We have added a kitten to our clowder as of August 2, 2026, and her name is Sapphire. Before you ask: this means we now have four cats, three in the main house and one in my office over the garage. Yes that is a lot of cats. No, I didn’t really want to have more cats. Yes, Irene begged and cajoled me for days.
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I read a post by Toby on the topic of purpose as a general concept in life and found it very insightful. His post is far more insightful than this one is going to be. Go read his blog at the link above to get some excellent definitions and thoughtful consideration regarding the meaning of purpose.
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My blog went down overnight without any planning on my part. When I checked it this morning, all three of my sites were showing an error that looked like this:
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I have Opinions™ about artificial intelligence. I’m not wholly against it, but I do feel that the current over-enthusiastic investment and circular dealing in the industry is a toxic aberration. We are spending trillions of dollars on technology that produces a few billion dollars worth of questionable benefit, all while consuming vast amounts of power, water, and technology.
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It is the fourth week of Blaugust, and the topic is on staying motivated. I normally don’t post very frequently on my blog, so any increase over perhaps two or three times in a month is a significant goal for me. But I’m doing better than I ever had this Blaugust having achieved 31 posts several days ago and 38 in total as of August 21. What is keeping me going?
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I came across something on Engadget about AI watermarking being implemented to comply with new EU regulations. The topic was a new one for me, and piqued my interest. A lot of people have rather strong opinions on where and how artificial intelligence is used, and watermarking is a step to provide some visibility into that use.
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There has been a bit of discussion in the Blaugust community about the importance and nature of RSS feeds for bloggers. Roger at Contains Moderate Peril had his say, and so did Fyr over at Fyr.io.
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There was a post over on the DivergentRays blog about mortifying things one has said or done. The example given of seeking out a kitty to pet at a social event is so in keeping with my own likely behaviour: even petting a stone cat is better than having to interact with people! I felt compelled to write a few words about my own personal embarrassing moment.
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I was just beginning to explore the concept of health monitoring or self-quantifying back in 2013 when I wrote about my use of the Fitbit Flex. I was hoping that the device would, if nothing else, remind me how little I move.
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I read an excellent article on Wired the other day on the topic of organoids and thought I’d share a bit about it here. Even the basic concepts of this topic feel more like science fiction than reality, and that is right in my wheelhouse.
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