{"home_page_url":"https://www.taskboy.com","feed_url":"https://www.taskboy.com/recent_notes.json","items":[{"url":"https://www.taskboy.com/notes/I_would_buy_that_for_a_dollar.html","title":"I would buy that for a dollar","content_html":"I just started seeing my first ads in ChatGPT. This is an ugly sign of things to come.","id":"https://www.taskboy.com/notes/I_would_buy_that_for_a_dollar.html","date_published":"2026-07-25T20:05:52+00:00"},{"date_published":"2026-07-19T14:25:18+00:00","id":"https://www.taskboy.com/notes/The_ProspectBoy_3000.html","url":"https://www.taskboy.com/notes/The_ProspectBoy_3000.html","title":"The ProspectBoy 3000","content_html":"I have a love for the awkward teenage years of the Internet (circa 1995 - 2005).  I wanted to recreate an echo of that time for those who missed it.  That was the period before \"content\" and \"monetization\" were words that ordinary users cared about.  People made stuff of the web that they hoped people might like or find useful or did it just because they could.<br>\n<br>\nIn that spirit, I have built a BBS door-like game called ProspectBoy 3000:<br>\n<br>\n    <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https://games.taskboy.com/pb3k/\">https://games.taskboy.com/pb3k/</a><br>\n<br>\nIt takes place centuries after our world has been forgotten.  You are one of many prospectors who have gathered around a strange object called the Magic Mountain.  It's not a natural mountain, but an enormous structure that contains mysterious artifacts that can be made useful by your cunning skills.  Sell your wares to agents of the five factions vying to rule.  Your actions help shape the world.  Hurry!  The mountain disappears every 30 days only to reappear miles away for the whole process to start again.<br>\n<br>\nThe game is free to play and open source.  This isn't a revenue play.  It isn't a resume builder.  It's a labor of love.  I hope you enjoy it."},{"content_html":"I watched Sheep Detective.  This is a way, way better written film than the subject matter deserved.<br>\n<br>\n<br>\nIf you don't like good films, do not watch this.<br>\n","url":"https://www.taskboy.com/notes/counting_sheep.html","title":"counting sheep","id":"https://www.taskboy.com/notes/counting_sheep.html","date_published":"2026-07-04T02:45:46+00:00"},{"date_published":"2026-06-30T01:39:52+00:00","content_html":"<a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https://games.taskboy.com/\">https://games.taskboy.com/</a> got an LLM-assisted facelift.  It looks better.<br>\nIt reads better. Don't @ me.","title":"wait you can update old webpages","url":"https://www.taskboy.com/notes/wait-you-can-update-old-webpages.html","id":"https://www.taskboy.com/notes/wait-you-can-update-old-webpages.html"},{"title":"head in a jar","url":"https://www.taskboy.com/notes/head_in_a_jar.html","content_html":"I'm beginning to use auto dictation across all of my various compute platforms because of all the AI I do now. Even now I'm using dictation software to write this message. I guess I'm preparing for a life as a head in a jar.","id":"https://www.taskboy.com/notes/head_in_a_jar.html","date_published":"2026-06-29T16:23:24+00:00"}],"title":"Taskboy","version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1.1"}