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TL;DR The attention economy dynamics for AI chatbots and agents are very different from social media, and so we’re seeing a whole new approach to capturing (and keeping) our attention. This comes down to fundamental human nature – the...
I know now that Whitsun is a Christian festival marking Pentecost. In the 1960s, though, it meant something far more immediate to us: the annual ritual of being dressed up in our Sunday best and paraded round the relatives like tiny...
It is a trip to say the least and to say the least, it is a trip to turn around and realize that yes, age took place, time has passed, and years have gone by in a flash.Wow . . .I will be 54 next month. This is life and again, I repeat...
There was a stage of my life where I would confide my problems to a friend. I was looking for emotional support or just a sounding board. There were many times that I found this person not paying attention to what I was saying. He is...
By Richard McKenna / August 10, 2026 Grimy, esoteric capital of the ‘80s North of England, post-Thatcherism Leeds was a peculiarly dual-natured place. An increasingly moribund industrial economy still haunted by the atrocities of the...
Go ahead, not-so-bad-guy. You've earned it. The first nine Fast and Furious movies are on Netflix this month, so we're watching them in order, partly to enjoy, partly to hate-watch. The first movie, "The Fast and the Furious," came out...
Remember Manager Readmes? The idea was that a manager would take the time to write up their leadership style, what they valued, and their principles. A fad that started in 2017, hit its peak in 2018, and then faded.1 I wrote one in March...
For most kids, summer holidays meant the best things: hanging out with friends until the sun came down, playing video games non-stop, and travelling abroad. For us, it meant camping. Each year without fail we’d be dragged off to the...
A macro set of links from returning online - for still more, check out the deep time delve from last week found here or the weekly r/OSR blogroll or check the RPG Blog Carnival. Bloggie-nominated. Originally inspired by weaver.skepti.ch,...
An interesting email this morning from W. C. Muenchow IV of truetestament.org: I’m writing to let you know about … the first complete English translation of Adolf von Harnack’s textual reconstruction of Marcion’s Bible, built largely...
We were psyched to talk to Connecticut State Senatory James Maroney about his new AI bill for this week’s episode: Apple Spotify YouTube (link to come)
Last week’s blog post was about my visit to the Festival of Quilts at the NEC in Birmingham. I found there was more to share that could be fitted into one post, so this is part 2 of my account. It has come to my notice, thanks to a...
We focus on how people are designing and building with AI. I rarely read about how AI is changing “what” people are designing and building.
Weekly cleaning and home improvement series. ⇣ Jump to the keebsBack at it again with another cleaning day. As mentioned previously, I tidy up the kitchen Sunday nights before bed, and I dust off the record player sometime on Saturdays....
I spent Monday doing nothing, watching TV series, taking a nap, and by the evening I felt mostly recovered from the previous weekend’s exertions. Tuesday was wasted waiting in for a delivery that was postponed, and a Royal Mail...