Web Wanderings (July 2026)

Intertapes is a collection of found cassette tapes from around the world. macOS icons are now constrained by the same boring ‘squircle‘ as iOS. Rogue Amoeba argue that this shape prohibition should come to an end. Charity Majors writes a rational and compelling case about how AI is here to stay and we should embrace this by making AI boring again. Is 18 Words the new Wordle? I’m not good at this. Need to chill? youarelistening.to blends ambient music with city sounds. Do we need more incuriousity? Why you shouldn’t care so much. In Tokyo, some women are experiencing “sunehara” - the discomfort of being forced to see their colleague’s leg hair. Here are 95 reasons for having your own website. If you want your own, try Pagecord for free! :) It’s not just social media, reading the news also makes us feel terrible. Time to quit? Fans at the front of gigs can’t hold it. Gross. Chinese AI company, Moonshot AI, have launched Kimi K3, an open weight frontier model. I had a go, it’s very good…