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There is a childlike innocence in modelling prototypes we are less familiar with - and despite my best endeavours I’m still wonderfully uninformed about so much about Canadian railways in the prairies during the late 70s and 80s… I read...
I don't think it's going to work out the way everybody thinks it will. The current narrative, at least the one pushed by the companies selling the shovels, is that AI will become centralized. Anthropic and OpenAI will offer safe, vetted...
A couple of days ago, I had a professional organizer helped me tackling down my kids’ room. I asked the kids, though! And they agreed to have someone checking and “fixing” their rooms; hence, Ms. Iffah and her team from IZ Organizing...
This is an anecdote, not a data point, yet. I'm a firm believer in functional programming and I consider myself a `mostly functional` programmer. I use functional programming when I can, but when a side effect is required, I'll use it....
Have you ever wanted to play GTA in San Francisco? In San Francisco - The Game, you can now drive cars, climb buildings or even hang-glide over the Bay Area - all in your browser.What makes this game world particularly interesting from a...
You all know the Jungle Cruise! Maybe a little too well, like me. Which is why I am sharing three photos today rather than the standard two - Jungle Cruise photos tend to be very "samey", although these are bright and clear and colorful...
It was probably inevitable that, having immersed myself in the story of Kafka‘s work and legacy, I would feel drawn to pick up a book which has been near the top of Mount TBR for a while. I revisited his “The Trial” back in November, and...
A services business wants to double its revenue, so it hires an agency to run paid ads. Six months and forty thousand euros later, it has twelve leads and one customer. Nothing was wrong with the ads. The order was wrong. There are four...
The view from the pavementWhen I go to a city that’s new to me, or one I’ve not visited for years, one of the things I do is stroll around randomly and look out for any interesting buildings that I come across. I’m taking a leaf out of...
If there's one part of the Festiniog which really tantalises me it's the abandoned former track bed leading from Dduallt station to the Old Moelwyn Tunnel.I suppose I'm not unusual in that. I mean, why else would there be so many...
Part of the User Manual Series where I give some brief overviews of the media, experiences, thoughts that help make me...me. Released hourly on my 32nd birthday. Here is a selection of 10 of my favourite posts from the past year. My...
Every once in a while, I keep track of everything I read for a day or two, mostly out of curiosity about what I’m actually reading and how much I read online on a given day. It’s been a couple years! More at the bottom of this page. Via...
Python A-Z is a blog series about Python. Each day, I share insights, ideas and examples for different parts of Python development that match with the letter of the day. Blaugust is an annual blogging festival in August where the goal is...