Winter Rant

"I’m utterly disgusted. I strongly feel that this is an insult to life itself." – Miyazaki

  • Wintery Leaf #NoFilter

    Stumbled into an interesting photo opportunity. We were out with the kid at a lights and colors science exhibit. It was great for the kid to play around and be amazed by lights in an otherwise dimly lit auditorium. Plenty of kids run around. This one toddler was running around with a giant, dried leaf…

  • The Bobcat

    We take the kid to a nearby science museum that happens to house a handful of animals. It’s not a zoo and more of a rescue/conservation situation for these little ones. Now, every time we visit, the bobcat is usually asleep. Today however, we went in a little early in the morning, and there it…

  • 👨‍💻 one man’s AI-generated code is another man’s security exploit. This is your yearly reminder that you should understand and test your AI-gen’d code before shipping it. ✌️Peace.

  • 🌇 As the sun starts to rise for a second time this year in many parts of the world, I wonder: what fresh hells does 2026 have in store? But before they reveal themselves (in due time), wishing you a happy new year!

  • The Weekly: AI creates no medium

    I was going to continue by exploration into how AI is doing Art dirty. And I did, sort of. But instead of looking at any one particular form of art or creation, I ended up going meta. Instead of looking at the creation, I realized that there might be something to the medium in which…

  • 🏏 🙈 🇦🇺 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Can the Australian curators put out a cricketing pitch that does not result in a two-day test match? Can we take a test match’s second innings into the tea session of Day 4? I did not realize that the Boxing Day Test in Australia was supposed to be about boxing 🥊…

  • 📱📵🏢 Starting to think that I do not need my work email and comms apps on my personal phone. I have always had it on, because it has legit helped me be on top of things. It was a productivity boost. It also worked well when I had more agency around work-life boundaries. At least…

  • 🦆 Effin’ Birds by Aaron Reynolds is perhaps the wittiest, no-holds-barred, internet comic that I have come across. It is a great play on “flipping the bird”. Certainly not for everyone (my wife does not find the humor in this 😁). But it carried me through some low points in 2025. I got the comic’s…

  • 📸 👾 Pixelating my kitchen. Continuing to play with the Pixel Art Cam app. Love that the chaos of my cooking is captured in specific ways, but hidden in other ways 😁 Taken with the Pixel Art Camera App.

  • 📸 👾 Having way too much fun with the Pixel Art Camera App on the App Store. Simple iPhone app. 21mb in app size. No data tracking. Delivers on what it promises: pixelates photographs, both existing photos and live shots. Have been playing more with photos. Need to try video soon. But, here is a…