2025-12-12 12:07:22
Happy we got the new Android update out today. I worked on a few other web things tonight, queued up as pull requests to deploy in the morning. I think we’ve had a good pace of improvements lately, before things slow down a little for the holidays. Tomorrow: photo challenge announcement. ❄️
2025-12-12 05:01:25
When driving sometimes I’ll have a few ideas for blog posts and I’ll try to narrate the gist of them so I can remember later. My digital notebook is full of discarded blog post drafts. Reminds me of Peter Dinklage’s character in Elf, pointing to his notebook:
I’ve got about 5 of 6 great starts here. I have one idea that I’m especially psyched out of my mind about.
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2025-12-12 01:54:11
Disney is licensing characters for Sora and investing $1 billion in OpenAI. Bob Iger:
The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence marks an important moment for our industry, and through this collaboration with OpenAI we will thoughtfully and responsibly extend the reach of our storytelling through generative AI, while respecting and protecting creators and their works.
I still think Sora is a distraction and doesn’t fit well with OpenAI’s core products. But the first thing I tried with Sora when it launched was asking it to use 1928 Mickey Mouse, which is in the public domain, and it wouldn’t let me, so I guess this deal will fix that.
Very curious what animators at Disney and Pixar will think of this. From a short post on Cartoon Brew:
This is going to take some time and thought to process…
I’ve a big animation fan, especially hand-drawn animation, which had to find its way when 3D animation took over the box office, and will have to find its way again in the AI era. Uncharted territory.
2025-12-12 01:10:05
Not going to come close to hitting my reading goal this year. This year has been too much. Hoping to finish one or two more books before the end of the year, though… With the holidays approaching, great time to disconnect with a book.
2025-12-12 00:51:58
When I was trying to simplify the Design page in Micro.blog earlier this year, I think I went too far, burying the CSS functionality inside of custom themes. I’ve reversed course today and elevated the button to a new section.
2025-12-11 23:49:32
Usually when I think of something new to work on, I add a note in Micro.blog notes. Lately I’ve been trying something new: I’ll type the idea into Codex (cloud) and ask it to plan the basics, but to not write code yet. Then I can come back later to work on it and have some tips to keep in mind.