The rambling ponderings of Eric "Gub" Snyder. I'm incurably curious. I ponder things like AI, the environment, sustainability, stranded assets, environmental stewardship, waste, waste reduction, thriving simply, living simply, genealogy, history, calendars, personal productivity...
Since it’s Sunday, April 5, let’s look at a fascinating engineering marvel that has a surprising connection to Canadian history—and it happened right on this day.
Today’s crash course is on The Ripple Rock Explosion, one of the largest non-nuclear planned explosions in history, which occurred on April 5, 1958.
Welcome to your daily briefing on the rapidly evolving landscape of Artificial Intelligence. Today, April 5, 2026, we see a massive push toward efficiency as labs pivot from "raw power" to "smarter compute," alongside a controversial new debate on AI psychology.
Welcome to your daily briefing on the fast-evolving world of Artificial Intelligence. From landmark federal frameworks in Washington to the rise of "Agentic AI" in the enterprise, here is what’s shaping the landscape today.
The AI landscape has reached a fever pitch this week with a "clash of the titans" in model releases and a significant shift in how global powers are regulating the next generation of intelligence. Here is your summary of the most critical developments in AI today.
