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Partii Trick - A Wii and a Printer for mindless entertainment
16th July 2025Creating a 3D version of my flat, connected to a printer to print virtual paintings in the real world. All on the Wii.
Redistribution and economic growth by replacing the BBC Licence Fee
First published for the Young Fabians.
Published Article (PDF) at youngfabians.org.ukSeptember 2024
The BBC Licence Fee acts as a regressive poll tax. I make the case for a progressive, redistributive replacement.
A question of trust: AI is unsuited for the real world
5th November 2023AI isn't going to destroy humanity, but they're unreliable, unaccountable, and untrustworthy.
Programming with printers: Don't.
25th August 2023I worked on a project to build a printer driver for the 3DS. I now have a violent hatred of printers.
Art of the DVD menu - a collection
31st July 2023Elaborate, confusing, failing to conform to accessibility guidelines. This page documents some of the favorites I have come across, with some rants.
AI as an Infinite Dopamine Machine
14th May 2023Put an AI in charge of a virtual world, its aim to maximise dopamine levels. What could go wrong?
A ChatGPT plagiarism experiment
17th January 2023Much has been written about the potential risk of academic plagiarism made possible using the ChatGPT tool. Can the AI itself detect its own handiwork?