<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" width="1024" height="968" src="https://gamesatwork.biz/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Andy-and-Michael-podcast-arm-wrestling-1024x968.jpg" alt="Cartoon renditions of Andy and Michael M with headphones and microphones, arm wrestling, generated by ChatGPT May 2025" class="wp-image-4567" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/gamesatwork.biz/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Andy-and-Michael-podcast-arm-wrestling.jpg?resize=1024%2C968&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/gamesatwork.biz/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Andy-and-Michael-podcast-arm-wrestling.jpg?resize=300%2C284&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/gamesatwork.biz/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Andy-and-Michael-podcast-arm-wrestling.jpg?resize=768%2C726&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/gamesatwork.biz/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Andy-and-Michael-podcast-arm-wrestling.jpg?resize=150%2C142&ssl=1 150w, https://i0.wp.com/gamesatwork.biz/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Andy-and-Michael-podcast-arm-wrestling.jpg?resize=159%2C150&ssl=1 159w, https://i0.wp.com/gamesatwork.biz/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Andy-and-Michael-podcast-arm-wrestling.jpg?w=1096&ssl=1 1096w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Cartoon versions of Andy and Michael M, generated by ChatGPT</figcaption></figure>
<p>Published 5 May 2025</p>
<p>e512 with Andy and Michael &#8211; E Ink monitors, Agent run companies & towns, winning arguments with AI assistants, pixellating reality and much more.</p>
<p>While Michael R is away, Andy and Michael start off this episode continuing the E Ink theme from last week before shifting to AI and wrapping up with several cool makes. &nbsp;</p>
<p>It seems that there was a great deal of discussion on E Ink in the past couple of days, and the team touch on the BOOX Mira and Dashing Paperlike displays.&nbsp; Andy also mentions being on a recent episode of the Bootloader podcast, where he talked about Glance &#8211; see the links below for more. &nbsp;</p>
<p>Moving along to AI, the co-hosts talk through the multiple themes embedded in the TechCrunch article dealing with Perplexity, the divestiture of Chrome, and the business of advertising.&nbsp; Andy brings up a phrase giving a different name for AI, namely, Computational Text Generation Devices, and Michael shares a link to the Crystal Knows service he heard about during a recent interview.&nbsp; Then, the co-hosts have a spirited, while still family friendly, conversation spurred on by an automobile journalist’s frustrating experience with a car’s assistant.&nbsp; Next up was an article about how Carnegie Mellon professors staffed a virtual company solely with AI agents, which reminded Michael about Smallville &#8211; check out e428 and e412 from 2023 for more on AI agent interaction in a town setting.&nbsp; Then, Andy touches on the Meta Ray-Bans story from Gizmodo.</p>
<p>Wrapping up the show for this week, Andy and Michael take a look at a couple of really intriguing makes: PixLens for pixellating reality using a specifically machined acrylic lens, a cassette emulator, and a Sony Watchman brought back to life by a Raspberry Pi.</p>
<p>What would you like to pixellate with the PixLens?&nbsp; Have your bots 🤖 drop our bots 🤖 a line at @gamesatwork_biz@mastodon.social (our home for now) and let us know!&nbsp;</p>
<p>These show notes were lovingly hand crafted by a real human, and not by a bot.&nbsp; All rights reserved.&nbsp; That’s our story and we’re sticking to it.</p>
<h2 class="wp-block-heading"><strong>Selected Links</strong></h2>
<h2 class="wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size"><strong>E Ink, continued</strong></h2>
<p>The Verge article: <a href="https://www.theverge.com/news/658705/boox-mira-pro-color-e-ink-desktop-monitor">Boox launches its first color E Ink monitor</a></p>
<p><a href="https://shop.boox.com/products/mira">BOOX Mira Pro E Ink Monitor</a></p>
<p>Liliputing article: <a href="https://liliputing.com/dasung-paperlike-13k-is-a-13-3-inch-e-ink-color-monitor-crowdfunding/">Dasung Paperlike 13K is a 13.3 inch E Ink color monitor</a></p>
<p><a href="https://shop.dasung.com">Dasung Paperlike 13K E Ink Monitor</a></p>
