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The Last Post

This blog has been going, I think, around 23 years and finally the time has come to retire it. My interests have changed and I’m no longer spending my spare time making projects with old computers, Raspberry Pis and BBC … Continue reading

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K9 and Company: a curious Christmas gift to you

I finally watched K9 and Company. And I have questions. If you’re unfamiliar with it, K9 and Company was a single 50 minute TV show made in 1981, a spin-off from Doctor Who that was intended to be a series, … Continue reading

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The terminal problem with AI assistants

The thoughtful and very watchable reviews of the Humane AI pin and the Rabbit R1 AI assistant devices by Marques Brownlee have been doing the rounds (see below). His Rabbit R1 review is especially interesting towards the end where he … Continue reading

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Computer Lib / Dream Machines at 50

From time to time, I’ve posted snippets from Ted Nelson’s 1974 book(s) Computer Lib / Dream Machines on various social networks but, now it’s fifty years old, it seems like a good moment to pull together some of the eye-catching … Continue reading

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The Legend of the Merry Milkmaids

This Christmas and New Year I was going to delete this blog, or archive it and start again. I was going to finish writing one of my many unfinished novels. I did neither, but I did write a short story … Continue reading

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