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In case you missed it, this week’s Bastille Day parade was the largest in more than 20 years. With contingents from 35 countries (including Ukraine for the first time, some piloting second-hand Mirages overhead), it included 6,686 troops...
It’s a common misconception that a great idea makes a great story. The truth is that most great stories come down to execution. A great idea with poor execution rarely works, but a great writer can breathe new life into even the most...
WIet's get back to normal here and start off the week right. Since we could all use a good laugh, John at Cult TV Blog has the answer: the Monty Python Science Fiction Sketch. I think it marks the first time I ever heard the word...
A month ago, this website moved to a custom engine that I built myself, one I call Jot. Why did I create it? Because I got tired of almost. Almost the right editor. Almost the right publishing flow. Almost the right feature set. Each...
I was working with an agent to produce a new widget. I gave it a research task, gave it a direction, and when it came back I immediately stopped prompting it further to investigate what it did.
“.. hard to overstate how critical $ORCL is to the entire AI narrative. No big company has levered itself (figuratively and financially) more .. the stock's horrendous trading performance underscores heightened anxiety about how it can...
Welcome to this week's Link Dump!And greetings from the Strange Company mail room!A teenager who died in the American Revolution has finally been identified.An ancient Roman fossil collector.The strange case of the "Leavenworth...
Seven years ago I wrote a post about regular expressions to match diagnosis codes. I wanted to revisit that post looking at speed and error rates. Regular expressions usually do not exactly match what you’re looking for and nothing else....
I’ve been taking more film photos which I’ve just sent off to get developed and that’s cut into my photo Friday habit. So, today’s will be a bit more of a grab bag. A few Sony photos from our last days at Polis on Cyprus: Some with the...
17th July 2026 Do read this judgment – and my Prospect comment * Yesterday this blog published a post, but it had a borked link to the judgment mentioned. Although this was quickly corrected online, it meant those who only read emails...
A lesson I keep reflecting on: given time and opportunity, people surprise you. Some unravel in unexpected ways when the going gets tough. Others come through in those same circumstances. And some have a knack of following a poor first...
My wife and I have been looking for an app to track things like habits, hobbies, and when we last did certain chores. To be honest there are probably hundreds of different habit trackers on the App Store. Next to todo list apps they are...
Finished reading Meat Eater by Steven Rinella. I enjoy a good outdoor adventure story. Even hunting stories. So often lately the story has become about the gear and the trophy… and the over-hyped energy around a kill. All the wrong...
Adam Smith concludes Part #12 of his 1784 pamphlet (paragraphs 49 to 54 on pp. 45-47) with a series of timeless observations that are worth quoting in full. First and foremost (para. 49), Smith puts his cards on the table: “Consumption...