iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Bob Andersson @andersson-design.com · 16/10/2026

Interesting. If I'm reading this summary correctly it seems our solar system is a slight outlier. Maybe the interaction between Jupiter and Saturn early on is atypical. Hold on, I'll climb into my spaceship, check some stuff out and get back to you... 😉 www.universetoday.com/articles/hos...

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Host Stars Shape Their Planetary Systems Into Two Families

New research draws a link between a host star and the characteristics of its planetary system. Higher mass stars create one family of systems, while lower mass stars create another. These results prov...

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Bob Andersson @andersson-design.com · 15/10/2026

Some tracks never age. I was just 19 when the album was released. Memories… ☺️ m.youtube.com/watch?v=1dci...

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Batuka

YouTube video by Santana - Topic

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Bob Andersson @andersson-design.com · 13/10/2026

The recent Plex App update for the Apple TV 4k box has destroyed gapless playback on my music library. 🤬 Can’t wait to see if they’ll fix it so enter the Caldera Music app which works in conjunction with my Plex Server. My AIFF formatted music library is back and rocking once more. 🕺

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Bob Andersson @andersson-design.com · 13/10/2026

Identity crisis? What identity crisis. 🙄 A 10nF capacitor that knows it’s really a 310kΩ resistor. 🤣

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Bob Andersson @andersson-design.com · 12/10/2026

The interior design on this one is off the charts. Maybe not to everyone's taste but it has so much character. This is a boat that, in my fantasy life, I could imagine touring the world in and being comfortable in. Definitely not the aesthetics of a floating hotel. 🥰 www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MrO...

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Two-Level Owner's Suite on a 36m Yacht | Sirena 118 Tour & Review

YouTube video by YachtBuyer

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Bob Andersson @andersson-design.com · 10/10/2026

I seem to be in a judgemental mood this morning. 🤣 In a democracy the electorate must take responsibility for the actions of the leaders it elects. US citizens should hang their heads in shame but they do have an opportunity to ameliorate their error at the mid-terms. 🤞

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Bob Andersson @andersson-design.com · 10/10/2026

In case you think such scenarios are unlikely read the story below. Such “mistakes” should still be criminal offences. As for those who would use such tools with intent I see no difference between them and the owner of a gun pulling the trigger. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Why did an OpenAI system hack Australia's health system - and can it be stopped in the future?

News that an automated AI agent hacked a government IT system raises big questions about regulating the tech.

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Bob Andersson @andersson-design.com · 10/10/2026

In the UK owners of animals that kill or do serious harm can face severe criminal liability and significant prison time. I believe that both creators and owners of AI should be similarly liable. Ignorance of the law is no defence and ignorance of harm being done should be no defence either.

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Bob Andersson @andersson-design.com · 09/10/2026

Megalomaniac! "The Trump administration has imposed sweeping sanctions on the International Criminal Court US President Donald Trump has reacted sourly to the Norwegian prize's choice of winner this year and last, after having expressed a desire to receive it himself" www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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US impose sanctions on ICC with threat to 'end' international court

The US says the measures are aimed at restricting the tribunal's resources and ability to operate.

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Bob Andersson @andersson-design.com · 09/10/2026

90 today. Brian Blessed is one of life’s “larger than life” characters, despite being only 1.77m tall. 🤣 Happy Birthday and many more of them. www.active-traveller.com/mpora-archiv...

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20 Reasons Why Brian Blessed Is The Ultimate Adventurer

He bit off a baby's umbilical cord...under a tree.

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Bob Andersson @andersson-design.com · 08/10/2026

Crystal clear skies afforded me my first sighting of the season of Orion just now. As with the ancient Egyptians it speaks to my soul. 😍 Due to proper motion such alignments are by chance and transient of course and heck, in 125 million years the sun will be on the other side of the Milky Way. 😱

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Bob Andersson @andersson-design.com · 04/10/2026

With AI tools already used to create everything from “art” to propaganda and bioweapons humanity is in danger of becoming like a monkey in charge of an excavator who might use it to find more nuts. As his excavator becomes more and more powerful the potential for destruction is immense.

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Bob Andersson @andersson-design.com · 04/10/2026

Chances are that the above was created by iterative interaction with some sort of AI tool of course. The trouble is knowing how much. I’ve no issue with a musician using a better spanner but if the creation is largely automated is there any room for artistry?

