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August 11, 2026

AI Gym Hack

Andrew, who was sitting fourth on a waitlist for a class later that week, asked if it was possible to move him to the top of the list.  The agent came back and told Andrew that it had kicked another gym-goer off the list as part of the testing of its capabilities.

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August 10, 2026

Asmiov's Profession

George said tensely, “Don’t think this is a joke. Tapes are actually bad. They teach too much; they’re too painless. A man who learns that way doesn’t know how to learn any other way. He’s frozen into whatever position he’s been taped.

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July 27, 2026

Choose Boring Technology

“Let’s say every company gets about three innovation tokens. You can spend these however you want, but the supply is fixed for a long while.”

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July 27, 2026

Madrid Metro

“Madrid tripled the length of its metro system in just 12 years — faster and cheaper than almost any other city in the world.”

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July 23, 2026

Bucket chemistry

My wonderful high school science teacher Mr S. would say there was 2 types of labwork-

  1. Test-tube chemistry
  2. Bucket chemistry
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July 20, 2026

A refreshing blog

…or a blog refreshing.

And what costume shall the poor website wear
To all tomorrow’s parties?

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July 7, 2026

Grand Slamdle

Ever thought to yourself - I wish Quordle was harder?

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July 1, 2026

Quick Wins

Because it’s more fun to build a task list application than to actually do your tasks.

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January 5, 2026

Communication Golden Rules

The “Three Golden Rules of Communication” are-

  1. Repetition is communication
  2. Communication is repetition
  3. Repetition is an opportunity for re-communication
  4. Communication is repetition
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December 10, 2025

Parents and citizens unite

After 2 years on executive, I am finishing up with our school’s Parents & Citizens group.

I’ve learnt that my favourite people have 3 qualities:

  • passionate
  • have a “get things done” attitude
  • want to build and contribute to community
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