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One of the things I’ve been thinking about for years, but more acutely now because of the conversations around controlling open source models, is the question of why more bad things don’t happen.So I’m asking:Why don’t more bad things...
I don’t usually blog all my comments other places, but while drafting a completely different blog post I came across this great post, Michel Valdrighi: The Coder Whose Code Never Went Silent. I had to leave a comment, because Michel’s...
Good morning, afternoon, or whenever it is that you read this. Who would have thought teacher in-service could be a muse? When I decided to start working again on my novella earlier in the summer, there was always one section of the book...
I had a productive week in terms of app development. Grove I’m excited and partially relieved that I’m getting closer and closer to finishing my app, Grove. This has consumed me in the last couple of months and I’ve been adding features,...
Lately, I'm just over it. The madmen, the tyrants, and the greedy have taken over the wheel, and I feel like darker times are ahead. I got to thinking about what hobbies I do that aren't reliant on a computer. Photography can be...
A beautiful simple little tape loop excerpt, running round and round for nearly an hour, courtesy of Petya Lukyanov, aka Peter Lukeson of Denton, Texas. There is a piano and nearby birdsong, heard in combination. Whether or not one’s ear...
I’ve been thinking about AI for a while now, since I am increasingly being surrounded by AI tools at work, with Microsoft adding a Copilot button everywhere I look. But that’s a topic for another time. What inspired me to write here was...
COMING SOON! August 12!!
Here is how our last tournament debutants did: Asahifuji entered the tournament already as one of the biggest storylines. Having won back-to-back-to-back tournament victories and entering sumo as one of he strongest prospects ever, his...
2026/08/04 22:10 People who want to be measured by their possessions aren't even people, they are just ad space.
From Family of Spies: A World War II Story of Nazi Espionage, Betrayal, and the Secret History Behind Pearl Harbor, by Christine Kuehn (Celadon Books, 2025), Kindle pp. 119-120: Special Agent Shivers was convinced the Kuehns were spies;...
Perfume PosseHot N Heavy: Oils by Attar Bazaar The heat is still on and seems like it’s going to be here for the month. Which is kind of stinky (sometimes literally) because I am a big fan of “May Grey” and it’s sister, June Gloom. Which...
Memorial screening for the great Sam Neill. He and Nicole Kidman are a bereaved couple on a sailing voyage when they meet Billy Zane, typecast as a sexy guy who wants to kill you aboard a sinking ship. His stories about his former vessel...
I wish I could find someone who could match my speed and enthusiasm... this has been a problem my whole life...
The water feature and ramp outside Britannic House, London, in the 1990s. You can see this in the 1960s rendering, to the left of the main skyscraper. Both the upper level walkway and the water underneath were removed as part of the...