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  • e544 — Are We Bananas?

    e544 — Are We Bananas?
    Feb 23 2026
    Photo by Masahiro Naruse on Unsplash Published 23 February 2026 e544 with Andy, Michael and Michael – Stories and discussion on rumoured AI devices, addictive predictives, listening through bananas (or mud), and what happens when VR platforms die? Plus the usual assortment or other things. This week’s episode kicks off with a check in on which tech giants are working on what devices, now? Apple stepping back from headsets but working on glasses and pendants, and OpenAI making some kind of smart Pod for your dumb Home? Then, there’s discussion of the challenges of privacy when LLMs get access to private email and chats. Oh, and if you’re not sure if your AI is an LLM or a sentience, then Anthropic can’t answer that. We hope you’re listening to the show in perfect digital quality, but we’re also interested to know if you’ve tried piping it to your ears through any kind of fruit – let us know. Meta’s fully backing away from VR for Horizon Worlds, and in case Blizzard ever stops making the client software for World of Warcraft, Michael tried an open source version. Finally, don’t let hackers get hold of your brainwaves! (it could happen) These show notes were lovingly hand crafted by a real human, and not by a bot. All rights reserved. That’s our story and we’re sticking to it. Selected Links AI Apple AI Glasses OpenAI and Jony Ive device Thank god Microsoft is shoving Copilot AI crap into everything. One gets the sense this isn't going to be an isolated occurrence. From Bleeping Computer: "Microsoft says a Microsoft 365 Copilot bug has been causing the AI assistant to summarize confidential emails since late January, bypassing data loss prevention (DLP) policies that organizations rely on to protect sensitive information." https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-says-bug-causes-copilot-to-summarize-confidential-emails/ — BrianKrebs (@briankrebs@infosec.exchange) 2026-02-18T18:24:34.707Z HEADLINE: "Prediction Markets Are Sucking Huge Numbers of Young People Into Gambling" ALT HEADLINE: "All Our Incentives Lead to Bad Outcomes, and Prediction Markets Are Just One Example" https://futurism.com/future-society/prediction-markets-gambling — Mike Elgan (@MikeElgan@mastodon.social) 2026-02-16T17:06:59.555Z Episode 80 on prediction marketsClaude isn’t sure what it isI gave Claude access to my pen plotter Audio Audiophiles can’t tell mud from bananas? AR/VR Meta ditching VR for Horizon WorldsOpen Source WoW client Makers Reverse engineering a sleep mask Bonus link Trek-o-rama
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    29 m
  • e543 — Rent-a-Anything

    e543 — Rent-a-Anything
    Feb 16 2026
    Photo by Viktor Keri on Unsplash Published 16 February 2026 e543 with Andy, Michael and Michael – Stories and discussion on Agentic AI and the changing nature of work, agents renting humans, real time translation, artistic roads, e-bikes for your feet and a whole lot more. Andy, Michael and Michael get things rolling with several AI articles. First up, is a Mastodon post by Alan Pringle that called attention to a HBR article on the influence of AI on productivity. This then led to a post on productivity acceleration technologies from years past – from COBOL, which was designed to enable business people to write programs, to 4GLs to case tools. Then, the team discusses a detailed post from Matt Shumer entitled Something Big Is Happening. The entire post is well worth reading, not only for how history is unfolding in real time, also for the recommendations that Matt makes for people to take onboard right now. Among the recommendations are to begin the habit of adapting, and experimenting with multiple tools to build resiliency and experience. Wrapping up this section is a new version of taskrabbit that provides an API for Agents to rent humans for specific work called rentahuman.ai . The future is certainly coming in fast. In the AR VR section, there is a story from Tom’s Guide where the author used her Ray Ban Meta glasses to translate the Super Bowl halftime video in real time. This feels like the precursor to the next logical step, a dynamic version of the Amazon X-Ray feature where further context can be personalized and served up to the user if they wish. After touching on the assembly of Game Poems and the art of roads in games, the team sprints to the end of the episode with Nike’s Project Amplify, which is an ankle exoskeleton to augment humans running abilities. Looping back to the start of the episode, Andy highlights a BBC show called Chris McCausland. What’s been your experience with AI productivity? What are you experimenting with? Have your bots 🤖 drop our bots 🤖 a line at @gamesatwork_biz@mastodon.social (our home for now) and let us know! These show notes were lovingly hand crafted by a real human, and not by a bot. All rights reserved. That’s our story and we’re sticking to it. Selected Links AI "For instance, #engineers, in turn, spent more time reviewing, correcting, and guiding #AI-generated or AI-assisted work produced by colleagues. These demands extended beyond formal #code review. Engineers increasingly found themselves coaching colleagues who were 'vibe-coding' and finishing partially complete pull requests." https://hbr.org/2026/02/ai-doesnt-reduce-work-it-intensifies-it — Alan Pringle (@alanpringle@mstdn.social) 2026-02-10T13:47:23.853Z Harvard Business Review article: AI Doesn’t Reduce Work—It Intensifies It caimito.net post: Why We’ve Tried to Replace Developers Every Decade Since 1969 Wikipedia article: VisualAge Wikipedia article: Fourth-generation programming language Wikipedia article: Computer-aided Software Engineering shumer.dev blog post: Something Big Is Happening metr.org theshamblog.com blog post: An AI Agent Published a Hit Piece on Me https://rentahuman.ai taskrabbit AR & VR Tom’s Guide post: I wore Ray-Ban Meta Display smart glasses to watch the Super Bowl halftime show — and understood Bad Bunny in real time Amazon X-Ray The Verge article: YouTube is coming to the Apple Vision Pro Game ON! gamepoems.com sandboxspirit.com blog post: Art of Roads in Games Art in Rhodes Augmenting Humans NPR article: ‘E-bike for your feet’: How bionic sneakers could change human mobility Nike Newsroom post: Nike Unveils Project Amplify, the World’s First Powered Footwear System for Running and Walking Games at Work e471: Ghost Jobs and AI (for exoskeleton stories) BBC Chris McCausland: Seeing into the Future BBC iPlayer: Chris McCausland: Seeing into the Future Bonus links LEGO Reddit post: I made a working Lego Toaster hackster.io article: The Windows 98 Toaster is Here hackster.io article: This Tiny LEGO Fender Guitar Amp Conversion Really Works Retrododo article: Modder Creates LEGO Game Boy Advance SP & Gets DOOM Playing Even more! Board Game Geek article: I made a touchscreen electronic board game table for computer and tablet board games The Verge article: Toyota made a game engine Web 11.0 mashup junkie, and co-founder / co-host of the GamesAtWork.biz podcast. My views are my own. Michael Martine
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    31 m
  • e542 — Vibe Coding Vowels

