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Gabby Hutchinson Crouch joins Tim Worthington for a chat about Yelena Belova demonstrating why she should never be counted on to keep an eye on a grocery store in Spider-Man: Brand New Day.
I'm not in the anti-AI camp like so many writer friends of mine - though I am anti-data centre, which I realize is a contradiction. I see AI as yet another in a long line of tools replacing various parts of the creative process,...
This pond dried out weeks ago. Earlier in the year, the council spent quite a lot of money trying to stop this from happening.24 words · 1 image
In the mid 1970s, a young Dolly Parton did something that made almost no financial sense at the time. Elvis Presley, the biggest star in music, wanted to record one of her songs. All she had to do was hand over half the publishing...
In July, I reported that Apple planned to migrate domains for both iCloud Private Relay (Sign in with Apple) and "Hide My Email" over to a new shared domain: private.icloud.com. While existing legacy addresses were set to keep working,...
In 1936 a revolutionary movement swept the Spanish state. After the Russian Revolution of 1917 and the German Revolution of 1918/1919 it was one of the most important workers' revolutions in history. It saw a powerful working class...
Playing Dolly’s greatest hits. God bless her.
Collectively speaking humans have always been terrible at programming. Let's look at some real examples
Collectively speaking humans have always been terrible at programming. Let's look at some real examples
There is a particular comfort in citing Goodhart's Law. Someone proposes a metric. Someone else recites the line about measures and targets. Everybody nods at the wisdom of it. Then the metric ships on Monday with a bonus attached, and...
This week’s theme: Continuing the celebration of the third anniversary of Jazz Collector Live and Jazz Collector Radio. Featured artists include John Coltrane, Red Garland, Paul Chambers, Arthur Taylor, Eric Dolphy, Freddie Hubbard,...
Sometimes when I see a plane flying overhead, I’m thankful I’m not on it. That I can stretch out, that I’m comfortable, and that isn’t me. This is not one of those times. I’m sitting on the runway waiting for th first of two flights...
David Bushell, after battling with a contact form for years, just said screw it and now just publishes an email address on his contact page. Kind of a zero-tech solution to allow someone visiting a webpage to send a message. Just… use...
Back in the early/mid-1990s I’d been working on the IT (then IS) Help Desk at Boots the Chemist, supporting store’s POS (Point of Sale) systems. After a few years, my existing development chops were recognised and I was moved away to a...
🍕 I’m JA Westenberg. I write essays about technology, philosophy, productivity, and what it means to be human. If you like ideas that take their time, you’re in the right place.A reminder: annual members get a free digital copy of my...