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rzen b463f85b3f site: reviews — Shanling M0 Pura, Lunacy, Lai Tak Tsuen Estate (graduate from finds)
Three graduations, and the fact-check earned its keep on every one.

Shanling M0 Pura (music): the 250mW balanced figure needs an adapter Shanling
sells separately — out of the box it is 100mW, on a single 3.5mm jack. The
'cannot stream' pitch holds (no Wi-Fi, no apps) but the review declines to sell
the myth: Bluetooth-receiver mode will happily play your phone's Spotify. Read
alongside the existing Zenteek review — the same argument with a battery in it.

Lunacy (play): runs the original unmodified After Dark module, not a
reimplementation — confirmed. Corrects the find's attribution of More After
Dark to Apple (it was Berkeley Systems) and disambiguates Jeff Halter, who made
Lunacy, from Ben Haller, who wrote Lunatic Fringe in 1991. Ships no game data;
you supply your own copy. Same developer as the Stacks HyperCard player, which
is the actual story.

Lai Tak Tsuen Estate (places — new category): the find was substantially wrong
and both it and this morning's bundle have been corrected in place. Not two
1975 towers but four cylinders across two twin-cylinder blocks, completed 1976.
And access is not 'a guard checks resident cards' — there are coded gates and
posted notices prohibiting entry and photography, put up because the Ghost in
the Shell shoot turned a residential estate into a backdrop. The bundle no
longer invites anyone through the gate, and this is emphatically not the pick.
2026-07-14 02:10:49 -04:00
rzen a1da03acc4 site: bundles — Not built to be visited, The page is the point
Pool was at exactly 25 (the nominal cluster threshold) but yesterday's cluster
run already judged its remainder un-clusterable, so re-clustering would only
re-litigate that. Two tight 3-item themes instead, neither padded: three places
built for living/working rather than visiting (the run's one real patch to a
travel axis that has been thin for a week), and three things that argue for the
handmade page by being one — which finally surfaces london-notebook-writing,
shortlisted-but-invisible since 07-04.
2026-07-14 02:00:16 -04:00
rzen 117f519c83 content: 2026-07-14 capture run — 20 finds across 9 productive sources
Dedup was the story: 56 candidates surfaced, 31 already captured (the daily
feeds largely re-served yesterday's items), 2 previously rejected on merit,
5 failed the bar today.

Shortlisted 10. Two items were demoted off the shortlist by the fact-check
step rather than before it — the Coleman stove's Snow Peak IGT compatibility
is not a claim Coleman makes (and it is backorder-only), and Shortverse is a
filmmaker hosting platform, not the viewer-facing short-film streamer it
looked like. Both stay as finds, honestly written.

