The Prince4ever thing on 6 music today is just 👌

Human Software - a novel by Richard W. Bown - a stack of book recently unpacked

Human Software - a novel by Richard W. Bown - a book showing a glowing chip with a ghostly female face shining through it

The system doesn't care. The people running it do. Human Software - new cover, out now. Link in bio.

#booksky #writingcommunity #datacenters #ai #devops #fightback

The fact that they were all loaded made it surreal enough to know it was all a fantasy. I loved it, and still love it, but it’s not exactly cinema vérité

Had a fun night out with ex-colleagues, but suddenly reminded that I'm going back to work soon as an IT folk, and now I'm panicking about all the things I want to do before that happens... the work is sometimes a necessary wall.

Something I learned tonight.

I'm happy with my 2001 volvo thanks. Not because I'm a drunk driver, but because I don't want to be observed by the state while I'm driving.

Nic Jones "Penguin Eggs"

A busy day so far, and now settling down to a little more writing accompanied by the gem. I only discovered it yesterday, thanks to Stuart Maconie on 6 Music. What an opener...

YES! I've just done exactly that, except, yet, here I am... um.

"Why is it wearing a hat?" came the comment from this house.

As Deep as the Grave | Official Trailer (Val Kilmer AI Performance, 2026) YouTube video by Entertainment Tonight

Val Kilmer must be rotating at high speed now. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oem1...

So you're saying good engineering builds good stuff. Yes, but just like human-built stuff - it's never perfect.

Google Starts Scanning All Your Photos As New Update Goes Live Google wants its AI to see all the photos of "you and your loved ones." Billions of users must now decide.

“Take a moment to think before you dive in. That’s the best advice for Google Photos users, as the company confirms its latest update can scan all your photos to “use actual images of you and your loved ones” in AI image generation.”

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Thanks for catching the typo and I hope you like the new look. I was inspired to do this after your feedback! (also of course it was a great distraction technique from doing the hard work on book #2 :)

Why I Wrote a Novel Instead of Another Business Book - Engineering Empathy Why I Wrote a Novel Instead of Another Business Book Craft and Creativity

Why I wrote a novel instead of another business book...

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The real joy of writing fiction is that it's not non-fiction, amiright? #writingcommunity

FFS yes

Frank Herbert I apologize for ever doubting you

Texel. It has changed a bit since the last time I was there, and in some ways not

In the UK we call them lifts but in the US they call them elevators, because we’re raised differently.

We were stuck in the UK for a couple of extra days and spent them in Brighton. Wasn’t a complete disaster as we were away from the kids for a bit longer!

Just spent three hours printing out forms, writing and signing them, scanning and uploading plus sorting out insurances and references. So, this is what 2026 looks like eh? A bright new future!

HUMAN SOFTWARE - a novel by Richard W Bown. "The system doesn't care. Do you?"

New cover for Human Software. It finally looks like the book it actually is. #booksky #writingcommunity

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Just because someone doesn't ever ask for help, it doesn't mean that they are not currently struggling.

Yes. The idea of teaching AI to code on the terrible code I've seen over my career points exactly to the reason we're in this mess and it's just getting messier.

VERY MUCH THIS

From my experience of seeing GitHub implementations in enterprise, this is an entirely valid concern. GitHub's enterprise support is like a sticking plaster - not security first. Honestly the way it's implemented in some places, in such an anti-DevOps manner, it'll hardly matter.

‘Lee says, he is “a cooperative, functional human being”, while he presents himself in his act “as an obstructive, obstreperous, arrogant, self-loathing man”. But in a world led by social media, “I don’t know whether it’s possible to maintain them both any more”.’

Clannad - Robin (The Hooded Man) (Official Visualiser) YouTube video by ClannadOfficial

RIP Moya Brennan. This theme tune presaged many a happy Saturday afternoon spent painting lead miniatures. A happy place m.youtube.com/watch?v=tP0r...

(actually not that new, ahem)

Yes but why?