“History doesn't repeat itself, but it often rhymes” – Mark Twain

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Japan's Ultraman is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year. I appreciate that through the decades of ongoing shows, comics, games, and even big-budget CG movies, it's never completely gotten rid of the goofy guy in a rubber suit feeling. www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBY_...

New Price Changes for PS5, PS5 Pro, and PlayStation Portal remote player Prices effective starting April 2, 2026.

The PlayStation 5 digital edition launched in 2020 at $399. It'll be $599 in 2026 with this latest price increase. And $899 for the PS5 Pro? Yikes.

I'd like to go back to when consoles used to get cheaper, not more expensive, please.

It's pay day ... it's pay day ... it's bill pay day ... it's damn, where'd all my money go day

Always interesting how taking your phone out of its case really makes it feel like a completely different device. Nope, that's enough, put it back into its thick, protective cocoon.

Photo roundup of computers, video game consoles, pagers, CD players and other tech in colored translucent cases.

My fashion taste is suspect, because I'd be fine with this tech trend returning.

Thumbnail from the YouTube trailer for the anime movie Whisper of the Heart. The screen grab from the 1995 movie is of a high school student working at her desk with headphones on, playing on the similarity to the popular LoFi Girl series on YouTube.

This 1995 movie's marketing team absolutely knows what they're doing with this YouTube thumbnail. youtu.be/D-SesGbHF4E #lofigirl

Months away from the local water warming up enough to stand-up paddle board, so I took to the trail with my longboard and land paddle.

Yellow t-shirt with a parts display from a Mold-A-Rama machine

Typical Mold-A-Rama instant souvenir machine

This t-shirt is peak museum or zoo nostalgia for kids of a certain age. The wax smell as the heated plastic entered the mold to create your instant souvenir.

Beginner roll on my new Pantheon LowTide cruiser

Skater shoes, black with gum soles. Vans Skate Old Skool Wafflecup Shoe.

As part of my multi-decade midlife crisis, I now own my first pair of Vans skate shoes. I'm not very good at being Gen X.

Dusk Blue Pivot Point dirt jumper in front of the pump and jump trails at Ray's Indoor Bike Park

In n+1 bike news, I now own a dirt jumper.

Pandemic-era cultural touchstone "Animal Crossing: New Horizons" finally received a Nintendo Switch 2 update last week. It's an opportunity to revisit an island abandoned nearly five years ago as the real world opened up again and see what I was doing in another lifetime.

One thing I appreciate about America's Funniest Home Videos is that they generally don't make you wait to get to the allegedly funny parts in the video, unlike those on the internet.

"wait for it"

The downward curve of the Green Trail at Ray's Indoor Bike Park in Cleveland, Ohio.

The wooden skinnies at Ray's Indoor Bike Park in Cleveland, Ohio

The pump tracks and jump lines of Profile World at Ray's Indoor Bike Park in Cleveland, Ohio

Avoiding winter weather at Ray's Indoor Bike Park
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Dell seems to be the first to realise we don't actually care about AI PCs "What we've learned over the course of this year, from a consumer perspective, is they're not buying based on AI."

More of this from PC makers, please

You've Probably Never Heard of James Moylan, But His Simple Invention Has Definitely Helped You Out The Ford employee of 34 years came up with the idea on a rainy day in 1986.

Automotive hero James Moylan passed away on December 11, 2025, at the age of 80. He came up with the idea of an icon near your fuel gauge to show which side the fuel door is on.

Good news, it’s the last Monday of 2025.

Bad news, just a week until the first Monday of 2026.

Found the real treasures at the antique shop

The Choose Your Own Adventure of book stores

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Watching “The American President” and I’d like to campaign for it to be relabeled as science fiction in today’s world.

Store sign that reads “Generation X”

Paper taped to store’s door that reads “Generation X is now closed. We will reopen in January as Bramble and Bloom. See you soon!”

Metaphor

Oh boy, can’t wait for the 15 cheap Betty Boop horror movies to come out immediately afterwards.

Mondays.

You're not procrastinating with last-minute gift shopping. You're spending extra time being thoughtful about the right gift.

Today might as well be 12/31

I will never not be amused when I run across “drunk octopus wants to fight you” coat hangers.