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Which Tech CEOs Are Gamers?

In a court of law, Satya Nadella said he is not a gamer.

AI Will Not Make Your Job Chill

People keep talking about how AI will make their job easy, and I don’t really understand why.

Why I Signed The Amicus Brief for Anthropic v Department of War

On Monday, Anthropic filed a lawsuit against the Department of War, and an amicus brief in support of Anthropic was filed on behalf of a number of OpenAI and Google employees. See coverage here and the brief itself here . To emphasize, everyone who signed did so in a...

MIT Mystery Hunt 2026

This has spoilers for MIT Mystery Hunt 2026. Spoilers are not labeled or hidden.

Authentic Imperfection

Auto-Tune is great.

Ten Years Later

My blog turns ten years old today. The big 1-0. Thanks for reading!

Brony Musicians Seize The Means of Production: My Eyewitness Account to BABSCon 2025

Bronies are older fans of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic . They are mostly male, typically in 20s-30s age wise, and have been trending older and more female over time. (A lot of girls in the original target demographic grew up, and a lot of men in the fandom realized...

Who is AI For?

Who is AI for right now? There are obvious use cases. Image generation for people who want filler art for work presentations, or just to mess around. Coding assistance for people who code, vibe coding for people who don’t. Speech-to-text for automatic captioning, and text-to-speech for grinding out TikTok videos...

MIT Mystery Hunt 2025

This has spoilers for MIT Mystery Hunt 2025. Spoilers are not labeled or hidden.

Using AI to Get the Neopets Destruct-o-Match Avatar

I have blogged about Neopets before, but a quick refresher. Neopets is a web game from the early 2000s, which recently celebrated its 25th anniversary and maintains a small audience of adult millennials. It’s a bit tricky to sum up the appeal of Neopets, but I like the combination of...