#Spooktober 22: The Spectre Barber

October 22, 2024

Today’s reading on my Patreon is “The Spectre Barber” by Johann Karl August Musäus translated and collected by Helen Smith in The Decameron of the West (1839).

architecture, engineering and construction

The Standard, the Tooling, the Agent: Three Futures for BIM

Some people asked me what I think of AI in the new Revit 2027. Other people asked me what I think of the entire Autodesk Cloud ecosystem being rebranded as Forma. More people requested I express an opinion on the lack of mention to agentic

April 15, 2026 8:00 am

movies and tv

Unveil: Jadewind

Well, I did something unusual: I watched a Chinese TV series that has no English dubbing, just subtitles. Which makes it hard to do it while I work because I have to pay more attention to the subtitles, but I guess it’s useful to hone

April 12, 2026 6:24 pm

books and literature

Fox Friday: The Fox by D.H. Lawrence

The two girls were usually known by their surnames, Banford and March. They had taken the farm together, intending to work it all by themselves: that is, they were going to rear chickens, make a living by poultry, and add to this by keeping a

April 10, 2026 9:00 am