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I was going to write a post on terrible people and things. It seems like they are everywhere in the news and social media, from the obnoxious Karoline Leavitt to the white supremacist, Richard Hanania Not to mention Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and most of the people from silicon valley. This story about a woman’s mom … Continue reading On ignoring terrible people and things and focusing on what…
This article: Love red wine but want a more refreshing sip for summer? These 6 reds at the LCBO are delicious served chilled, had me thinking about beaujolais this week, since it was one of the wines featured. While a big bordeaux fan, I’ve been developing a preference for beaujolais wine when dining out and … Continue reading On beaujolais and its many names (crus)
Reading this piece on The End of Google, I couldn’t help but think this is the end of Web 2.0. If you are wondering — or have even forgotten — about Web 2.0, a refresher is in order. According to wikipedia: “Web 2.0 (also known as participative (or participatory) web and social web) refers to websites that emphasize user-generated content, ease … Continue reading On the end of Web 2.0 and possibly…
I can’t say that work is changing more in this decade than other decades. I can say two major forces have hit many workers in this decade and the impact of those forces have made work challenging for workers, to say the least. The first major force was the pandemic. While many people have returned … Continue reading On work in the era of AI and the pandemic
I see that Amazon Prime is coming out with a TV miniseries based on what is happening in the Blade Runner universe in the year 2099. I have watched the trailers and they seem….fine. You can see details on the upcoming series, here. More here and here. Personally I would have liked something more like … Continue reading Blade Runner: 2099 or Blade Runner: 2048?
It’s been a year since I wrote about New York City and two years since I’ve visited. Who knows when I will be back. I do know I still love to read about it, which isn’t hard, since it’s often in the news. So here’s my annual post on NYC, brought to you by the … Continue reading M is for Midtown and Manhattan and Mamdani (and much more)
If you are Canadian, chances are you have the day off today. Maybe you have no great plans other than to hang out in a hammock or beach yourself somewhere. And that’s fine. But if you are someone like me who likes to be productive even with down time**, then perhaps you’d like to not … Continue reading What to do on a day off
On July 21st OpenAI published this piece about how they and Hugging Face partnered to address a security incident during model evaluation. Like many people, I was shocked by the news of how agents at OpenAI broke out of their secure environment and attacked the Hugging Face site. Later, though, in reading other pieces, I … Continue reading On how OpenAI lost control of an AI Model that ended up…
It is an odd time to be a Canadian, located north of Trump’s America. As in previous months, Trump has stepped up his attacks on his neighbors to the north. And as before, he’s slamming more tariffs on Canadian goods, this time due to the smoke from the forest fires, he says. Who knows? Here’s … Continue reading On fires and bridges: Canada and Trump’s America
It’s an odd thing, what Emily Wilson did in writing this piece, An Uncomplicated Man, for the London Review of Books. Suddenly the discussion of Christopher Nolan’s new film turned into a debate on whether or not Nolan gets the history right. I want to delve into the second part for a bit. It’s a tricky thing … Continue reading The odd bun flight about The Odyssey, the Sea People, and the Bronze…
