utopias, tsunamis, and baobabs

Saturday, August 29, 2026

My brother took my throne and left me alive to regret it.

1. How the IBM PC crushed an entire industry by 1983
2. ‘Handmade Utopia’ — California’s back-to-the-land buildings, still inhabited
3. New baobab species found hiding inside another species for decades
4. Europe sorts, America mixes — and the recycling math isn’t settled
5. Algorithmically solving SimCity (1989) — optimal city has only 12,000 people
6. Harvard’s Mobilio app outperforms Google Maps for blind navigation in early trials