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Bob Andersson @andersson-design.com · 03/10/2026

Did a search for Bhairavi this evening, as you do. The AI artwork does the music no favours so I just closed my eyes and drifted…😌 m.youtube.com/watch?v=wvSz...

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SACRED SKIES | Raga Chillout | An Ethereal Bhairavi Chillout Journey #ragachillout

YouTube video by Kingsley Mukherjee

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Bob Andersson @andersson-design.com · 01/10/2026

What a country! Unarmed suspected illegal immigrants being shot on the street and now this. I make no judgement about Ms. Pike's crime but what happens when she recovers? Are they going to strap her to a chair so she can watch them trying to kill her again? Barbaric. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike survives execution attempt after two injections

Killer Christa Pike's lawyer says she is being given "life-saving measures" in hospital after two syringes of pentobarbital.

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Bob Andersson @andersson-design.com · 29/09/2026

A gorgeous car but, most refreshing of all, in Billy Hibbs an owner that the car deserves. Bravo. 👏 www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3E0...

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The Prototype Maserati Hidden for Decades: 3500 GT Pre-Production | Tyrrell's Classic Workshop

YouTube video by Tyrrell's Classic Workshop

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Bob Andersson @andersson-design.com · 27/09/2026

Thank you again for sharing. Even over the same routes every journey is different. 🥰

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RailCowGirl @railcowgirl.com · 27/09/2026

4K CABVIEW: Through The Night In Southern Norway from the Driver's Cab youtu.be/DWqf2yVvC8U

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4K CABVIEW: Through The Night In Southern Norway from the Driver's Cab

YouTube video by RailCowGirl

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Bob Andersson @andersson-design.com · 25/09/2026

The only thing preventing the above from becoming a nightmare scenario is AIs not being self-aware. But hold on; what law of physics says that AIs can’t spontaneously become self-aware? Organic life did it.

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Bob Andersson @andersson-design.com · 25/09/2026

1/ AI does fun stuff 2/ AI is a useful tool 3/ AI is an indispensable tool 4/ AI systems are best designed by AI 5/ AI only tool that can make good AIs 6/ Industry tuned for AI production 7a/ AIs control industry 7b/ AIs control electricity generation 7c/ AIs make all AIs 8/ Humans: irrelevant.

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Bob Andersson @andersson-design.com · 24/09/2026

When you want cake and have no cake all you can think of is .. cake.🍰 🤣

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Bob Andersson @andersson-design.com · 24/09/2026

A postscript to my last - yes, raising the Booster temperature above 0℃ isn’t hard but getting the internal structure dry enough might be? Think of condensation on a window pane. Just because it’s liquid doesn’t mean water is in a great hurry to succumb to gravity.

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Bob Andersson @andersson-design.com · 24/09/2026

Water ice in the Booster tanks is also likely to constrain how rapidly Boosters can be turned around for relaunch after landing. CO2 ice can easily be boiled off (sublimated) but water ice must be melted and then drained somehow before refuelling can start.

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Bob Andersson @andersson-design.com · 24/09/2026

I wonder how, when on orbit Ship refuelling eventually starts, SpaceX proposes to prevent CO2 and water ice (products of autogenous pressurisation) from transferring from the “tanker” Ships. Yes, filters are the obvious answer but how to prevent filter clogging in zero-g? 🤔

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Bob Andersson @andersson-design.com · 22/09/2026

Has your spout stopped swivelling freely. Schoolboy humour aside there’s a grub screw hidden at the base of it which retains it to the main body of the tap. Once removed the spout can be pulled out and the rotating surfaces can be cleaned. I can swivel my spout with one finger now. 🤣🤣🤣

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Bob Andersson @andersson-design.com · 22/09/2026

139 years ago Lord Acton wrote “Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men, even when they exercise influence and not authority; still more when you superadd the tendency of the certainty of corruption by authority.” A wise man.

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Bob Andersson @andersson-design.com · 20/09/2026

Back at yer, gal. Forever young. 🥰

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Bob Andersson @andersson-design.com · 20/09/2026

It’s been a long time since I watched American TV ads so I was shocked to see KFC has resurrected imagery of Colonial Sanders. Is nothing sacred? 🤣🤣🤣

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Bob Andersson @andersson-design.com · 20/09/2026

In case you missed it. Some remarkable footage. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ethk...

