Lorenzo Wood
@lorenzowood.bsky.social
The Tangible Audio Playback Experiment. Excellent work. youtube.com/shorts/1yE27...
I designed a nostalgic music ritual in the form of an app, some 3d prints, and NFC tags.
YouTube video by Brian Harms
youtube.com
January 22, 2026 at 3:58 PM
The Tangible Audio Playback Experiment. Excellent work. youtube.com/shorts/1yE27...
I called Simply Business to verify a certificate of insurance. They refused to say whether the policy number and company name matched a live policy. I pointed out the PDF was unsigned. “If there's a claim, we would check,” they said, and also “it’s taken on good faith.” Seems nuts. Is it normal?
January 22, 2026 at 11:49 AM
I called Simply Business to verify a certificate of insurance. They refused to say whether the policy number and company name matched a live policy. I pointed out the PDF was unsigned. “If there's a claim, we would check,” they said, and also “it’s taken on good faith.” Seems nuts. Is it normal?
This is a brilliant essay by @tonsky.me — not only for the specifics, if you're interested in interface design, but as a reminder that improvement requires understanding and courage tonsky.me/blog/tahoe-i...
It’s hard to justify Tahoe icons
Looking at the first principles of icon design—and how Apple failed to apply all of them in macOS Tahoe
tonsky.me
January 21, 2026 at 11:17 AM
This is a brilliant essay by @tonsky.me — not only for the specifics, if you're interested in interface design, but as a reminder that improvement requires understanding and courage tonsky.me/blog/tahoe-i...
Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42. Post the second sentence.
“Propaganda is not a science in the laboratory sense, but it is no longer entirely the empircal affair that it was before the advent of the study of mass psychology.”
“Propaganda is not a science in the laboratory sense, but it is no longer entirely the empircal affair that it was before the advent of the study of mass psychology.”
Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42, post the second sentence.
"By deleting a repository, there’s a very real chance that a project many people rely on will cease to exist."
"By deleting a repository, there’s a very real chance that a project many people rely on will cease to exist."
Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42, post the second sentence.
‘We are our own worst enemies when we take ourselves that seriously.’
‘We are our own worst enemies when we take ourselves that seriously.’
January 21, 2026 at 11:11 AM
Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42. Post the second sentence.
“Propaganda is not a science in the laboratory sense, but it is no longer entirely the empircal affair that it was before the advent of the study of mass psychology.”
“Propaganda is not a science in the laboratory sense, but it is no longer entirely the empircal affair that it was before the advent of the study of mass psychology.”
Life lesson
![Comic. [Person running on a giant round toward a pole vaulting crossbar; a long pole bent in an arch from the ground, over the crossbar, to the ground again, with person climbing it upside down over the crossbar; person runs to catch up with a long poll rolled into a circle and tied that is rolling toward the crossbar, jumps to catch it, hanging off as it spins, and then is flung over the crossbar when it approaches.] [caption] Fun fact: There are no limits on the length or diameter of the pole in pole vault.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreigiodbgg6uit2nyaztgy2e3cfss2e4emtlwpawyjxlekqqnhhxlj4@jpeg)
December 29, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Life lesson
Barry Ferns’ excellent YouTube channel Barrys Economics is well worth your subscription. Everyone needs this particular video: to paraphrase, let's adopt capitalism instead of whatever the f**k this is. www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQh7...
Why The Rich Hate Capitalism - Barry's Economics
YouTube video by Barry's Economics
www.youtube.com
December 28, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Barry Ferns’ excellent YouTube channel Barrys Economics is well worth your subscription. Everyone needs this particular video: to paraphrase, let's adopt capitalism instead of whatever the f**k this is. www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQh7...
If you're in the north and you use wood, you might be interested in these two lots of oak beams being auctioned today. Current bid ~£1k each (reserve not met). Bidding ends at midday; they often invite post-sale offers for things that don't sell/meet reserve www.bidspotter.co.uk/en-gb/auctio...
December 28, 2025 at 9:48 AM
If you're in the north and you use wood, you might be interested in these two lots of oak beams being auctioned today. Current bid ~£1k each (reserve not met). Bidding ends at midday; they often invite post-sale offers for things that don't sell/meet reserve www.bidspotter.co.uk/en-gb/auctio...
