Andy Baio

@andy.baio.net

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The poster formerly known as "waxpancake". I make @Waxy.org and @xoxofest.com. Also: Skittish, Upcoming, Supercut, Playfic, Kind of Bloop. Helped build Kickstarter. WWW: https://waxy.org Mastodon: https://xoxo.zone/@andybaio

Polymarket screenshot of a chart of Croatia's World Cup odds, currently at less than 1%, but greater than 0

Hand-lettered sign on a garage door in SE Portland reading "Private Sign – Do Not Read"

shrinkwrapped box of Monopoly: The .com Edition

postcard of Battle Rock that reads "Port Orford, Oregon"

photo of me in a Google Reader shirt giving a big thumbs down

My 4x3 results for June 27. 203 points. Silver Plaque Unlocked

Screenshot of six (probably) Claude-vibecoded sites that all look suspiciously similar with warm background colors, serif fonts, and red italic accents

Screenshot from Verizon app encouraging me to opt in to get rid of activation and upgrade fees while getting something called "Verizon Dollars" and "Verizon Shine"

A collage of screenshots of different webpages with cream-colored background, serif fonts w/red italic accents, and monotype all-caps headings, all hallmarks of Claude's vibecoded default style

Tim Cook says "post more"

Turner and Hooch

Screenshot from Bluesky Bots documentation. "Rate Limits & Respecting Other Users. Keep in mind that bots should respect the network's rate limits. Automated bots that post to an account on a regular interval are welcome. If your bot interacts with other users, please only interact (like, repost, reply, etc.) if the user has tagged the bot account. It must be an opt-in interaction, or else your bot may be taken for spam."

Screenshot of Cursor Camp, centered on a sign with a martini glass with a tiny umbrella inside

T-shirt that says "it's videogames not video games" in a script font (with no space between videogames in the former and a space in the latter)

Funny video by @matthewlaslomagic on TikTok of a Rube Goldberg device making a cup of tea, a series of steps that all fail and need a human to intervene to continue the chain reaction

Illustration of Milo, his dog friend Tock, and a despondent King Azaz from the Phantom Tollbooth

Wikipedia history of Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, which went through 10 different names in 20 years

The bottom three with LaserWriter II, HyperCard, and ImageWriter II in places 48-50

Photo of the I Heart Kabul sign at the Kabul airport with the heart symbol removed by the Taliban, reading just "I Kabul". The heart was later added back.

Exterior of the Game Dude location, a one story brick building and parking lot

Photo of a display at SXSW 2007 showing live tweets from attendees. Text at the bottom reads, "What are you doing? Text JOIN SXSW to 40404"

Screenshot of Jack Dorsey's first tweet: "just setting up my twttr" on March 21, 2006 at 12:50pm PT

zoomed-in section of Temu screenshot with a tiny bit of whitespace in the cramped busy layout

Aaron Draplin cringing away from a pack of purple XOXO Field Notes. His caption reads, "Purple Field Notes? Yeah, Purple Field Notes. Hell fuckin' freezes over. Eating my words, hourly, forever."

YouTube comment that reads: "Anyone in 2020, Anyone in 2021, Anyone in 2022" etc through to 2026, with a crying face and praying hands emoji

Sign that reads "Restroom for Costumers Only"

Maze Craze's brightly colored randomized maze with a little blue character

J. Epstein <jeeproject@yahoo.com> to <account-security-help@cc.yahoo-inc.com>
Nov 15, 2007 9:03 PM
"Dear Sirs:
My name is Jeffrey Epstein and I am the owner and authorized user of the
following two Yahoo! accounts: (1) jeeproject; and (2) littlestjeff. My password for each of these accounts is
as follows:
jeeproject - neptune
littlestjeff - mermaid
I am writing in reference to a telephone complaint reference no. 6262176 lodged on Thursday, October 25, 2007 with your premium care support line. At that time I reported that I have reason to suspect that unauthorized third parties have been accessing..."

a Sears photo of five-year-old me in 1982, wearing big brown glasses and cuffed blue jeans with a red Empire Strike Back t-shirt, Devo pin, and rainbow suspenders

photo of a calendar with activities including daily trivia, card game, and in bold, "Netflix & Chill"

Panel from Junji Ito's manga "The Enigma of Amigara Fault" showing a man climbing into a man-shaped hole in a cliffside while saying, "It was made for me!"