5 Amazon links. Source maintenance: Kevin Kelly demoted weekly -> as-needed
(publishes, but the Technium is essays, never things); The Browser's free feed
now carries only 2 of 5 daily picks; two Reddit 429s recorded but not acted on
(same-domain subs succeeded, so it reads as throttling, not a block).
2026-07-14 01:58:13 -04:00
rzen 311e83470a site: pick of the day — The First Herculaneum Scroll, Read 2026-07-13 02:00:40 -04:00
rzen 2225785559 site: reviews — Herculaneum scroll, Zen Mode, The HTML Review (graduate from finds) 2026-07-13 01:59:54 -04:00
rzen 36e2614d19 site: cluster run — 7 bundles from the 46-find backlog 2026-07-13 01:53:32 -04:00
rzen 568c48ed38 content: 2026-07-13 capture run — 28 finds across 12 productive sources 2026-07-13 01:45:50 -04:00
rzen 9f6cc65ea8 site: review — Folo (graduate from find)
Fact-check against folo.is, its pricing page, and the GitHub README
corrected the license (AGPL-3.0, not GPL-3.0) and added mobile apps,
real pricing tiers, and the self-hosting caveat the find omitted.
2026-07-12 19:41:42 -04:00
rzen be7263b912 site: review — Tintd 2 (graduate from find)
Fact-check against tintd.app and the App Store surfaced a version split:
the direct download is the real Tintd 2 (macOS 14+, one-time $9.99+),
while the Mac App Store listing is still the older v1.3.4 (macOS 13+,
subscription option) — Apple's review queue hasn't caught up yet.
2026-07-12 19:36:21 -04:00
rzen b28bcd640f site: review — Paste Switch (graduate from find)
Fact-check against indieseek.co corrected the find's "no panel" claim
(there's a secondary status view) and added shortcut mechanics,
format limits, and pricing.
2026-07-12 19:30:42 -04:00
rzen 1f78a5929a site: reviews — David Rumsey Map Collection, Cities and Memory, Marked QL (graduate from finds) 2026-07-12 02:00:41 -04:00
rzen 3f967a1950 site: bundles — Maps of the unmappable, The week's catch (Jul 5–12) 2026-07-12 01:55:31 -04:00
rzen 5c9e085cca content: 2026-07-12 capture run — 28 finds across 15 productive sources 2026-07-12 01:53:55 -04:00
rzen 7ce2fda97f site: reviews — Böker Cable Knife, Wyrm Math, Corelle Vitrelle Dinnerware (graduate from finds) 2026-07-11 01:57:30 -04:00
rzen 1baac31f5a site: bundle — Nothing leaves the device 2026-07-11 01:49:12 -04:00
rzen c12a077e15 content: 2026-07-11 capture run — 27 finds across 13 productive sources 2026-07-11 01:45:17 -04:00
rzen 98cace5706 site: review — Eley Hose Nozzle (graduates from find) 2026-07-10 18:55:22 -04:00
rzen 068b7586fd content: log — 3 review graduations (2026-07-10) 2026-07-10 18:45:28 -04:00
rzen 20ef9656ef site: reviews — Recall, Picview (graduate from finds) 2026-07-10 01:56:38 -04:00
rzen 2ca799366f site: bundle — Customizing the uncustomizable 2026-07-10 01:48:23 -04:00
rzen 31cc523956 content: 2026-07-10 capture run — 16 finds across 10 productive sources 2026-07-10 01:45:29 -04:00
rzen 56363f3278 site: cluster run — 6 bundles 2026-07-09 01:56:25 -04:00
rzen ec5d3a5c26 content: 2026-07-09 capture run — 23 finds across 13 productive sources 2026-07-09 01:48:12 -04:00
rzen 0b08746191 site: pick of the day — Reclips 2026-07-08 01:46:17 -04:00
rzen f2b37fc1e4 site: reviews — Reclips, WhimFiles (graduate from finds) 2026-07-08 01:45:13 -04:00
rzen 0a06564420 site: bundle — Three Mac apps that won't let it slip past 2026-07-08 01:40:56 -04:00
rzen 802112d0a1 content: 2026-07-08 capture run — 19 finds across 9 productive sources 2026-07-08 01:38:25 -04:00
rzen 1df249ccdd site: pick of the day — Say hey (Message Memory) 2026-07-07 01:58:21 -04:00
rzen 289013480d site: reviews — Say hey (Message Memory), Fidelia (graduate from finds) 2026-07-07 01:57:22 -04:00
rzen e66e06fb8a site: cluster run — 7 bundles from the July backlog 2026-07-07 01:48:50 -04:00
rzen 023abac346 content: 2026-07-07 capture run — 24 finds across 12 productive sources 2026-07-07 01:40:57 -04:00
rzen 1e5be72d19 site: pick of the day — Analog TV Simulator 2026-07-06 01:48:53 -04:00
rzen 6e8b7d960c site: reviews — Analog TV Simulator, PowerHouz (graduate from finds) 2026-07-06 01:48:00 -04:00
rzen 1b9f5942f4 site: bundle — Three arguments on the wrist 2026-07-06 01:42:47 -04:00
rzen 47e881670f content: 2026-07-06 capture run — 28 finds across 14 productive sources 2026-07-06 01:39:55 -04:00
rzen f960218784 site: pick of the day — CJRB Pyrite-Light 2026-07-05 01:55:54 -04:00
rzen cd51162028 site: reviews — CJRB Pyrite-Light, MacPulse (graduate from finds) 2026-07-05 01:55:19 -04:00
rzen 46046f69d4 site: bundles — Kept on the machine, The week's catch 2026-07-05 01:49:13 -04:00
rzen 528c5904b6 content: 2026-07-05 capture run — 28 finds across 11 productive sources 2026-07-05 01:44:51 -04:00
rzen 73bf2479da site: reviews — ChompSaw, Osaurus (graduate from finds) 2026-07-04 02:13:37 -04:00
rzen 58957246ce site: bundle — Milled for the pocket 2026-07-04 02:05:43 -04:00
rzen 85dfa5fc14 content: 2026-07-04 capture run — 65 finds across 25 productive sources 2026-07-04 02:00:46 -04:00
rzen 7315ec9ddd site: reviews — tldraw, Kartell Componibili (graduate from finds)
tldraw: fact-check enriched the find — dual product (free whiteboard /
source-available SDK), licensing corrected to the proprietary tldraw
license (not MIT). Fresh first-party screenshot hero.
Kartell Componibili: first review to carry amazonLink (genuine Kartell
4966/03, sold by Amazon) — exercises the new 'Also on Amazon' affiliate
rendering end to end. New 'design' category.
2026-07-03 15:51:51 -04:00
rzen 601a2515f6 site: cluster run — 8 bundles covering 53 backlog finds
The useful menagerie, Who actually said that, The completists, Ambient data,
Made on the old machines, Never out of production, Six groans (third serving),
Nothing to win here. All items previously unbundled; zero reuse.
2026-07-03 15:44:15 -04:00
rzen 5a4de71ad4 content: 2026-06-21 capture run — 138 finds across 30 productive sources 2026-07-03 15:12:52 -04:00
rzen 991dce3869 site: reviews — RemCTL, Editorio, Muxy (graduate from finds)
RemCTL (Federico Viticci's Reminders CLI): category `automation`,
hero reused from MacStories OG card. Body flags the private-API
caveat — RemCTL reads Reminders' SQLite + ReminderKit directly.

