Quick Review: Obsession

Obsession

2026, Curry Barker

Reviewed on Jul 11, 2026

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Loved it!

One of the best (if not THE best) horror movies I’ve ever seen! Nikki is probably the most terrifying character I’ve seen in a movie, and so much of it is due to Inde’s acting and the amazing sound design.

This is Curry Barker’s first movie and I can’t wait for the next ones.

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Obsession

2026, Curry Barker

Reviewed on Jul 11, 2026

Didn't like it

Decent

I like it

Loved it!

This is Curry Barker’s first movie and I can’t wait for the next ones.

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There’s hardly a working day in which Safari doesn’t make my life harder. I’m not the only one who feels like that. Alex Russell goes in great detail on how shitty the situation of Apple’s browser is especially because they block any sort of competition in their main platform.

Apple is consistently out-engineered and out-invested by a non-profit with 1/40th the web-derived revenue.

These large, persistent gaps matter to the mobile and web ecosystems because Apple is unique in denying access to more capable, less-buggy engines and actively erecting unlawful barriers to choice when forced by legislation to enable it.

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Don’t let the title turn you off in case these words mean nothing to you — Sophie’s website is a joy to open every time, with multiple fun themes to choose from. And she added a new dynamic element to one of them, making the background reflect the sky of the current time of day.

She noted it was hard to get to this result, but reading it, it feels pretty simple to understand. Which is the mark of a good developer and writer.

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Bergamo

Taken on 2026-07-04

Cool people and nice views, lots of things to like in Bergamo.

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Wow! This is a mistake I’d probably have done on my first semester in college. Not when working for FIFA.

Though I do wonder if real humans wrote that code before the fix. My guess is no.

I gotta say this person has a lot of self-control.

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Really good article about literal and metaphorical midwinters and (tech) work.

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A 3D museum in which you can walk on all about the history of WordPress, with displays for each release, some of the history behind them, all that. Really cool!

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Backrooms

2026, Kane Parsons

Reviewed on Jun 27, 2026

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Decent

I like it

Loved it!

There is no way a movie with this concept would be good, but I gotta praise that this movie isn’t afraid of being weird, and went in a totally different direction than I expected a bad horror-ish movie to go.

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Half Life 2 running fully through your browser? Sure! Why not?

Definitely not the best way to do it, but walking around in one of the best games ever on my browser is a pretty cool concept. Especially since there’s no way to run it natively on a Mac nowadays.

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I often look at my own posts and think, “There’s nothing novel, or important, or deep in here at all — is this even worth saying?”

Yes! Me too! Lots of drafts got abandoned because I eventually caught myself thinking that while writing it. Past couple years I’ve been trying to detach myself from that way of thinking but it’s a slow process.

Sometimes a blog post will only have a target audience of one (the writer) and that is perfectly fine.

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The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy

1979, Douglas Adams

Reviewed on Jun 23, 2026

Didn't like it

Decent

I like it

Loved it!

I remember loving this book when I was a pre-teen so perhaps this rating is a bit unfair. I was looking for some light reading before bed and landed on this one, but I guess the humor doesn’t work on me anymore. Some good quotes here and there, but most of it felt like an adult’s attempt at saying things kids would find funny. It probably works for a lot of people but I think I outgrew this specific kind of silliness (but not silliness altogether, mind you).

I read the pt-BR version, if that matters.

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Incredible visual demonstration of how the absurd size of modern SUVs turns them into even deadlier machines. Not only the hood height makes them deadlier in a possible collision, but the vastly increased blind spots make collisions more likely to happen.

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