David Coveney

A personal blog transitioning into an exploration of the intersection of design, technology and ethics

Tag: humour

  • AI is predictive, not intelligent

    AI is predictive, not intelligent

    I hope you haven’t missed the big AI revolution going on right now? No? Yes? YES? You have no idea about it? Where do you live? On Mars? Ah OK, you were kidding. AI is being talked about everywhere, new devices like the Humane AI Pin or the Rabbit R1 are very much about it,…

  • I broke my heart in five places and got it fixed

    I broke my heart in five places and got it fixed

    A year ago, I was sitting, shorn of all body hair and waiting to go in for a five or six hour operation. I knew the next two weeks would be hell.

  • Hang on a sec…

    Seen in Sainsbury’s…

  • What Birds Are Saying

    What Birds Are Saying

    I must be having a creative spurt or something. Another one for b3ta. Oh, and ta to Douglas Adams for the original basis of the idea (I think it was in So Long and Thanks for all the Fish), and to my friend and colleague James Whitehead for additional inspiration.

  • Cuban bathrooms

    Cuban bathrooms

    Cuba has, shall we say, a more relaxed approach to electrical safety than some other countries. In part because it’s poor – good electrics are expensive – but also, I suspect, because of some ignorance and lackadaisical enforcement too. But I was still surprised to see this shower in our first B&B: I will say…

  • Videos are back!

    Ok, it’s supposed to be video of the week… yet since Christmas I’ve not been updating this section. My Bad! Now, I’m not about to go back to updating weekly. I’ve been busy, I’ve got trips planned, and it’s hard to update this section every single week unless some of you start sending me quality…

  • When Your Mic Breaks, Improvise!

    Sometimes you record a great hillclimb run (this one up Loton Park) only to find a technical glitch has spoilt the recording. So if that’s the case, you must improvise….

  • Car Games

    Car stunts have never had the flash factor of motorbikes…now it’s changed! It’s a viral, but good… here’s the two that have been done so far:

  • Vroom-Vroom

    Racing on a budget…

  • Welcome to the Home Page of Obsessive Compulsives UK

    Welcome to the Home Page of Obsessive Compulsives UK

    Welcome to our site – it’s taken a lot of work to get this far and… …hang on, let me just check the site’s still up. Oh I’d better save this file just in case. Hang on. Right where was I? Oh yes, we’re trying to do a lot of work here to help folk…