Throwback: cell phone standards in Iraq
Fasten your seat belts as today my own personal "Wayback machine" is taking us all the way back to March of 2003. At the time the Iraq war was still…
Early coding experiences
I came across an article on Wired during Blaugust of 2024 and thought I should write something about my own introduction to coding as a teenager. I sort of forgot…
Blogging isn’t dead
Two years ago Wilhelm had some well-considered words to say (TAGN) regarding the state of blogging in the 2020's. A couple of years have passed and I have considered my…
How many blog posts left?
I was going through my notes from a year or so ago and came across a reference to this post from Axxuy on the topic of longevity as measured in…
Lions lose in conflict between nomads and government
Ten lions have been killed with poison in an attack on the wildlife in Tanzania's Ngorongoro Conservation area. It is yet another incident where human factors outweigh the survival of…
AI: some words about feelings
Bhagpuss published a post a few weeks back about AI and how we feel about it. Not about the hard crunchy aspects of AI, but about feelings and attitudes towards…
Large AI firms ask for regulation
Late last week Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei published an essay calling for the AI industry to be regulated for reasons of safety. It is a long read and I will…
Star Trek is 60 years old
I have missed the actual birthday of Star Trek- September 8- by a good week. I have a good excuse as I was away visiting friends and touring around Radium…
Narcissism, thy name is Drumpf
I refuse to name the man here today who has called for the closure of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (CBC) in Washington. But he is the one…
A trip to Radium
My best friend Chris reached out to me at the end of June with a plan to meet up at a midway point between his home in Edmonton and our…