Interesting clicks for ’26
Should you find yourself with some time on your hands this holiday season, here are some blogs/videos that I really enjoyed. A name by any other name This page shows the distribution of a given first name over time. Mine,…
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What’s the hubbub? Rare earth minerals
Three explanations, geared to your interest / attention span.
There oughta be a word for that
Adacity – when a streaming service charges customers to remove ads that they charge companies to show. As in The sheer adacity of Amazon Prime. Karmo – the good will you accumulate that allows you to finish mowing the lawn…
X marks the spot
If you look past all the misinformation, misogyny and racism, Twitter can be funny.
Four score, something, something, something
Some interesting quotes from famous people, past and present. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make. Your manuscript is both good and original, but the part that is…
The return of smoky dive bars, or what’s new with Twitter
Twitter/X reminds me more and more of a dive bar in the 1980’s. Sticky bathroom floor for reasons best not contemplated, and, when you finally leave, you’re covered with the stink of cigarettes. Having said that, I spent a non-inconsequential…
Money changes everything
Early Artifical Intelligence (AI) has been driven by Large Language Model (LLM) processing where AI consumes large quantities of text (copyrights be damned!) and uses that data to sculpt responses to queries, striving for the goal of grammatically correct, mostly…
April is the cruellest month (sp)
It didn’t quite rise to a poetry slam but sophomore year in high school my friend Terry and I had an ongoing Beatles versus Dylan argument. If I left a notebook or homework unguarded he’d write Beatle lyrics all over…
Pandora’s Box
Pandora’s Box¹ I live about four blocks from Lake City Way in Seattle. Every big city has roads like Lake City Way, industrial thoroughfares full of used car lots, ethnic grocery stores, ramshackle bars, and, this being Seattle, cannabis stores.…
Even more interesting quoths
We just don’t recognize life’s most significant moments while they’re happening. Back then I thought, “Well, there’ll be other days.” I didn’t realize that that was the only day. An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes…