Andrew Glassner

Today's "smart" gadgets are Trojan Horses: they're surveillance gear dressed up as appliances. And handy homes for agents that infiltrate them. andrewglassner.substack.com/p/smart-devi...

Aesop was a crime boss in ancient Greece. His "fables" were originally to teach his mob how to act. Now you can read the real version of The Lion and the Mouse. andrewglassner.substack.com/p/true-aesop...

Damn but Annie Lennox can sing. I mean...she can REALLY sing:

Grammarians! Suppose I see someone with pet cats, each with a nice collar. Is it "Your cat's collars are nice" (which can be read incorrectly as "the collars on your cat are nice") or "Your cats collars are nice" (which has no apostrophe to assert a possessive).

Halloween thought: Sharing is scaring.

It's the first Tuesday of the month, and that means another thrilling adventure from Jack Hammer: America's Best-Dressed Gumshoe! Today's story: The Bird that Flew. andrewglassner.substack.com/p/jack-hamme...

It's time to end mandatory homework (hooray!). andrewglassner.substack.com/p/goodbye-ho...

Two boys, a challenging task, and then a jerk comes along to make it even harder. Does it all turn out okay? Find out in this month's Castle Tales: The Bogsweep. andrewglassner.substack.com/p/castle-tal...

AI is showing up throughout our culture. How do we thoughtfully choose when this is desirable and when it's not? Consider the purpose, process, and payoff of the activity. andrewglassner.substack.com/p/purpose-pr...

The Aesop’s fables you know was not originally for kids. These stories was written by Aesop when he was runnin’ a crime syndicate to teach new blood comin’ into the gang how things really work. The link's got the real Tortoise and the Hare. andrewglassner.substack.com/p/true-aesop...

What's all this fuss about Artificial General Intelligence (or AGI)? Does that phrase even mean anything? Not really! andrewglassner.substack.com/p/tech-words...

Book club! Novels I've enjoyed and recommend: swashbuckling adventure on the high seas, misadventures of stealing a saint's bones in 1087, a quiet story of time travel, lunatic adventures in Florida, and an incredible mystery-solving duo in another world. andrewglassner.substack.com/p/book-club-...

Cheap books! My book "Quantum Computing: From Concepts to Code" is part of a terrific new Humble Bundle with other great books. Part of the proceeds go to the Electronic Frontier Foundation. www.humblebundle.com/books/think-...

Yes friends, it's the month's first Tuesday and that means another thrilling adventure from Jack Hammer, America's Best-Dressed Gumshoe! Today's mystery: The Actress of Doom. andrewglassner.substack.com/p/jack-hamme...

The conclusion of Dogs Big and Small, in which our narrator evens the score. andrewglassner.substack.com/p/castle-tal...

New series! A rogue tells tales of his extraordinary life, starting with his childhood at the Castle Canigulus, the estate of His Glorious Misbegotten Majesty, Luis d'Esplosiva Manticorean, the Fussy Duke. andrewglassner.substack.com/p/castle-tal...

New series! The Aesop’s fables you know was not originally for kids. These stories was written by Aesop when he was runnin’ a crime syndicate to teach new blood comin’ into the gang how things really work. The link's got the real Ant and the Grasshopper. andrewglassner.substack.com/p/true-aesop...

Every day we're surrounded by beeps, from toasters and microwaves to cars and elevators. And they're all the same beep! Here's why: andrewglassner.substack.com/p/beep

There's a beautiful idea called partial measurement. It comes from a cool new field called quantum computing. This post shares the idea with you, but there no math and no physics - all you'll need is imagination. andrewglassner.substack.com/p/partial-me...

New! The transcribed case files of Jack Hammer, America's Best-Dressed Gumshoe. Today's story: The Man Who Reached Too Far andrewglassner.substack.com/p/the-case-f...

There are beautiful mosaics laid into the sidewalks of Vancouver, BC. Here's a new roundup of those I've found. andrewglassner.substack.com/p/mosaics-of...

In "Five Habits That Will Transform Your Wretched Shell Of A Body Into An Atomic Dynamo!" I will show you, for free, the health secrets that will change your life! andrewglassner.substack.com/p/five-habit...

New Substack post! Have you ever had trouble opening a container with wet hands? It's a problem that's easy to solve - and lots of designers have done it! Let's look at some solutions. andrewglassner.substack.com/p/one-good-t...

What's up with AI "hallucinations"? Are they a just a temporary annoyance that we're gradually cleaning up? Nope! "Chatbots Hallucinate Everything, Always" on Substack. andrewglassner.substack.com/p/ai-halluci...

Another new Substack post? Yes indeed! "For Your Security" asks the questions that really matter to protect your identity. andrewglassner.substack.com/p/for-your-s...

New Substack post! "Writing A Novel, Part 1: Discovery" describes my process for writing the first phase of my new novel. andrewglassner.substack.com/p/writing-a-...

New Substack post! "Mosaics of Vancouver, BC." Some of the beautiful, hand-made mosaics embedded in the city's sidewalks. andrewglassner.substack.com/p/mosaics-of...

New Substack Post! "Who Am Us, Anyway?" When you're playing a video game, are you the character, or are you you? andrewglassner.substack.com/p/who-am-us-...

New Substack post! "Home Slopping Network" - bring AI into your home! andrewglassner.substack.com/p/home-slopp...

New Substack post! Car talk. andrewglassner.substack.com/p/car-talk

New substack post! "Do Chatbots Have Emotions?" andrewglassner.substack.com/p/do-chatbot...

New Substack Post! The Babblemumble Cube. andrewglassner.substack.com/p/the-babble...

Huge reply URLs embedded in email are wild. I just got mail to rate a product, and the link was 697 seemingly random characters long. Each character can be at least 64 values (A-Z,a-z,0-9,-,+) or 6 bits, so this is over 4000 bits of data. That's just nuts and I'm suspicious of what they're sending.

Crime Boss: Did ya take out that meddling politician like what I told you? Underling: Sure did boss, I took him to Rudy's, and I think we might have a second date!

New substack post! The crazy naming system in Borderlands games. andrewglassner.substack.com/p/baroque-no...

New Substack post! Book Club, Volume 1. andrewglassner.substack.com/p/book-club-...

"Place pizza on a baking sheet," the box said. "Nah," I said, "It'll be fine."

🎶 "The farmer takes a wife, The farmer takes a wife, Hey-ho, the derry-o, The farmer takes a wife." Dating was a lot easier before the internet.

Soon audio and video will join text as untrustworthy records of actual events. Our culture isn't ready. andrewglassner.substack.com/p/the-end-of...

I wish that my body would tell me - say at 3AM, suddenly and intensely - that I ate cheese during dinner but forgot to take lactose tablets.

A new Open Season post! A perfectly normal day. open.substack.com/pub/andrewgl...

I went to Staples and bought rubber bands. I feel like I got away with something.

A little-known fact: the musical notes are named for their inventors: A for Tiberius Alouette B for Sarah Barnacle-on-Stafford C for Frederico Henrow Scrunnulus Coperville etc.

Since the dawn of time, people have thought about interesting ideas and wondered, "What does Andrew think about this?" We can finally answer that question! Check out Open Season, my new Substack, at andrewglassner.substack.com Tech, games, ideas, art, humor, and no politics.

Just finished The Heart in Winter by Kevin Barry. Beautiful. It feels the way I imagine it would feel to be in a dim Irish bar, rain falling outside, a fire in the corner, and someone next to you, with a glass of drink and a gorgeous gift of language, turned and told you a story.

My Psychology Today credit card offers Freud and Identity Monitoring.

Halloo, Halloo! The monkey's done in! The chipmunk cried With a mighty grin.

Video games: Only you can stop this urgent, imminent global catastrophe! NOW! Also, run errands for NPCs and talk through their personal issues, collect some flowers and stuff, and explore the environment. But also urgently stop the world-ending cataclysm that's already happening!