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The stats Since that I posted that first article on August 16, 2006 to Global Nerdy, it’s been… 20 years 2 blogging platforms (Blogware, then WordPress) 11 million pageviews Almost 5,000 articles (this one will be number 4,989) 2...
When was the last time I did one of these? Last year? Here's a collection of things I've enjoyed from the last 8 months, I suppose. Video games Satisfactory I knew I shouldn’t buy this game after playing the demo, but I bought it anyway,...
Last week (13 August) saw the anniversary of the 1977 'Battle of Lewisham' when local communities and anti-racists from all over the country mobilised to oppose a march by the far right National Front from New Cross to Lewisham, events...
On my recent trip to Switzerland, I spent a fair amount of time wandering down the supermarket aisles to put together cheap meals. I enjoyed the experience of trying out Coop and Migros-branded supermarket chocolate and trying out Heidi...
Analog I deeply appreciate stationery and its constituent processes, accoutrements, and instruments. I am a frequent user of these products and sell them for a living. I don’t, however, align myself with the use of the term “analog” to...
[content: hurting animals] Yesterday in a discussion with some undergrad philosophy students, one of them argued it’s immoral to benefit from wrong acts. If someone kills an animal and nothing will be different if you do or you don’t eat...
Getting stuck into GitHub and Jira is not the most creative way to work, but it's a good way to get things done. GitHub I merged my first pull request into our core prototype this week. It was the fiddly little change that I mentioned...
Being competitive has its advantages. You always fight hard, you never give up, and you always give more than you think you are capable of. But competitiveness is useful when the battle is on equal ground. Like in sport, where you know...
This time next year, I shouldn't have to contend with the power lines. Brad and Derrick are up on the house today, building the bucks for the windows so that when they start stacking blocks, they can just keep going. Helps them get into...
Locs freshly retightened and interlocked; headed to my cousin’s church. Photo Credit: Tremaine L. Loadholt locs retightenedfresh look–sheen & shineconfidence r e s e t
This is the second in my series on the Goose Creek Connector, following up on the good last week.I liked biking the Goose Creek Connector but there are some ways in which it is not well-implemented, and I wanted to talk a bit about those...
This week we explore creative provenance and trust in the age of AI generated content. Also don't miss 3 amazing illustrators you must follow, the design of the new European banknotes and an ongoing reference library for Black hairstyles.
(Note: there’s some context afterwards.) Talk about “The AI”“The AI” doesn’t “go rogue” The program executes an unexpected process.“The AI” doesn’t “hallucinate” It computes probabilistically without success.“The AI” doesn’t “create”...