I wondered what change in ownership (earlier this year from Yahoo to SmugMug) might mean for Flickr and today noticed they are rejigging their free/pro user levels. Free users will soon be limited 1,000 photos, a few less than the 25,000 I have added there since 2005…
Normally a dusk dog walk in the cemetery would not worry me but I saw something rather spooky tonight. It wasn't supernatural but I did wonder what about a dozen cars cruising slowly around, seemingly following sat nav maps, was about until one went past close enough to
Why giving money, directly, is better than giving aid, from GiveDirectly. They are also one of GiveWells top nine charities for 2017. Here’s the basic story: Source: How to talk about cash like an expert – GiveDirectly
After an update to Windows 10 Fall Creators edition (which was painless) Trying to update an email subscription on Spark’s Lightbox web video service Edge browser gave an amusing message with a rather appropriate icon: After clicking through the vintage tech browser worked just fine!
I wonder how many can get a message like this and know it is spam* because it is years since have had any form of Apple account bill or purchase? * Like the poor writing and bogus link weren’t already enough
Web/Tech
When you follow something just to see what garbage it is promoting, then the AI suggests more…
It was cool to get this email today; Yesterday, Kiva crossed $1 billion in loans to students, farmers, women, refugees and so many more entrepreneurs around the world. This milestone wouldn’t have been possible without our passionate community of lenders, volunteers, partners, staff and supporters like you. Your dedication
Cool Software
With reality capture becoming an important part of CAD/BIM any advance of this technology should be of interest. Imagine a technology sensing physical geometry, human biometrics, even touch device input and speech remotely. Then imagine it doesn’t require any new hardware installation to generate this information, just to
I don't disagree but thought it amusing this showed up in a Yahoo! Finance RSS search feed I've used for years: Autodesk CEO: Yahoo Is Becoming Increasingly Irrelevant | Watch the video - Yahoo Financeb May 19 -- Carl Bass, Autodesk's chief executive officer, comments
Late last week I got a strange dizzy feeling walking up the stairs at work. Thought a bit odd as had just eaten lunch, so not low blood sugar, but it was more puzzling than disabling. I occasionally get mildly congested sinus, from allergies, so thought might be that but
@pirellisport Amusing conversation link glitch by the Twitter app tonight during #F1 FP1 This was my actual response It's really hard for a woman to be friends with a man, because 99% of the time they want more than friendship. — Michaela (@mikokiko) April 29, 2016 //platform.twitter.com/
It was interesting to try Microsoft Cognitive Services & Bots after seeing the keynote presentation* from the recent Build conference. I thought www.captionbot.ai did quite well with this photo of Alfie considering the mix of elements in the image. Writing a caption for a dog photo is amusingly
