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2017

Don’t discount the Apple Watch, for two reasonsoriginal ↗
7 Aug 2017
AI is hard, China versionoriginal ↗
7 Aug 2017
Cindy Sherman is on Instagram and is doing something neworiginal ↗
7 Aug 2017
Some thoughts on HBO’s Confederate, some pro but mostly conoriginal ↗
2 Aug 2017
Wages, Nash equilibrium, and the productivity paradox: a small theory of my ownoriginal ↗
30 Jul 2017
Some somewhat objective thoughts on the new Trudeaumaniaoriginal ↗
29 Jul 2017
Thoughts on the new Blade Runner 2049 traileroriginal ↗
17 Jul 2017
Installing SonarQube on CentOS/RHELoriginal ↗
2 Jun 2017
Capital and slavery in Americaoriginal ↗
22 May 2017
Some perspective on the Arctic “doomsday” seed vault threatened with floodingoriginal ↗
21 May 2017
Foodism and the problem with home-cooked mealsoriginal ↗
20 May 2017
Thoughts on the legend that is Jean-Michel Basquiatoriginal ↗
20 May 2017
If you are worried about the WannaCrypt ransomware (and if you are a Windows user, you should be), then…original ↗
15 May 2017
My new productivity tool: E.gg Timer – a simple countdown timeroriginal ↗
15 May 2017
On  George W. Bush the painter, or, the importance of good teachersoriginal ↗
5 May 2017
Two interesting pieces on UBI (universal basic income)original ↗
5 May 2017
The CRTC upholds net neutrality in Canadaoriginal ↗
24 Apr 2017
Jean-Luc Mélenchon, a candidate right out of a Philip K Dick Noveloriginal ↗
19 Apr 2017
12 Cafés Every History Buff Needs to Visit (a great list)original ↗
19 Apr 2017
How to get a Raspberry Pi working with a TV with composite/component input (as opposed to HDMI)original ↗
18 Apr 2017
Why the stock market goes down and why it goes up (and what you should consider)original ↗
23 Mar 2017
Why aren’t people responding to your email?!original ↗
20 Mar 2017
Reboot your fitness routine with these four linksoriginal ↗
19 Mar 2017
If Ruth Bader Ginsburg can workout like this, so can youoriginal ↗
19 Mar 2017
Is everything political? What is wrong about thinking that way?original ↗
17 Mar 2017
Is the FED broken? Some random thoughts.original ↗
15 Mar 2017
Something beautiful: Italo Calvino’s ‘Invisible Cities’, Illustratedoriginal ↗
15 Mar 2017
On entrepreneurism and ageismoriginal ↗
14 Mar 2017
The legendary runner Ed Whitlock Dies at 86 original ↗
14 Mar 2017
Two thoughts on the Pro Hijab for Muslim female athletes that Nike is launchingoriginal ↗
9 Mar 2017
On the superior virtue of the oppressedoriginal ↗
3 Mar 2017
New recipe and food links. Because we all need more of that. :)original ↗
2 Mar 2017
SpaceX tries to disrupt and partner with NASA at the same timeoriginal ↗
1 Mar 2017
How to read more booksoriginal ↗
28 Feb 2017
Derek Parfit: Why anything? Why this? original ↗
23 Feb 2017
Where the weather is not too hot, not too cold…but just rightoriginal ↗
17 Feb 2017
How to build a simple web page fast? Use HTML Shelloriginal ↗
3 Feb 2017
The easiest of minestrone recipes is…original ↗
2 Feb 2017
Beautiful Geometric Paper Sculptures original ↗
2 Feb 2017
Want to send a fax without a fax machine? Now you can!original ↗
27 Jan 2017
Looking to run a marathon or half-marathon? Then you need my race schedule spreadsheets to plan out your training runsoriginal ↗
26 Jan 2017
If you need book recommendations this summer…original ↗
24 Jan 2017
The Women’s March and the Triumph of the Won’toriginal ↗
23 Jan 2017
It’s not because most developers are white that AI has hard time with non-white faces. It’s this….original ↗
18 Jan 2017
Is ‘Blue Monday’ a thingoriginal ↗
9 Jan 2017
Instragram = advertisingoriginal ↗
6 Jan 2017
Facebook shows why we need augmented intelligence (Artificial and Human Intelligence)original ↗
5 Jan 2017
Eric Holder has a new role – defending California against the Trump Regimeoriginal ↗
4 Jan 2017
A good new year’s resolution: unsubscribing to mailing listsoriginal ↗
3 Jan 2017

