I’m a fan of well done commencement speeches. Steve Jobs’ 2005 speech at Stanford is my all time favorite. This year’s UCLA commencement speech by Randall Park is up there as well. It’s funny, he tells great stories, and leaves some great bits of life advice.
★Author: <span>Jay Torres</span>
Rivian to adopt NACS
Scooter Doll (what a name!) at Electrek:
The American automaker recently signed an agreement with Tesla to enable access to the latter’s Supercharger Network in the US and Canada. Beginning in spring 2024, current and new R1T or R1S owners will have access to an adapter that will allow charging on the Tesla Supercharger network.
That settles it: our next car will be a Rivian R1S.
★YouTube Lowers Threshold For Monetizing Channels
Putting this out into the universe: I will monetize my channel by the end of the year.
★Starting today, eligible creators will begin to be able to apply to YPP earlier — once they’ve met a threshold of 500 subscribers, 3 public uploads in the last 90 days, and either 3000 watch hours in the past year or 3M Shorts views in the last 90 days.
How streaming caused the TV writers strike
A great, thoughtful explainer on the current writer’s strike.
★Tesla Model Y is now the world’s best-selling car, first EV to do so | Electrek
The Tesla Model Y was the world’s best-selling car in Q1 2023, marking the first time ever that an EV has achieved this feat, according to industry analyst JATO Dynamics.
EVs are the future. Or the present.
★San Francisco’s Bay Bridge Lights Go Dark
From back in March:
Leo Villareal, the artist who designed the Bay Lights, said that he was optimistic the organization would raise enough money to reinstall the light sculpture, which, he said, was inspired by the patterns of the water and the fog surrounding the bridge.
Watching it go dark on Sunday, Mr. Villareal added, was “bittersweet.”
“There’s a certain sadness to not have that be part of the landscape,” he said. “It’s really become part of the fabric of San Francisco.”
This piece was installed right around when I moved up to the Bay Area. It reminds me of when I started my new life in the Bay Area. It is sad to see the lights turned off.
★I Made My Own Sneaker! M251
$1.6 Million Homes in California – The New York Times
A Map of Places in the US with the Same Name
I noticed when we lived in the Bay Area, a lot of cities had the same name of other, more popular cities. For example, in the Bay Area, there are cities named Brisbane (not Australia), Pittsburg (not Pennsylvania), Richmond (not Virginia), Newark (not New Jersey) and others that are not coming to mind.
I immediately thought of that fact when I came across this site.
★The Luckier You Are The Nicer You Should Be
Related to showing gratitude, Morgan Housel suggests that the luckier you are, the nicer you should be.
★The more successful you are, the nicer you should be.
The better things are going, the nicer you should be.