Items I happen to view each day. Science, Technology, Management, Culture, and Writing

    This is my day book for this week. It is a log of things I see on the Internet.

This week: 24 February - 2 March, 2025

Summary of this week:

• The Russians are still in Ukraine
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Monday 24 February 2025

Strong rumors that Apple will show a MacBook Air with an M4 processor in March.

This week, Intuitive Machines is expected to launch its second lunar lander. They landed on the moon last year, but the lander toppled over on its side.

42% of us cannot name a news influencer. I cannot. Does Tony Kornheiser count? Times change. Walter Cronkite is gone.

And now we have a chattering bot to be a counselor for American teenagers. Do not forget that some person built this thing and its advice follows what that person would advise.

X releases an AI tool to create ads and monitor ad performance.

Apple has a plan to add 20,000 manufacturing jobs in the US over a few years.

A few pieces of Apple news. Included is a plan to put model circuitry inside the main processors for mobile devices.

Meanwhile in China, Alibaba plans to spend $53Billion (with a B) on AI and its support.

Microsoft is cancelling leases on datacenters. It appears the most of the big tech companies have over estimated their needs and bought too much.

I'll just quote, "At the moment, the higher your degree, the longer it will take for you to find a job." I agree. PhD with eight months of looking for a job, any job.

Movies don't reflect current news. See, e.g., all the movies made in the couple of years after 9/11/2001. Nothing. Nothing at all.

I'll just quote the headline, "The Perfect Guide for Where to Submit Your Writing (Does Not Exist)"

There will be little rubs and disappointments everywhere, and we are all apt to expect too much; but then, if one scheme of happiness fails, human nature turns to another; if the first calculation is wrong, we make a second better: we find comfort somewhere.---Jane Austen, Mansfield Park

Use the local Public(ly funded) Library to help promote your book.

Here are some computer and organization basics for freelance writers. This is on the lines of "a place for everything and everything in its place." A necessary evil or something.

The long-term view of trying to be a published author.

One writer's thoughts on the process of writing something long like a novel.

I'll just quote the headline, "How to Improve Your Chances of Getting Published"

Thoughts on skewing time for characters. It is fiction---all made up. Sure the writer can do this.

Thoughts on running a writers retreat. Do one for yourself. Oh, you want to spend all the money up front and hope others will come to your retreat? Now, that is a business and should be run as a business by a business person. Creative writers need not apply (unless they have enough money to lose).

Tuesday 25 February 2025

Wednesday 26 February 2025

Thursday 27 February 2025

Friday 28 February 2025

Saturday 1 March 2025

Sunday 2 March 2025