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@jonippolito@digipres.club
2026-10-09 13:21:42

Writers dismissed a recent NYT op-ed arguing for the spoken word in the AI era. But speech may prove key to a future in which writing forks into conversational media—spontaneous and malleable like clay—and machine-readable media that are precise like marble
jonippolito.substack.com/p/don

Detail of Michelangelo's marble Moses holding a book juxtaposed with a detail of Rodin's bronze Saint John speaking
@EclecticLee@digipres.club
2026-09-08 02:10:35

Found the 1982 Neiman Marcus Christmas catalog at my parents' today. For just $20,000, you could get the LaserTour by Perceptronics, a computerized system that lets you bicycle different routes via an exercise bike and laser disc player connected by a specialized computer.

The cover of the "Neiman-Marcus Christmas Book 1982" featuring cartoon art by DePaola of a line of people in medieval costumes and domino masks. The night sky above is filled with five-pointed stars and a line of angels with their backs turned. [Begin text in next photo because it won't all fit in its alt text.] HIS/HER GIFT 1982 Fitness can be a real trip, with the help of this year's His/Her Gift for Christmas 1982. Possibly the best inducement to exercise since the discovery of the mirro…
[Text started in previous photo because it wouldn't all fit in this time.] As you pedal off on the bicycle, you're plunged into a variety of locations and situations—projected from the laser video disc onto the large screen, eye level projector. The faster you pedal., the faster you whirl through the landscape. At intervals, road signs give you a choice of destinations at the push of a button on your cycle's handle. You can vary the same tour as the day's mood dictates. Glide down the beach bi…
@bencurthoys@mastodon.social
2026-08-10 18:31:15

I've just reread The Road for my book club and this time this line particularly jumped out at me.

We're the good guys - and we always will be
@EclecticLee@digipres.club
2026-09-30 12:39:49

This arrived yesterday from an eBay seller. A version of the "Pac-Man Fever" 45 from the U.K. in a picture sleeve. I'VE NEVER SEEN THIS SLEEVE BEFORE. As far as Google and Discogs are concerned, THIS DOESN'T EXIST! If you can prove otherwise, please do. The record seems identical to one version of the non-picture sleeve one (minus the "promo only" text). The back of the sleeve duplicates text (and borrows art from) from the Atari 2600 Pac-Man instruction book. 🤔❓

Pretty standard "Pac-Man Fever" screen photo, except the title text is white instead of yellow. And the "Buckner & Garcia" is placed differently than any other I've seen (IIRC). Someone marked it "31689," presumably for some sort of tracking.
It goes off the rails on the back. Most of the sleeve reproduces the "Life in Mazeland" section of the Atari 2600 game manual.
The white label version of the U.K. single with a giant, orange A on it. I presume to tell you this is side A. It also has "31689" written on it.
Side B, with the instrumental version.
@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2026-08-11 16:10:40

Robot book club (Nicholas Johnston/Axios)
axios.com/2026/08/11/robot-boo
memeorandum.com/260811/p52#a26

@kcase@mastodon.social
2026-09-14 18:46:46

Here are several screenshots of Siri interacting with OmniFocus on an iPhone:
1. Siri using Visual Intelligence to scan a hand-written list from a sheet of paper and add the remaining items to OmniFocus.
2. Siri reviewing the remaining tasks in OmniFocus that need to get done today, and suggesting some other high priority tasks to consider.
3. Siri adding some book club suggestions to the note on an OmniFocus task.
4. Siri marking complete the tasks that are currently selected in OmniFocus.

@shriramk@mastodon.social
2026-09-20 15:55:48

Best argument in favor of Anthony Jeselnik's book club. I found a few essays mildly interesting and sometimes insightful, but then hit a wall when I (a completionist) simply couldn't finish a collection, then realized I was bored and annoyed. Go ahead, cancel me.
nytimes.com/2026/09/17/books/r

@katrinakatrinka@infosec.exchange
2026-08-29 07:52:44

RE: #CemeteryBoys and the ending is just what I needed emotionally right now.
So glad that my book club chose to read it for September, especially given the sequel is coming out so soon.
I listened to the audio book and #AviRoque did an excellent job bringing the characters to life.
#Bookstodon #trans #LGBTQ #Latinx #DiaDeLosMuertos #AidenThomas