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"And even if you found yourself in some prison, whose walls let in none of the world’s sounds – wouldn’t you still have your childhood, that jewel beyond all price, that treasure house of memories? Turn your attention to it." Rilke -...
This 404 report justly been getting considerable coverage.Amazon is buying massive quantities of books, scanning them for AI training data, and destroying them in the process. A 404 Media investigation was able to reveal Amazon’s book...
I love it when two news from the same day collide. In this case it's how experience in a domain helps or hinders when using LLMs.First up, Cory Doctorow in The Nerve (4 August 2026), discussing the positive results from experienced...
“Pride is not the opposite of shame, but its source. True humility is the only antidote to shame.” | Uncle Iroh, Avatar: The Last Airbender I’ve loved Uncle Iroh’s depth of wisdom. This was another one that hit hard.
An Australian's answers to the questions Americans keep asking: no, it won't all kill you, the food's worth the trip, and there's far more here than red dust. This is another title trade with the lovely James (we're up to three or four...
A soft shimmer of rain at dawn, increasing as the light grows. By sunrise it’s drowning out the wren’s song. A mosquito sings in my ear.
Down the road a bit (and by road I mean overgrown single track with grass in the middle) from the ogham stone is the Ardgroom stone circle and the only other stone circle I got to see on this trip. Seriously atmospheric, in the shadow of...
In a previous video, I talked about role play in FFXIV and what you can do to get started. I also touched on what causes people anxiety when considering RP, especially from a shy or new player perspective. In the comments of that video,...
Following the blog post on how to self-host a PDS (Personal Data Server) for atproto, having your accounts live on your own server, while still being able to interact with apps like Bluesky and pckt.blog, I wanted to write a little about...
A small, undersized Thoroughbred race-seahorse named Landbiscuit has taken prediction market platform Polymarket by storm this week, attracting millions in gambling volume ahead of his historic match race against War Admiral.Landbiscuit,...
The Geekom IT13 Max is a delicious slice of the NUC cake... as long as you know what you're biting into. Though it uses a quote-unquote "last gen" CPU, it is an attractive deal for clear-eyed and informed buyers. Admittedly, I've had a...
Our Blockbuster was located in a dying shopping center. There was a Cato nearby, but it did not exactly inspire crowds of eager shoppers. When a new retail space opened directly in front of Walmart, Blockbuster jumped at the opportunity...
Ken MacDonald was a prolific railway photographer who lived in Fredericton, New Brunswick. He was born in 1928 and died on August 20, 2023.
The kind of construction-sequence photos that I showed a while back for 15 Broad Street exist for other buildings and, crucially, for other building types. The following photo sequence is an example for the George Blumenthal house at 50...
The past few days have been a good poetry days, in a more well-rounded sense--by which I mean, I've been doing more than just writing down a line or two. Let me capture what a good stretch of poetry days looks like:--A few months ago, I...