A follow-up from Jim’s letter last week. Jim published his book–what thoughts did he have in the gap since sending us his letter? Getting exactly what you want from a project and what are next-steps creatively that aren’t a total-dedication to the medium? Send your project questions/ideas to [email protected], subject line “After Things.” Picks: Andrew: Visual Studio Code Justin: Spider-Man: No Way Home Bryce: Hawkeye

Can the boys pack for an unknown adventure and what will they find deep in Yemen? An intriguiging find on a satellite map. New ways to play Pong and a new rationale for organic machines: power efficiency. The burger wars! Got something weird? Email [email protected], subject line “Weird Things.” Picks: Andrew: Saturday Morning All Star Hits! Justin: The Witcher Brian: Shadows House Bryce: Monster Rancher 1 & 2 DX

Listener BigJim wants advice on self-publishing his small poetry project and wants to know the best time to self-publish. What’s the best use of this effort and how can you take a novel idea and turn it into an attractive story across media? Send your project questions/ideas to [email protected], subject line “After Things.” Picks: Justin: The Expanse Brian: Succession Bryce: Succession

Elon is named Time’s Person of the Year and we dissect the whole affair including hair-dos. A scary new planet and we are seriously unsure of how big and heavy it is compared to other planets. What Star Wars movies are underrated? A new start-up wants to house the 1.5 billion unhoused people–how does a fancy, tent-like structure expand beyond fancy tents? Got something weird? Email [email protected], subject line “Weird Things.” Picks: Andrew: Defunctland’s documentary on Disney’s FastPass Justin: Hawkeye Brian: Hawkeye Bryce: Gran Turismo Sport

Know what’s hot on TikTok? Microsoft Excel! DIY educational monetizing just through social media. What comes first: the solution or the problem? What might work best for hosting learning material for sale? A platform like Udemy or roll your own with Thinkific? If you don’t already, you should find a way to learn spreadsheets! Send your project questions/ideas to [email protected], subject line “After Things.” Picks: Andrew: Google Colab Brian: IFTTT Bryce: Airtable

A Taco Bell on the moon? New images don’t *disprove* the idea. A discussion on Earth’s Black Box, an upcoming structure dedicated to preserving information about our planet in case of emergency. Got something weird? Email [email protected], subject line “Weird Things.” Picks: Andrew: Solitaire Stories Justin: Tiger King season 2 (anti-pick) and Music Box series on HBO Brian: Inkl Bryce: Crossy Road+

A retrospective on microcomputing pioneer Clive Sinlair and the philosophical successes, even in consumer failures. Where is your duty: to the successful projects or your personal goals? Send your project questions/ideas to [email protected], subject line “After Things.”

No sideways rockets here–rocket launcher Astra has successfully reached orbit. Plus, hurling rockets at asteroids for a good reason and an update on Russia’s space junk. Biases in algorithms: what do they represent? Got something weird? Email [email protected], subject line “Weird Things.” Picks: Andrew: Micro Men Justin: The Beatles: Get Back Brian: Termination Shock from Neal Stephenson Bryce: Forza Horizon 5

The money episode! What tips and tricks do we have as creative professionals to save money? Plus, Justin unleashes hot Y: The Last Man critiques at 39:19 to the end. Send your project questions/ideas to [email protected], subject line “After Things.” Picks: Andrew: WikiReader and Kindle Paperwhite Justin: Y: The Last Man (anti-pick) Brian: Succession Bryce: Succession

Crew members on the ISS have to take shelter after space junk enters the ISS’s orbit. How do you clean up space junk and who should do it? Can we just yeet a rocket into space? SpinLaunch says “maybe!” Got something weird? Email [email protected], subject line “Weird Things.” Picks: Andrew: Star Trek: Lower Decks and Star Trek: Prodigy Justin: Foundation Brian: Rivian and Succession Bryce: Unpacking