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"Man! I Feel Like a Woman!" by Shania Twain Listen on Apple Music Your browser does not support the audio element. Post one of your favorite country songs. I think this song is a classic. It's got a good hook and the classic "oh, you...
This is a p.s. to the last post – ‘Cows do not f*ck’ about anthropomorphising. It now transpires most of the post was getting the meaning back to front! No apology if it was part of your reading… it has led us here and to what perhaps AI...
Recently I had the pleasure of talking at EMF Camp about machine readable wishes. The slides are linked here. The proposal originally was a workshop but converted to a 20min talk in the main stage of EMF Camp at 10am. Death is...
Continuing with the Star Wars-ish theme as we move into July and Dave Stone’s Season of Scenery 2026, I’ve got a whole bunch of printed computer consoles painted in a “Star Wars Imperial” style. I was inspired to print and paint these by...
Because generative AI is in everything now, a shockingly high number of other blogs have adopted it, and, on Reddit, other people have occasionally accused my comments on that platform of being AI-generated, I’ve decided to make this...
Day Ten in Nagoya. No new kyujo to report. As I mentioned over on social media, Nikkan Sports is reporting that the Japan Sumo Association plans to cut back on its Jungyo tour dates from next year, from 90 tour dates to something around...
Done By HumansQuoting from their website:We envision a future where human-made work is clearly recognizable, universally understood, and meaningfully valued.As AI-generated content becomes increasingly widespread and indistinguishable...
There is a new website, hyperelliptic.ncag.info, on the classification of hyperelliptic (or generalized hyperelliptic) varieties in complex dimensions 2, 3 and 4. For now it lives as a subdomain of ncag.info. A hyperelliptic variety is a...
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A few years ago, I wrote about using a Maturity Matrix to assess software engineering teams. The idea was simple - what does a great team look like, and how honestly can you measure yourself against that picture?Since then, I've moved...
21st July 2026 Why it is far more important to have an effective politician as Lord Chancellor, rather than somebody who happens to be legally qualified. * From time to time, and from cabinet reshuffle to cabinet reshuffle, some...
A repeat of an article I first published on 30 July 2009. I’ve expanded and updated it. I signed off the air for the last time in 1994, capping a nine-year side career on the radio. People still sometimes ask me if I miss being a disk...
As much as EDC (Everyday Carry) is basically a pastiche of performative masculinity, it remains true that some things are genuinely useful to have on you. One of these things is a pen. Just as the pen is mightier than the sword, so is it...
after my first official iPhone 17 Pro Max suffered from snapped plastic, my second one appears to be suffering from the cloth covering coming away from the case itself and bubbling up. After my last warranty experience to get it swapped...