Corbin Davenport

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Software developer, writer at @thespacebar, news editor at https://howtogeek.com, podcast guy at @techtales. Formerly XDA, PC Gamer, Android Police. (he/him)
Websitehttps://corbin.io
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So, I rented a FLIR thermal imaging camera for the weekend, for the serious purpose of checking the windows and overall insulation of our house.

But you can also take cat pictures with this thing.

#caturday

Every few years, there’s a new ‘smartphone replacement’ on the scene. They have all failed, and will continue to fail, because the pocket rectangle is just too good.

https://www.howtogeek.com/the-smartphone-replacement-is-a-myth/

The ‘smartphone replacement’ is a myth

The pocket rectangle is just too good.

How-To Geek

Never mind! "We have decided, just today in fact, that we will keep Horizon Worlds working in VR.."

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/03/at-the-last-minute-meta-decides-not-to-kill-horizon-worlds-vr-after-all/

Meta decides not to kill Horizon Worlds VR after all

VR will be on life support while mobile remains the focus, though.

Ars Technica
Web4 will be fought with telnet to port 80

I checked out Horizon Worlds two years ago and wrote about my experiences, comparing it to Rec Room and VRChat. Horizon World is about to be pulled from VR platforms, so that's a fun time capsule now!

My opinions have changed a bit over time, but now we know that even with the near-unlimited time and resources of a big tech company, Meta could not come close to what the furries have cooked up in VRChat.

https://www.spacebar.news/across-the-metaverse/

Across the Metaverse: My trip though VR social platforms

I tried out VRChat, Meta Horizon Worlds, and Rec Room. Each one makes a different case for the future of social gameplay.

The Spacebar

Clever: Der Entwickler @corbin nutzt die Gruppenrichtlinien von Chrome, Firefox und Edge, um unnötige Funktionen zu deaktivieren! Darunter:

🛒 Shopping-Features
🤖 KI-Integrationen
📌 Tracking-Funktionen
🍿 Diese nervigen Pop-Ups, die den aktuellen Browser zum Standard-Browser machen wollen, dabei aber eigentlich andere Absichten verfolgen.

Im Artikel verraten wir, wie JustTheBrowser funktioniert!

https://twp.ai/4ixKlH

Finished reading Project Hail Mary! Excellent story, really enjoyed the mix of hard sci-fi and Star Trek vibes.

Now I can get tickets for the movie. 😎

New gender-neutral greeting dropped
Here's my current configuration file with two custom entries, they're just the "text:" action with "\n" at the end to run the command automatically: https://gist.github.com/corbindavenport/2d33a967ab56421592a8902c6c41702f
Ghostty configuration

Ghostty configuration. GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.

Gist
The Ghostty terminal emulator for macOS and Linux is pretty cool! I like adding the commands I can't remember as custom Command Palette entries.