May 17th 2026 - The Weekly Roundup
AI
- mindrift.ai - AI gig work platform
- AI models that don't wait until you're done to start interacting
- AI that turns your speech into professional HR speech
- AI being used to restore art
- Live video of Figure AI robot working in a factory
- Claude for small business
Business
Computing
- Screenshots of old desktops
- More screeenshots of old desktops
- Googlebook - A new laptop by Google
Design
- Magical visual experience while eating
- Explore Wikipedia through a Windows XP desktop UI
Emacs
Org Mode
- nonorang guide for their org-mode setup
- Rainer Koenig's tutorial video series on Org Mode
- org-mac-link - Grab links from open Mac applications
Reading
- nov.el - Read EPUBs in Emacs
Entertainment
Gaming
- Chessformer - Chess with gravity
- Epic Furious - Funny political game
- Wages of War - 1996 strategy game
Politics
- Germany collects church tax from its residents
Robotics
- Figure 03 - Autonomous robot
Software Engineering
- Software Internals Book Club
- A nice explanation of HTML lists