Researchers at Brown University just got a robot to do something as linguistically improbable as it is beautiful: After training to hand-write Japanese characters, the robot then turned around and started to copy words in a slew of other languages it’d never written before, including Hindi, Greek, and English, just by looking at examples of that handwriting. Not only that, it could do English in print and cursive. Oh, and then it copied a drawing of the Mona Lisa on its own for good measure. This Crafty Robot Can Write in Languages It’s Never Seen Before | WIRED

Digital minimalism is only 99p in the UK Kindle Store…I highly recommend it.

I know it’s no longer Monday but my micro @monday recommendation is @andynicholaides he’s recently returned and it’s great to have him here.

This is a second test of a new shortcut to post to microblog and include a category selected from a list. Second times a charm right…

Slow Cooked Pork Belly

Almost the end of month, which means time my now page is due for an update! I didn’t publicize my last update as it was about a week late. If you have a now page, send me a message with your link.

Famous Speeches: A List of the Greatest Speeches of All-Time -- James Clear 🔗

Famous Speeches: A List of the Greatest Speeches of All-Time

After reading that talk, I got to thinking… what other great talks and speeches are out there that I’ve never heard?

I’ve been slowly searching for answers to that question and the result is this list of my favorite interesting and insightful talks that are not widely known.

What a brilliant list and a brilliant idea. Curating inspiring talks on a page on a blog.