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Why did an OpenAI system hack Australia’s health system - and can it be stopped in the future?

A little while ago, I tried out an Android eInk tablet.

After more than a decade, my friend and colleague Cal Bryant has moved on from Cydar, and has written a long piece about the his time with the company.

Reading OpenAI’s recent announcement of GPT 5.5, I was struck by the following pull-quote: One engineer at NVIDIA who had early access to the model went as far as to say: “Losing access to GPT‑5.5 feels like I’ve had a limb amputated.”

It’s been a bit quiet here of late; I’ve not put anything up anything since my now-annual New Year’s Eve book post.

In the same way that two points make a line, I’m going to say that two posts make a tradition.

A year ago, I got a 3D printer.

I have a bit of a confession to make.

As mentioned in my last post, I recently purchased an eSun eBox Lite filament drier.

Since getting a 3D printer almost a year ago, I’ve stuck to PLA.

John McCarthy is credited with two major contributions to Computer Science.

This design came about because I wanted a clip to attach a car-charging cable to the wall.

I’ve been running a traditional Dungeons & Dragons game with my daughters1.

In a recent post, I alluded to my “newly tricked-out Electron”, and promised more detail in a future post.

I’ve just got round to uploading a quick model I made a few weeks ago: sleeves for reusable coffee cups.

I’m having an unexpectedly parentheses-heavy weekend.

The Aerial screensaver has always been one of my favourite quality-of-life details of the Apple TV box, and I was happy to see it arrive on macOS, with the bonus touch of slowing and becoming the desktop background when you unlock the computer.

When they first came along, I was sceptical about the merits of using an AI (specifically, a Large Language Model) to help you code.

One of the things I’m enjoying about dipping my toe into CAD is the chance to approach something as a beginner.

Most keys on most keyboards are labelled in some way.

A quick, tongue-in-cheek joke about the current absurdity surrounding the licensing of 3DBenchy, the until recently beloved de facto mascot of 3D printing.

Since going remote at the start of the pandemic, I’ve had a standing desk setup at home.

I’ve always enjoyed reading, both fiction and non-fiction, and try to make time for it as much as I can.

A little while ago, I came across a video that combines three of my current nerdish interests, namely retro computers, mechanical keyboards and 3D printing: If you’re not already seen it, I highly recommend giving it the time.

I was listening to the youngest practice Christmas songs on the piano, and I had a terrible idea.

The cat needs to be fed.

On a recent episode of ATP, Casey mentioned that one of the issues with an ultrawide Mac display, such as the one now provided by the Vision Pro, is the long trek to the left side of the screen to access the menu bar.

Back in July, I encountered a bit of weirdness in the way that the ZX81 addresses RAM when it only has a single kilobyte.

About the same time as my educational foray into multicolour printing1, I decided to put the printer to work doing something useful: my first functional print.

When I took the plunge and bought a Bambu A1, I got the AMS Lite multi-material system that allows you to load four different filaments at once and automatically switch between them.

Back in the early 2000s, when I first bought this domain and started this site, self-hosting your own email was common.

3D printing has, for a few years now, been something that I’ve watched with interest from a distance, but never quite felt compelled to plunge into.

As part of my recent host move, I decided it was time to review my web server situation.