@dougdemuro.bsky.social reviews the new Cadillac Celestiq www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yuo3.... I knew it looked familiar. #idbuythatforadollar
December 10, 2025 at 9:13 AM
@dougdemuro.bsky.social reviews the new Cadillac Celestiq www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yuo3.... I knew it looked familiar. #idbuythatforadollar
@ajpbradley.bsky.social Black boxes for the EV per-mile levy? Surely all they need to do is require you to declare your odometer reading whenever you tax the car. Cheap, and avoids further erosion of privacy. Yes, you can lie, but you can lie on your tax return, too — it's just illegal.
December 4, 2025 at 4:11 PM
@ajpbradley.bsky.social Black boxes for the EV per-mile levy? Surely all they need to do is require you to declare your odometer reading whenever you tax the car. Cheap, and avoids further erosion of privacy. Yes, you can lie, but you can lie on your tax return, too — it's just illegal.
If you send a letter to HMRC by special delivery to get proof of delivery, you must send it to HMRC, BP8002, Benton Park View, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE98 1ZZ www.gov.uk/find-hmrc-co...
Mind you, the “proof” of delivery is this. I wonder whether they use the same image for everyone. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Mind you, the “proof” of delivery is this. I wonder whether they use the same image for everyone. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
November 10, 2025 at 4:51 PM
If you send a letter to HMRC by special delivery to get proof of delivery, you must send it to HMRC, BP8002, Benton Park View, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE98 1ZZ www.gov.uk/find-hmrc-co...
Mind you, the “proof” of delivery is this. I wonder whether they use the same image for everyone. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Mind you, the “proof” of delivery is this. I wonder whether they use the same image for everyone. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Do better, Google.
October 11, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Do better, Google.
Reposted by Lorenzo Wood
"Here Comes the Sun" is a wonderful mix of grounded optimism and cautious realism. It's written by @billmckibben.bsky.social, who has been worried (with good reason) for 4 decades about risks of escalating global warming. But it surveys recent game-changing improvements in solar & wind tech.
October 11, 2025 at 12:02 PM
"Here Comes the Sun" is a wonderful mix of grounded optimism and cautious realism. It's written by @billmckibben.bsky.social, who has been worried (with good reason) for 4 decades about risks of escalating global warming. But it surveys recent game-changing improvements in solar & wind tech.
Go and see @realfaketheatre.bsky.social ’s English Kings Killing Foreigners at the Soho Theatre. Excellent stuff. sohotheatre.com/events/engli...
youtu.be/CDhiWFOtejE
youtu.be/CDhiWFOtejE
English Kings Killing Foreigners Trailer
YouTube video by Realfake Theatre
youtu.be
October 11, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Go and see @realfaketheatre.bsky.social ’s English Kings Killing Foreigners at the Soho Theatre. Excellent stuff. sohotheatre.com/events/engli...
youtu.be/CDhiWFOtejE
youtu.be/CDhiWFOtejE
Not news to anyone, but just for the record: what a pile of crap is Ticketmaster. If they're really that concerned about security they could issue queueing tokens ahead of time. "Your access to the queue is restricted for reasons” is not much use in the moment.
October 9, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Not news to anyone, but just for the record: what a pile of crap is Ticketmaster. If they're really that concerned about security they could issue queueing tokens ahead of time. "Your access to the queue is restricted for reasons” is not much use in the moment.
Is anyone, or can anyone put me in touch with, a telco installation engineer that does installs for Community Fibre?
October 8, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Is anyone, or can anyone put me in touch with, a telco installation engineer that does installs for Community Fibre?
Watch out if you're going north over Wandsworth bridge (perhaps to the Piper Building). A good idea to improve air quality has been implemented in the most get-rich-quick way. Don’t drive (even an EV, ironically) past any of these signs to avoid a penalty. Sure to catch every one-off visitor.
September 17, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Watch out if you're going north over Wandsworth bridge (perhaps to the Piper Building). A good idea to improve air quality has been implemented in the most get-rich-quick way. Don’t drive (even an EV, ironically) past any of these signs to avoid a penalty. Sure to catch every one-off visitor.
