Currently reading: Enshittification by Cory Doctorow 📚 Already howling at Cory’s descriptions 🤭
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October 2025
This is For Everyone - Tim Berners-Lee: Finished reading: This is For Everyone by Tim Berners-Lee 📚 Firstly, I have no idea why, but I wasn’t aware of how intermingled Tim has been with high society. He doesn’t try and hide it in this book - quite the opposite - but it was a little startling to read about in current times. I …
Currently reading: This is For Everyone by Tim Berners-Lee 📚 “But if we are to prevent these systems from exploiting us, it is critical that we get the data layer right. We need a layer where we control our own data, and we can share anything with anyone, or any agent - or no one.”
Interesting time in the Apple Shop yesterday. Asking about power banks, which were behind a security cordon so I couldn’t see them up close (poor Apple, such slim profits to protect). Sales person audibly snorted when my cheap iPhone 14 case didn’t attach to the MagSafe. Won’t be rushing back.
My (current) thoughts on LLMs: We’ve lived with high-profile LLMs for a while now, and a lot has been written about their affect on our future as a society. I’ve read a lot of it. I’ve lurched from existential dread, to complete disdain and hatred. I feel my boat is steadying somewhat, and thought it may be …
Beautiful Autumnal colours all around 🍂
Hello Brighton 🌊
This year’s Super Thursday just gone, and my eyes see way too many new books than my reading time (nor wallet) can handle 📚
Bye Bye Tiny Tiny RSS : The main person behind Tiny Tiny RSS is to shut down the project on November 1st: The reasons for this are many but the tl;dr is that I no longer find it fun to maintain public-facing anything, be it open source projects or websites. As for tt-rss specifically, it has been ‘done’ for years now and …
On this rather yucky AI biography on yucky Amazon: “This predatory slop is understandably upsetting to his family and friends and fans and an affront to his specific life and to life itself. Especially days after his death. All week people have been eulogizing Kaleb as one of the best, although …