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Even though I believe we collectively deserve what we collectively allow. A bit of my own misanthropy ruined my artistic inspiration for the day.
Look at that! “During the first half of 2026, CD sales surged 16% to 16.3 million units.” “One explanation may be changing listening habits among younger fans. According to the report, 60% of Gen Z listeners now say they most often...
Our kind of store. Rough Trade Neal’s Yard, October 2001 – one of two Rough Trade stores to get fully taken over by ‘Drukqs’ for release day. The first time Rough Trade did this since 1977, for The Sex Pistols ‘Never Mind The Bollocks’....
I’ve been trying my hand at translating a reasonable subset of TLA+ into z3py for the purposes of connecting specs to Verus, CBMC, and my assembly checker and also for maybe a little interactive theorem proving as a treat.
(Not cicadian, no bugs approved here.) Given that this Sunday's big game is between two Spanish-speaking nations, I'm feeling somewhat copacetic about being forced to rely on Telemundo due to the incompetence of the local Fox station....
I just heard the very sad news of the death at the age of 89 of cricketing legend Sir Garfield (“Garry”) Sobers. He was a superb player, a genuine all-rounder. With the bat he was an extraordinary attacking strokeplayer, being the first...
Nyhavn Red Boat – Copenhagen, Denmark – Fujifilm GFX100RF – Avalon Ace I just spent an absurd amount of money on a new camera: the Fujifilm GFX100RF. I’m writing this article to myself as much as I’m writing this to you, because it is so...
"Why?" people ask. "Well, why not?" I ask back. I've been working on some very specific pages and when writing them and their introduction I felt like a reasonable criticism of the idea would be, Why do this? And why post it? My answer...
This turns out to be almost exactly the one year anniversary of me writing a letter of gratitude to a blogger whose work I really appreciate. The reply I got was roughly “Thank you! A note like this makes my day”. It’s something I...
Haven’t written a weeknote in almost a month, but a lot has been going on. A quick summary on what we’ve been up to follows. Restructured and finished the discovery deck, broadening the data fragmentation finding and surfacing teams’...
Words: Chris ArnsbyJakki Brambles: “Hello, good evening and welcome along to Top of the Pops on BBC1 and you can hear us in stereo on Radio 1FM. Well, it’s an all star line up on tonight’s show. We’re starting off with a lady who’s...
07-17-26: found a pretty purple while on my hot girl walk
I have quite a few photos of this building, I pass it on the way to the office and I just like the stone and windows. On this particular morning I was actually waiting for a break in traffic because I liked the one garbage bin with its...
My latest Film Data Scientist video, this time investigating why so many film posters seem to have forgotten the names of their lead actors.I’ll be uploading new video essays every couple of weeks throughout 2026, so make sure you’re...
It'll be a long process, so far I only changed the color scheme, added new images and rewrote the first tab! Please do a cache refresh to fully enjoy the cabbage makeover.