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Afternoon, Tokyo. A big red car called Rubicon crosses my path. What exactly did you win and die for, Julius Caesar? A nightmare in which a lesser woman wins a grander prize. Wait, I was awake when that happened. I spend an hour reading...
In a word, the ride was rough. Red Dog, my trusty and well used 1998 Ford F-150 had lately been getting harder and harder start, it took more effort to turn over. I feared the end of the line. I managed to get her to Andy’s Transmission...
Being able to recognize users on a social network is what turns a website into a communityRead the whole thing.
After yesterday’s trip to the ER, my daughters have been absolutely brutal about me not doing anything. Which was probably a good idea. I have been feeling really good today, which means I probably would have overdone it, if they hadn’t!...
Enjoying some mellow sunshine at the music school. A more usual temperature for late August after the heatwaves (though still no rain to speak of). Benslow was originally a country house commissioned by the botanical pharmacist William...
I've had a lot going on recently. So much so that I'm questioning whether or not it's the right time to finally break the blogging streak. I think about this regularly, and tend to blog about it when I'm having a bit of writer's block....
Playing Boku no Natsuyasumi 2 lately, which is set on a seaside town, is reminding me of how nice the sea at night is. I've already talked about my relationship with being born on an island, so I won't dwell on that. Tomifumi, the town...
A speedy run-down of some of the shows, books, movies, and escape rooms I’ve seen this summer… Edinburgh Fringe Shows I didn’t see that many shows this year because I’ve just returned from a trip abroad and have been working on...
I have been using my personal AI assistant for a few weeks and it is working really well, after I figured out which models to deploy, how to exactly words the various tools and forcing at least one tool call for most interactions. There...
The last time this blog visited Sweden was with Stuga a full 15 years ago; one day, I will go back to that game and toss in the history of Swedish mainframes and academic computing alongside. A 1963 photo of the BESK, via Stelios...
3 formulae for venture philanthropy TL; DR – This piece proposes 3 formulae for anyone allocating capital for social return: how much impact to expect, how likely you are to get it, and whether it would have happened anyway. Use the...
Only one basketball session this week. I had the option to attend three but I'm trying to create a healthier balance between playing basketball and running. Ideally one that improves my fitness levels without the aches and pains that...
— title: Building Without Predicting date: 2026-08-23 17:12 author: pauley — DEREK SIVERS: Building without predicting. Probably works better climatologically where he lives in New Zealand than it does here in Western New York, but a...
The Summer of 2026 is drawing to a close, and while many of us won't miss the insane heat we had on a number of days, I know plenty of schoolkids (and some teachers!) are bummed to return to the classroom. At least we have Fall flavors...
Exhausted Writing this in English (and from my bed, on my phone) because I am BEAT and was about to go to bed. Nearly forgot to do this. I got back from choir around 18:00. I've been up since 6:30. Choir was fun! Lots of new faces. But...