Amazon MGM now has creative control over Bond 😬 blot.blog/2025/02/2…

Raising a glass of Wild Turkey to Hunter S. Thompson, who died 20 years ago today. The father of Gonzo journalism, he was a rebel, trailblazer, and master of chaos. (1937-2005) 🦇 blot.blog/2025/02/2…

I hate tiny mug handles. elliot.my/262

I’ve written a deep dive into the tech that powers my life. imlefthanded.com/2025/the-…

I’ve written about Andrew Roberts' diary routine. blot.blog/2024/10/2…

The Guardian° The winner, 82-year-old David “King Conker” Jakins that he used a steel conker to win.

This is his first time winning the competition, after 47 years of trying (since 1977).

To be honest, after 47 years I’d be tempted to cheat to win too.

The chap who lost in the men’s final against “King Conker”, said:

“My conker disintegrated in one hit, and that just doesn’t happen … I’m suspicious of foul play and have expressed my surprise to organisers.”

I love stories like this. And I’m pleased and surprised to see it get attention from both Hacker News and Sky News (video).

One of the consistently good sources for interesting websites or news is the Pinboard ‘popular bookmarks’ page.

I visit it everyday.

I’ve written: “On Writing: Short Enough to Finish, Long Enough to Matter” blot.blog/2024/10/0…

I’ve written about ADHD and the struggle with internal expectations. blot.blog/2024/10/0…

Find out what the weather was like on the day you were born. bdayweather.com

I’ve written about ADHD and the burden of possessions blot.blog/2024/09/2…

“It was illegal until the mid-1960s for bars in New York to sell alcohol to people known to be gay.” en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tea_…

I’ve written about the struggle of birthdays in an extrovert-centric world. Ron Swanson gets it.

The AI data gold rush meets its match: Cloudflare – imlefthanded.com

Cloudflare is making it easier to stop AI crawlers scraping your site.

‘noplace, a mashup of Twitter and Myspace for Gen Z, hits No. 1 on the App Store’

It very much is MySpace the app – even has a wall. I tried it very briefly. It’s ugly as sin, but at least it’s being bold. Though it is a bit young for me. I’m a big fan of the ‘currently’ section on profiles.

What an odd headline in the Times: “No more koala cuddles at sanctuary visited by Putin and Taylor Swift”.

Pipes.digital is a great replacement for Yahoo Pipes. As a keen RSS user I used to love Pipes back in the day. It was good for getting rid of ads and unwanted content from feeds.

You get three pipes for free, or ten for $5/mo. A bit pricey. But hopefully this means it will be able to survive.

The first ever podcast I listened/watched was Diggnation, back in 2005 (nearly 20 years ago!)

If you were a tech geek it was the absolute best. I cannot tell you how excited I was each week to watch it.

Well, the two hosts – Alex Albrecht and Kevin Rose – have just done a kind of reunion show! 🥹

A few new posts on my tech blog today, mostly around AI.

• ‘Why AI can’t replace science’
• Companies are cooling on the cloud
• Figma’s pulls its AI tool after it got caught copying Apple’s Weather app
• Meta’s AI image labeling: ‘Made with AI’ becomes ‘AI Info’