Becca Farsace
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Newsletter: week of 12/23
🕑 Added 2024-12-27 20:08:27 +0000 UTCHappy Holidays, bud! It's that time of year when we see what everyone really got for Christmas via app store downloads! This year, the winner is Meta Horizon, the companion app for Meta Quest devices. However, I also see Frameo and Aura Frames, two smart frame apps, in the top five. And I know that a few of those Frameo apps are my fault 👀.
What apps were you downloading? And did you receive any cool gifts? Spill!
A Midjourney AI recreation of me writing this newsletter. Look at all those big ports! (prompt: 1960 living room, little boy, opening gift, new laptop)
What I read/saw:
I always wanted a Car Thing, a tiny infotainment device that, before it was discontinued, allowed users to control Spotify through their car's speakers. Since the devices went offline in early December of this year, folks have gotten creative with repurposing them. Deskthing is by far my favorite! It serves as an alternative OS for Car Thing. But if you are able to get one, there is a whole subreddit full of ideas.
"It's all about perspective"
Get a friend who gifts you something as cool as this for Secret Santa! For the rest of us, here is the map from which the bug pulls lightning data. It's equally fun to watch!
Trying to spend less time on Meta's social apps, I jumped back into Reddit. This is a big subreddit, but it has been the one I have been checking in on most. Please send recs!
What I watched:
Although this document does not have fancy graphics or sound effects, it is an incredibly fun journey full of enablers and CRT lovers (my favorite type of people).
If you ask me, American football is just a vessel for great halftime shows. Typically, we only get one--during the Super Bowl in February. However, since Netflix is desperately trying to get sports on its platform, it hosted two football games this Christmas and included a Beyoncé halftime show. And holy hell, bud, what a show! I have watched it three times already. We got guests, marching bands, cars, large dance numbers, and even aerials.
This short documentary is so well edited, with fantastic music choices, endless found footage, and seamlessly strung-together interviews that tell an amazing story.
What I listened to:
Last Friday, Hannah, a few friends, and I hit Small Talk, a new cocktail bar in Woodstock, NY. I was the designated driver, so I can't speak to the cocktails, but they must have had Mura Masa radio playing because every song I loved from 2015/2016 was playing. And ever since, I have been sucked back into that sort of EDM/Pop sphere and jamming to Love$ick, What if I Go, Doses & Mimosas, Giving It All, and Omen.
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Ok, folks! That's all I got for this week. Before 2024 comes to a close, though, I want to thank you all again for your support. This has, without a doubt, been one of the wildest years of my life. I bet every last dollar I had on myself and took a giant leap into the unknown. It was terrifying, and emotionally, it has been quite the rollercoaster, but having the support of folks like you has always kept me going. I wish you all a great New Year's Eve and raise my glass for you from afar! Here is to another exciting year, Becca 🚀
Comments
Becca Farsace
I have heard Goodreads go hard! Here is to hoping that that new graphics cards doesn't take too much time from your books. hehe
Becca Farsace
Yes to the green ones--best color by far! And what the heck brother, get to it!
Adrián F-R.G.
Merry Christmas everybody! My main tech present are the Pixel Buds Pro 2 (obviously the green ones) and they are great! I gave my parents a Google TV Streamer, it's waaaaay better and fast than the good Chromecast with Google TV. My brother received the Xiaomi 14T Pro phone... And he still doesn't set up it 😅
Adam Fofana
Merry Christmas! The main app I've been newly using is Goodreads. I'd been manually tracking the books I'd been reading for years and it turns out there's a much smarter way of doing things 😂. The main tech present I got for Christmas is a new laptop (that I actually bought for myself a month ago). It's got an actual graphics card so I've been having a lot of fun playing Marvel Rivals.
