7 Things This Week [#178]
A weekly list of interesting things I found on the internet, posted on Sundays (or sometimes Mondays). Sometimes themed, often not.
1️⃣ Getting the Pebble trademark back from Google is a spot of feel-good news regarding a tech giant that I just never expected. [🔗 theverge.com]
2️⃣ A follow up from a few weeks ago, Becca Farsace rode an eBike over 400 miles on nothing but solar power. Cool project, and I expect it’s an early preview of tech that will emerge in the next few years. She had to rig a bunch of stuff together custom, but I imagine that solar kits will become available over time for cyclists. [▶️ youtube.com]
3️⃣ Another video. This one I can’t quite describe, but it captured my attention from beginning to end. [▶️ youtube.com]
4️⃣ 24-year-old Adam Aaronson drank every one of the 102 IBA cocktails (not in one go!) and blogged about it. It’s a fun retrospective. [🔗 aaronson.org]
5️⃣ Numeric Citizen is cataloging with screenshots and screencasts the many places where Apple’s Liquid Glass design falls down. It’s a great resource to link to in your Feedback reports, and will make a good archive to see how the design progresses through the rest of the beta and beyond. [🔗 crafted.numericcitizen.me]
6️⃣ Nick Heer shares his distaste for the design goal of getting the UI out of the way for your content. [🔗 pxlnv.com]
7️⃣ For you camping/climbing gearheads, this (long) interview with the renowned alpinist Colin Haley is a must-watch. He goes deep on how he thinks about what gear to carry, and how he modified nearly all of it to meet his precise needs. [▶️ youtube.com]
Thanks for reading 7 Things. If you enjoyed these links or have something neat to share, please let me know. And remember that you can get more links to internet nuggets that I’m finding every day by following me @jarrod on the social web.
This is post #4/31 for Blaugust 2025.