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Leave it to Apple to make a big deal about releasing a $3000 laptop with a touch screen (which Windows systems have had for what, 20 years?) and STILL not include Apple Pencil support.

Man 2026 is being a brutal year for losing cool people. Walter Koenig (most known for Star Trek's Chekov) died on Sunday, too. :(

Quick reminder that Harry Houdini died on Halloween 1926, 100 years ago, following a performance and subsequent hospitalization in Detroit. His death was unrelated to the performance. He was 52.

The scariest keyboard layout for halloween.

I might be biased, having edited that VOD, but fwiw I enjoyed your subject matter. 😁 I think people took ownership for granted too long, so I, for one, am happy to see any effort to preserve physical media. Art can only be forever if the medium lasts.

Did you ever notice how people always share touching summaries about the recently deceased, but almost never share touching summaries about people who are still living? Am I weird for thinking we should maybe do better celebrating the living?

Every year I forget to pay homage to this video by creating an "Afraidy Cougar" avatar. :P

Time to remember that inflatable kangaroo costume that came out a couple years ago and was somehow sold out like a month before halloween. Too many closeted pouch enthusiasts.

So if you're Harry Potter, does that mean Jackson is Dumbledore? I bet Jean could pull off a solid Snape.

Unfortunately people and algorithms love to seek engagement, and drama/speculation/outrage/gossip/clickbait/etc. drives engagement.

The question is whether "everyone is drifting towards SLAM" voluntarily or by force. Afaik lighthouse responsiveness and accuracy is still unmatched, and many don't want to (or can't afford to) change. HTC's track record of smart VR decisions is shaky at best lately. We'll see.

Only ten days away! worldkangarooday.org/

I had no idea Eva Marie Saint (pictured here in 1951) was 102. She was in several films, notably North by Northwest. Unfortunately she was added last week to the very large list of well-known film folks that we lost in 2026. :(

Now if we could just get people to stop being needlessly abusive or cruel toward each other on social media. ;-P

Or the person who pulls out immediately in front of you going 5-10 under the speed limit, when there's no traffic at all behind you.

I've heard rumors about the plans for coyote world conquest, but didn't know they were already staking out territory. (In all seriousness, kind of an interesting place, look it up in Wikipedia!)