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Friday, May 16th, 2025

Proposal to rename language model benchmarks to Top Of The Slops.

Thursday, May 15th, 2025

A man playing guitar with another man playing Greek bouzouki.

Thursday session

Wednesday, May 14th, 2025

The editor in me is itching to insert the very necessary word “proposed” into the phrase “the HTML permission element” throughout this article:

https://developer.chrome.com/blog/enhancements-to-permission-element

The beauty ain’t in the necklace. It’s in the neck.

Maybe that’s my problem with AI-generated prose: it’s all necklace, no neck.

— Adam Mastroianni

Monday, May 12th, 2025

A woman playing accordion, a man playing concertina and a man playing guitar at a table in a pub corner.

Monday session

Reading Folk by Zoe Gilbert.

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Sunday, May 11th, 2025

Musicians playing around tables outside a bar in front of a gorgeous Romanesque church on a sunny evening.

Sunday session outside in the shadow of the cathedral

Saturday, May 10th, 2025

A line of musicians at a table in a classic old Belgian bar with brown and yellow walls.

Saturday session in Belgium

A tranquil river in the evening sun with lush greenery on both banks.

Namur

Friday, May 9th, 2025

Going to Namur. brb

Thursday, May 8th, 2025

I know I’m biased but I think the line-up for this year’s UX London is looking fantastic:

https://2025.uxlondon.com/speakers/

June 10th, 11th, and 12th—come for one day or come for all three!

Wednesday, May 7th, 2025

A woman playing fiddle and a man playing accordion in the corner of a pub.

Wednesday session

Why is the new pope being elected at a Figma event?

Tuesday, May 6th, 2025

A man playing fiddle accompanied by a man playing bodhrán.

Tuesday session

Sunday, May 4th, 2025

Reading The Voyage Home by Pat Barker.

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Thursday, May 1st, 2025

A young man playing banjo at a table with a fiddle on it.

Thursday session

Wednesday, April 30th, 2025

A copy of the document that put the World Wide Web into the public domain, being held by me at CERN while Robert Calliau talks in the background.

Happy anniversary to “the patent that never was”:

https://cds.cern.ch/record/1164399/

Thanks, CERN!

Monday, April 28th, 2025

A man playing tin whistle and a woman playing fiddle at a pub table with a pint of Guinness on it.

Monday session

A sunlit bowl of thin pasta with fresh tomato and basil in a white bowl outdoors. A fluffly tabby cat lounges drowsily on the deck by the wall near some plants catching the sun's rays.

Dining al fresco (with Coco the cat for company).

Friday, April 25th, 2025

Looking over numerous shoulders to a three-piece band on stage.

Enjoyed the album launch gig by Patients tonight!

https://patientstheband.bandcamp.com/album/post-high-lows-2

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