I joined Twitter in 2007 and my brain slowly morphed over the next 15 years from hopelessly verbose to nihilistically pithy. I've kicked the Twitter habit, but the takes keep flowing. That's why I post them here and format them as a social network of one. You're welcome to bookmark any of these takes, though I'm not sure why you would.
By the way, the hearts and like counts are fake. They're just there to make you feel safe.
Codex CLI and I invented a full client-side CMS for the blog using the GitHub and S3 APIs, then I wired up a new "wisp" media type to syndicate Instagram stories. See the top of justin.searls.co/
Anyone else have some number of HomePods suddenly playing audio with no prompting? Always a few seconds, then it cuts out. Updated to 26.1, no dice. Restored firmware, nada. Won't even pause when I touch the top.
Sigh.
Spectrum's technician was denied entry to my neighborhood, because WiFi calling failed to connect the gatehouse's call to my iPhone, because Spectrum's Internet was down. congrats-you-played-yourself.gif
If Ed Zitron ends up being proven correct about everything he's reported out about OpenAI, he'll deserve a Peabody for having pantsed the global financial press for multiple years running. wheresyoured.at/oai_docs/
Apple is finally selling PSVR2 controllers for use with VIsion Pro… for $249.
I bought a barely-used PSVR 2 headset + controllers for $170 off eBay a couple months ago apple.com/xc/product/HS8H2ZM/A
I've been using Tahoe since July and I've really, really tried to like the new Spotlight because I'm encouraged by the direction it's taking, but I'm giving up and going back to Raycast. It's just WAY TOO SLOW.
If you set up quick keys and then type them "too fast," it'll always do something else instead. Same goes for launching apps by name. Just typed "1p", but Spotlight spent 3 seconds assuming that meant I wanted to open a product page for a Ring camera in Safari.
My bro's staying with us, and he's pointed out what a mess our home network is. Spent all weekend detangling a rat's nest of overtorqued ethernet cables, and it's still busted. I feel awful about it.
Kink shaming isn't cool.
I can confirm that visionOS 26 and the new 20 Gbps Developer Strap supports network connections via USB-C ethernet adapters—very cool! amazon.com/dp/B08HQBC678?ref_=ppx_hzsearch_conn_dt_b_fed_asin_title_14&th=1
My grandpa left me a tiny 1-inch portable TV growing up. It felt like you were watching TV… until you put it next to the real thing.
Sandwich's new ad gave me the same feeling—seeing it in the context of immersive video is an incredible experience. sixcolors.com/post/2025/10/hello-robot-sandwich-launches-immersive-commercial/
The single most destructive metric is a key performance indicator that improves for reasons the business doesn't understand. When it inevitably goes back down, people panic because nobody understands why it went up in the first place. news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45807775
Watching Becky explore the world of bodybuilding, all I know is I would really struggle with my body being scrutinized by others. Surprisingly, though, I'm actually most impressed with the vegan bodybuilders—somehow they all seem to maintain a really healthy self-esteem. Maybe it's because they never whey themselves.
Seems like there's a bug in visionOS 26.1 where the first time you connect the new Developer Strap you get a glorious 20 Gbps connection, but then all subsequent connections are stuck at USB 2 480 Mbps speeds. Neat. reddit.com/r/VisionPro/comments/1ok1lye
Excited to engage with the Orlando developer community for the first time tonight. Going to do a hotseat Q & A on agentic coding and what it means for your weekend. meetup.com/orlandodevs/events/310925222/
A nonstop Orlando-Tokyo route is absolutely HUGE. Zip Airlines may be a budget airline, but the lowest-tier of Japanese service is frankly a superior experience to United/Delta/AA. Becky flew them to NRT earlier this year and it was great—lie-flat seats from SFO for like $1100! wesh.com/article/first-nonstop-flights-connecting-orlando-to-tokyo-announced/69177387
I wonder what's in store for the USA's Bi.5centennial next year.
My brother's moving out in a few days and I bought him a couple gifts to celebrate… does that make them housecooling gifts?
Has anybody figured out a way to get Codex CLI or Claude Code to stop working when confidence drops and ask the user a question?
I'm sick of getting spam email because of my CEO title at Searls LLC on LinkedIn, so it's got me thinking about stepping back into a Steakholder role.