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Shiny things 15/
July 6, 2023
me and my little brain
Shiny things 14/
July 2, 2023
"pong playing Dishbrain" is no longer an insult
shiny things 13/
June 29, 2023
How do we make a bright future that isn't also way too hot?
shiny things 12/
June 25, 2023
What if all national anthems were Slow jams?
shiny things 11/
June 22, 2023
I'm enjoying substack's graphic AI tool: "put a parrot on a Stax record"
shiny things 10/
June 18, 2023
What if the Aliens discover the Guinness book of world records?
Shiny things 9/
June 16, 2023
Ice Cream IS good for you as long as you can find the ONE.
Shiny things special edition
June 10, 2023
I went to Bangladesh, so here are some links
Shiny things 8/
June 9, 2023
More tidbits from the junk drawer of the internet
Shiny things 7/
June 2, 2023
Curated links from the junk drawer of the internet
Shiny things 6/
May 28, 2023
What happens when you try to make the worst possible ux? hilarity! epic twitter thread. Creatures that don't conform: slime molds with amazing photos via...
Shiny things 5/
May 25, 2023
kenny log ins Password generator based on kenny loggins lyrics. DANGER ZONE! via metafilterin depth interview with Adrienne Buller about Green Capitalism. I...
Shiny things 4/
May 22, 2023
Orcas are self-organizing attacks on ships Orcas are terrifying enemies to make.. via metafilter Have i been pwned? yes, you have. An interesting tool to...
Shiny things 3/
May 20, 2023
Beautiful Peking Opera costume drawings (ca 1900) from the Public Domain Review. I absolutely love the public domain review.Great essay on the contemporary...
Shiny things 2/
May 18, 2023
Two compelling perspectives on ai: “AI as a belief system” by Jan ChipchaseAnd “will AI become the new McKinsey?” By Ted Chiang. my take: in a matter of...
Shiny things 1/?
May 18, 2023
post openai used their new algo to explain the behaviour of neurons in their older algo.Explainability is hard; I think its more likely that credible-...
About Magpie Chronicles
May 17, 2023
Many years ago I was a mid-weight strategist at an agency called blue hive in Shanghai. I thought I wanted to move on to a new agency, and so I was...