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Apple & AI is like MS & mobile and AI to seed a power revolution
Mar 12, 2025
Could Apple miss out on AI in the same way Microsoft missed out on mobile, and could the AI bubble bring a revolution in power?
Acorn, a toaster and Eagle Scout award
Mar 11, 2025
A history of Acorn (and my links to it), a repairable flatpack toaster and a regret removed with an Eagle Scout award.
Resolving the Xbox "too many requests error"
Mar 09, 2025
My son hit an error on his Xbox that stopped him logging in.
AI without the BS and code reviews
Mar 07, 2025
An excellent keynote video on AI with some great hands on demos and a study backing up what makes code reviews useful.
AI agents v records, London Eye and no sales calls
Mar 06, 2025
No post yesterday as I was in the Netherlands for work but today we have the move from data records to AI agents, the history of the London Eye and an unusual approach to enterprise sales (no sales …
Economic disruption and the thermostat battle
Mar 04, 2025
A predicted upcoming economic disruption, and it is not AI, and the battle for the thermostat that is very real in our house.
Orders of magnitude and a new type of clock
Mar 03, 2025
The impact two orders of magnitude can have on what is needed to accomplish a task and a new type of clock designed to be the basis of an approach that is more attack resistant than the existing GPS …
The red of Mars, AI variability and strong engineers
Feb 28, 2025
Some funky science may have worked out that we have been wrong on why/how Mars is red, the variability difference between AI generated code and programming language code, and identifying a …
Making something boring memorable
Feb 27, 2025
Most orders online follow the same pattern - you order, you get an email to confirm it and then you might get updates on progress as it makes it’s way to your house.