2016

If you like Teju Cole, you can find some of his things hereoriginal ↗
26 Dec 2016
Some loose thoughts on the magic of Christmasoriginal ↗
25 Dec 2016
My Lessons Learned from Christmas’ past (including where to buy trees in Toronto)original ↗
18 Dec 2016
The quality of darkness and the luminosity of winter nightsoriginal ↗
18 Dec 2016
Some thoughts on memory and winteroriginal ↗
18 Dec 2016
Thoughts on automation, from the WSJ (and me, someone who specialized in automation)original ↗
15 Dec 2016
Is it possible to run a sub two hour marathon?original ↗
12 Dec 2016
Zeitgeist links for December, 2016original ↗
11 Dec 2016
How IBM Watson helped Time magazine narrow its search for Person of the Year original ↗
9 Dec 2016
My mixed bag of IT links for Decemberoriginal ↗
9 Dec 2016
In praise of the 5K and other (non-marathon) racesoriginal ↗
8 Dec 2016
Karl Lagerfeld and his Atelier in Paris (a must for book lovers)original ↗
2 Dec 2016
Another benefit of meditation? Raising your IQoriginal ↗
2 Dec 2016
Two additions to my github repositories: one for IBM Watson, one for monitoring Linux systemsoriginal ↗
28 Nov 2016
Is Tim Cook the Steve Ballmer of Apple?original ↗
31 Oct 2016
When people propose solutions on how to deal with terrorists, read this nextoriginal ↗
29 Oct 2016
Shocked by the image of the Syrian boy in the rubble? Here’s how to help | World news | The Guardianoriginal ↗
28 Oct 2016
Facebook Lets Advertisers Exclude Users by Raceoriginal ↗
28 Oct 2016
A reminder: Soylent? Still terribleoriginal ↗
28 Oct 2016
The Apple Car is off (for now)original ↗
28 Oct 2016
The surprisingly easy way anyone can start an art collectionoriginal ↗
23 Sept 2016
Sixteen ways to think about and improve your lifeoriginal ↗
21 Sept 2016
40,000 home decor links to make your place more attractiveoriginal ↗
21 Sept 2016
My favorite place to go for technical tutorials is DigitalOceanoriginal ↗
21 Sept 2016
What makes McMansions bad? The opposite of what makes other houses appealingoriginal ↗
15 Sept 2016
Thoughts on using JMeter to do web performance testingoriginal ↗
14 Sept 2016
On being great and still having to deal with rejection from employersoriginal ↗
29 Aug 2016
How to stop Whatsapp from sharing information with Facebook original ↗
25 Aug 2016
Uber is reaching an inflection point (and may be reaching a crisis point)original ↗
25 Aug 2016
Anil Dash says: ‘There is no “technology industry”’. In reality….original ↗
24 Aug 2016
Tug of War, 56 pound weight throw, and other discontinued sports of the Olympicsoriginal ↗
20 Aug 2016
The decline of Peter Thiel – a markeroriginal ↗
20 Aug 2016
Food! Recipes! Techniques! :)original ↗
19 Aug 2016
A sign of the times: Adblock blocks Facebook. Facebook circumvents Adblock. Now Adblock circumvents Facebook.original ↗
19 Aug 2016
The Globe and Mail on the plan to defeat Usain Bolt is sports writing at its bestoriginal ↗
19 Aug 2016
A primer on how to understand and compare health care systems around the worldoriginal ↗
19 Aug 2016
Some big changes on twitteroriginal ↗
19 Aug 2016
Democracy in action – An Introduction to Field Organizingoriginal ↗
17 Aug 2016
What is Rule 40  and how did athlete Emma Coburn get around itoriginal ↗
16 Aug 2016
Palo Alto vs. Tokyo: some modest thoughts on housing original ↗
11 Aug 2016
A simple tutorial to set up an about.me site on githuboriginal ↗
11 Aug 2016
Zara makes good fragrance for young menoriginal ↗
10 Aug 2016
Is facadism/urban taxidermy bad?original ↗
8 Aug 2016
Developers and IT people: you need to have more than a good resume/CVoriginal ↗
8 Aug 2016
A great primer on self driving trucks that everyone should read. (Really!)original ↗
6 Aug 2016
The Superbook, the decline of the Personal Computer, and the future of computingoriginal ↗
1 Aug 2016
How the ‘Spicy Boi’ comments on Hillary’s Instagram shows the difficulty of dealing with trollsoriginal ↗
20 Jul 2016
Want to understand what artificial intelligence and machine learning is?original ↗
15 Jul 2016
A primer for Pokemon Gooriginal ↗
12 Jul 2016
For Fans of Blade Runner and Typographyoriginal ↗
3 Jul 2016
On the rise and roots of our current minimalismoriginal ↗
2 Jul 2016
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