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AI-Assisted programming has added certain words and phrases to my technical vocabulary. Some of these are fine, most of them make me wince. They are, however, useful when talking to a clanker. All the clankers seem to understand the...
Had a day off work today and in the midst of running some errands and cleaning, the sun popped out for a brief moment so I took the opportunity to do some more cyanotypes.It got cloudy shortly after laying out the 2nd print, which had...
Brave New World 2000, Iron Maiden My rating: Loved it! One of my favorite albums ever. Not only it is very good, it also holds a special place in my heart due to it being the most recent album when I discovered Iron Maiden, and my...
Last year I made a version of ECR (the Crystal templating language) that allows for automatic escaping of values injected into an HTML template. This avoids having to litter your code with HTML.escape around everything that you put into...
Every self-help book in the airport bookstore will tell you to change your mindset. Fewer of them will tell you the truth: it's often easier to just change your zip code. You've heard the sayings ... You're the average of the five people...
I think clamouring for “sovereign frontier AI” is what “middle powers” shouldn’t do. Instead, they should be looking for (and funding) Pareto-optimal models to serve their critical sectors of the economy. You don’t need Fable running...
Arfur, next door's barky dog (Arf! Arf!) has just given up his morning barkfest; now the builders have started up over the road with their whining drills and clanging hammers.What's a girl to do, trying to home-record vocals this...
Look, I don’t buy LEGO sets that much anymore. I fawn over them, look at photos of them, but resist the urge to buy them. But this one got me. I could not resist. One hour ago, I didn't know this set existed, and now I’m going to start...
Another week :3c I finally caved and bought myself a new chair. It was a bit expensive, but we managed to get them $500 off!1 Only a few more items until my entire desk setup is complete !! Just waiting for the new desk mat to arrive...
Exactly what VFX Supervisor Marion Spates says here. […] I mean I hope everyone is excited as I am about what I do. The one thing I try to encourage every day is for us all to have fun. If people aren’t having fun, you are not going to...
I am of an age that I remember well the cool stereo systems we had in the 1980's, 1990's and early 2000s.Especially I love stereo system components - Amplifier, Radio, Graphic equaliser, tape deck, DAT recorder, CD player, SACD players,...
Successive governments stonewall any talk of strategic food reserves. They side with the grasshopper against the ant. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 13th August 2026 When a business makes long-term plans, they call it...
Well, that was fun! Sometimes the NTT IndyCar Series can stage a street race that you almost feel obligated to watch, because you fear that it may be sleep inducing. Then out of the blue comes a track like Markham. It sounds like a...
In this series of posts, we’ll be featuring mathematical video and streaming channels from all over the internet, by speaking to the creators of the channel and asking them about what they do. We spoke to Ellie Sleightholm about her...
At the end of a recent residential singing weekend I was acutely aware of absence when everyone had left. The silence was almost painful. It got me thinking about the different kinds of silence in singing. There are three kinds of...