Index

• I keep turning my Google Sheets into phone-friendly webapps, and I can’t stop – Ars Technica

  apps, Google, software, spreadsheets

• I know nothing about sex. (Or nothing I recall.) – Oldster

  journalism, time

• I spent 24 hours watching The Clock – MoMA

  art, Christian Marclay, galleries, movies, time

• I went to Homebase’s final day closing down sale and I was not ready for what I saw – Express

  commerce, Leeds, shopping

• If Anthropic succeeds, a nation of benevolent AI geniuses could be born – WIRED

  AI, computing, ethics, LLM

• If Jeff Bezos doesn’t eat the Mona Lisa, who else will? – Diggit Magazine

  capitalism, Jeff Bezos, Mona Lisa, philosophy, society

• If journalism is going up in smoke, I might as well get high off the fumes: confessions of a chatbot helper – The Guardian

  AI, chatbots, journalism, writing

• Improved Relative Time

  calendar, humour, numbers, time

• Improving the way Ofsted inspects education: consultation document – GOV.UK

  education, Ofsted, schools, standards

• In ‘Hidden Portraits,’ Volker Hermes reimagines historical figures in overwhelming frippery – Colossal

  art, painting, satire, Volker Hermes

• In London, an enormous exhibition of 500+ works roots out the creative seeds of flowers – Colossal

  art, flowers, painting, sculpture

• In search of logged time – Public Books

  archives, cloud, data, memory, time

• Information management toolkit for schools – Information and Records Management Society

  data, data protection, GDPR, schools

• Inside Project Zero: Philip Rosedale on completely re-making the UI — and re-engaging millions of former users – New World Notes

  design, Second Life, UI, video games

• Internet time – Swatch

  clocks, Swatch, time

• Interview With Raketa CEO David Henderson-Stewart — An Englishman Abroad – Fratello Watches

  Raketa, Russia, watches

• Introducing Amazon Haul—a broad selection of products $20 or less, with most under $10 – Amazon

  Amazon, commerce, economics

• Introducing ChatGPT search – OpenAI

  AI, news, search

• Introducing deep research – OpenAI

  AI, computing, LLM, research

• Introducing the Second Life AI character designer – Second Life: YouTube

  AI, Second Life, video games

• iOS 18.3 temporarily removes notification summaries for news – MacRumors

  AI, Apple, journalism, LLM, technology

• Is Google Maps fatally misleading drivers in India? It’s complicated – Rest of World

  Google, India, maps, transport

• Is the race for the White House ‘a real Armageddon election’? – The Guardian

  Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, politics

• It is as if you were on your phone: Why – Pippin Barr

  mobile phones, technology, UI, UX, video games

• It sure looks like Trump watches are breaking copyright law – WIRED

  copyright, Donald Trump, watches

• It’s the racism, stupid – BuzzMachine

  Donald Trump, politics, racism

• I’m a federal worker. Elon Musk’s government data heist is the entire ballgame. – Slate

  Donald Trump, Elon Musk, politics

• January 1, 2025 is Public Domain Day: Works from 1929 are open to all, as are sound recordings from 1924 – Duke University School of Law

  art, books, copyright, movies, music, public domain

• Joao Loureiro serves grayscale gelato at Tadao Ando’s MPavilion 10 – designboom

  art, Australia, colour, food

• John Prescott, British former deputy prime minister, dies aged 86 – The Guardian

  Labour, politics

• Judge ends man’s 11-year quest to dig up landfill and recover $765M in bitcoin – Ars Technica

  Bitcoin, crypto, Newport, Wales

• KA-BOOM – The European Space Agency

  AI, Mars, science, space

• Kafka’s screwball tragedy: Investigations of a Philosophical Dog – The MIT Press Reader

  book reviews, books, Franz Kafka, philosophy

• Kaos creator reveals plan for future seasons after major cliffhanger – Radio Times

  Netflix, television

• Kaos creator ‘gutted’ at Netflix show’s cancellation – The Guardian

  Netflix, television

• Keypad used to land Apollo on the moon shrunk down to work as wristwatch – collectSPACE

  computing, gadgets, history of technology, NASA, space, watches

• LED scroller

  communication, design, tools, typography

• Leeds Children’s Hospital Christmas Wish List – Amazon

  children, Leeds, toys

• Legendary photographer Martin Parr on the secret to a good picture – Esquire

  art, Martin Parr, photography

• Leon Eckert

  data, design, internet, web, web design

• Linden Lab has spent $1.3B building Second Life and paid $1.1B to creators – VentureBeat

  metaverse, Second Life, video games

• Linkfest #28: Neolithic octopuses, weeping trees, and a forty-year-old snowman – Clive Thompson

  archives, humour

• Louise Bourgeois spider to return to Tate Modern for gallery’s 25th birthday – Museums Association

  art, Louise Bourgeois, sculpture

• LPO announces Sky Arts documentary series – London Philharmonic Orchestra

  classical, documentaries, music, orchestras, television

• Lynn Hershman Leeson predicted our digital hellscape – Hyperallergic

  art, installation art, Lynn Hershman, video, video art

• Magritte, master of surrealism, joins the $100 million dollar club – The New York Times

  art, auctions, painting, Rene Magritte

• Mainlined into UK’s veins: Labour announces huge public rollout of AI – The Guardian

  AI, computing, economics, jobs, LLM, productivity, technology, work

• Man who lost bitcoin fortune in Welsh tip explores purchase of entire landfill – The Guardian

  Bitcoin, crypto, environment, Newport, Wales

• Manual library online – Manualmachine.com

  archives, guides

• Mark Zuckerberg says Threads has more than 100 million daily active users – The Verge

  Bluesky, Mark Zuckerberg, Meta, social media, Threads

• Mark Zuckerberg turns his back on the media – WIRED

  journalism, Mark Zuckerberg, Meta, moderation, social media, truth

• Martin Frobenius Ledermüller’s microscopic delights (1759–63) – The Public Domain Review

  drawings, illustration, insects, science

• Mass theft: Thousands of artists call for AI art auction to be cancelled – The Guardian

  AI, art, auctions

• Maurizio Cattelan banana artwork could fetch $1M at auction – Hyperallergic

  art, auctions, food, installation art, Maurizio Cattelan, satire

• Meta Horizon Worlds has been taken over by children – WIRED

  children, metaverse, video games, VR

• Microsoft Excel’s bloopers reel: 40 years of spreadsheet errors – The Guardian

  Excel, spreadsheets

• Microsoft is finally shutting down Skype in May – XDA

  history of technology, Microsoft, software

• MIS market churn spring 2025 – WhichMIS?

  data, databases, schools, SIMS, software, technology

• Missiles are now the biggest killer of airline passengers – Slashdot

  aviation, transport

• Modern magic unlocks Merlin’s medieval secrets – University of Cambridge

  books, history, literature