I _really_ like what Karpathy is talking about with LLMs and flat file memory. What do I do when i like something? Write a blog about it of course.
www.distributedthoughts.org/2026-04-20-r...
I’ve had the same editor since 1967. Many times he has said to me over the years or asked me, Why would you use a semicolon instead of a colon? And many times over the years I have said to him things like: I will never speak to you again. Forever. Goodbye. That is it. Thank you very much. And I leave. Then I read the piece and I think of his suggestions. I send him a telegram that says, OK, so you’re right. So what? Don’t ever mention this to me again. If you do, I will never speak to you again
Maya Angelou on the joys of being edited
"Check up from the neck up" Kathy Burke's therapy #tommytiernan
Why yes, I am watching Night of the Demon again.
Today is the 2 year anniversary of when I met the Ravens. They just checked me out from a distance then! Here is some of my fav footage: them courting, feeding each other, barrel rolling and some of their vocalisations. They are the most amazing birds and I am so lucky to have them!
Why do the Japanese like their buns askew (2026)
"writing is thinking" stands undefeated, but that has worrying implications for those who choose not to write
Martin Galway has graciously released the source code to his Wizball music and driver on github. Be amazed at how so much music was hand crafted into such a small space with no trackers / editors. github.com/MartinGalway...
Pine Marten (Martes martes) at a site in Co. Tipperary, April 2026. Once greatly reduced in range and abundance in Ireland due to deforestation and persecution, this species has made a strong and ongoing recovery over recent decades.
If primary school teachers (or anyone else) are looking for resources that are a little more...balanced...check out our Irish Tree Explorers Network pages:
www.ucc.ie/en/tree-expl...
Stunts and special effects combined with digital effects. One pass has Roberts getting in and driving off. A 2nd pass has a remote controlled car driving off (a mannequin behind the wheel) & a stunt car slams into it. Takes were blended together digitally by Cinesite, VFX supe Tom Smith.
What's the Hungarian word for there's been a murder? Amazing stuff.
Going through digitised NARA files and learned the OSS (forerunner to the CIA) believed there was a “Nazi spy center” operating in Tralee in 1942. Anyone know of any corroborating sources/reading on this?
A black and white photograph of a girl wearing jeans and a sweater with long hair in a swing
In the final illustration, Peter is pushing Jane in the swing
‘Jane’ in the early 1970s - artist Harry Wingfield ‘s original reference photo - and the illustration it became
In 1983, Lisanne Bainbridge published “Ironies of Automation” in Automatica. Her core finding: the more sophisticated an automated system becomes, the more demanding the human role within it. What remains after automation is the most ambiguous, most complex, least supported work.
really good images of the model of NYC they made for the hudsucker proxy from an old issue of cinefex
First saw this on No Disco in 1997. Great band, great album and great intro to Asha Bhosle youtu.be/lM7H0ooV_o8?...
Blazing Saddles was shot on the same set (apart from the shop names, of course) as Westworld.
large batch of freshly harvested spring onions/scallions
Plant spring onions for a quick, tasty crop! Sow seeds directly in well-drained soil or containers. Succession sow every 2–3 weeks for continuous harvests. Snip green tops to encourage more shoots!
Grow guide here: vegplotter.com/grow-guides/...
a worn out old ruin stands on a cliff above a stormy sea, but there’s still a light on.
your only job is to be a light
#digitalart
TOT reader Jay Dickman is a world-renowned, Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer who grew up in Austin. Jay saw the photo that I posted of ZZ-Top last week and graciously sent in this shot of Dusty Hill and Billy Gibbons, which he took in 1972 at the Dallas Convention Center. How great is this?
Early clock-watchers
Early clock-watchers
The History Of Concrete in theaters later this year www.avclub.com/the-history-...
Night of the Demon (1957).
youtu.be/qDamb06ToOk?...
Second time this year caught by an unwanted auto-renewal. This one was LambdaTest. Received no notification and no way to cancel subscription without contacting support. Eventually paid out only after quoting EU online consumer law. Same thing with a Wordpress plugin in January.
Fragments: two podcasts, a worryingly well-done supply-chain attack, framework for tech documentation, and a particularly thoughtful AI coding experience
martinfowler.com/fragments/20...
So it turns out that Kelly Rowland is vindicated; you CAN send a text message from Excel.
youtu.be/GJGfZuaU2j0?...
Farmers won their right-to-repair fight against John Deere. The settlement includes a 10-year “agreement by Deere to provide ‘the digital tools required for the maintenance, diagnosis, and repair’ of tractors, combines, and other machinery”. [thedrive.com]
Swiss broadband 25Gb up and down vs. my current speeds sschueller.github.io/posts/the-fr...
