Watching a Rocket Get Stacked (and Un-Stacked) at 7am
A few hours before dawn, SpaceX stacked the tallest rocket ever assembled at Starbase, then took it apart again. I set an alarm to watch anyway.
Windows 365 Launched Today and the Pricing Page Made My Head Hurt
Windows 365 went live today, and after wrestling with its licensing tiers I'm convinced it's an enterprise provisioning tool wearing a consumer-friendly name.
Buying Robinhood Stock Inside Robinhood Was a Weird Loop
Robinhood went public this week and let users buy the IPO shares straight through its own app, an odd little loop worth picking apart, plus a quick note on Amazon's rough earnings day right next to it.
Facebook Wants to Be a Metaverse Company Now, Apparently
Zuckerberg spent Facebook's Q2 earnings call pitching a "metaverse" future, and I'm not sure I buy it — plus a Steam Deck reservation and a week of mask-mandate whiplash.
I Tried (and Maybe Failed) to Preorder a Steam Deck
Valve's Steam Deck preorders went live this week and I tried (and maybe failed) to snag one, plus some thoughts on the base model's storage and how it stacks up against the new Switch OLED.
The Right-to-Repair Order and My Cracked iPhone Screen
Biden's new executive order tells the FTC to go after manufacturers who block third-party repair, and it name-checks farmers hacking their own tractors right alongside phone screens.
The Windows 11 Keynote Told Me Nothing I Didn't Already Know
Microsoft officially unveiled Windows 11 on Thursday, but thanks to a leaked build I'd already been living with the rounded corners and centered taskbar for over a week.
Windows 11 Leaked Before Microsoft Could Even Show It Off
A full Windows 11 build leaked days before Microsoft's official reveal, so tomorrow's big event already feels like a recap. Some thoughts on the centered taskbar, leak culture, and running an old VM to poke around.
I Installed the Leaked Windows Build Before Microsoft Even Announced It
A leaked build of the next Windows landed on forums this week, a full eight days before Microsoft's own event, and I could not resist installing it in a VM.
Metroid Dread Is Actually Real
Nintendo's E3 Direct confirmed Metroid Dread is real after sixteen years of rumors, plus another moody Breath of the Wild 2 teaser with still no release date.
Amazon Turned Sidewalk On Without Really Asking
Amazon switched on its Sidewalk bandwidth-sharing network for Echo and Ring devices by default this week, buried the opt-out three menus deep, and I have complaints about that pattern in general.
The Bitcoin Was Never Actually Untraceable
The DOJ says it recovered $2.3 million of the Colonial Pipeline ransom by tracing bitcoin on the blockchain — a smaller and more specific story than the headlines make it sound.