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Starship - The Holy Grail of Rocketry

YouTube video by SpaceX

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Bob Andersson @andersson-design.com · 19/09/2026

Transferring from the Apple Watch Ultra to the Ultra 4 went fairly smoothly. A few issues (MAC address authentication, Apple Pay verification and unlocking the Mac Mini) to work through but all good now.

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Bob Andersson @andersson-design.com · 19/09/2026

Families would only move off Earth if their lives there would be better. Those on Earth would only fund such moves if they saw an economic return. The “Musk Effect” might skew this equation temporarily but in the long term I suspect that becoming “multi-planetary” will always be uneconomic. 😢

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Bob Andersson @andersson-design.com · 18/09/2026

Aw, so cute until you try to stroke it. Heart of a tiger! Of course this just serves to emphasise how important habitat protection is as a way of preventing undiscovered species from sliding towards extinction. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Spotted wildcat from Bolivian forest revealed as new species

A spotted wildcat long mistaken for relatives has been identified as a new species in Bolivia.

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Bob Andersson @andersson-design.com · 16/09/2026

It seems that AI data centers are already creating a tenth as much CO2 as the much maligned aviation industry and that trend is rapidly getting worse. The world needs to wake up. 🙁

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Bob Andersson @andersson-design.com · 15/09/2026

The policy is "crazy," says Ruth Curtice. The triple lock is creating a "ratchet effect" where "pensioners' living standards grow even faster than just a typical worker," she added. So speaks a woman who has never lived on £13,000 a year in rented accommodation. 🙄 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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State pension likely to rise by £488 a year in April

The triple lock has come under scrutiny as the number of pensioners rises making the policy more expensive.

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Bob Andersson @andersson-design.com · 14/09/2026

Deep-fried food banned under new school dinner rules in England. What, no "nasty chips". 🍟😱 www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXuq...

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The Lord of the Rings - Stupid Fat Hobbit (HD)

YouTube video by TheLotrTV

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Bob Andersson @andersson-design.com · 12/09/2026

Slightly mad but Apple have convinced me that it’s worth upgrading my Apple Watch Ultra to the new Ultra 4. The health sensors are more capable which is key for me. Bonuses are a brighter display, a better battery life, compatibility with my third party titanium strap and a generous trade-in. 🥰

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Bob Andersson @andersson-design.com · 11/09/2026

My thoughts are with our friends in the USA on this sad anniversary. The attacks had a direct affect on my own career but that was trivial compared to the suffering and loss of life on that day.

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Bob Andersson @andersson-design.com · 10/09/2026

No need to look up the meaning of the word corruption then. A rough calculation puts the value of this attempt to bribe the American voters at $1 trillion. For comparison the current projected financial deficit for ‘26 is $1.8 trillion. Will the voters do the right thing? www.pbs.org/newshour/amp...

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WATCH: Trump promises $5,000 'dividend' for Americans if GOP wins midterms

President Donald Trump promised on Wednesday to send every adult American citizen a $5,000 "dividend" if Republicans keep control of both the Senate and House of Representatives in the midterms.

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Bob Andersson @andersson-design.com · 09/09/2026

But to modern ears Ruby Keeler’s line “I’m free, white and twenty-one” really jars. ☹️

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Bob Andersson @andersson-design.com · 09/09/2026

Tonight it’s “Dames” from 1934. Can you imagine this being made today with the help of AI? It would have no soul. m.youtube.com/watch?v=P76c...

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I Only Have Eyes For You | Dames | Warner Archive

YouTube video by Warner Bros. Classics

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Bob Andersson @andersson-design.com · 09/09/2026

Almost certainly. The Chinese still have some of the strongest transmitters on shortwave.

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Bob Andersson @andersson-design.com · 09/09/2026

And, of course, she’s sounding great. I wonder if the post Internet generation get what a big thing shortwave listening was back in the day. It opened up the world. ✨

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Bob Andersson @andersson-design.com · 09/09/2026

The Trio R-2000 is fully restored and shrugging off her 40 years on this planet. 😍

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Bob Andersson @andersson-design.com · 08/09/2026

The Trio R-2000 is done bar putting the covers on. A nice little receiver.

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