eklektikos delectus

A Bit Rich

What was conveniently omitted by The Tele

Graceful shut down

A wonderful closing down business letter

We received this lovely letter from the real estate agent that manages an investment property for us. It demonstrates a care and an ethic that is all too rare in today’s cutthroat business environment.

Supply Chain of Misery

The need for ethical trade

Metadata | tracking every citizen

Metadata retention is mass surveillance

Hertz — sure does!

A brief report on one of the worst customer experiences I have ever encountered.

On the 11 November 2014, I hired a Corolla from Hertz for the evening. They took a $100 security deposit.

The importance of stretch goals

What A-Players Do

Why the “Honour Killings” talk should have gone ahead

On the Festival of Dangerous Ideas controversy 

Monogomy

It’s rarer than you think.

Theseus, the magnetic mouse

A life-sized magnetic mouse learns its way around a maze; machine learning, circa 1950's

In this beautiful demonstration of early machine learning by Claude Shannon, the father of Information…