iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Ricky Romero @rickyromero.com · 18/05/2026

Your identity work inspired me to design a logo for my personal website years ago 🙂

Ricky Romero @rickyromero.com · 07/05/2026

One of the details I liked in the Star Fox direct is when they showed how the squad customized their fighters, just like real fighter pilots do. Falco got blue wings painted on his arwing. Peppy has mission markings behind his canopy. etc

A detail shot behind the wing of an Arwing in formation. A blue feathered wing is painted on the leading edge of the Arwing’s wing

A detail shot of Peppy in his cockpit seen from outside, with numerous mission markings and a rabbit footprint stenciled behind the canopy glass

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Ricky Romero @rickyromero.com · 12/04/2026

Here’s mine. Story: I wanted a holographic Pinsir card in middle school. One snowy day I found someone who traded me one. When I brought it inside I discovered that the “snow” I thought fell on the card was actually a bunch of scratches and damage. :(

About Me: Pokémon
Favorite: Rowlet
2nd Favorite: Ditto
Least Favorite: Klinklang
Underrated: Nidoking
Overrated: Gengar
Best Starter: Rowlet
Best Dynamax: Orbeetle
Best Mega: Rayquaza
Best Region Variant: Alolan Exeggutor
Best Eeveelution: Glaceon
Would have as a pet: Furret
Best looking shiny: Toucannon
Idk why I like this, but I do: Jirachi
Has a personal story behind it: Pinsir
Very nostalgic to me: Blastoise

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Ricky Romero @rickyromero.com · 27/03/2026

Sometimes I want to attach a name to a rando number, but don't want it in my contacts. iOS 26 supports this! When you tap on a recent call in the Phone app, scroll down and tap "Add Name." This puts them in a special "Other Known" section in the Contacts app that doesn't mingle with your main list.

1 of 4. The detail screen for a phone call in the Phone app. A control labeled "Add Name" is highlighted.

2 of 4. The "Add Name" dialog window, where you can type any name you like. I've entered "Jane Doe" in the text field.

3 of 4. The phone call is now now from someone named "Jane Doe."

4 of 4. The Contacts app, on the "Lists" screen where you can choose "All Contacts," "All iCloud," or "Other Known" (highlighted).

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Ricky Romero @rickyromero.com · 23/03/2026

hey @anthropic.com i have a cool new use case for your technology

The version history for the Claude app on the App Store. There are 8 releases on screen, all of which have exactly the same vague release notes:

“Squashed some bugs and improved the overall experience. Yours, Claude”

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Ricky Romero @rickyromero.com · 08/03/2026

Everyone should play Diddy Kong Racing

Grand Theft Auto V
Factorio
Banjo-Kazooie
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Forza Horizon 4
Diddy Kong Racing
Perfect Dark
Super Mario Odyssey

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Ricky Romero @rickyromero.com · 27/02/2026

Choose your starter! We’ve got Angrybirds, Tobyfox, and Dreamworkscharacter

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Ricky Romero @rickyromero.com · 31/01/2026

Another one: the preview of the outside of the frame from the wide angle lens in the Camera app :)

A screenshot of the Camera app on iOS framing a photo of a case of Amiibo figures, with more visible at the darkened edges outside of the frame thanks to the wide angle lens.

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Ricky Romero @rickyromero.com · 31/01/2026

The most literal analogue to this I can think of is the “double-click to confirm” indicator that bounces in a double-click fashion and perfectly aligns with the hardware button

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Ricky Romero @rickyromero.com · 30/01/2026

I almost never use AI image generators, though I keep thinking about this stupid genmoji I made of a “big huge spherical round shoe”

An AI-generated emoji of a brown, thick-soled waterproof boot. But instead of an opening where the foot would go in, it turns into a perfect sphere? With no opening? It defies description. It looks sort of like it might be a really tall boot curling perfectly circularly in on itself, as if a coil. A coiled brown boot. That’s all I got

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Ricky Romero @rickyromero.com · 30/01/2026

write once run also once, no prablem

andmaybegayer on Tumblr:
measure once cut also once, no prablem

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Ricky Romero @rickyromero.com · 20/01/2026

2016 vs. 2026, passport photo edition. I set up both photos myself

A passport-style portrait of a 30-year-old man facing the camera. He has light skin, short brown hair neatly parted to one side, and light blue eyes. His expression is neutral, with lips closed and eyes looking straight ahead. His is wearing a solid blue crew-neck shirt. The background is a plain, light beige wall with a slightly textured surface. Frontal lighting, slightly out of focus.

A passport-style portrait of a 40-year-old man facing the camera. He has light skin, light blue eyes, and short hair that is brown with noticeable gray, combed back and slightly to the side. His facial expression is relaxed with a subtle, closed-mouth smile. There is light stubble on the face rather than a full beard. He is wearing a muted green crew-neck T-shirt. The background is plain and light-colored, and the lighting is soft and even. The photo is perfectly in focus.

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Ricky Romero @rickyromero.com · 06/01/2026

Neat Bluesky labeler that highlights accounts that are Too Online or spammy or whatever bsky.app/profile/stec...

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Ricky Romero @rickyromero.com · 26/12/2025

so @hev.fyi must not’ve liked her furblet very much because i came upstairs and discovered that she took out its batteries

A Furblet: An ugly Furby-like creature about the size of a tangerine. It’s got very large ears and a sickly pink/red/white/green color scheme on its fur. It looks cheerful.

The battery hatch on the bottom is open. Its batteries are absent.

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Ricky Romero @rickyromero.com · 14/12/2025

Someone: What's this? 👀 Looks like you got a quaint little envelope – the address looks hand-written and it even has a real stamp! 🤭 There's no name, wonder who it could be? 😇 USPS Informed Delivery: it's AT&T

A screenshot of an email from USPS Informed Delivery. The attached image of the envelope is designed to look like it could be from an individual at a glance, but USPS reveals the sender to be AT&T due to incompetence on the part of their marketing department.

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Ricky Romero @rickyromero.com · 04/12/2025

Have you hosted your web app? It’s literally on Kloudbean. It’s on Zeabur with ads. It’s literally on Cloudzy. You can probably run it on Railway. Dude it’s on Elest dot io. It’s on PikaPods. You can go to PikaPods and run it. Dive into PikaPods. PikaPods has it for you. PikaPods has it for you.