Ben Johnson

@grimpost @boogreal You have no idea.

It’s amazing how fast we’ve gone from “ugh, AI is going to destroy the world” to “ugh, I can’t believe there isn’t an AI that can just do this”.

The kid: “I’m daring. I’m not afraid of anything. Except cheese strings.”

For full effect, it helps to read this interview with the Reddit CEO in the voice of Justin Hammer from Iron Man 2. What a terrible communicator. theverge.com/2023/6/15/2376…

You could solve a lot of problems in Star Trek by making the doors manual.

For the last few years I’ve been crossposting to Twitter (and Mastodon, etc) via micro.blog. But, because of the new Twitter API limits, this will no longer be possible. Will have to decide if I’m willing to keep Twitter.

Star Trek: Resurgence is a must-play for any Star Trek people. The format fits Star Trek perfectly. A great old-fashioned story. 5/5 would play again. startrek-resurgence.com

This is the first Apple keynote in more than a decade that I just totally forgot was happening. Can’t tell if that’s because I’m so busy right now or if I’m not excited by the headset. Maybe they finally improved the SwiftUI docs.

It’s 30 degrees outside and it’s currently hailing. This is totally normal. Everything is fine. There’s no way climate change is a problem. Right?

A book club where you buy books but you don’t have to read them.

@elonmusk I upgraded from a Honda CR-V to a Model Y. Absolutely love it so far -- so fun. Only feature request: the CR-V had an option to hold down the voice button to get Siri. This made it easy to do FaceTime Audio and ask questions. Normal Bluetooth, not CarPlay. Any chance?

Remaking Iron Man: benjohnson.ca/2023/05/22/rem…

My 7-year-old is trying to convince us that the only way it’s fair for him to take a COVID test is if his two non-symptomatic parents also have to take a COVID test.

"“All Perils combines Collision and Comprehensive coverage. With All Perils you will be covered if someone living in your household steals your vehicle.”" That seems… very specific.

On April 15th I pulled a yogurt out of the fridge. The Best Before date says “MA 18”. Is that March? Is it May? Could we really not shell out for one extra character?

It named it: “The Calendar Crush Incident”. cdn.uploads.micro.blog/678/2023/f694f…

Someone needs to sell placebo kids medicine.

There’s no way this can go wrong.

The 7-year-old apropos of nothing: “Who would win in a battle? Moses or Jesus?” Let the Passover and Easter celebrations begin!

The Beaverton nails it. thebeaverton.com/2023/03/fugiti…