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.
September 1st is Tim Cook’s official last day as CEO of Apple after 15 years at the helm of that now-dominant company. He took over from Steve Jobs, an iconic leader who for many was the very face of Apple. And, despite the challenges of not being a design and product guy like Jobs, Tim Cook achieved great things while in charge.
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Juhis tells us that there is no membership card for the Indieweb blogging community. I like his thesis as I sort of feel like I’m at least on the periphery of the Indieweb movement. But I also feel like I’m on the outside, being judged for not being “indie” enough.
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I have Opinions™ about artificial intelligence. I’m not wholly against it, but I do feel that the current over-enthusiastic investment and circular dealing in the industry is a toxic aberration. We are spending trillions of dollars on technology that produces a few billion dollars worth of questionable benefit, all while consuming vast amounts of power, water, and technology.
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I came across something on Engadget about AI watermarking being implemented to comply with new EU regulations. The topic was a new one for me, and piqued my interest. A lot of people have rather strong opinions on where and how artificial intelligence is used, and watermarking is a step to provide some visibility into that use.
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I read an excellent article on Wired the other day on the topic of organoids and thought I’d share a bit about it here. Even the basic concepts of this topic feel more like science fiction than reality, and that is right in my wheelhouse.
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One of the posts I came across during Blaugust was this one by David Somers aka Omz13 about Nownownow. It piqued my interest but less for the discussion of Nownownow and more for the concept that leads to: the /now page. I will endeavour here to explain what I understand about both.
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Another Blaugust post, another bit of inspiration comes my way… Juhis posted on their blog about Python’s philosophy of “batteries are included”. This is a design philosophy I can respect, and it takes me back to old school languages from my youth.
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My wife Irene and I watched Star Trek: Enterprise recently- the whole series, beginning to end in order. I acquired access to the Paramount Plus streaming service to facilitate this and it worked pretty well on Apple TV. Well enough that when we finished and Irene asked “what comes next?” I felt confident in saying “The original series (TOS)”. Strange to say the “next” thing after watching a show from 2003 is to watch a show from 1966, but that is the way the Star Trek series chronology works.
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In my personal experience children can be horrible creatures. I moved a lot as a kid and this indirectly contributed to me being the ‘odd man out’ at nearly every school I went to from grade 2 through grade 9. I faced nearly daily torment and, because of my own emotional dysregulation, I suffered greatly. To a great extent I stopped going to school by arranging to be sick for weeks at a time.
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