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Here are two subjects I haven’t thought of they would collide…
I will be speaking about Artificial Intelligence in origami at FoldFest 2024, an online origami convention organized by OrigamiUSA.
Thanks to the indieblog.page “Get me a random personal blogpost” link you can find more gems like these!
True! The web is not dying
Thank you Manu for a great reasoning why the web as we know it is still alive and kicking!
The web is not dying. The web is huge. The web is ever-expanding. The fact that the web is just the same 5 big websites is a fucking lie. It’s like saying the restaurant industry is the same 5 fast food chains. It is not. It’s up to you to decide to stop visiting those 5 sites and stop ingesting their fast food content.
Add to that what danah boyd writes in her newsletter and the spot-on comment to it
Can someone help me unpack a puzzle? I keep hearing AI pundits talk about how this is like 1999 with the internet. They mean this positively, focusing on all of the startups and energy on the cusp before the population writ large really appreciates all of the value of the internet. The thing that has me scratching my head is that this comparison seems to ignore that there was a complete and utter economic collapse of the tech industry in 2000/2001. So why are the business types not dreaming of 1996?[…]I think the reason why it’s not 1996 is because the mid-90s were about as much noncommercial expansion of the web as the commercial side, while the most easily-reachable parts of the web had become dominated by market interests a few years later.
Visiting the local Vrijmarkt on King’s Day
It was a beautiful day at the local Vrijmarkt yesterday. We avoided the hustle and bustle of downtown Utrecht during King’s Day and opted for a smaller children’s Vrijmarkt on the University grounds in the neighborhood. Add some foodtrucks to that, a few bouncy castles, a drinks tent and a DJ, and you have a great afternoon program for the whole family. My search for miniature toys for my own craft- and kitbashing yielded nothing. Where wasn’t much for offer. I did see some Hotwheels cars here and there, but what the kids mainly offered for sale was their old collection of baby and children’s books, clothes that were too small, old board games and dolls.
The center of the grounds was a great base for the four of us to have drinks and snacks.
Meanwhile, Tess found old PC games of The Sims. A game she still plays faithfully after all these years. Finn managed to buy some nice Pokemon cards that fit nicely with his collection.
As we left we came across this beauty. Not for sale of course, presumably belonging to one of the families on the Vrijmarkt. A beautiful 1970 Saab 99 TS. They don’t make them like this anymore…A search online yields some fine blog posts about this iconic car. Such as a restoration blog for a slightly new model and a blog by an old Saab copywriter.
All in all it was a good day!
