⭐️ Videos
Some people respond to me with musical references.
I do it. A lot. In reverse? Not so much.
This is an example of someone who has done it a few times. ❤️
So, may I introduce you to - no, not ‘Billy Shears’.
Elvis.
No, not that Elvis.
This Elvis.
Not sure how I knew but had the Arc search app installed before I understood what it was doing.
It is doing clever things.
Gorgeous. Totally gorgeous. Welling with tears.
In the spirit of John Cooper Clarke and Simon Armitage.
You’ll be hearing more about them soon as part of a larger initiative I am working on.
Oh - and if you like Orbital - you might also enjoy 🎵 📼 🔗 this
On a business call this morning, we took a sidetrack down the path of ‘the problem with flying’. Flanders and Swann were mentioned - and specifically the ‘bit’ they did about excess baggage. I know their stuff - this one didn’t ring a bell.
😂 Fell on the floor laughing.
🎈031/366 | 🚚 Moving In
A lot going on today - net net, 🎵 📼 this came to mind.
When all is said and done and after it’s all come together I’ll come back and explain in the comments.
If you can’t wait - there’s a clue in both audio and visual.
Until then. Enjoy …
LATER
1st February
Teejay and om
🎈027/366 | 📼 Ain't Nobody Got Time For That
I remember a segment in Trevor Noah’s Daily Show that was called ‘Ain’t Nobody Got Time For That’
Today I learned that there was a whole video and thing from years before. Is that where he got it from?
There’s 📼🎵 something in the air. Anybody else feeling it?
It started happening last week. All good.
But .. not all good apparently 😖
I tried to find a post on my site to link to - #FAIL.
This is the message
2024-01-23 11:34:07 Error: Error building site: open content/2022/01/01/the-first-message.md: no such file or directory
Gnashing teeth.
Talk about a downer!
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🎵 Hadn’t heard this for years. Still love it.
Steve Winwood and Carlos - and no - I do not know how I missed this 2 to 3 years ago - but missed it I did.
Well worth recording. Well worth a listen.
📼 .. and then a little older. … GROOVIN!
📼 🔗 Ferret - Apple’s new multi modal AI
I found this rather interesting, of course when you think about it - their camera work and car dev will absolutely have given them an edge on understanding images … makes total sense.
Then I read…
Apple stopped using and supporting NVidia products in 2016, its Ferret model was developed using NVidia’s highly efficient A100 graphics cards. Therefore, the source code available on GitHub does not work on Apple’s products.
🤦🏽
🎈020/366 | 🔮 Future Vision
Over the holidays, down in Wellington, I somehow constantly found myself in conversations about ‘local politics’ … council, city, region … and dare I even say national? (On a global scale ’national thinking’ for a small country like New Zealand is still ‘local’.) No need to talk about the topics discussed - the usual, but my recurring observation that was never rejected is that long term planning anywhere for housing, climate change, infrastructure, EV cars, bike lanes … you name it .. is never that long term because the elected officials - even if they had the vision .. and often they don’t’ (but that is a different story) - don’t think beyond their election cycle.
As a result it is a brave group of politicians that put in place 25 to 30 year plans for anything … much less real long term!
Enter 🔗 The Ministry for the Future - New Ideas From Ancient Wisdom. - with my highlights and annotations on Readwise. It’s not quite the same idea and far more ‘financially technical’ than I might ever hope to completely understand - much less explain - but it is all connected and makes for a fascinating - if technical - read.
Unless you’re a policy wonk or a certain kind of federal contractor, you can be forgiven for not knowing what the discount rate is.
BUT - so you know …
Seperately …
📼 A Long Now talk from Kim Stanley Robinson : Climate Futures: Beyond 02022 (referenced in the article, not yet watched - but is now in my queue). Also, that 02022 is not a typo - it’s a ‘Long Now’ year. I like them just from that simple switch in thinking. It positions us in time very differently to 2022. (Not sure if it is also unseen inspiration behind the numbering system of my series for 2024.)
‘nuff said for now. Suffice to say, I am going to do some further exploring around the ‘social discount rate’. This bear hadn’t stumbled across it previously - but it seems to be an excellent way of thinking about a reason why ‘our’ policies are so broken.
🎈018/366 | 🔮 A Better Future
A short one today because the 🔗 📼 Biden video speaks for itself.
For me? One of the best, passionate most comprehensive campaign speeches I have ever heard. In fact, the qualifier ‘campaign’ is probably unnecessary.
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🎈014/366 | 💩 The Gamekeeper Is The Poacher
An excellent show from the mighty John Oliver taking on McKinsey in this one. You know … the company that advised Purdue on how to sell more Oxy. Spin through to 15:50 … to hear this one.
Mr. Sternfels they didn’t have experience - they were the identical humans working for both at the same time.
💬 Katie Porter
Cleaning out the swamp, stopping the revolving door of public service and corporate interest … it really doesn’t matter what you call it - what is clear that the swamp / cesspool / revolving doors are very much alive and well - no matter what anyone claims.
🎈012/366 | 🎂 Cake By The Ocean
It’s true. My ‘under the rock’ habitat continues into 2024.
I asked a six year old yesterday if he liked music … yes … so what’s your favorite song?
I hadn’t heard of DNCE - but liked this one enough to poke around … wait … it’s Joe Jonas?
Personally, never a big fan of the Jonas brothers - but adding this to my list of (two so far) singers that switched me. The other one is Harry Styles (never a big fan of One Direction).
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Ummm
Suella Braverman Launches A Small Boat.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Seriously — watch to the end - A truly well-deserved award.
📼 Stunning … all of it - but mainly at 12:35 - as he recites a poem.
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🔗 Former Trump White House adviser found guilty of contempt of Congress.
… dum dum dum, and …
🎵 📼 Another one bites the dust.
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