As elaborated in a prior post, sites and services often try to use an IP address as an input into protection (e.g. blocking a spammer) or customization (providing local weather info) algorithms. Commonly, software would like to know “What is this device’s IP address?” Unfortunately, this is not a trivial question to answer, because it makes several incorrect assumptions: That the client device only has one IP address That network packets received by a service from the client device will have…

The incomparable Miss Bedford continues to impress me as a writer, though I am still wary about her character: see her biography by Selina Hastings. I have written enthusiastically before about her novels A Legacy and A Favourite of the Gods: now I have reached her first book I feel I have read the lot … Continue reading A Visit to Don Otavio, by Sybille Bedford →

The Wife Comes Firstby Lv Ye Qian HeGenres: Fantasy, Light Novels, Romance Pages: 417 Series: The Wife Comes First #3 Rating: Synopsis: “OVER TWO LIFETIMES, I HAVE ONLY EVER LOVED YOU.” Welcomed back to the capital with unbelievable rewards, Jing Shao and his princely consort Mu Hanzhang fall into a new routine at home and at court—involving challenging but satisfying duties that Mu Hanzhang takes on with pleasure. While the two men contend with scheming princes, unexpected visitors, and…

Our washer and dryer set had been with us 15+ years and were really showing their age. The dryer’s closing mechanism had to be negotiated with in order to be fully secured, and our washer had finally gotten to the point where even enthusiastic cleaning of every visible interior surface could no longer get rid of a vague musty smell. It was time for their replacements, which arrived today. I’ll note that while we could have gone with a washer-dryer set with all the modern bells and whistles,…

I remember at some point growing up, I saw Elizabeth Holmes on magazine covers and spread across the internet as the "new Steve Jobs". I was fascinated to finally see a woman in that position; I think the #girlboss era wasn't quite there yet, and I welcomed a role model in spaces that were usually male-dominated. I kinda liked that she seemed very focused on her craft and the tech, while dressing in a more understated, but professional way. Instead of coming across like other "successful" women…

Making WeightOn the corporate art of hitting the number by becoming worse at everything the number was supposed to measureThere is a photograph taken of every fighter at every weigh-in, and the internet always says the same thing about it. He looks incredible. He does not look incredible. He looks like a man whose kidneys have filed a formal complaint and whose face has been replaced with a topographical map. He has spent three days in a sauna suit, sitting in a hot bath, spitting into a…

Filipe Barroso is not your typical documentary filmmaker. Part software developer, part street observer and full-time knowledge hoarder, he has increasingly turned his camera toward the people, communities and social tensions shaping modern Lisbon.

As I discussed in my last blog post, I recently joined Pursuit.org as their Director AI Product Engineering. And now I have a request: If you have the capacity to mentor a student at Pursuit for just one hour per week over 15 weeks (virtually or in NYC), please reach out to me about volunteering. (Email, Bluesky, Mastodon, or find me somewhere on the internet.) Mentoring isn't complicated or hard, but it goes a very long way: You'll share your experience, insights, and advice across career and…

Photo: © Stan B.Some inevitably raise their eyebrows and roll their eyes whenever one dares mention Trump/ICE/Nazis in the same sentence. Trump hasn't killed millions, only hundreds: of schoolgirls, fishermen and American citizens denied adequate healthcare. But one can no longer deny the very real similarities that already exist. Trump propelled himself to political prominence by his racist condemnations of Mexicans as drug dealers and rapists (this coming from a man who is an adjudicated…

Going through some things in my basement, I stumbled across these two beautiful envelopes that I believe were my mom’s, probably from the late-1950s/early-1960s. I’m not sure what the story behind these was, whether they were purchased or came as part of a record or record storage purchase, but I thought they were so beautiful, I had to share them somewhere. <div class=“imgstack-row”> <div class=“imgstack-column”> <div class=“imgstack-column”>

There’s a six-part series on the NetFoundry blog with a title that’s becoming only more apparent as we move further into the Age of AI: You Will Never Patch Fast Enough. Here’s the Math. It’s written by Jack Poller. Yes, his title says VP Product Marketing, but he has a long history as a developer, so he’s got first-hand experience with what fixing software used to be like, and an educated view into what it’s like now. So the “here’s the math,” part of the title makes it clear that this is an…

Bookmarked “Bight (geography) - Wikipedia” TIL “bight” is another term for an open bay. Such as the Southern California Bight. Thanks to Joe and James for sending me down this rabbit hole. Bonus geography vocab “tombolo” refers to a type of isthmus where a spit connects to a tied island.

