Tab Sweep: Mid July 2024

Another sweep of the last couple of weeks of links floating around on my browser.

• I can’t figure out where I ended up finding out about this Windows emulator experience, but it’s decently fun and has some excellent music.
• Figma’s Config 2024 conference has a ton of videos, I’ve watched mostly the feature announcements but I’m most excited to get to Marcin Wichary’s “In defense of an old pixel.”
• WSJ: “Bruce Bastian, WordPerfect Co-Creator Who Became an LGBTQ Activist, Dies at 76” News+ link.
• “How to Give Away a Fortune,” via Kottke
• I wanted to wait until I finished the season to link to this, just to see if the finale changed my thoughts, but this Eater reflection on Season 3 of “The Bear” is too good to wait.

In Apple news, I didn’t link to Nilay’s explanation of next-generation CarPlay on The Verge at the time — I thought it was interesting but maybe not relevant — but then I saw this really excellent-looking video by BlackBox Infinite about attempting to recreate classic gauge clusters. See also, Michael Tsai on CarPlay at WWDC24.

Unrelated to the above, “I did retail theft at an Apple Store,” a compelling story about Jane Appleseed.

Back in New York, the MTA board confirmed Gov. Hochul’s pause of congestion pricing — link via The City — with no small amount of complaint and at least a nod to being ready to implement when a politician grows a spine. Related, The New York Times sent sent 27 people to count cars and see how much money the city lost on what would have been day one.