Caffeine and Lasers
Cameron Jones
I run a proudly niche-less blog, where I talk about Science, Culture, Economics, Beer, Coffee, Technology and whatever else I feel like.
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This blogpost may not last very long depending on how technology goes With the disturbing applications of Grok's image generation, I am becoming less and less comfortable with my pictures being online. Don't get me wrong - I understand as a nondescript white dude this threat is relatively minor for me compared to...
This is a story through millions of years in its past to explain why humans are shaped the way we are, and millennia into the speculative future for why mechs should probably not replicate human geometry. So why are humans shaped like that? Well, it starts with our mouth. Early lifeforms were floating around eating...
Source: Buisness Insider Channelling the legacy of Franklin D Roosevelt, the first 100 years of Trumps presidency was seen as an important benchmark to the success at his presidency. He promised to end wars, lower cost of living, fix government efficiency and end immigration. The degree to his success was is pretty...
I was doodling late at night, under some very warm light. In fact, I legitimately wasnt sure if the marker I was using was purple or black. (Glad it was purple) .art-piece { margin: 1.5rem auto; max-width: 75%; } .art-piece img { display: block; width: 100%; height: auto; border-radius: 0.5rem; }
I am not an artist by any means. But, after watching Stuthless video on getting unstuck from a creative rut I decided it could be fun to walk down to the park and mess around with some art. First up was a tea-stain map. I threw tea onto a piece of paper and turned it into a map for some fictional fantasy empire....
Once again repurposing the corporate webs ideas as my own. Here is MY 2025 wrapped, according to my opinion. Minor editorial note, these are the things I liked this year, not neccessarily the best things which came out this year. Okay to the list; 1 Album Creeper - Sanguivore II: Mistress of Death I have had this...
KMCD Visualizing The Internet The theme for this months IndieWeb Carnival is where do you see the IndieWeb in 2030 and is hosted by V.H Belvadi. I thought this was a great excuse to yap about my politics, what I want to see in the world (and what I think will actually happen). So I am making three predictions. What...
Link to the full article from University of Leicester Leicester scientists are sending tiny worms to the International Space Station in 2026 to study the biological effects of space. The team at Space Park Leicester has designed and built a miniature space laboratory called a Petri Pod that will house the worms...
Rating: 🟧 Type: Non-Fiction I probably need to stop reading books with theses which I already agree with from the beginning. Turns out that economic protectionism and isolationism is bad for your economy. Who knew?
Rating: 🟩 Type: Non-Fiction I knew Facebook did shady shit beforehand but the degree to which and the amount they knew that they were doing still managed to shock me. the metaphor the title implies, a reference to the Great Gatsby is extremely apt. The belligerence with which the Facebook leadership acted kind of...
The Brain Of Charles Babbage Charles Babbage, (1791–1871) was an English mathematician, philosopher, inventor and mechanical engineer who originated the concept of a programmable computer. Considered the "father of the computer", Babbage is credited with inventing the first mechanical computer that eventually led to...
The following post is from 4 Gravitons here, (not me). If you enjoyed it, go subscribe to them! 4 Gravitons Sometimes, the world is silly for honest, happy reasons. And sometimes, it’s silly for reasons you never even considered. Scientific projects often have acronyms, some of which are…clever, let’s say....
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