Today as I was walking down the stairs at the Edmonds Waterfront Center, I heard a little boy loudly exclaiming “thank you, thank you, thank you” as one of our baristas added sprinkles to his waffle cone ice cream. It looked like there was a pint of ice cream in the cone. Ah, some distilled joy! This boy was wearing swim gear (tank top and shorts) while the two adult women with him were wearing long pants and sweat shirts.

On Saturday, I went for a walk while listening to Variety Mix on KEXP (the link is to the streaming archive, which will be valid only for a few weeks). This week is the Fall Fund Drive, and during a break the co-hosts (Morgan & Troy) were talking about some of the music that's been featured on the station.

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I’ve been following Mr. Wheaton’s blog about as long as he’s had it. Went from the first page, to Wil Wheaton in Exile (when his site got gummed up and he migrated to a WordPress hosted site), and so ...

I strive, like this kid, to get a head in life. Ah, I adore the Far Side so much! Yeah, some folks don't get it, and some hate it. But I have long been fond of Gary Larson's humor. Anyway, I hope you enjoy this mid-week bit of humor.

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YouTube video by The Muppets

Annie Dillard on converting to Catholicism: “You go to a Catholic church, and there are people of all different colors and ages, and babies squalling. You’re taking a stand with these people. You’re s...

A year later, here’s what that moment turned into.

Automattic’s board is out, days after its members voted to put chief executive Matt Mullenweg on leave, sources tell TechCrunch.

My therapist told me I should go to Huntsville Texas to watch the bats

ALT: Rachel Green (Jennifer Aniston) - Friends Scene

Meta has had two significant issues brought up this week (hat tip to Futurism): Facebook Is Hosting Huge Numbers of Horrifying AI-Generated Videos of Violent Child Abuse, and Meta Is Barely Even Pretending to Care About Taking Them Down Mother Horrified When Meta’s AI Scours Instagram and Facebook for Invasive Information About Her Young Daughters Some quick observations: re: #1: Meta's PR team sent this note to the Futurism team: “Not all the links you sent violate our policies,” it read.

Fall approaches...rapidly!

Some thoughts after reading about AI Swarm Attacks that are now expected.