For about a month, I have been missing my wallet. I had only two clues to work with regarding it’s whereabouts: So I knew it was most likely in the house, and courtesy of my young daughter and low conscientious personality, that meant that I would be searching through a proverbial haystack of toys strewn…

Last night I organised a boy’s evening. We’re all dads, so it’s often pretty disorganized; one had to pull out as his daughter was unwell, another had to leave early, one could only make it later. Didn’t bother me. It was a beautiful day, and I was able to sit outside, have a few beers,…

There are some sports stories that break off the proverbial backpage and enter mainstream discourse. Jackie Robertson playing in the majors. Lance Armstrong cheating. Eddie the Eagle. Now, we can add Man City to the story. For those who haven’t been inundated with this story in their feed, let me give you a quick rundown.…

Ky was in Cincinnati AND Nashville this week, so it has been mostly O and I hanging out. It’s been nice. Having some dad-daughter time is always special. Last night, we (well, I) decided to go and check out a true American classic, the Texas Roadhouse. Texas Roadhouse is a Texan-themed steakhouse chain, and is…

One of my projects at the moment is writing a style guide for our LLM outputs. Rather than just letting the AI cannon out slop, we want to force it into producing something coherent, readable, useful, and ideally with a high level of clarity. This is harder than you might think. It had me thinking,…

I am at CU Boulder’s main campus today, meeting with my intern. It’s weird to be back at university; everyone looks so young! CU isn’t Harvard, but it’s still a fine institution. I can tell by walking around; although not by observing the students pouring over books or an honour board filled with Nobel Laureates.…