!
Free, Browser
A game about moving magnifying glasses to magnify the different parts of a horse to match the example.
Re: Labyrinth Patterns - HighStrike
Free, Browser
A game in which you need to move your mouse cursor through a maze without touching the walls. Feels like something I would've played in the computer lab at school.
Marges Destimbats - Ferran Bertomeu Castells
Free, Browser
A short interactive non-fiction documentary videogame about crumbling stone-wall terraces in an olive orchard near Deltebre, Spain.
Free, Browser
A short game about cutting a tomato, made with Flickgame, a free tool for making simple games by painting colors.
Free, Browser
Another short Flickgame by Laura Michet, this time about helping a wizard make some poison.
Some Good Websites
"A carefully curated collection of neat indie websites that get less attention than they deserve."
An incredible Final Fantasy Tactics fansite, themed to look like the game's menus with good old HTML and CSS.
Thanks for reading! Til next time! 👋
