iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Brandon Jones @toji.dev · 24/09/2026

Ah, and that would be why there was no mention of the Meta VR glasses FoV yesterday. (From the Tested hands on)

Screenshot of Meta VR glasses that indicates they have a 70 deg horizontal and 66 deg vertical FoV.

Brandon Jones @toji.dev · 14/09/2026

Doodling with my kid. He brought home a book about drawing "cute food" (which all seemed to involve animals curling up on/in said food), so have some mouse boba.

A sketch of a boba tea where the boba balls are little stylized mouse faces.

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Brandon Jones @toji.dev · 12/09/2026

Two years later, this probably possessed sign near me has been replaced. I don't know if it's an improvement, though.

A business sign reading "REPULSE BAY" in large red letters. Nothing offers additional context as to what that might mean.

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Brandon Jones @toji.dev · 08/09/2026

"Dear, why is that child staring at us?" "Shh! That's a Main Character! Ignore it and maybe it'll go away." "How do you know?" "Just look at him! Kid's hat has more texture resolution than the two of us combined! His shield has more polys than half the townsfolk. He. Has. Actual. HAIR!"

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Brandon Jones @toji.dev · 05/09/2026

I've had this mouse for 21 years, pulling it out of my parts drawer whenever I needed a wired device, and tonight it finally gave out. Pressing [F] to pay respects. 🫡

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Brandon Jones @toji.dev · 02/09/2026

Having more fun on this little WebGPU side project than anything I've worked on in a while!

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Brandon Jones @toji.dev · 29/08/2026

After a bunch of work on invisible code architecture, my current personal WebGPU project has finally hit the point where I get to mess with the fun graphical techniques. :)

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Brandon Jones @toji.dev · 28/08/2026

Pleased/concerned that after blindly throwing together a new glTF parser from spare parts in scraps of free time over the course of a couple of weeks, it actually worked the very first time I tried to render something with it!

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Brandon Jones @toji.dev · 22/08/2026

To be fair, though, it's a view he's kinda been obsessed with since he was a toddler, so I guess I'm not surprised. 😄

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Brandon Jones @toji.dev · 22/08/2026

My son has recently started flying entire Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 flights, from gate to gate, while exclusively watching out the passenger window next to the wing. Which... okay, sure? Cool party trick?

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Brandon Jones @toji.dev · 14/08/2026

Environmental Storytelling spotted in my neighborhood on a dog walk.

A white sign with a cartoon image of a dead bird reading "Please do not feed the fake crow" is posted on a lawn. Behind it in the grass lies what one presumes is the fake crow in question. It appears to be pining for the fjords.

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Brandon Jones @toji.dev · 07/08/2026

I would like to have words with @hankgreen.bsky.social, because this being a wrong answer was just plain mean!

The 7/7/2026 board for the game 4x3. "Rocky", "Grace", and "Adrian" are highlighted. This was not a correct combination.

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Brandon Jones @toji.dev · 30/07/2026

Yup, Rainbow's End. Though it should be noted that their dastardly plan was "make the books available in digital form" which sounds quaint next to "feed the lying machine so it sounds more convincing."

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Brandon Jones @toji.dev · 21/07/2026

If I had a nickel for every time a villain from a Disney-adjacent movie plotted to build a freeway through the habitat of a group of non-humans, only to be revealed to be a member of that group in a human suit at the end of the movie, I'd have two nickels. But it's weird that it happened twice.

Judge Doom from "Who Framed Rodger Rabbit"

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Brandon Jones @toji.dev · 21/07/2026

Something about the design of this window/shelf/portal bit scratches an itch in my brain that I can't explain. 🤤

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Brandon Jones @toji.dev · 13/07/2026

When Jurassic Park came out I was Tim's age. I was obsessed. It was my favorite movie by a long shot, and Alan Grant was a superhero in my eyes. Now I'm Alan Grant's age, the movie is still one of my favorites, and I'm very sad that my childhood hero is gone. Thanks for the memories, Sam!

Scene from Jurassic Park of Alan Grant resting on the helicopter with Tim and Lex.

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Brandon Jones @toji.dev · 01/07/2026

I do not understand the scoring for this game. I got perfect + under 90 too! Why don't I get a fancy gold achievement?

4x3.fun
July 1, 2026
155 points • No mistakes
🌟🟩🟩
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Brandon Jones @toji.dev · 03/06/2026

Behold my stupidest home automation to date. I am "gently encouraging" my children to be more aware of how much time they are spending in the bathroom by having a door sensor fire an IR blaster to start a sports timer when the door is closed, and stop it when the door opens again. 🤦

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Brandon Jones @toji.dev · 31/05/2026

Is this guy an Acid 2 test reference? acid2.acidtests.org

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Brandon Jones @toji.dev · 26/04/2026

LOL. And a third Vulcan enters the chat! Though this does remind me of the single geekiest price of clothing that I own, which you would appreciate:

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Brandon Jones @toji.dev · 29/03/2026

I keep hearing horrified news stories that gas might reach an average of $4.00 a gallon. <Laughs in Californian>

Chevron gas prices down the street from my home.
$6.199 regular
$6.399 plus
$6.599 supreme

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Brandon Jones @toji.dev · 24/03/2026

It had to, or you'd never be able to finish some of the games! I spent the majority of my time with it tethered to a wall.

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Brandon Jones @toji.dev · 23/03/2026

I'm jealous of kids who had such cute, portable handhelds growing up. You could literally put that in your pocket! I, on the other hand, had the Battery Eater 3000XL

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Brandon Jones @toji.dev · 16/03/2026

I don't know what you're all complaining about. These DLSS 5 screenshots look fine!

