August 2026 blend of links
As I am near the end of my summer holiday and paternal leave (for a total of five weeks nonetheless), I find it very difficult to take the time to… well… to do anything really. Having a soon-to-be four-month-old in the house feels like a full-time job, with long hours and short nights, pure bliss, laughs, and impromptus naps; nothing really blog-friendly I’m afraid. But still, between two heatwaves and two batches of homemade pizza, I’ve managed to save some interesting links.
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A digital museum of video game levels – So many memories, and the fact that the levels available in this museum are empty makes the site even more precious; isn’t it strange that we mostly remember some video games as places we’ve visited rather than games we’ve played? The Banjo-Kazooie and Half-Life 2 levels made me travel back in time, while it’s always nice to get a nice, serene view of Anor Lando. (via Kottke)
Another week on Linux – Saving this link for the next time — roughly every two or three months — I’m even considering installing a Linux partition on my computer.
Jurassic Park computers in excruciating detail – Attention to spammers, scammers, and other email impersonators: if you want me to click on a fake link you send me, just make it somehow related to Jurassic Park. (via Daniel Benneworth-Gray)
WalletWallet – I will never understand why the Wallet app on iPhone is so little permissive: this website shouldn’t exist as its features should already exist within the app. (via Dense Discovery)
Nomos Club – In August, I have spent far too much time looking at watches (no pun intended), and I’ve grown quite fond of what Nomos is doing: in-house movements, Bauhaus-inspired design, beautiful craft. I like my Seiko SPB251 very much, but I want this watch.
Apple Music weirdness – While reading this, I nodded in approval so hard that I almost hurt my neck.
BitCam – Delightful. Absolutely delightful. (via John Gruber)
The TEMU-fication of Software, Digital Goods & Services – “Just like with physical goods, we will probably end up with a two-tier market, in which we have a large and massively profitable lower tier of generated slop, and a smaller, more expensive upper tier of work that is still recognizably human.”
Eylenburg's Tech Website – Nerd paradise. (via 82Mhz)