Linkblog • Dominik Schwind

Monday, October 05, 2026

“I’m Embarrassed on Behalf of the Tech Industry” # blog.jim-nielsen.com

Yes, very much this.

But also: hm. There is a lot of things proper tech people would like to build in a nicer way but time and budget constraints are a sad fact of life.

Sex, AI, and the Apocalypse # iankduncan.com

What the fuck did I just read?

Thursday, September 24, 2026

Live DJ Mix In An Airbus A320 | JET SET 2 | 2010 Trance Edits # youtu.be

Not the first thing I'd think about when having access to a clearly well-built prosumer flight simulator, but sure, why not?

Sunday, September 20, 2026

Nish Kumar Names His Celebrity Nemeses # youtube.com

Put Nish Kumar on one of these interview shows and I'll watch it. Good guy, very funny.

Saturday, September 19, 2026

Singapore is paying people to read books – can it fix the reading crisis? # theguardian.com

Where can I sign up? I'd love to get paid to read books in Singapore

Inside a Saigon Studio Bringing Lion Dance Costumes to Life # saigoneer.com

Lion dance is so amazing and this look at the artists creating these beautiful masks and what goes into a performance fascinates me a lot.

Thursday, September 10, 2026

Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg Put on 'Leave of Absence' # 404media.co

Oh. Just when I thought things cooled down a bit.

Monday, August 31, 2026

Replacing gift cards with hóngbāo # rubenerd.au

This is actually a good idea.

Thursday, August 27, 2026

This interactive atlas captures more than a thousand literary journeys. # lithub.com

This is very relevant to my interests.

Wednesday, August 26, 2026

OM System Teases New Pen Series Camera Launch on September 9 # petapixel.com

O-ho!

Sunday, August 23, 2026

Where are your Labubus now? # youtube.com

Mine are still on my bags! Labubus everywhere! Blind boxes, woohoo!

Saturday, August 22, 2026

B.C. swimmer crosses the Strait of Georgia in under nine hours # cbc.ca

This is a very good interview. So funny.

Thursday, August 20, 2026

Inside the Jeselnik Book Club: How Anthony Jeselnik is making reading cool # latimes.com

I read a few books he mentioned on his podcast back in the days and they were all pretty good. I didn't realise he's now recommending them on Instagram.

Tuesday, August 18, 2026

These ‘Masturbation Consultants’ Were Hired to Pleasure Themselves With AI # wired.com

And another one for the headline collection

Monday, August 17, 2026

Diane Morgan On Comedy, Cunk and becoming a robot in Ann Droid # youtube.com

Diane Morgan is really funny and a lot more lively than her comedy personas

Air France Closes Paris Lounge Sauna After Passengers Apparently Turned It Into A Sex Den # liveandletsfly.com

This is one for my collection of great headlines

loupe-php/loupe: A full text search engine with tokenization, stemming, typo tolerance, filters and geo support based on only PHP and SQLite. # github.com

I had this in my local bookmarks for a while - it looks super interesting especially for small websites. First tests look promising as well. It's closely based on Meili search, so switching over might be quite doable.

Thursday, August 13, 2026

Laibach: Live in Pyongyang (2015) # youtube.com

Oh, wow.

Wednesday, August 05, 2026

Man arrested after dressing as Grim Reaper on hospital roof and staring at patients # independent.co.uk

I guess that's one way to pass the time

Tuesday, August 04, 2026

The Hank Green Situation is Weird and Sad # youtube.com

I have no idea who this guy is, this video is barely about Hank Green, I still have no idea what "the situation" is but he says a lot of smart things about LLMs, creativity and psychology.