What a difference an hour makes.

7.30am:

Leafless branches frame a serene landscape with a pastel-colored sky, distant hills, and a grassy area.

8.30am:

 Bare tree branches frame a pastoral landscape with grass, distant trees, and hills under a cloudy sky.

2025-02-02


No, spell checker, when I write “virality” I mean it. I do not mean “virility“. Giving students feedback on “virility“ would not be good for my career.

2025-02-03


This is not an architectural movement that I’m rushing to embrace… BoND turns Fire Island house into a "machine for voyeurism":

"Calling it a machine for voyeurism, everything is on display," said the team, which aimed to "execute the fine line of both sexual playfulness and desire."

2025-02-03


Charles Arthur:

Maybe that’s the real threat of AI: not that it acquires superhuman intelligence, but that it acquires superhuman persuasiveness. Judging by the number of people I see posting screenshots of ChatGPT output as though it’s gospel, we may be heading that way.

2025-02-04


😱

Six Colors, Dan Moren: UK orders Apple to implement secret global backdoor for end-to-end encryption

the United Kingdom’s government has mandated Apple provide a backdoor for access to end-to-end encrypted data in every country, combined with a gag order preventing the company from disclosing this fact to its users

The Washington Post broke the story.

2025-02-07


Bit tired this morning. Had a tyre blow out in the way home, and the AA finally got to me over four hours later.

Got home just after 2.30am.

Today’s job: find a mobile tyre fitter.

2025-02-08