How do I stream
Irene and I watch a fair amount of TV. But I believe we do so rather inefficiently: we have several streaming services that only get occasional use and yet I…
Black holes, LHC, Star Wars, quantum uncertainty… if it is of general geek interest, but doesn’t fit into one of the other categories, it lands here.
RAM prices on overdrive
I wrote about the impacts of AI development a while back. One of the factors I mentioned was technology waste which touches on the concept of AI being a massively…
Death of an icon: Margaret Hamilton
I was saddened today to read of the death of Margaret Hamilton. She was one of the key programmers on the Apollo program having been responsible for much of the…
Superconductors in your home
Superconductors are kind of bizarre even in their 'normal' state. Normally all materials have at least a little bit of resistance to electrical current: pass a signal through a wire…
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…
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…