Weekly Distractions for October 5, 2025
🧠 Links Random Where the @ sign comes from. Useful Various Handy Tools Memento Mori Farewell Friends Games Real Bird Fake Bird This AI Could be more...
Weekly Distractions for September 28, 2025
Lotsa links this week, but no finished books. I think I will finish Giovanni's Room next week. 🧠 Links Modern Life I spent an hour yesterday OTP w Nest...
Weekly Distractions for September 21, 2025
Been a slow week. Nothing new on the AI front. No books finished. Blah. Anyway, its Saturday as I write this and I am headed out for the weekend to visit...
Weekly Distractions for September 14, 2025
🧠 Links AI This device reminds me of this book. Deep Sea Newly Discovered Snail Fish Neuroscience Scientists can watch the complete mouse decison-making...
Weekly Distractions for September 7, 2025
🧠 Links AI Using an AI to identify the characteristics of the author of some text. (stylometry)Vibe Coding is how this blog was built. Animals Eels! 99...
Weekly Distractions for August 31, 2025
🧠 Links AI - Life, Intelligence, and Consciousness: A Functional Perspective ### Philosophy - Rationalism and Cults ### Book Club - David Bowie’s Book Club 📖...
Weekly Distractions for August 23, 2025
🧠 Links Sci-fi I really need to read more Ted Chiang Biology A microbe that is almost a virus Education Blue books are making a comeback as a reaction to AI...
Weekly Distractions for August 17, 2025
🧠 Links LanguageTry AndPhilosophyRationalists not being rationalScienceFossilized dino teeth used to analyze ancient climate!AIChain of Thought is a...
Weekly Distractions for August 10, 2025
🧠 Links CleverA way to detect faked videos which, to me, is a hopeful development.InterstellarA contest to design generation ships (star...
Weekly Distractions for August 3, 2025
🧠 Links AIUsing AI to create generative RPG scenarios ain’t as easy as it seemsBiologyDual Mode Breathing Bacteria!Miracles and WondersCompeting Brain-...
Weekly Distractions For July 27, 2025
🧠 Links DiscoveryProgress towards refrigeration without coolantsMedicineSuper Resolution Microscopy and its medical discoveriesGamesThe Sumerian Game -...
Weekly Distractions for July 20, 2025
🧠 Links The Eighties… called and they want their Maze back! 📖 Currently Reading Dawn by Octavia ButlerThe Pillow Book by Sei ShonagonA Sand County Almanac by...
Weekly Distractions for July 13, 2025
🧠 Links NatureCucumber seeds as a weapon?TechThe Chinese can apparently refuel satelites in orbit.MedicineMighty MitochondriaStuff From My Brother-in-LawEvil...
Weekly Distractions for July 6, 2025
🧠 Links RandomThe Internet is no fun!CoolThe Wind Knitting Factory uses wind to knit scarves.AlgorithmsComputer scientists have greatly improved the...
Weekly Distractions for June 29, 2025
🧠 Links ScienceWhy only 10 toes?RiskThe Business of Betting on CatastropheHippieModern Animist Tourism Thanks Bro-In-Law.AIAGI is Impossible - paper by...
Weekly Distractions For June 22, 2025
🧠 Links Pretty ColorsMaya BluePOLINE: Some sort of PRETTY generative palette library thingy.AstronomyFound the missing matter!WaterScientists at Virginia...
Weekly Distractions for June 15, 2025
🧠 Links NatureCloud MicrobesSocial MediaThe Bluesky Backlash misses the point. But, having been on it a while, I have to admit that bsky is not crazy...
Weekly Distractions for June 8, 2025
🧠 Links Long Read About the Ed Thorp of Horse Race Betting AI Claude 4 System PromptsYa pingpong is adjacent and its fun video. Blog This guy’s blog makes me...
Weekly Distractions for June 1, 2025
🧠 Links Long ReadAbout the Ed Thorp of Horse Race BettingAIClaude 4 System PromptsYa pingpong is adjacent and its fun video.BlogThis guy’s blog makes me look...
Weekly Distractions for May 25, 2025
Links ImaginationBrought to you by The Journal of Imaginary ResearchMiracles and WondersWood as strong as steel has been productized.Nerdnpx ashleywillis.com...
Weekly Distractions for May 17, 2025
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Weekly Distractions for May 11, 2025
🧠 Links AI, MacPerplexity on iPhones is making Siri look lame on iPhones.ComputingThe New Control SocietyInternetBlocking internet surveilance traffic with...
Sunday May 4th 2025
🧠 Links Fun The internet used to be fun. Pretty Colors A neato color palette and how it was designed. Miracles and Wonders T-Rex Leather is coming. How would...