For this entry in the series, I have selected a beautiful song that I can best describe as “straightforwardly erotic”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWjha97vCf0. It is a modern rendition of Personally, that was originally performed by Eleni Dimou (Ελένη Δήμου). The singer is Penny Baltatzi, who is also known for...

August 24, 2025 Made a few more changes to the site today. Moved the navigation from the footer to the top.

I recently gave a talk at the North West Ruby User Group about how I use LLMs for software development. This was an update on a previous demo I had given on Claude Code. We didn't record the talk, but here are my (adapted) notes. LLMs for Software Developers This is an update on how I use LLMs - mainly Claude and...

an update about what I've been up to in August 2025, from things I wrote, to what I'm reading and new projects and goals

The routine and the ritual carried me through, but the week itself was a soft blur—not the kind marked by good times or fond memories, but of unexpected friction and disappointment. Work pressed hard, a tangle of concurrent deadlines looming before month’s end. It meant several late evenings at the office, nothing...

Expanding on my personal notes system with judicious use of colour

Photo by Claudia Raya Apple vs. Facebook is, and always was, kayfabe. In reality, Apple is Facebook's chauffeur; holding Zuck's coat while Facebook1 wantonly surveils iPhones owners.2 Facebook's gross profit over time. Facebook and Apple mugged convincingly for the cameras as "App Tracking Transparency" rolled out,...

Using Bottles to Run Windows-Based Electron Apps on Linux abmurrow Mon, 25 Aug 2025 - 04:49

In semi-advanced, probably-unnecessary style, we kick off a new series on Tmux shenanigans with a classic in computing: switching between the current pane and the last visited pane. Now before you say prefix l or L, hold up there chief. I’m talking about having one key binding that will do both of those things,...

I always try to keep my camera close, even when I'm home. If not, I would not of seen a dragon fly in the back yard. I'm still not great at macro photography, and I forgot to turn on focus stacking, so these are the only two pictures that I …

One thing is for sure, having a blog has meant sharing more online. It isn’t a consequence that I forsaw when I started this here blog. But as I’ve gone through, and written 114 posts in 7 months, I find that I’m sharing more than I ever have before. I’ve been on social media since before Facebook, and that was...

The Python logo It may not look different (yet -- more on this below!) but this blog is now powered by Python instead of Jekyll.

this week has been filled with too many words. when i was first having... difficulties (putting it lightly) with a certain individual over a year ago, i remember countless nights of assaults from seemingly endless walls of text. hours spent, wasted worrying, repeatedly picking up my phone and dreading the next...

W skrócie, wiele państw członkowskich UE, z Danią na czele, opowiada się za zmuszeniem WhatsApp/Signal/itp. do sprawdzania wszystkich naszych zdjęć i linków za pomocą sztucznej inteligencji. Jeśli sztuczna inteligencja ma jakiekolwiek wątpliwości, czy to może być pornografia dziecięca, Twoje zdjęcie, lokalizacja,...