Does he even think about what he says? “There’s something wrong with a country that can allow people to write purposely negative stories,” Trump added. “Now, if they want to write them, that’s fine, but I don’t have to let them into my, into the people’s house.” No, Donald, it's not your house. You are a guest.And the Justice Department, the toadies they are, can seem to do much better."The Justice Department urged a federal judge to keep CNN, Politico and MS NOW reporters off White House…

TeachPhilosophy101, a free and helpful collection of resources and ideas for teaching philosophy, has recently been updated. “Struttúra” by Florence Henri Its materials cover course planning, how to use class time, student assessment, challenges, and much more. TeachPhilosophy101 was created by John Immerwahr (Villanova) and previously revamped by Erin Tarver (Emory). Recently David Sackris (Arapahoe Community College) took over as editor of the site, making further changes and adding…

At my mum's house with the niblings we discovered one of my old books, The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch. The younger two liked the dragon but the older, my niece, was baffled by the story. The 'moral' of The Paper Bag Princess is that maybe the princess doesn't need to marry the prince. My niece was very, Why would she? I sort of had to explain that in the Eighties and earlier this was a very real possibility for what princesses in stories did. Not exclusively, the exceptions that prove…

[This op-ed was first published by the San Jose Mercury News on Sept. 18, 2026.] Created by ChatGPT Sept. 2026 Meta’s settlement with the state attorneys general has been touted as industry-redefining. Indeed, Meta desperately hopes it will be. Although Meta was the only industry player to negotiate its terms, the settlement agreement is structured to broadly reshape the social media industry. In addition to Meta’s guaranteed settlement payments of $12 billion, Meta will pay the state AGs a…

I grew up in the small village of Carlisle, Ontario. While it’s not like I grew up on a remote farm, or in the wilderness, during the years before I was able to drive it felt like the ends of the Earth.Fortunately, by lucky happenstance, there was a Canada Coach Lines bus to Hamilton that stopped directly in front of our house on Progreston Road, twice a day, a lifeline to the pleasures of the city that my brothers and I took maximum advantage of. When that bus schedule didn’t line up, the…

I want AI to give me time back. That means looking past the impressive demo to the rework, habits and quieter compromises that come with everyday use.

All good things must come to an end!In the last several years, I have been lucky enough to spend long spells at the Stratford rail yard, but no more. My relatives who are living in the city are moving away, which means my family's summer vacations will be shifting west to the London area next year.So, I will begin this celebration of the Festival City with a nice parting shot. This might be one of my favourite shots from 2026.I took this shot quickly with my iPhone as I spent some quiet time at…

I finally added a skip to main content link for keyboard users on chrisdeluca.me. This should have been there since ever.

An accurate depiction of me as I work on this post. TO MY EMAIL SUBSCRIBERS For your convenience, I make the full content of my posts available in the email you’ve requested to receive, rather than in the form of an excerpt. However, the careful formatting I give to each post never shows up quite right when displayed in email form. For this reason, I highly recommend you look at it on your browser in a desktop computer. I feel stuck in a vicious cycle. My blog, and sharing my projects through…

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When we talk about the paradigm for psychology described in The Mind in the Wheel, we often use the word cybernetic. Cybernetics refers to the study of negative feedback loops and control systems, things that function like thermostats to keep values at certain levels or a signal on one side of some threshold — keeping your vehicles at certain speeds, your blood sugar within a certain range, and your reactor temperature below critical levels. But this paradigm is not just cybernetic. It’s also…

22 years ago today I was hooked up to a million monitors and thanking God for epidurals. I was so worried that they’d mix up our baby with someone else’s so as soon as I gave birth I told Victor, “FOLLOW THAT BABY” and he ran out of the room after them. And my heartContinue reading "Happy birthday, sweet Hailey."

DESTINATION BIG HOUSE. Republic Pictures, 1950. Dorothy Patrick, Robert Rockwell, Jimmy Lydon, Robert Armstrong. Director: George Blair. A schoolteacher alone in a mountain cottage helps a wounded man, not knowing he’s a racketeer on the run from the gang he’s double-crossed. When he dies, he leaves her his fortune of $80,000, much to her bewilderment and dismay. There is a bit of cynicism involved here, concerning the way small towns can turn on people, with just a hint of gossip. Other than…

Dying is easy; comedy, hard. Of course I was going to check this out-- Zach Cregger's Weapons was one of the more interesting horrors of last year, Barbarians one of the more interesting horrors before that. Does it deliver? Save you the suspense: yes, but how it delivers is I submit the question to ask. Word is Cregger's a fan of the video games and wrote a spec script on his own, ready to convert to a standalone if his bid failed. But I remember Austin Abrams' dopehead in Weapons being the…

Having decided not to attend the Bluebell Railway Beer Festival, for reasons previously explained, I thought that a visit to Lewes would be a decent substitute, as well as a good idea. Travelling by bus, via Tunbridge Wells, would enable me to call in at the O2 shop in the town in order to sort out the data allowance issues I'd been experiencing with my Samsung mobile phone. These had arisen whilst on holiday and occurred because I was, quite rightly, too tight to pay the £100, yes £100 for…

Tattooed Tree Books, Fort Atkinson, WI( Like The Indie Bob Spot on Facebook and follow The Indie Bob Spot on X)If you’re anywhere near Fort Atkinson and haven’t discovered this indie yet, move it to the top of your to-do list. The experience I had here is exactly WHY you don’t go online and just click to get a book. Dena T. is the effervescent and enthusiastic owner of this new bookstore only 5 months old and located in the heart of downtown Fort Atkinson. My time here was like a mini-course in…