Friday, July 31, 2026

Right Person, Wrong Deal

FIFA's hand-picked adviser quits over the Kushner-backed World Cup sale he says he was never consulted on, and Curiosity's cracked aluminum wheels get a close-up after fourteen years of Martian driving.

1 post

Thursday, July 30, 2026

Room for Another Round

Paul Newman's daughter proves 'great start' was an understatement, FIFA's plan to sell off a portion of the World Cup is off to anything but a great start, and the American Heart Association clears the path for up to five cups of coffee a day.

3 posts

Wednesday, July 29, 2026

The Common Free Product Pitch

Martha Stewart wants your home's paperwork, FIFA wants $20 billion, and Washington doesn't want Chinese robots

5 posts

Tuesday, July 28, 2026

Slow and Steady Progress

Apple plays tortoise in the AI race, Disney reboots its animatronic vision of the future, and a Victorian engineer and painter is snubbed and stubbed.

5 posts

Monday, July 27, 2026

Gordie Howe, with Monovision

A bridge finally opens amid toll-politics theater, an ancient one-eyed ancestor turns out to explain modern eyesight, and federal policy shifts threaten both special education and the scientists America depends on.

6 posts

Sunday, July 26, 2026

A Breakfast Glance

Notes on running this site with a bespoke static generator, a muggy Sunday pool breakfast with Teddy, and the ADA's signing on this date in 1990.

2 posts

Saturday, July 25, 2026

The Ego v. Nuclear Modernization

On the hidden cost of Trump's new Air Force One, and a chilly-morning poolside breakfast.

2 posts

Friday, July 24, 2026

Fuselage or Coconut Tree?

On the new expedition to determine if a mysterious island object is Amelia Earhart's plane — or just a coconut tree.

1 post

Thursday, July 23, 2026

Three Star Gunkification

Cultural outings and physiological aging, rating inflation spotted in a vintage gasoline ad, Dave Winer on rebuilding a web worth cobbling together, and the dubious birth of the ice cream cone.

3 posts

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