Everyone's experienced Google’s shoddy results in recent times. In this one, the answer to "how many cables can I get in my trunking" is 140–150, and then 29 if you expand it. Actual answer: 22. 🙄
September 17, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Everyone's experienced Google’s shoddy results in recent times. In this one, the answer to "how many cables can I get in my trunking" is 140–150, and then 29 if you expand it. Actual answer: 22. 🙄
Man hacks LLM into Animal Crossing chat. Marvellous (via @hackernewsbot.bsky.social ). youtu.be/7AyEzA5ziE0?... Also blog post at joshfonseca.com/blogs/animal...
I Replaced Animal Crossing's Dialogue with AI by Hacking GameCube Memory
YouTube video by josh :)
youtu.be
September 11, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Man hacks LLM into Animal Crossing chat. Marvellous (via @hackernewsbot.bsky.social ). youtu.be/7AyEzA5ziE0?... Also blog post at joshfonseca.com/blogs/animal...
Geoffrey Hinton makes a provocative case that LLMs might be the best model of human understanding that we have. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ikdz....
(Might be of interest, @albertatech.bsky.social)
#ri
(Might be of interest, @albertatech.bsky.social)
#ri
Will AI outsmart human intelligence? - with 'Godfather of AI' Geoffrey Hinton
YouTube video by The Royal Institution
www.youtube.com
August 10, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Geoffrey Hinton makes a provocative case that LLMs might be the best model of human understanding that we have. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ikdz....
(Might be of interest, @albertatech.bsky.social)
#ri
(Might be of interest, @albertatech.bsky.social)
#ri
If investors bought 27% of US homes sold in the last three months, what's the figure for the UK?
“What do the rich do with their passive income? They buy your mum's house” — @garyseconomics.bsky.social abcnews.go.com/Business/wir... #inequality
“What do the rich do with their passive income? They buy your mum's house” — @garyseconomics.bsky.social abcnews.go.com/Business/wir... #inequality
Investors snap up growing share of US homes as traditional buyers struggle to afford one
Real estate investors are buying a larger share of U.S. homes as high prices and borrowing costs deter traditional buyers
abcnews.go.com
July 14, 2025 at 12:04 AM
If investors bought 27% of US homes sold in the last three months, what's the figure for the UK?
“What do the rich do with their passive income? They buy your mum's house” — @garyseconomics.bsky.social abcnews.go.com/Business/wir... #inequality
“What do the rich do with their passive income? They buy your mum's house” — @garyseconomics.bsky.social abcnews.go.com/Business/wir... #inequality
Hey @anthropic.com — it would be really helpful if you could refine the Claude web client so that if you add a new line with shift+return, subsequently the return key adds a new line rather than submitting the request. I say this after about the 100th time I've had to stop, edit and resubmit.
May 11, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Hey @anthropic.com — it would be really helpful if you could refine the Claude web client so that if you add a new line with shift+return, subsequently the return key adds a new line rather than submitting the request. I say this after about the 100th time I've had to stop, edit and resubmit.
Gordon Brown is delivering the John Smith Memorial lecture at Cadogan Hall on 21st May. Free tickets (limit 2) cadoganhall.com/whats-on/joh...
The John Smith Memorial Lecture with Gordon Brown | Cadogan Hall
cadoganhall.com
April 24, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Gordon Brown is delivering the John Smith Memorial lecture at Cadogan Hall on 21st May. Free tickets (limit 2) cadoganhall.com/whats-on/joh...
Reposted by Lorenzo Wood
We took over the giant screen at Farage’s big rally in Birmingham
March 28, 2025 at 9:50 PM
We took over the giant screen at Farage’s big rally in Birmingham
👎🏻 SendGrid. Used them for years. So broken now even account creation doesn't work.
👍🏻 Brevo. Five minutes to set up an account and send my first e-mail. Great job.
👍🏻 Brevo. Five minutes to set up an account and send my first e-mail. Great job.
March 26, 2025 at 11:59 AM
👎🏻 SendGrid. Used them for years. So broken now even account creation doesn't work.
👍🏻 Brevo. Five minutes to set up an account and send my first e-mail. Great job.
👍🏻 Brevo. Five minutes to set up an account and send my first e-mail. Great job.