<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img decoding="async" width="1024" height="768" src="https://gamesatwork.biz/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/IMG_0756-1024x768.jpeg" alt="grocery store price display for the Salisbury, North Carolina classic cherry flavored soft drink Cheerwine" class="wp-image-4576" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/gamesatwork.biz/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/IMG_0756-scaled.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/gamesatwork.biz/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/IMG_0756-scaled.jpeg?resize=300%2C225&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/gamesatwork.biz/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/IMG_0756-scaled.jpeg?resize=768%2C576&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/gamesatwork.biz/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/IMG_0756-scaled.jpeg?resize=1536%2C1152&ssl=1 1536w, https://i0.wp.com/gamesatwork.biz/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/IMG_0756-scaled.jpeg?resize=2048%2C1536&ssl=1 2048w, https://i0.wp.com/gamesatwork.biz/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/IMG_0756-scaled.jpeg?resize=150%2C113&ssl=1 150w, https://i0.wp.com/gamesatwork.biz/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/IMG_0756-scaled.jpeg?resize=200%2C150&ssl=1 200w, https://i0.wp.com/gamesatwork.biz/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/IMG_0756-scaled.jpeg?w=1600&ssl=1 1600w, https://i0.wp.com/gamesatwork.biz/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/IMG_0756-scaled.jpeg?w=2400&ssl=1 2400w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">grocery store price display for the Salisbury, North Carolina classic cherry flavored soft drink, Cheerwine</figcaption></figure>
<p>The Bootloader podcast, <a href="https://www.thebootloader.net/blog/2025/04/07/welcome-andy-piper/">e19 Welcome Andy Piper</a> for Glance</p>
<p><a href="https://github.com/glanceapp/glance">Glance</a></p>
<h2 class="wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size"><strong>Who’s chatting with whom?&nbsp;</strong></h2>
<p>TechCrunch article: <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/24/perplexity-ceo-says-its-browser-will-track-everything-users-do-online-to-sell-hyper-personalized-ads/">Perplexity CEO says its browser will track everything users do online to sell ‘hyper personalized’ ads</a></p>
<p>Amardeep Singh blog post: <a href="https://www.electrostani.com/2025/04/humanities-ai-in-2025-brief-reflections.html">Humanities AI in 2025: Brief Reflections After a Conference</a></p>
<p><a href="http://CrystalKnows.com">CrystalKnows.com</a>&nbsp;</p>
<p>USA Today article: <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2025/04/28/automotive-ai-gripes-with-an-ev-assistant/83322952007/">Scolded by a car? My battle with an EV assistant going rogue</a></p>
<p>Futurism article: <a href="https://futurism.com/professors-company-ai-agents">Professors Staffed a Fake Company Entirely With AI Agents, and You&#8217;ll Never Guess What Happened</a></p>
<p>Games at Work <a href="https://gamesatwork.biz/2023/08/14/e428-is-you-is-or-is-you-aint-my-ai/">e428: Is you is, or is you AIn’t my AI?</a> For Smallville</p>
<p>ARXIV paper: <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2304.03442v2">Generative Agents: Interactive Simulacra of Human Behavior</a></p>
<p>Games at Work <a href="https://gamesatwork.biz/2023/04/17/e412-3d-or-not-3d/">e412: 3D or not 3D</a> also for Smallville and NPCs</p>
<p>Gizmodo article: <a href="http://Meta%20Is%20Turning%20Its%20Ray-Bans%20Into%20a%20Surveillance%20Machine%20for%20AI">Meta Is Turning Its Ray-Bans Into a Surveillance Machine for AI</a></p>
<h2 class="wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size"><strong>Hacks & Makes</strong></h2>
<p>AdaFruit blog post: <a href="https://blog.adafruit.com/2025/04/25/pixlens-reality-into-8-bit/">PixLens: Reality into 8-bit</a></p>
<p><a href="https://monoli-shop.com/products/pixlens-%E3%82%B3%E3%83%94%E3%83%BC">PixLens</a></p>
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<p>I&#39;ve adorned my cassette emulator device with a hand whittled label. The top panel has some bumps from through-board solder pads, so nothing I can do about that. But overall it&#39;s alright, if you don&#39;t look too closely and/or judge too harshly.</p>
<p><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/ZXSpectrum" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ZXSpectrum</span></a></p>
<p class="ftf-fediverse-post-embed-author">
            &mdash; electron.greg (@electron_greg@oldbytes.space)
            <a class="ftf-fediverse-post-embed-link" href="https://oldbytes.space/@electron_greg/114422989502608702">2025-04-29T19:51:00.721Z</a>
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</blockquote>
<p><script data-allowed-prefixes="https://oldbytes.space/" async src=“https://oldbytes.space/embed.js"></script></p>
<p><a href="http://hackster.io">hackster.io</a> post: <a href="https://www.hackster.io/news/a-sony-watchman-lives-again-as-the-display-for-a-dinky-raspberry-pi-3-cyberdeck-24f08838e37f">A Sony Watchman Lives Again as the Display for a Dinky Raspberry Pi 3 Cyberdeck</a></p>
<p>Wikipedia article: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_Watchman">Sony Watchman</a></p>
<h2 class="wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size"><strong>Game preservation bonus links</strong></h2>
<p><a href="https://www.gog.com/dreamlist/">GOG Dreamlist</a></p>
<p>The Verge article: <a href="https://www.theverge.com/news/657540/gog-star-wars-game-preservation-program">GOG is adding some classic Star Wars games to its preservation program</a></p>
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