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Over on yon Facebook, there was this list of eclipse watching tips floating about. Some of it was pretty funny and so I reshared the list. I’ve been trying to trace the origins of these tips to something other than the original poster (OP) but I’m only catching glimmers of where these started. For all […]

Some years back, my youngest son asked me about Easter. What it was all about? More importantly, what’s with all the eggs? Luckily, as a parent, I was (and am) endowed with the power of complete universal knowledge and, naturally, explaining how Easter works is child’s play. Or adult knowledge, in this case. Here, then, is the story.

Before we get into the story, I need to set this up. A couple of days ago, I signed up for Perplexity.ai’s Pro offering. In case you’ve never seen it, Curiosity overcoming his initial shock, Marcel reached out and picked up the pen. The moment his fingers made contact, a jolt of energy surged through

I don’t often do reviews, but when I do, they’re not usually in my blog, but they are very opinionated. You have been warned. Okay, so it’s more personal observation than actual review, but there you have it. I promise to keep it short. Ish. I’m talking about a new (as I write this) television

I’ve been reading a fascinating book, “God, Human, Animal, Machine: Technology, Metaphor, and the Search for Meaning“, written by Meghan O’Gieblyn. Technically, I’ve been listening to it on Audible. It’s a fascinating book which covers, among its pages, the subject of consciousness, intelligence (including artificial intelligence), physics, the singularity, the soul, and other fun stuff.

A long time ago and far away, a Captain in the British Army retired from service and moved to an estate near Ballinrobe in Ireland. His name was Charles and he moved into Lough Mask House, a property owned by a wealthy landowner by the name of Lord Erne who was, by the way, the

Sherman, set the Wayback machine to 1983, to a time when MTV ruled television. You’re captured by the endless stream of music videos, falling into each one like that woman at the diner falling into the comic in the “Take On Me” video. In this case, though, it’s Michael Jackson that takes you away. Imagine

“You have no privacy. Get over it!” If you’ve been around tech long enough, you’ve probably run across former SUN Microsystems CEO, Scott McNealy’s famous (or infamous) quote. That goes back to 1999 and it raised a boatload of hackles back in the day. Here’s a more recent one for you. “Privacy can’t be tolerated,

Hey everyone, It’s me. I know I’m fashionably late to the party—a couple of days behind for the folks in the U.S., but hey, just over ten months ahead for us Canadians, right? But let’s not get bogged down in the details. Many of you know that I’ve been a little obsessed with AI lately.