Read and watched, week 37 2026

Some highlights from the week: Design Theory analysed why nothing looks cool anymore in a new video. I don’t care about cars, but it’s an interesting lens with which to look through the current bland landscape of design. Retronaut discussed the massive impact ProDOS had on the Apple II, as well as a primer on how it worked. I’m shocked he has so few subscribers, his videos are so well researched and presented. The NetBSD Guide. Once more I found myself quoting and referring to sections of it when building a Linux system! I wonder if LLMs would be half as popular as they are now if other projects and software had such comprehensive, approachable documentation? Wouter asks how we feel when we see video game remakes. I tend to side with him here: I have the HD remasters of games, but I keep old machines around to play the originals as well. I have a long overdue post about my thoughts on the Atelier remakes I’ll get to eventually. Reconcilable Differences. It’s a show with Merlin Mann…