The list of illegal things in this administration is larger than the largest Pokédex

Enjoy that breakfast, Trump

Here’s my review of my time with Virtual Boy this week: an absurdity that I love, and a museum of immersive gaming ideas that still feel weirdly present www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/...

my weekly WGN radio appearance is on next. If you’re in Chicago, tune in!

bouncing around with Virtual Boy, Nintendo 3DS and Vision Pro today

one of several types of wearable combos that could be pitched this year. Google and Samsung’s plans are on deck for 2026, too

oh man, the neural band on my Apple Watch is making me keep my assistive home button on, I have to turn it back off. Playing with Mudra’s band

Meta could have a smartwatch this year, according to a new report. This is what Meta hinted to me last year, and I expect it’ll have a neural band - and also be partnered in some way with Garmin. www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/...

I already wrote about how these devices could work together a few weeks ago. But the latest report today via @markgurman.bsky.social brought a few more pieces into the picture. The AirPods make sense as an entry part of the interface www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/...

Shrimp…and white wine

Not as many Virtual Boy settings as I expected. No color adjustment or screen size adjustment yet as far as I can see. There’s IPD settings, and then the seven games on the app so far. But putting the Switch 2 into the VB is relatively easy

My 2026 music playlist is my rope ladder through the year

Here comes the halo of peripherals

Hoboken station is rich in rotten egg smell

I’m speaking again at AWE this year - more to come but excited about it! www.awexr.com/usa-2026/spe...

I’ve watched a very smart child try to encode what chaptgpt thinks is “human” so that her class assignments don’t get flagged for plagiarism. I’ve heard expert professionals admit to self-editing so they don’t “sound” like an llm. This is the kind of cultural flattening that accelerates fascism.

Tomorrow, my red and black friend

Nobody’s going to buy US cars outside the US www.nytimes.com/2026/02/16/c...

After watching Marty Supreme, my Mario Tennis Fever online wipeouts feel more poignant

Just finished Marty Supreme, what a hot mess

Intertwixt 21: the lost highway of where smart glasses are heading…facial recognition. (I didn’t bring up Lynch’s film because it didn’t come to mind till just now) intertwixt.beehiiv.com/p/intertwixt...

Intertwixt eve

Watching the horny ping-pong movie

Measles is a bellwether. Because it’s the most contagious vaccine-preventable disease, when vaccination rates drop, it’s the first to start spreading. Now we’ve got mumps rolling up. Expect more. This is just the beginning of RFK Jr.’s successful infectious disease reintroduction plan.

I really should read more Thomas Pynchon since we’re in his book

After the nihilism comes the explosive world-shattering art movements

Just came back from American Dream mall, aka Jersey Vegas

Four movies left to see in my Best Picture Nominee completion journey. Marty Supreme Hamnet Sentimental Value The Secret Agent

Maybe she got lost in the Museum of Jurassic Technology and hallucinated www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/u...

New: The Trump arrest of @donlemonofficial.bsky.social has backfired, giving biggest boost of his online career. In two weeks, he's gained 300k on Instagram, 140k on YouTube, 73% on Substack and started selling arrest-themed merch. "They elevated me," he said in interview wapo.st/3OfiGxz

Mario Tennis Fever is really good but I’d say not $70 good. Wait for a sale IMO. Thoughts before the weekend www.cnet.com/tech/gaming/...

Every mumbly press conference reminds me hey this is someone who kinda knew how to speak before

The @nytimes.com report on Meta pursuing facial recognition on smart glasses, and seeing this politically chaotic time as a good window to launch, has tons of concerns. Also, my thoughts on the race for this tech, its advantages, and its need for limits. www.cnet.com/tech/service...

I think my arc for the next year is going to be building out more stories for the transforming landscape we’re in. A lot of that for me is through the lens of deeply connected personal tech, but not all of it. Also thinking about the extended mind and its practical concerns

Hey it’s me talking Virtual Boy in a little work call booth

May we all study poetry and become invisible www.bbc.com/news/article...

Need to read Termination Shock sometime soon. Already read Ministry for the Future, which feels like it’s coming due soon

YouTube is finally coming to Vision Pro for real. Took two years! (I was on a train, so covering this as fast as I could) www.cnet.com/tech/computi...

Just checking my notes. So you…almost closed a major airport for ten days because

AOC: We all saw the performance Bondi had. She was screaming and crashing, and I think it’s because she knows she is implicated in a massive cover-up to protect a ring of pedophiles through:

Don’t play with your notebook when people are talking to you, Bondi, sit up and listen and look them in the eye

Bondi’s melting in real time

After a long delay due to Germany and birthdays and Super Bowl and jury duty I finally watched The Muppet Show and it was great!! More, right? More??

Jury duty was a nice place where I didn’t feel immersed in the horrors of the world

My immersive jury duty experience is over. It was sort of inspiring.

I wrote my final book review column for the Washington Post a while back. (I didn't know it was the last one of course.) I was worried it might not even run since the book section is ending, but thanks to the heroic efforts of editor Jacob Brogan, here it is: www.washingtonpost.com/books/2026/0...

Another day I get to be in the Newark Jury Duty immersive experience

Had a dream that Apple unveiled a crown-like neural headband with EEG contact points, and was developing apps and games that worked with it. Was taking rapid notes

Jury duty has its own immersive onboarding flow

Darnold’s gonna win another Super Bowl. He’s not done yet.