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On AI and an all-encompassing role in modern web development.
Did you think you’d get away with it? Did you think he wouldn’t find out? Saja always finds out. And now you’ll just have to live with him knowing. In other news, we’re coming right up on the one-year anniversary of Saja’s official...
We're going for a relaxing midday drive with some chill racing VGM. 〰️〰️〰️ 00:00 Intro/ Butt-Ugly Martians: Zoom or Doom! - Track 7 01:32 R4: Ridge Racer Type 4 - On Your Way 05:24 Enthusia Professional Racing - A Doze [Data Mode] 07:59...
Since Barry Windsor-Smith was absent from the previous post (or there in spirit via the pages of The Studio) I thought I’d post a few of his prints from the mid-70s. As I said in the Snaps piece, Smith and co. set up The Studio in order...
Image of wildfires in Montana comes from rawpixel.com, and is labeled Public Domain. The media are full of ‘explanations’ (opinions) about what is going on in the world. What is Trump thinking. What does country X ‘want’. Why is this the...
One of today’s clients had to cancel the house inspection at the last minute. With about six visits a day, this happens every now and then. Sometimes it’s possible to do the next job earlier, sometimes it’s not. Today it was the latter....
Is this it, at last? The brilliant book written by AI? Probably not, though the headline at The Bookseller does raise hopes. It reads ‘Genius novel’ sold in six and seven-figure deals at auction pulled over suspected AI use. The Mirror...
I went to see a film today. To the actual cinema, with actual popcorn and drinks and iMax and…well, The Odyssey. I’ve written book reviews before but I know books. Like really know books. Whereas I think this is the first film I’ve seen...
In 1981, the Soviet mathematician V. I. Arnold wrote a little book attempting to explain catastrophe theory to a general audience. It was translated into English by R. K. Thomas and published with the title Catastrophe Theory by Springer...
I have invented a new rule for swimming at the beach: When swimming at the beach, you can never be the furthest from the shore. Frequently asked questions (probably): Q: What if I’m swimming with a friend?A: Worry about yourself! Q: What...
The sun is dying, being feasted on by tiny lifeforms based on Venus. The phenomenon, the "astrophage," is not unique: every star within dozens of light-years of Sol is suffering the same malaise...except one: Tau Ceti. With Earth's...
Kevin Powell tries out Prop For That, makin it look so slick and easy 🫶 Watch on YouTube
In order to make something—anything!—you need to be able to experiment. And most experiments probably won’t work. If you don’t want them to reflect poorly on your body of work, call them what they are: experiments. Or, practice. They’re...
I drew the illustration above on the back of an actual envelope (one of my new “things” these days). It’s either the most or the least appropriate medium for a diagram about attack surface. Your call. It’s here because my colleague Mark...