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Warm weather in Winter? Hmm, must be those AI data-centres increasing the global temperature for us all…

This newsletter is #011 in the series. It has been written in Aotearoa New Zealand and sent to your inboxes on June 3, 2026.

So, where are we this time around?

I’m generally peeking out occasionally from behind my hands at this new world of AI roll-outs, trillions of dollars thrown everywhere from rockets, to tech companies… while the OG money makers (the oil companies of yesteryear) are left further down the NYSE Top 100.

It’s been an interesting few months - and the pathway of our new robot overlords is a strange one to follow.

But the world of possibilities have exploded. From coding on your sofa, to spellchecking your professional sounding email (which will be in-turn thrown back into an LLM chatbot to be again summarised by the receiver) to making music that sounds exactly like an artist that it’s ripped off. I mean, why on earth are we here?

Maybe it’s a mid-life crisis, or maybe it’s just that the world has reached it’s capitalist tipping point and we all know too much about whats going on in the world now. Knowledge is king - but also probably access to it is overstimulating to us mere apelike beings.

Anyway, I’ve found some fun things on the internet in recent weeks that might actually make you smile, share with a friend or simply delete. The choice is yours - not the algorithm’s… :-)

Now, on with the ACTUAL content…

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Here’s the FIVE things that recently caught my eye.

#01

What is a Dickover?
📱 by John Gruber

You’ve definitely experienced this one on the internet before, although you probably didn’t know the name of it.

This explains itself by just clicking the link.

#02

Four Thousand Weeks
📝 by Lee Byron

I was chatting with a friend a few weeks back and in that rambling conversation about the state of the world, that we are only alive for, on average, four thousand weeks.

Now for some, this sounds like a huge number. For me, it’s a nagging reminder of our current need to optimise our time.

This interactive site from Lee gives homage to the book (that I’ve not yet read, but was the topic of our chat) by Oliver Burkeman, titled as such.

I love the premise that we should all nurturing things that will outlast you, not focus on instant payback, or ROI.

This is a lesson for all streams of life, from politics, to business, to family and past times. As Guinness used to say, good things come to those who wait.

#03

If you let AI do your writing, I will come to your house and kill you.
📝 by Sam Kriss

Comical, satirical, but apt.

You know the drill - someone sends you a text, a presentation, and email and it has those three dreaded clauses.

Not just the hook. But the line. And the sinker.

It’s getting a bit repetitive in 2026 and I’ve actually had enough of it, although the title of the essay is a bit strong for me.

…I’d just maybe ignore that email?

#04

Hallucinate
📱 A Massive Multiplayer Rave

What’s better than joining an online rave?

And, maybe this is what Mark Zuckerberg meant when he talked about the Metaverse?

It’s a site that just that simple. Join people across the world with your own little digital human. Swap your clothes, your hair-do and most importantly, DANCE MOVES.

Go on, RAVE! The night is young, somewhere in the world.

#05

Geography is Four Dimensional.
📝 by Derek Sivers

I love this essay from Derek. It’s so good.

Everything you know or understand is only as good as being there in all dimensions. It’s just a perspective in time and place.

The examples he gives demonstrate the point well.

I’ve not lived in the UK for, well, a few years now. It’s definitely changed and I’ve seen that change every time I visit.

However, I wouldn’t define myself now as understanding that country as well as I did back then.

Sure I can whakapapa back there, but I have to be cognisant that the place I grew up in, and that place I knew back then is long gone. It’s not like that anymore.

Bonus Links.

Here’s the fun section at the bottom of my email (i promise) … I love it when others share links to random sites… so here’s three more for you. Enjoy the world wide web. 🎉

1. Bonus Link

2. Bonus Link

3. Bonus Link (Nostalgia. Made by me + a bit of AI, enjoy!)

So, that’s all for now.

See you next time for more things that recently caught my eye.

MD

P.S. Feel free to reach out if you had any topic that you wanted me to cover here, or anything you read recently that made you think differently about the world.

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