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Antonio Antoine also has something to say about generative AI in cartography. As I did in my piece about generative AI, he takes as his starting point the question of gatekeeping; unlike me, he’s coming… More
In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates in some way to their recently published book. Previous contributors include Jesmyn Ward, Lauren Groff, Bret Easton Ellis, Celeste Ng, T.C. Boyle, Dana...
Scenario There are two pods: “logger” and “logshipper” living in the default namespace. Unfortunately, logshipper has an issue (crashlooping) and is forbidden to see what logger is trying to say. Could you help fix Logshipper? Because...
I’ve cited Kat Lay’s “What effect will Donald Trump’s childhood vaccine recommendations have in the US and beyond?” Since appointed in 2025, Secretary Health & Human Services Robert Kennedy Jr sought to loosen vaccine regulations....
A Natural Stone Arch Beside the Sea, Carlo Ferrario, pencil on paper, 6 x 12 in. ( 21 x31 cm). In the collection of the Morgan Library and Museum. The link is to the Morgan Library page from which you can zoom or download the image. I...
My first le Carré, and his writing is as good as his reputation. I rarely read thrillers but decided to see what all his fuss was about. I’ve seen the film of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and was in too summery a mood for a grim depressing...
Scribed by Sandre the Giant Released: 19th June 2006 When the ball finally dropped with me and black metal, I devoured every classic band’s discography as quickly as I could find them, but when new stuff appeared, I was as voracious too....
Vacation, Kafka, and Simulation philosophy | Published 2026-08 I don’t want to do it. I don’t want to return to the 9-to-5 suburban life.
— One of the most useful things I’ve read lately comes once again from the book Faith, Hope and Carnage, a conversation between Nick Cave and Seán O’Hagan. Cave speaks about the loss of his son, as a condition that infuses everything. He...
After returning from our holiday in North Devon, I must admit I'm on a bit of a downer. There is something particularly cruel about coming home after a holiday where the weather has been glorious, the scenery has been stunning and life...
In the early days of Writer Beware–back in the pre-digital era–scammers waited for writers to come to them. Sure, they advertised (Writer’s Digest used to have a Classified section that was full of scam ads; one notorious scam agency...
I have spent the last couple of months building a proof of concept for a new company. As a solo founder, I've been moving fast by leaning hard on AI. My army of agents both build features for me and act as another pair of eyes as the...
When we last left off, I was doing some quest in a Troll cave and Tamed a Bear. As I progressed further my questing sent me to the mighty city of Ironfroge
{ a river in 13 paradigmatic axioms} Been dwelling on this: consciously, for the past couple of weeks or so now; and subconsciously, for the majority of my adult life. I suppose it began when I found writing or, more properly, writing...
While I have time I’m preparing the next release of na_game_tool, which involves REing formats (of course!). And among the formats I want to add is Knowledge Adventure MOV. So I’ve revisited it and RE’d one of the flavours. Apparently...