Can I just start this by saying that nowhere in this post will you find a definitive and precise answer to the question posed in the title. The poor spiders are chosen for investigation not because they are particularly relevant, nor because they have a great and mysterious purpose, but rather because there is one that has been web building outside our kitchen window for weeks and every time I do the washing up I am staring at it!!
George McConnell
Exit Music
Continuing the Rebus story – decided to work through the remaining novels
Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
First book after a long gap – fascinating it was too. It considered various options for the future as Artificial Intelligence is developed to what many see as its inevitable conclusion. Will probably blog on this subject, but the idea that in the same way as we now see great improvements in things like artificial limbs we could also see in artificial brains is – to say the least – interesting – as well as weird/concerning/worrying/downright scary in some respects.
Visit to Minneapolis 2018
Just a couple of days here at the end of the trip before flying home. This was the third time I have visited the Twin Cities – not many photos taken this time.
Flights in the US 2018
An unusual opportunity to sit by the window meant that I got to take more than the usual number of pictures during our flights. I was particularly impressed with Greenland.
Visit to Big Sur
Whilst staying in Monterey we took a trip down Highway 1 to visit Big Sur.
Monterey Bay Aquarium
The Aquarium in Monterey is a huge attraction at the end of Cannery Row.
Monterey Bay Aquarium – Private
Visit to Monterey 2018
Back here for the first time since 1994. For most of the albums of pics from the trip I have limited myself to no more than 50 images – failed to cut it down given that I had more than three times that many from the area. Was lucky enough to get up close to a family of deer and we spent one evening watching the sunset – stunning.
Seals of California
Mainly taken at the Elephant Seal Sanctuary near Hearst Castle – but also at Monterey, San Francisco and elsewhere. Noisy, smelly animals that often manage to produce cute pictures.