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A collection of my less serious posts.
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Pop!
There’s a technique to pilling an unwilling cat, or so they tell you. If you search for videos on the subject, you will find the topic is so common, it’s practically a genre. It goes like this… Continue reading
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Anatomy of a Nature AI article
Edgy first paragraph in bold text saying something gently provocative but essentially brainless. Continue reading
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Over Reachering
For a short while, I read Reacher books and nothing but Reacher books. They’re the kind of book you can read that way. There’s not a lot to digest, but you always find you want a little more. Reacher, if you don’t know of him, is a character dreamed up by Lee Child. Child was… Continue reading
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Day in the life, excerpts from my diary
At 06h43 I can no longer stand a cat sitting on my head and get up to feed the cats At 08h19 the cats are fed. I have used every spoon in the house. I smell of tuna. 08h20 back to bed for 2 hours of “sleep” Time passes At 01h34 I fall asleep playing… Continue reading
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Barely presentable
The key to public speaking is confidence. Continue reading
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COP
On an average day, I see more cats than people and then only a very small number of cats. I’m comfortable with this arrangement. Last week, at COP28 – COP standing for the Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, 28 standing for the fact that there have been 28… Continue reading
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The Wim Hof Method: Activate Your Full Human Potential
I picked this book up in the shop and opened it at an anecdote in which the author – Wim Hof – is challenged by someone about drinking beer, an act seemingly at odds with his otherwise ascetic regimen – the titular Wim Hof Method – which leans heavily towards cold showers and heavy breathing.… Continue reading
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How video games helped me make sense of academic life
With apologies to… In March, I was passed over for a prestigious fellowship. Upon failing to unlock this platinum trophy, which only 1% of academics obtain, I reflected upon what had led me to this point – overlooking for a moment that it was a mission given to me by an old man marked out… Continue reading
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Total Recall – the book of the film of the book
Total Recall is the book of the film (the first one, not the second one) of the short story by Philip K. Dick. It’s bad in the same way that the film is bad; its badness is a virtue. If it was well written, it wouldn’t be as much fun. The badness starts from the… Continue reading
Diagram Monkey 