405: ‘Chutes and Ladders’, With Hunter Hillegas

The Talk Show With John Gruber

Special guest Hunter Hillegas, author of the excellent Vegas Mate app, joins the show to discuss euphemistic emoji, the CrowdStrike fiasco, and the closing of the iconic Mirage resort in Las Vegas.

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Links:

• Vegas Mate.
• Hunter Hillegas on Mastodon.
• Benedict Evans: “The Best Is the Last”
• Leonard Rosenthol.
• OSA Menu.
• Unsanity Haxies.
• Marco Arment talking about Overcast’s big new version on ATP.
  • Under the Radar.
• 2009 “60 Minutes” profile of Steve Wynn.
• 1991 in-room video for Mirage guests, narrated by Steve Wynn.
• Steve Wynn’s daughter’s kidnapping in 1993. Would make for a great movie.
  • How the kidnapper was caught, trying to buy a Ferrari with cash.
  • “The Conjuring of The Mirage” — terrific feature for Vegas Seven by David G. Schwartz marking the 25th anniversary of The Mirage in 2014.
  • Inside The Villas at The Mirage.
  • The renovated Linai at The Mirage.

This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.