Tuesday, April 14, 2026

REMS vs Deep Sleep

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Interpreting sleep report data… Aurora:  What does REM mean? Giulia:  Stands for rapid eye movement. Aurora:  Anything special about it? Giu...
Thursday, April 9, 2026

Snags for Chatbots Keeping Appointments (see Part 1, 23 March 2026)

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Erica joins the conversation… Erica:  I often start with "How's your day shaping up?" It invites personal sharing, and keeps c...
Sunday, April 5, 2026

Zine Fair Planning

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End of semester grading looms… Geoff:  Instead of a final essay, to avoid AI-written submissions, I’m having my students create zines. Nancy...
Wednesday, April 1, 2026

White Boneless Rabbit

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Featured this month are three washed white rabbits to wish you luck during April. Boneless they may be, but there is a captivating look abou...
Monday, March 23, 2026

Conversational Closures of Chatbots (1)

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Psychologist meets linguist… Karl : Closings, yes. Many clients say they feel awkward ending conversations. They fear seeming rude. Eveline ...
Thursday, March 19, 2026

From Chippie to Nailist

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Leckie tradie commiserates with chippie tradie… Woodi : You won’t believe it, my best apprentice just quit. Sparky : Quit? What happened? To...
Wednesday, March 18, 2026

Two cyborgs find neither is human

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A voice bot of Edward calls his counsellor. Edward:  Hello… Eliza? I wasn’t sure if this number would still connect. Eliza:  It does. I’m he...
Tuesday, March 10, 2026

Lorna sees the Nenes

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Lorna is taken to a club some years ago… Sanae:  It’s a small place but a bit special. They’re famous. Lorna:  What does Nenes mean? Sanae: ...
Friday, March 6, 2026

March Comes in Like a Lion

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Sakura wonders at the naming of the manga… Hiroshi : Not random, I read that Umino knew the English expression, “March comes in like a lion ...
Sunday, March 1, 2026

White Rabbit Dead Heat Win

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You will (or maybe won't) have seen the success of the three White Rabbits representing JAPAN finishing in a DEAD HEAT at the Italian Wi...
Friday, February 27, 2026

The Shortness of February

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Gabriella is grumbling about the brevity of February… Pauline : That’s what I love that about it. February’s like a polite guest drops in, b...
Saturday, February 21, 2026

Chess Strategies and Life Skills

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  Karolyn is writing an article about learning pattern recognition, patience, planning, adapting, weighing tradeoffs, stopping to rethink......
Wednesday, February 18, 2026

Rabbit Card for Year of the Horse

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Nok has a new Bangkok transit card… Maew:  A horse? Why has it got “rabbit” written underneath?  Nok : It’s the Year of the Horse. Even peop...
Wednesday, February 11, 2026

Drone vs Osmo Pocket 3

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Tool comparison Peter:  When you want low-level footage a small drone is unbeatable. You just float it where no hand-held camera could reach...
Friday, February 6, 2026

Zoom Flameout

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Zoom screen vanishes… Trevor:  My Zoom link just collapsed mid-sentence. Xen:  Looks like your connection blinked out for a moment. Let’s ge...