Season 4, Issue 3: Dragon Ball Forever ❤️
This one goes to Akira Toriyama
Dear readers, hello! Did you know that, on the show Atlanta, Earn’s dad is Clay Davis!? I just noticed him in Season 4 Episode 4. Apparently Isaac Whitlock Jr. first showed up in Season 1, but I’ve forgotten.
Studio Update
In the time since we sent our last newsletter, the Good Enough team has been busy building a prototype shared email tool. Our work has gotten far along enough that, as of last week, every email sent to one of our team-wide addresses at Good Enough lands in the new prototype’s inbox.
If you’re curious, James wrote a blog post that shares some of the reasons & philosophy behind that project. Our collective estimate was that it would take us a month to build a functioning prototype and we’re pleasantly surprised to have gotten that guess right. The tool is already proving to be a great platform for trying and testing new ideas about how a team might collectively converse with the outside world through email.
Want to help fill our new inbox up? Write us a message (or email hello (at) goodenough.us) and tell us something you’re excited about! —Patrick
Pika Pika
Pika’s first month has exceeded our expectations. We haven’t spent a penny on advertising, and frankly, Good Enough isn’t famous—and yet the word has gotten out and there’s been a steady flow of new sign-ups.
Thank you all for trying out and sharing Pika. And a special thank you to those who have upgraded. Your support means a great deal to us, and we do not take any of it for granted!
Starting this week, Barry has shifted his focus back to Pika, and we are excited to bring some improvements to our humble blogging app soon. 😎
The Wonders of the Internets
Have you heard of John Giorno’s Dial-a-Poem? If not, read about it here. And please give it a try! It still works (though with a different number): 641.793.8122. (Note: I’m not sure if it works from outside of the U.S.)
Explore NYC in the 1940s on this wonderful site by Julian Boilen.
I find this Ai-pet adorable and irresistible. (Original thread)
If you’re into cats and indieweb—Nekoweb might be the thing for you! It’s like Yay.Boo but with cats, you know what I mean? 😸
Patrick sez, “This video about building a drone to follow F1 cars around the track is pretty awesome and I don’t even like F1. They built a drone that can go 0-300kmph in 4 seconds and it can do tight turns. Skip to 8:58 to watch the footage if you don’t care about the rest … it’s worth it.”
Are you (or someone you know) working on something interesting? Maybe you wrote a blog post or composed a song, or maybe you have a podcast or a video game. Email us and we'll feature your project in this very newsletter!
In Conclusion
The first book I fell in love with was a bootleg copy of Dragon Ball I bought from a street vendor in Taipei. Back then I had to wait a month for each new issue, and I remember making up future plotlines and sharing them with my fellow fifth graders. But I could never have predicted where Toriyama would take the story—and I nearly pissed my pants when Vegeta arrived on earth (and shat myself when Frieza changed into its final form).
Like many others, I fell in love with comics because of Akira Toriyama. And I learned to draw because I wanted to draw like him (still can’t even come close though, dammit).
Rest in peace to the legend.
