In this blog post, I’m sharing interesting links about a variety of topics. We chat about Amazon’s plans for a subscription version of Alexa, how to build your own ChatGPT bot, and the proposition to turn Bell Labs into an internet museum. I also discuss the myth of Bitcoin’s anonymity and how you can avoid repeating your mistakes. There’s a bit about the White Lotus season 3 cast, William Shatner’s unique path to stardom, and a few app recommendations for your downtime. Have a look!

• Amazon plans to charge for Alexa in June—unless internal conflict delays revamp:
  Report claims Amazon is struggling to build a subscription version of Alexa.
• Make your own ChatGPT bot [Wonder Tools]:
  I am huge fan of OpenAI, can you tell? – How to make the most of ChatGPT bots. Explore some of the best custom bots in OpenAI’s store. Then make your own bots by following these simple steps.
• Make Bell Labs an internet museum [Jeff Jarvis]:
  absolutely, 100% agree.
• How a 27-year-old busted the myth of Bitcoin’s anonymity | arstechnica:
  Once, drug dealers and money launderers saw cryptocurrency as perfectly untraceable.
• How To Avoid Repeating Mistakes:
  There’s still a need for a 5 whys/root cause analysis, but this is still a good framework. – This simple framework will help you learn from mistakes and avoid repeating them.
• The White Lotus season 3 cast is stacked with unsung heroes of TV’s recent past:
  can’t wait to travel to Hawaii for season 3 of The White Lotus sometime in 2025
• To Boldly Go – William Shatner, Celebrity Artist:
  Action figure, ad man, omnipresent voiceover – Before the era of overnight fame, the captain of the starship Enterprise pioneered the use of celebrity as an artistic medium by saying yes at every turn.
• Merry Sky:
  I am a sucker for a good weather app/interface. MerrySky is pretty good. (pretty sure the name is a plauy on DarkSky, RIP) – weather, uncluttered. With hourly forecast timelines, plan ahead activities with great precision. Don’t get caught off guard by mother nature!
• Sofa: Downtime Organizer [APP]:
  not that i need another app, but this one looks interesting – Create lists of apps, books, movies, tv shows, podcasts, music albums, and video games to enjoy later.
• Ignorance Is Bliss (Until It Comes Back to Bite You):
  How to build fix and finish into your life
• What Happens to All the Stuff We Return? | The New Yorker:
  Online merchants changed the way we shop—and made “reverse logistics” into a booming new industry, David Owen writes.
• Some Advice Gathered from People Smarter than Me:
  No advice is good for everyone, but these are at least worth considering
• What is Wirth’s Law?:
  Wirth’s Law is a well-known saying in computer programming that states, “Software is getting slower more rapidly than hardware becomes faster.”
• The Hacker News Top 40 books of 2023:
  yet another list of top books for 2023, this time from scraping hacker news