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OpenStreetMap aims to collect world wide local geographic knowledge and create a map by the people for the people. Practically there is, however, a substantial gap between that lofty ideal and the practical reality of mapping. A very...
Originally I titled this post ‘AI = Not Interested’ but I realised that is not really my state of mind. I am somewhat interested. I am not dismissive of the discourse. There is something happening. I’ve enjoyed Tom’s experiments and...
I’ve been doing the Weekly Challenges. The latest involved string searching. (Note that this ends today.)
Personal notes for week 21 of 2026
🎵 My top weekly artists as logged by last.fm: Bertrand Chamayou (48 plays), Bob Dylan (18), Amelia Cuni (15), Alexei Lubimov (14), Handley, RLPO, Little (6)
Zagava have recently issued a paperback edition of Qx and other pieces, a selection of fiction and non-fiction. This was first issued in a limited edition in 2024 and is now newly available. It includes over twenty pieces, among them the...
From Coder to Agent Manager: how I stopped writing code by hand after more than a decade of daily practice.
Letter after letter went unanswered, and he realized that he would grow old while waiting for a response; so he redoubled his efforts and started taking bundles to the mailbox, all in identical envelopes, but each with slightly different...
Week 21 summary - a slow, rainy week.