Editorio (indie markdown+code editor): category `writing`, hero reused
from Reddit OG. No homepage exists yet; review acknowledges single-
Reddit-post documentation. Used astro:assets <Image> for responsive
srcset on the small JPG.

Muxy (SwiftUI workspace): category `terminal`, fresh hero from the
github.com/muxy-app/muxy README. The find sold this as "a terminal
with a sidebar" — the review's blockquote opens by correcting that.
Muxy is actually a full SwiftUI workspace (Git tooling, file tree,
command palette, Mermaid preview, 490 themes, iOS+Android companion
apps). Review link points to github repo per user direction.
2026-05-31 22:11:36 -04:00
rzen 3c6f54add3 content: 2026-05-30 capture run — 54 finds across 18 productive sources
Ten-day gap since the 2026-05-20 sweep. Pool grows from 414 → 468 finds.

Productive: Six Colors, MacStories (3), Daring Fireball (3), Brett
Terpstra, Eclectic Light, Show HN (5), Wallpaper* Travel (5), AFAR (2),
Boutique Homes, Cool Tools (2), Kottke.org (4), Open Culture (5),
Quote Investigator (4), A.Word.A.Day, The Marginalian (4), MoMA (3),
Recomendo (3), icanhazdadjoke (7).

Major blocker: Reddit JSON endpoint is hard-blocked this run — all four
r/* sources returned identical 189908-byte HTML payloads regardless of
UA or URL pattern. Lost ~15-25 finds. Next-pass action: OAuth Reddit
API.

Other blockers: TidBITS 403, Web Curios ECONNREFUSED with no recent
issue URL resolvable, Things Magazine still on May 15 post (monthly-ish
cadence confirmed), Atlas Obscura serving evergreen 2017-era content,
A Continuous Lean dormant 9 runs.

5 new source nominees in candidate-sources.md.
2026-05-31 18:30:22 -04:00
rzen 4b34d2e5e0 site: review — Cursor Camp (graduates from find)
Single-image review of Neal Agarwal's Cursor Camp browser toy, reusing
the find's existing 1200×630 share card. New `play` category — none of
the existing buckets fit a web-toy, and the 2026-05-14 six-browser-games
bundle has 5+ other candidates that will graduate cleanly into it.
2026-05-22 18:29:56 -04:00
rzen f8c58dd84b content: 2026-05-20 capture run — 67 finds across 25 productive sources
Seven-day gap since the 2026-05-13 sweep. Pool grows from 347 → 414 finds.

Productive: r/macapps (10), r/shortcuts (5), Six Colors, MacStories,
Daring Fireball (3), Brett Terpstra, Wallpaper* Travel (5), AFAR (3),
The Outbound Collective (3), r/BuyItForLife (3), Kottke.org, Web Curios
(5), Recomendo, Cool Tools (2), Wikiquote, The Marginalian (3),
A.Word.A.Day (2), Quote Investigator, r/dadjokes (7), icanhazdadjoke (3),
Things Magazine (3 — first new post in 6 weeks).

Source-maintenance flags this run: Reddit JSON endpoint rate-limits hard
on >10 per-post fetches in a 60s window (mid-run hero fetch failed for 6
posts); switch to extracting previews from the top listing JSON at scan
time. Atlas Obscura no longer Cloudflare-blocked but homepage falls back
to evergreen 2017-era pieces. A Continuous Lean dormant for 8 runs.
Things Magazine cadence: weekly → monthly (not quarterly as flagged on
05-13).

7 new source nominees in candidate-sources.md.
2026-05-20 21:17:00 -04:00
rzen 36af29cb5c site: review — Zenteek (graduates from find)
4-slide carousel (library, graph-search, visualizer, DSP) sourced from
zenteek.app. New `music` category — none of the existing buckets
(interface, indie, writing) fit a music player. Audirvana/Apple Music/Roon
named directly as comparisons in the body.
2026-05-13 20:08:54 -04:00