Version 3 of my minimal new tab page, A Fine Start, is out now! I did a little writeup of what's new, what's coming, some development notes.
https://blakewatson.com/journal/introducing-a-fine-start-version-3/
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BREAKING: Latest executive order bans use of word "United" in names of other countries
First open this in a tab:
Press play, then open this in another tab:
Press play.
Now you are free…
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I’m on a Milk Carton Kids kick. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fp0xjVzmKxY
BREAKING: Microsoft to become Macrohard to comply with executive order
BREAKING: Latest COVID strain given 90 days to "stop mutating" by recent executive order
BREAKING: Executive order renames Mexico "the basement." With Canada fearing they’re next, a government spokesperson revealed back-channel meetings have taken place to "get out in front of this thing." "We're more than a dusty attic and we’re looking for a naming compromise that isn’t harmful to Canadians."
BREAKING: Trump's hands considered large "but in a normal way" says latest executive order
BREAKING: Executive order creates new agency to prevent Andromeda’s stars from migrating to Milky Way
“They’re literally hurtling straight for us,” a White House spokesperson said.
There’s a blog post simmering here.
Things like Apple’s Voice Control and hands-free input tools like Talon are cool…
But I’m increasingly frustrated that I have to act like a computer to get my wishes across. I don’t enjoy speaking in cryptic, pre-defined utterances. I want to talk like a person. The computer needs to accommodate me not the other way around.
I don’t know if this is something AI/LLMs can help with or not, but idk. It’s like one day I just woke up and thought, I’m tried of *being* a computer to use one.
BREAKING: Earth instructed to stop warming in latest executive order. "It’s up to Mother Nature to do her part," the president said. "It’s out of our hands."
I was just trying to dictate the words "personal care assistant" but the output was "personal terror assistant,” which now I am super curious about.
I had a little bit of a bumpy start rolling out A Fine Start v3 to Firefox peeps (my first submission still had development URLs 😬). But after frantically squashing bugs and submitting several versions back-to-back, I think it’s in good shape.
Firefox was my testing group. So now I’ve submitted Chrome and Edge. Should be rolling out sometime soon!
And there’s also a hosted version here: https://afinestart.me/bookmarks
BREAKING: Executive order instructs Treasury Department to make bills “crispier”
BREAKING: New executive order calls for training LLM to produce executive orders autonomously
BREAKING: Scientists tasked by executive order to place MAGA decal on Voyager probes "before they get too far away"
Well, someone boosted my HTML for People post from October and it got another round of boosting. I’m glad people like it and I hope more homemade websites get built.
BREAKING: Executive order forbids Sun from becoming red giant in 5 billion years