dalelane

dalelane, 9 months ago to random

First day back in the office after vacation. I've left headphones and all my aeropress filters at home, so I'm off to a good start(!)

dalelane, 6 months ago to random

So few people come into the office on a Friday that Friday work has a very different vibe.

I think I kind of like it though... it's a quieter and maybe more focused end to the week.

dalelane, 3 months ago to random

anyone I know thinking about going to #emfcamp this year?

https://www.emfcamp.org

dalelane, 8 months ago to random

In London - drove G to her new uni house, with a (packed!) car load of her stuff. Strange feels! 🥹

dalelane, 3 months ago to random

Finally got around to watching "Everything Everywhere All At Once" and inflicted it on Amy and Grace.

I loved it, but I perhaps didn't prepare them for how weird it was gonna be

dalelane, 9 months ago to random

I've got the office to myself today.... it's giving me creepy Twilight Zone-y vibes

dalelane, 7 months ago to random

Dinner in a motor museum for the second time in six months… apparently eating near to old cars is a thing I do now 🤔

dalelane, 18 days ago to random

Happy Birthday to me! 🥳

https://www.webtoons.com/en/comedy/safely-endangered/ep-459-upgrade/viewer?title_no=352&episode_no=459

dalelane, 10 months ago to random

Trying a beekeeper experience day. It was fascinating - but photos don’t capture the stuff-of-nightmares sound of the bees!

The hive!

dalelane, 18 days ago to random

never played a Fallout game before, but curious to see what everyone is talking about since the Amazon show

signed up to Game Pass for a month to give Fallout 4 a try

a couple of hours in... not sure I'm getting it yet, but I'll give it a little longer

dalelane, 11 months ago to random

This won't mean much to people who aren't immersed in IBM's variety of alphabet soup, but I got some good news this week - I’m now an STSM.

To translate, basically it's a promotion.

I did try googling to see if there was a definition I could point at, but the closest I can find is https://michaelrowe01.com/index.php/uncategorized/what-is-a-senior-technical-staff-member/ from @michaelrowe01

Let's just say I'm very pleased and leave it at that 🤷‍♂️

dalelane, 1 year ago to random

Finally got around to finishing Crysis 2.

That was a lot of fun - the physics engine and so much of the map being destructible opened up so much creativity in how to complete levels… and options for amusing myself with ways to blow stuff up 😆

dalelane, 9 months ago to random

Arriving at work late today after needing to make a detour on my usual walk… because I don’t know how to say “excuse me” in cow

Many cows, right in front of the gate I normally walk through

dalelane, 9 months ago to random

Loving what I’m now thinking of as our new office pet: a pigeon that has started building a nest on the ledge next to my desk

In her new nest. I say “nest”. Small pile of twigs really.

dalelane, 1 year ago to random

Purely anec-data from the #DevoxxUK talks I happen to have gone to, but I feel like there has been a shift in presenters starting by sharing their twitter handles

Fewer are doing it than previous years, and the ones that do tend to justify/excuse/apologise-for it!

The amount of damage that has been done to Twitter in such a short time is so sad to see

😢

dalelane, 21 days ago to random

The wallpaper in the office here is a list of patents - with the patent number, title, and inventors names.

I’ve been looking to see if I can spot where it repeats, but so far can’t find it!

List of patents
List of patents
List of patents

dalelane, 5 months ago to random

Brussel sprouts on a burger. “Christmas” is no excuse ;-)

dalelane, 6 months ago to random

I have a new Wordle max streak - completed wordle for 122 consecutive days.

I think at this point, we can officially call it a habit

dalelane, 4 months ago to devlog

I finished a new feature on #MLforKids this week - adding an option for students to store their own training data, instead of on my servers.

I try and develop the site in the open, so here's another #devlog update on the thinking that went behind this feature.

https://dalelane.co.uk/blog/?p=5042

dalelane, 6 months ago to random

I found this story fascinating. The usage of AI in education is always interesting, but it's not the AI aspect that jumped out at me.

A math curriculum taught through playing the piano is a fascinating idea.

I love (and can totally believe) that the use of music can make measurable benefits to student outcomes in maths.

https://www.ibm.com/blog/make-music-count-embeds-watsonx-to-make-perfect-music-with-math/

dalelane, 6 months ago to random

This looks intriguing - it's sort of like #Scratch (and also from MIT), but reimagined for a world of mobile apps.

https://octostudio.org/