by David Wilson | Sep 20, 2025 | All, Humour, Technology, Whimsy |
During a recent visit to Bristol’s Cribbs Causeway shopping centre, I found myself outside the Lego shop. It was the first time I’d noticed it, to be honest. “You go on.” I said to Mrs Wormwood. “I’ll catch you up in Waterstones.” On stepping inside, I was greeted by...
by David Wilson | Jan 29, 2025 | All, Climate, Opinion, Politics, Whimsy |
I just heard the announcement that the government is to give the go-ahead for the third runway at Heathrow. Apparently, this is meant to deliver that longed-for but elusive prize: economic growth. Now, I don’t necessarily have a problem with economic growth and,...
by David Wilson | May 1, 2024 | All, Humour, Musings, Walking, Whimsy |
It is only in the last year or two that the thought of falling down stairs has begun to bother me. As a child I recall my mother’s hushed tones as she shared the news with one of her chapel-going friends that ‘Elsie has had a little fall’. In view of the fact that...
by David Wilson | Aug 19, 2021 | All, Humour, Technology, Whimsy |
So we have two of our grandchildren with us for a sleepover. They are settling down for the night when Jossie (just three years old) asks: “Have you got OK Google?” To which Granny replies: “What? We have something like ‘Hey Google’ or at least we used to but I don’t...
by David Wilson | Oct 22, 2020 | All, Science, Whimsy |
In part 1 of this exploration I introduced a fantastical story by the Polish writer Stanislaw Lem. It describes how an inventor called Trurl constructs an electronic bard — a poetry-writing machine — and invites his arch-rival, Klapaucius to set it a challenge. At...
by David Wilson | Oct 19, 2020 | All, Science, Whimsy |
So I have been trying to persuade GPT-3 (an artificial intelligence) to write poetry.Sorry about the wait, by the way, but it comes with the territory. Omnivorism being essentially all about the pursuit of a multiplicity of interests, there is always the risk I...