A screenshot showing three views of the same scene of a rock surrounded by some grass. The first is labeled "DLSS 4" and shows some slightly blurry foliage and missing details on the rock surface. The second is labeled "DLSS 4.5" and shows improved sharpness on the same scene with better detail on the grass and rocks. The last is labeled "DLSS 5" and all of the grass has been replaced by clover because they're both green ground cover, who's gonna notice the difference? Also the rock has been given smokey eyes and pouty lips to better appeal to 15 year old boys.

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Brandon Jones @toji.dev · 16/03/2026

I- I'm sorry for doubting you. Even with warning, I did not envision far enough back.

A nighthawk with it's mouth open. No, like... REALLY open.

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Brandon Jones @toji.dev · 10/03/2026

You know what, spam email? I'm not even mad. I admire your confidence! (You're still getting deleted, obviously, but take heart in knowing that I'm engaging in a sensible chuckle while doing so!)

Spam email reading:
"I'd like to send an audit of your website www.google.com with prices, showing key improvements to boost your search rankings.
May I send you price list? If interested.
Thanks!"

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Brandon Jones @toji.dev · 08/03/2026

You're the only other person I've ever seen besides myself that owns a Mirage Solo. 😆 My collection isn't nearly as extensive, but I still enjoy it!

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Brandon Jones @toji.dev · 21/02/2026

Seems our windowsill has become a regular nesting ground for some doves! After hatching a pair of chicks last August they're back with at least two (possibly three?) more!

A mama dove with two baby chicks on her nest. There's possibly a third chick hidden from view.

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Brandon Jones @toji.dev · 21/02/2026

LMAO. Perfect comedic timing, Axios AI+ dialog.

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Brandon Jones @toji.dev · 20/02/2026

Took my kids to Super Nintendo World, which is very cute! The graphics dev in me, though, was screaming internally at the fact that a *prerendered* video of Toad at the cafe had super obvious shadow acne!

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Brandon Jones @toji.dev · 09/02/2026

The hole isn't supposed to be there. It's where a black cap typically is connected.

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Brandon Jones @toji.dev · 05/02/2026

My son's school sent us a survey, which I made the rookie mistake of opening on my desktop PC.

A fullscreen browser window where a tiny column with itty bitty text occupies the middle 1/9th of the screen. The rest of the window is empty.

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Brandon Jones @toji.dev · 02/02/2026

My birthday present to myself this year. 😁 The detail on this kit is amazing!

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Brandon Jones @toji.dev · 26/12/2025

That description doesn't do justice to the actual experience of starting this thing up, though:

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Brandon Jones @toji.dev · 26/12/2025

Christmas is a great time for discovering new and terrible UX! My son got this Nerf target as a gift. It has an on/off switch AND a power button, and a mode select button... which is timing based. 🤪

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Brandon Jones @toji.dev · 17/12/2025

Saw something asking what your first graphics card was and went to look up some stats about my dear old Riva TNT. Imagine how crushed I was to discover this: (From www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/ri...)

The Riva TNT was a graphics card by NVIDIA, launched on March 23rd, 1998. Built on the 350 nm process, and based on the NV4 graphics processor, the card supports DirectX 5.0. Since Riva TNT does not support DirectX 11 or DirectX 12, (this next bit is highlighted) it might not be able to run all the latest games. The NV4 graphics processor is an average sized chip with a die area of 128 mm² and 7 million transistors. It features 2 pixel shaders and 0 vertex shaders, 2 texture mapping units, and 2 ROPs.

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Brandon Jones @toji.dev · 01/12/2025

My "good" use for them is that they look really cool and make for a fun display/zoom background/conversation piece. 😁

Shelves with a variety of VR headsets, ranging from the Oculus DK1 to a Galaxy XR.

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Brandon Jones @toji.dev · 19/11/2025

Is Stegosaurus Balloon smiling, or does he have a fancy mustache? #ImportantQuestions

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Brandon Jones @toji.dev · 18/11/2025

Now that I can compare with the shipped device I can see that the WebXR input profiles asset for the controllers I prepared earlier is offset a bit. I'll get that fixed sometime this week.

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Brandon Jones @toji.dev · 18/11/2025

My Galaxy XR controllers finally arrived! Hand tracking on the headset is perfectly fine, but it's amazing how much more responsive it feels when you get actual sensors involved. Really wish they had opted to include these in the box with the headset.

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Brandon Jones @toji.dev · 05/11/2025

Surprised the forehead support fits? I tried to put mine in a Quest 2 case and while it fit nicely I couldn't zip it closed. I did get the Samsung case and it's SO thick. Even the strap is uncomfortably girthy. And it's puffy, like a winter coat. Weird design choices all around.

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Brandon Jones @toji.dev · 04/11/2025

Absolutely amazing game! So glad I worked through the difficulty to finish it properly. #Silksong

Silksong game completion screen. Shows a percentage of 98% and a time of 77h 56m 43s

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Brandon Jones @toji.dev · 03/11/2025

The screen recording button is in the quick settings menu. I show it in the video. As for the link, it does work but like Rik said the performance is pretty choppy. If it works well on other devices it would be interesting to see what the bottleneck in Chrome is.

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Brandon Jones @toji.dev · 28/10/2025

Just published WebXR Input Profiles assets v1.0.20, which includes Galaxy XR's controllers. www.npmjs.com/package/@web...

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Brandon Jones @toji.dev · 25/10/2025

This is important! Game of the year. A+. No further notes.

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Brandon Jones @toji.dev · 16/10/2025

Well. That didn't quite go as expected. #Silksong

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Brandon Jones @toji.dev · 09/10/2025

I have misplaced my Windows Mixed Reality headset and I am unreasonably annoyed about it.

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