Bubbles Briefing

Someone asked me about the ForkingMad logo. Not that it's much of a logo -- let's call it an emblem. I thought I'd write a few words to explain it!

Wait!  Don't throw out your favourite pair of socks just because they have a hole in them.  With a needle, thread and you can fix them in about 3 minutes.  How…

I did it! In April, I did one month of daily blogging, one new post per day. Usually I put all my blogging thoughts into the thought-log, but I think a…

This week was King’s Day here in The Netherlands, where the whole country unites as a gigantic flea market. I took some photos here in Eindhoven during that…

Brian hovered near the surface of his bowl, watching the world above the water ripple with distorted shapes and colours. For weeks, he had been still — too…

You've put a lot of effort into writing your content. Don't rely on your blog provider to take backups for you.

I found out about human.json so I added it to my page. I thought it was rather interesting idea, and might as well participate to it. I do not plan to use…

I consider myself a decisive person, though I do have my weaknesses. Major purchases, like electronic devices, are always a soap opera. The Apple Watch one…

Back when Copilot first came out, I immediately disliked it. But I decided to give it a fair shake and tried to evaulate it in good faith. I wasn’t interested…

One of the things AI is making us confront is that often we don't say what we mean. I guess it's a version of the genie/computers-being-very-literal…