Good Thoughts

For every power has its double: one that lifts and one that breaks,
And the line between them thins with every promise that he makes.

Listen here: https://suno.com/s/Cw2XE2hMNCJTavEU

Tech for good.
https://quack.sdan.io/

Absolutely loving the snowy weather for new year. Makes the long nights much more bearable and the Christmas market this year was just so delightful.
Wishing you all a great new year!

Really cool expose from the Japanese Casa BRUTUS magazine celebrating 40 years of Mario. Its got behind the scenes archival dev material and information on how the original game was made and even an interview with Shigeru Miyamoto. I don't think there is an English translation yet, but tried my best.

My fav thing - fun as a system:
> "Continuing to think about the mechanisms by which people think, ‘This is interesting.’"
Fun is not inspiration or taste, but a mechanism that can be studied is a...

Visited the amazing Super Tomaato in Cardiff this holiday and found this gem. A copy of the fashion magazine Brutus which was completely taken over by an expose on the making of the original Mario with never before seen sketches and notebooks. Just awesome!

Enjoying some cosy cabin vibes while hanging out the fam this holiday! Hope everyone is doing well.

This is the most 2025 thing i've seen. Thanks Wired Magazine.

Generated this background for my zoom calls using Ice Cap Zone assets and Nano Banana then created a looping animation in Veo 3. Just wild! I love this.

Google's new Nano Banana Pro model is just so incredible. With just a few reference images from Sonic 3 I was able to get it to produce new levels, bosses and even this sick cover with 32x branding. This image model is so good, people are going to have so much fun with it.

Testing out my new Good Thoughts section. The idea is simple: a place to share quick observations, links, and ideas without the pressure of writing a full article.

Think of it as Twitter, but on my own terms. No algorithms, no engagement metrics, just thoughts worth sharing.