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bendaubney, 14 days ago to random

An odd #WebLogPoMo2024 post today as we creep towards the end of the month:

A love letter to omg.lol, and why I'll probably stop using it before too long despite that love.

https://bendaubney.blog/2024/04/30/looking-back-with.html

(Contains plenty of envy and admiration for @cory, @sarajw, and @robb, amongst others)

bendaubney, 1 month ago to random

🛠️ Sunday: had a lie-in, went for coffee, pootled around some charity shops, now for a bit of plumbing DIY.

bendaubney, 4 months ago to random

Wrote a blog about why I don’t blog but want to blog:

https://bendaubney.blog/2024/02/07/v.html

(With particular thanks to @hl for generous and thoughtful feedback, and @rtfm for a beautiful notebook)

bendaubney, 2 months ago to random

Literally the day before my actual date of birth. Unbelievable. https://xoxo.zone/@todayonscreen/112213961301797316

bendaubney, 3 months ago to random

@sarajw Are you reading the new Jasper Fforde? I’m about a quarter of the way in now and it’s exactly like Shades of Grey in tone and style. I’m enjoying it a lot.

bendaubney, 2 months ago to random

You: “Music is too weird nowadays!”

Me, flicking through records from 1970:

bendaubney, 2 months ago to random

💇 A relatively idle day. Haircut, coffee, family, maybe some Steam Deck later on. A day the word “pootling” was made to describe.

bendaubney, 1 month ago to random

Today’s #weblogpomo2024 post:

Engagement metrics do not make you a good person.

Featuring a massive personal revelation at the end.

https://bendaubney.blog/2024/05/03/engagement-metrics-do.html

bendaubney, 2 months ago to random

A birthday with a big round number today.

bendaubney, 10 days ago to random

This is my skull’s fingerprint.

In 2019 I needed to have a brainscan. My brother mentioned that I could request a digital copy of my scan which has sat on my computer unopened since then.

Turns out that the skull is made out of three plates which join together and create unique fingerprint-like patterns of waves. This is mine across the top of my head; I think I could stitch some other images together to see the two others but that’s trickier!

bendaubney, 2 months ago to random

Spending a few days with a pal in Sheffield. Found a very quiet but superb place for breakfast.

bendaubney, 2 months ago to random

I got a silly novelty camera. It’s half-digital half-instant. If I print a photo I can get a digital copy. A fun design choice!

I’m uploading printed photos to @bensinstaprints as a bit of an experiment. Follow along if you like.

bendaubney, 1 month ago to random

💭 Task for today - calculating confidence intervals on Net Promoter Scores. I really should write a blogpost on the logic behind this some day.

bendaubney, 13 days ago to random

A final post for #WeblogPoMo2024, wrapping up what I've learned about my digital self:

https://bendaubney.blog/2024/05/31/what-i-learned.html

As mentioned in the post, a humble and sincere thank you to @anniegreens for suggesting this month-long challenge in the first place. I didn't expect it to be quite so revelatory.

bendaubney, 30 days ago to random

Today’s post for #weblogPoMo2024:

Pictures of 1920s Australian criminals.

https://bendaubney.blog/2024/05/13/images-of-australian.html

These photos are astonishing.

bendaubney, 23 days ago to random

Absolutely over the moon to learn that my nice local cinema is showing my all-time favourite film next month! And because I’m a member it’s stupidly cheap too!

Which is to say: I’ve just spent £1 booking a ticket to see Being John Malkovich on the big screen in June.

Cannot. Wait!

bendaubney, 4 months ago to random

📝 Getting ready for a party weekend by... doing loads of admin. Hooray?

bendaubney, 2 months ago to random

🏃 Keen to wrap up the weeks' work to get onto starting an early birthday celebration. Ooh..!

bendaubney, 1 month ago to random

Today’s #WebLogPoMo2024 post:

I used Tumblr the wrong way, and I don't care

https://bendaubney.blog/2024/04/30/youre-doing-tumblr.html

bendaubney, 2 months ago to random

🗺️ Current location: Alesund, Norway. 62.46993° N, 6.15296° E

bendaubney, 23 days ago to random

Hot take:

AI models in and of themselves: probably good.

AI models trained on copyrighted data without permission or citation, deployed to churn out endless content for SEO or to create meaningless and vacuous responses and descriptions: definitely bad.

AI models generating art in any form: the bleakest future imaginable.

bendaubney, 17 days ago to random

I don’t drink much anymore but met some family at a brewery earlier and couldn’t resist bringing a few cans home. This one’s especially nice.

bendaubney, 16 days ago to random

Current mild obsession: the millennial pause.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennial_pause

Videos/voicenotes etc where there’s a second or two of silence at the start, particularly prevalent amongst younger people.

It becomes really obvious once you first notice it.

bendaubney, 2 months ago to random

It’s the twentieth anniversary of what might be the best game about your dad being god, losing the planets after a drunken bender, and demanding that you gather material from earth to remake them.

<３ ｋａｔａｍａｒｉ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7EXlS9-XpU

bendaubney, 1 month ago to random

Brought back the most Norwegian thing possible from holiday: cactus flavoured licorice-ish… things.

‘With taste of cactus.’ Because everyone knows what that tastes like?

(They are good though)