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"Tongue Tied and Twisted, just an earthbound misfit, I."
Through this journey, I've personally reached a point where I'm having success with modern AI tooling and I believe I'm approaching it with the proper measured view that is grounded in reality.
Larry Ellison’s big dumb gift to his large adult son
Previously, she was a reporter at Bloomberg.Media is a business about dreams, and Larry Ellison’s son is dreaming big. This might explain why the case for Paramount Skydance to buy Warner Bros.
Pay a little more for the same company’s $769 F8 Ultra and you get a phone that includes stereo speakers and a subwoofer from Bose.
Apple under Ternus: what comes next for the tech giant’s hardware strategy
Ternus brings a different kind of skillset. A longtime hardware executive, he has spent his career building Apple’s devices rather than managing the broader business. Ternus joined Apple in 2001 and rose through the ranks of hardware engineering.
I’ve been calling it software brain, and it’s a particular way of seeing the world that fits everything into algorithms, databases and loops — software. Software brain is powerful stuff.
The Govee smart lamp brightened up my room, and then my life
Then my brother bought my mom and me two separate Govee Uplighter Floor Lamps for Christmas, and my Ikea lamp troubles were over. I did not expect to develop an emotional attachment to a lamp.
Silicon Valley has forgotten what normal people want
I think the answer is simple. They do not have much in common with normal people, and haven’t thought much about what normal people’s lives are like, or what normal people value.
Claude Token Counter, now with model comparisons
20th April 2026 - Link Blog Claude Token Counter, now with model comparisons. I upgraded my Claude Token Counter tool to add the ability to run the same count against different models in order to compare them.
Migrate away from prefilled responses: Prefilled responses on the last assistant turn are deprecated starting with Claude Opus 4.6. See Migrating away from prefilled responses for detailed guidance on alternatives.
This new TED Talk from Peter Steinberger...
This new TED Talk from Peter Steinberger is a great introduction to why OpenClaw exists and what impact it might have.