    e542 — Vibe Coding Vowels
    Feb 9 2026
    Photo by Mihai 👑 on Unsplash Published 9 February 2026 e542 with Michael, Andy and Michael – Stories and discussion on programming language localization, Virtual Boy hardware & emulation, LEGO terrestrial & orbital dwellings and a whole lot more. Michael, Andy and Michael get things rolling with an article on programming language localization, specifically using the Welsh language as syntax. Next, the co hosts consider Matt Ballentine’s thoughtful post about the the speed of technological change, and the recommendations to capitalize on the innovation that is happening. Then, the team takes a look at the Virtual Boy hardware, newly made available by Nintendo for the Switch and Switch 2. This reminds Michael R of the View-Master and a Vision Pro emulator for the Virtual Boy. Next up is a story about a Quest 3 virtual keyboard. The experience Michael R had back in 2017 with a laser keyboard was a good reference, as is his more recent VR experience in using a hardware keyboard with his Vision Pro. Rounding out this episode are a pair of LEGO stories – the first, a replica of a 1799 house and a of the Project Hail Mary spacecraft. Check out the links below for the awesomeness. How are you and your team taking the greatest advantage of the speed of change in 2026? Have your bots 🤖 drop our bots 🤖 a line at @gamesatwork_biz@mastodon.social (our home for now) and let us know! These show notes were lovingly hand crafted by a real human, and not by a bot. All rights reserved. That’s our story and we’re sticking to it. Selected Links AI Hackaday article: YSGRIFENNU CÔD YN GYMRAEG (WRITING CODE IN WELSH) Raku Sacha Chua blog post: Sketchnote: Fun With Dead Languages: Damian Conway Matt Ballentine blog post: Is it really happening that quickly? 2025 edition Wikipedia article: Connections Game & VR Technology The Verge article: Nintendo’s new Virtual Boy is more fun to look at than to play Virtual Boy for Nintendo Switch Wikipedia article: View-Master 9 to 5 Mac article: This Vision Pro emulator brings Nintendo’s Virtual Boy back to life TechCrunch article: Roblox’s 4D creation feature is now available in open beta Gizmodo article: Meta’s Quest 3 Has the First VR Keyboard That Doesn’t Totally Suck Karrello Laser Keyboard Games at Work e164: Addictive AR LEGO Reddit r/lego post: My brother and I collaborated on a 17,000-piece model of a family home Slashfilm article: New Project Hail Mary LEGO Set Gives Ryan Gosling A Close Encounter In Space Web 11.0 mashup junkie, and co-founder / co-host of the GamesAtWork.biz podcast. My views are my own. Michael Martine
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    30 m
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