Practicing for my last day of work.

A person relaxes in a colorful hammock in a backyard, surrounded by grass, trees, and a small playground.

Jason Gorman

What makes LLMs work isn’t deep neural networks or attention mechanisms or vector databases or anything like that.

What makes LLMs work is our tendency to see faces on toast.

Getting a layoff notice as World War III starts dipping its toes in the waters was not on my bingo card for 2025.

P.S.

Learnings makes you sound like a damn clown. Even if everybody says it — they all sound like clowns. nolearnings.com

Liquid Glass:

A computer screen displays the Windows Vista operating system with two folders open, showcasing the Control Panel and a Windows Explorer window, alongside the Start menu.

This all day. I bust out into a cold sweat every time this screen pops up.

Apple updated the Phone app. But the real question is: did they fix this?

Allowing myself some space to slow down.

Vibrant blue flowers with white centers are blossoming in a lush green foliage.

Currently listening:

Auto-generated description: Album cover showing two drummers are playing side by side on a stage, with the text Krupa and Rich above them.

You can hear their friendship come through in their playing and trading of solos.

This clown car we’re all on definitely did not pass NHTSA safety requirements.

Years from now, someone will uncover that the selfie camera was the cause of society’s demise.

“Written without AI” is the new “Written on my phone, please excuse typos”

Airplane, with occasional cancer.

We should all double down on TACO. Just like we should have doubled down on “he’s just weird”.

I am salivating over these kits and fortunately they are local pickup only on the Reverb listings!

A drum set with a bass drum, two tom-toms, and a floor tom is setup in a room with hardwood floors.A black Yamaha drum set with chrome hardware is arranged on a wooden floor.

Two poignant pieces I’ve been reading over and over today:

Each piece a reminder of what’s important, and within grasp despite the bullshit surrounding us.

Clouds trying to get me while I was riding my bike.

A vast sky with wispy clouds stretches over a rural landscape with scattered greenery and a gravel area.

My new Canopus (amazing drum company from Japan) snare drum arrived. 4 x 14 all maple shell with die cast hoops. It’s heavy and meaty. I hope one day to own a full Canopus set.

A hand is holding a Canopus snare drum above a table with red placemats.A close-up view of a drum set featuring a snare drum and tom, with a drumstick resting on top.

“Agentic” is something I want to see wiped, nay, obliterated… from all languages.

Today’s bounty.

A tray is filled with grilled meats, including sausages and chicken, sitting on an outdoor table with grass in the background.

Currently listening to the best movie soundtrack ever made.

A music player app is displaying "Burn" by The Cure from "The Crow" soundtrack, featuring dark artwork of a crow.