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Let me introduce Alan 0.9
Let me introduce you to my AI clone – Alan 0.9. He looks the same, and even sounds roughly the same. This is going to get very weird.
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Unlocking the power of MCP
Your AI assistant is smart but blind. It cannot see your databases, logs, or internal systems. The Model Context Protocol changes that. MCP creates a secure bridge between AI tools and your infrastructure. You define the connection once. The AI queries your entire organization through one standard interface.
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I like big Macs and I cannot lie
As a longtime Windows desktop and Ubuntu user, I finally explore the Apple Macbook Pro as my primary laptop. Discover the journey, the ups and downs, and finally what has turned me into a Macbook Pro fan.
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RNC research firm leaks data of 200m US citizens
1.1 terabytes of data includes birthdates, home addresses, telephone numbers and political views of nearly 62% of the entire US population.
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Do you still buy e-books as much as you did?
With e-book sales dropping as much as 26% year-on-year, has the shine gone off the kindle?
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Amazon will change Whole Foods – but to what?
Could Whole Foods morph into an Amazon’s version of CVS/Walgreens like store? Everything you need under one roof.
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Amazon buys Whole Foods $13.4B
Okay so this caught most of the industry off their feet, with Amazon announcing they are getting into bricks’n’mortar business big time by buying a Whole Foods, the horrendously expensive supermarket.
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Email still the king of social networks
Around 40% of your emails are being tracked for marketing purposes.
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FaunaDB – Pay-as-you-Store/Query database
FaunaDB, from the technical team that led the Twitter database team, have come out and announced their offering of a new style of database aimed at the serverless model.
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Those blue signs are cheaper than you think
Not nearly as expensive as you would think to rent space on this most valuable of places on the highway.
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Verizon * (Yahoo + AOL) = Oath
Verizon has completed its long awaited purchase of Yahoo, for only $4.48B – cheap for what was one of the Internet’s cornerstone properties. Mayer, is out, but she can take some consolation with her $23M package.
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Tesla to charge cars exclusively from the sun
Elon Musk has thrown down the nay-sayers and stated that all supercharger stations will eventually be off-the-grid. Given their recent acquisition of Solar City this was always on the cards.
the legend that is, Alan Williamson
For over 24 years, I’ve shared my thoughts here on this blog whenever the muse strikes.
It’s unpredictable, honest, unedited, and occasionally witty. I’m living the best years of my life, working harder than ever, learning each day and enjoying every second.