"They Don't Know" Wojak meme with Wonak at a party as a boring download icon, looking at two couples with shiny colorful download buttons, saying "They don't know I'm the real download button"

Google screenshot of singer Tiny Tim with his height listed as 6'1"

Chris Parnell: "Yo, where's the movie playing?"
Andy Samberg: "Upper West Side, dude!"
"Let's hit up Yahoo Maps to find the dopest route."
"I prefer MapQuest."
"That's a good one too."
"Google Maps is the best."
"True dat."
BOTH: "Double true!"

TikTok screenshot of Simone Giertz video for her edge piece puzzle, but a sponsored ad by "Gladlode"

Inoreader screenshot showing the "import feeds" feature

POLK'S PORTLAND - Directory of Householders, Occupants of Office Buildings and Other Business Places, Including a Complete Street and Avenue Guide 1957

Scan of Polk's Portland city directory from 1957. "Wives names are listed with husbands, the name of the wife is shown in parenthesis following the husband's... In case of a widow by death, wherever possible the name of the deceased husband is shown in parenthesis... The occupation and place of employment is listed as follows... Ownership or co-ownership of a firm is indicated by showing the individuals name in parenthesis following the firm name... A firm name enclosed by parenthesis indicates ownership or co-ownership by the individual whose name pre-cedes... The head of the house is indicated by h preceding the street address, other members of the family and roomers"

Freeway exit sign in Honolulu that says "Likelike Hwy"

March 16, 2015 tweet from KotakuInActipn: "#Gamergate Level up your archive.today usage and dig like a pro"

congratulation

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bag of chips that looks identical to the Juanita's bag, except it's called "Juantonio's" in the same font

Blue solar-powered calculator in the shape of a 3.5" floppy disk with "OfficeVision/400, Calculate Your Savings" printed on the shutter

photo of a "Soft Disk Calculator" by Marksman, with a solar-powered calculator in the shape of a 5.25" floppy disk, with a hand-written label that says "Jim Johnson" and accompanying disk sleeve

closeup of an man in blue overalls with eyes closed and mouth wide open, perhaps screaming in ecstasy that his giant pumpkin in the foreground won the contest

Photo of Pyro Pizza's craft sodas: sarsaparilla, watermelon mint, cucumber lime, hibiscus, lemon lime, Dr. Whatever, basil lime, and natural cola

Steam achievements screenshot with three unlocked: Your Coin A Splode (Ending: Destroy the Coin, 30% chance), Get Eggbugged (Ending: Say hello to an old friend, 20% chance), Heads 10X (Ending: Get heads 10 times in a row, 10% chance). And three still locked: Oops (Land the coin on its side, 20% chance), and ...? (Ending: Flip the coin too high, 20% chance)

Screenshot of end game screen: "You played masterfully and proved you have a Steel Soul. Thank you for taking the time to explore and conquer the world of Hollow Knight: Silksong. We'll meet again with a new challenge for you... Team Cherry"

With Substack's latest launch, writers are actually ceding control of the billing relationship to Apple, which now owns and controls the subscription. These transactions, subscriptions, and customers will no longer be accessible in their Stripe account.

Most importantly, that means that if writers choose to leave Substack, they won't be able to port their paid subscriptions over to another platform like they could previously.

This predatory platform lock-in is incredibly dangerous for writers. It strips away data and control, while locking them into the platform.

under construction gif

Silksong screenshot: "Game Completion. Time: 15 hours 30 minutes 47 seconds"

Portals
There is a highly specific streetview bug that can cause a specific location to become a portal. Some GSV was uploaded unofficially, and then its gps metadata was edited, such that we can drive into it at one location, but will be transported to it at a different location over great distance. You can tell we have been portaled by the long straight red line on the map that ignores roads. It doesn't often largely impact the trip; however, it has the potential to. The streetview phenomenon that causes this is rare and not creatable anymore, so we likely cannot use it to jump to faraway locations or new continents.

AI-modified image of fans at a Will Smith show with a "Lov U Fresh Prince" sign

"You Wouldn't Cracker A Barrel", set in the "you wouldn't download a car" anti-piracy PSA font