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Category Archives: Archive
And suddenly it’s September
So here we are again: September. Oh, make no mistake, it’s been a very busy year so far, furiously hammering words into a keyboard as part of multiple projects, tasks, experiments, and courses — with the main difference being that my thoughts and instructions are responded to by large language models and agentic bots. Yeah, I’m fascinated by this whole AI thing, so much so that my fingers are bleeding. My brain hurts. Continue reading
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Tagged adult, AI, ballast, caricatures, celebrities, erotica, literotica, netsam, obsolete, pr0n, wasted youth, web design, webris
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Welcome to 2019
We’re into a new year. 2019 is an extension to a new beginning. It’s a year full of anniversaries. New knowledge and skills shall be acquired. Let’s get cracking. Continue reading
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Tagged 2019, anniversary, digitization, planning, projects, world domination
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Welcome to 2018
It’s time to turn our back on the past and focus on the future. With a new job there’s also only so much time. Welcome to 2018. Continue reading
The death of recordable compact discs, part 4
Once upon a time there was a co-worker. He complained bitterly about how much he hated adhesive labels applied onto CD-Rs. This was over a decade ago. The vast majority of my self-burnt music CD-Rs have become near unplayable. And here follows my most recent adventure: ripping those bastards. Continue reading
Hard drives and sponges
Hard drives are the under-appreciated workhorses of a standard PC configuration. The other day I discovered some old documents and specifications about hard drives as well as a bunch of real hard drives in the basement. Here’s a page of tales and photos about seven workhorses getting slaughtered. Continue reading
2014: A look ahead
Last year we moved house. While packing you tend to discover a shitload of forgotten items that you didn’t know you (still) had, and then you’re faced with the decision, “do I box it, or do I bin it?” Continue reading
The Gadget Graveyard
Let the final order of the old year be the announcement that I’ve added a new chapter to the archive.hmvh.net section: The Gadget Graveyard, where old technology goes to die. I’ve obviously got problems, and hoarding old components is just one. Continue reading
Old text files
In the opinion of this author, mankind’s greatest achievement is the written word. And in its most basic 7-bit ASCII form, the written word is therefore nothing less than a device-independent treasure. Continue reading