Is anything real?

Do you actually experience reality? Are you in control of yourself?

Check out the weird world of your brain in this Kurzgesagt video that turned up on my YouTube homepage.

Posted Tuesday, August 25, 2026

Project Hail Mary

A number of people told me that I would enjoy watching Project Hail Mary. A long haul flight seemed like a great time to watch the movie.

I really did enjoy the film. As SciFi goes, this one didn’t commit too many wrong-science sins, and the story was very engaging.

Posted Tuesday, August 11, 2026

An Arduino, but more bigger

Curious George pointed me at this.

Posted Tuesday, August 4, 2026

What does the ‘S’ in ChatGPT stand for?

S commonly stands for “secure”, as in “https”, “ssh” etc. There’s an old joke about the ‘S’ in IoT, basically saying that the Internet of Things is insecure.

This video takes the joke from cutting to hilarious. Watch ChatGPT tie itself in knots.

Posted Friday, April 24, 2026

River Runer

Over the holidays I found out about river runner. This is a great website that lets you find out where a drop of rain would go if it fell anywhere in the whole world!

Posted Monday, October 13, 2025