The gasman had an appointment this morning … he was on time and we spent some quality time together. End result? The next step would be to call a plumber (not a carpenter) … see the …
Turns out that ChatGPT can be pretty useful. Who knew?
In case you aren’t keeping up - I have been playing around with embedding video on 🔗 john.philpin.com. I cracked it a while back - but the …
Which reminds me that I need to find that quote that reminds us that all life is just ‘replication at scale’
Of course the human invention of copyright law then results in things like the court case …
I have had three actions in ‘Things’ now for weeks. They were there to remind me to post a snippet from three podcasts that I wanted to share. The actual snipping and posting is not that …
🎵 This Is Not America was always a 🎵musical favorite in my world - as indeed was The Falcon and The Snowman, which featured the song … and then the movie came to mind this morning as I was …
Long time since I watched this - but I have watched it more than once - which is rare for me ... Came to mind this morning as I was reading the news and my mind revisiting the theme song and then thinking about Schlesinger - and then Timothy Hutton and of course the amazing Sean Penn. Well worth a **focused** watch.
Ever wondered why we used call it ‘Global Warming’ - and now we call it ‘Climate Change’?
Said it before - say it again - Language is important. More than important - it shapes how society thinks. …
Slowly building up my glossary links ( thankyou @AndySylvester ) … 4 active so far … more in the background - and none of the embedded terms are yet implemented (except that one at the …
Cable News (1980-2023) by Dana F. Blankenhorn has a very relevant 🎵 track that opens the post.. You can find the 🔗 lyrics here.
Who “wins,” i.e., who is the last one standing? Probably …
As @drewcastillo and I recently riffed - he really is very good. Sure he’s got some duds - don’t we all? Off the top of my head - some of my favorites (alphabetical - to avoid …