Music: Lisa-X, playing a clinic for Laney
Just oodles of talent, dripping from her fretboard.
Geoff Anderson
Lifelong learner, physics educated, product manager by trade, guitar player, and dog rescuer.
Music: Flailing Idiots
Something very fresh, very raw, yet extremely compelling. I will be looking for more!
Music: Sutej Singh
From the Indian sub-continent, Sutej delivers killer progressive jams with panache
The Coming Crypto Insanity
The Trump administration is going to make it ever so worse. And it was already pretty fucking terrible.
Music: Kent Nishimura returns with a smooth player
His take on a collaboration between Dionne Warwick and Bert Bacharach brings an Austin Powers vibe to my ears. Delightful!
Music: Sungha Jung returns
The beauty of his rendition of this complex set of melodies is just perfection
Meta's AI bots are weird (and really fucking bad)
As the enshittification of the internet (and platforms in particular) has accelerated, you have AI bots trying to trick users into engaging. Could a bot-war where users employ bots to counter be far?
What I am listening to: Fall of Civilizations Podcast
First in a series of what I enjoy listening to. Paul Cooper brings polish and artistic flourishes to make the history of the great empires of history come to life. You feel like you are in it.
A Fateful Remembrance
January 3, 2010 my life changed. Every day since then has been a blessing. Today, I am celebrating 15 years of survival.
Dafuq is the Times up to now? Tom Suozzi op-ed
With reps like this, the Dem's are well and truly fucked. His optimism is misplaced.
Aw, poor widdle Chief Justice Roberts has his fee-fees hurt...
The SCOTUS is feeling the heat. Will they adjust their activities? Don't count on it...
Holiday doldrums. Or, why haven't I posted a lot lately?
Some scattered reflections on the outgoing year, and soul-searching for the future.