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Tuesday, August 4, 2026

Don't blame AI-generated images for taking over blogs. Blame the algorithm.

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A software engineer, Nelson, has some opinions about AI-generated images in blog posts: "I have a growing hatred for AI-generated imag...
Thursday, November 6, 2025

Billboard charts and the 1970s revival of pop music from the 1950s

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  For people of a certain age, "Billboard charts" is synonymous with fame. Basically, if your band or record or composition appear...
Monday, December 16, 2024

When rich creatives support local media: Stephen King

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Rich people buying media properties or getting involved in adjacent media businesses is not necessarily a bad thing. We've seen some gre...
Monday, February 13, 2023

Resurrecting Feiwu's 2013 interview with GigGuide

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I discovered recently that an interview Bob and I did 10 years ago on GigGuide.tw before our February 17 2013 reunion shows in Taipei and a...
Sunday, January 1, 2023

IBM ThinkPad 701: Powerful enough to run DOOM!

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In 1996, I bought a used IBM ThinkPad 701c (486 architecture) in a Hong Kong computer market. I think it was about $900. A journalist at the...
Sunday, June 12, 2022

Why our ancestors sometimes lied on official records in the pre-digital age

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I'm reading a memoir by MIT professor Sherry Turkle , The Empathy Diaries . I attended a talk she game some years ago at the MIT Media L...
Saturday, May 8, 2021

What killed rock n' roll? Payola 2.0

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There is an interesting article titled " Bob Dylan Lays Down What Really Killed Rock ’n’ Roll. " I don't agree with the thesis...