Grahame

Speaking of algo's, SEO of meatspace? https://www.theguardian.com/news/2024/jan/16/the-tyranny-of-the-algorithm-why-every-coffee-shop-looks-the-same

Hopefully you check the AI generated product text before submitting it. https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/12/24036156/openai-policy-amazon-ai-listings

^ is that 'shopped, or is there really graffiti in your hood, @VPI ?

Chapter 4

Joanne made some shortbread and chocolate dog biscuits (not dog cookies) for book club. (And why are they dog biscuits not dog cookies?) Spoiler alert, the secret was silicone molds from Amazon.

Thanks for the birthday wishes everyone. Now for a "quiet" evening with a Curry, Usual, and John Wick (the bacon ice cream of action heroes?)

Culture. https://marinsymphony.org/tickets-events/2023-24-season/set3/

Why do a lot of uk tv shows only do 6 episodes a ... " UK shows are written like a novel. American shows are written like a franchise" 13 episode shows would give you a season, four seasons would give you a year-round franchise. A short series makes sense in this case as the source material is a novel. Quality over quantity? Or just what the UK based production is used to?

Brit Bites Followed by a waterside walk

RIP Niklaus Wirth https://www.theregister.com/2024/01/04/niklaus_wirth_obituary/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niklaus_Wirth Much discussion on his impact and legacy. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38858012

Happy Birthday Dan, May your day be filled with quirky lenses and thrift shop finds.

Happy Birthday!

Fish & Chips # @ https://samscafe.com/

Binged our way through season 3 of Slow Horses Gary Oldman is a delight as Jackson Lamb, who is anything but delightful. And Season 4 is in the can (According to Gary Oldman , on various publicity talks / interviews)

Run the Android app, (on your laptop, rather than on your phone) on Windows? (Who makes non feature equivalent apps 🤬 ) /https://www.androidauthority.com/how-to-run-android-apps-on-windows-11-3048569/

Use phone as source with USB DAC, and "proper" amp / headphones ?

Download to cache locally, and play "offline" ? https://www.tidabie.com/guide/listen-to-tidal-offline.html#:~:text=Tap on My Collection.,tracks you want to download. Radio Paradise App let's you cache listening blocks. Or how about local media, like those vinyl hipsters?

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/dec/28/taylor-swift-and-rolling-stones-drive-christmas-surge-in-uk-vinyl-sales

https://www.techradar.com/audio/audio-streaming/why-i-decided-to-ditch-digital-and-fall-in-love-with-vinyl-all-over-again