There should be a standard format for NFT game items. That way, if you owned a magical ring NFT or a fancy blue helmet NFT in one game, you can import them into another game and use them. Or if there were a standard format for NFT avatars, maybe you can use the same avatar […]
Electronic Bookshelves for Libraries
Ebooks are great, but browsing them is still not that great of an experience. People like to go to physical bookstores and libraries because they can browse the books using all of their senses, not just the visual sense. Even the visual sense in online bookstores is impaired—you only get scaled-down two-dimensional information through your […]
Exercise-powered Gym
If you can spin a turbine, you can generate electricity. Conversely, anything that spins can be harnessed for electricity. That’s spinning windmills. Spinning water wheels. Spin class. Wait, what? Spin class? Yes, those spinning wheels on your stationary bike can be used to harness electricity. What if you could power an entire gym purely by […]
Location-specific Domains
Just about every habitable location on Earth has a property owner. With property ownership, the person or organization is entitled to the rights of the land in the real world. But now we have a metaverse, which is the virtual world existing on the internet. Perhaps every property owner should also have rights to a […]
Beers I Have Loved
I’ve used my money in many ways during my adult life. Some things were a waste of money. Others were worth the money. This article is not about those things. This article is about the things I bought that were worth much more than what I paid for them. Some things you buy just overdeliver […]
Real-time Location-based Chat
Wouldn’t it be useful sometimes if you could send a message to everyone at a specific location? For instance, you could send a message to everyone at a local restaurant asking if it’s crowded. Or if you lost your keys at a park, you could send a message to anyone at the park to look […]