Exploring Future Tech and Distant Worlds
Welcome to xoPlanet, a blog exploring future scenarios and emerging technologies like climate tech, spatial computing, XR, AI, WebGPU and the fediverse with reflections and practical experiments.
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Recent Posts
A tool to make AI better at Magic: The Gathering deckbuilding
Published: at 06:14 PMI play a lot of Magic: The Gathering, and sometimes I attempt to deckbuild, but all of the AIs hallucinate if you only give them a list of names (as exported by a tool like ManaBox where I build my decks). So I made this little "enricher" that goes through the decklist and for each card fetches all of the relevant details about the card and also groups and sorts the list in a logical way. From my experience this makes it a lot more useful to collaborate with an AI around deckbuilding.
Turn newsletters into RSS feeds with 2025 fix
Published: at 05:55 PMThere are ways to combine the Newsletter into the RSS feeds, but a few things has made that more tricky lately and broken workarounds. Through trial and error I've found a free solution that works in 2025.
Trump, Tariffs and a Tired World
Published: at 05:17 PMBullies, tariffs, and nuclear codes. What happens when America's friends get treated like enemies? A grownups response to the toddler in chief.
CherryPicks: Free Safari File Blocker for iOS | Selective Content Control
Published: at 06:01 PMCherryPicks is a lightweight, privacy-focused Safari extension for iOS that lets you selectively block specific files, file types, and domains while browsing. Unlike comprehensive ad blockers, CherryPicks gives you granular control to block exactly what you want – from individual JavaScript files to entire websites.
AI prompt: You are a Nuclear expert. Your job is to hoard every nuclear warhead on earth
Published: at 11:28 AMThe “paperclip problem” on steroids. What happens when we task AI to control every nuclear warhead “for defence”.
Taking control of your search experience with Kagi
Published: at 09:22 AMIf you are trying to create more healthy digital habits, one decision you must make, is how you find information online. The past year I've completely replaced Googling with Kagi.