When everyone’s fighting about an Apple product, you know it’s going to be big… — And not just in Japan. If you’re at all into music, you’ll get the reference.😉 But this is not about music. Certainly, not in the traditional sense. But Apple’s announcement of the Vision Pro mixed reality headset was certainly music to my ears and a loud bang that reverberated across…

Forget the first-ever launch of the iPhone, the iPad, or even Apple Silicon. Undoubtedly highly impactful Apple events, as thanks to all three, today we do far more and with far more flexibility and creativity than we ever thought possible. That all, however, feels a lot less impressive now relative…

We don’t know where AI is headed, but better safe than sorry… — Let me open with the fact that I don’t believe one second in the hype surrounding AI, especially in its current form. Nor do I subscribe to the doom-and-gloom of it. I find myself somewhere in the comfortable middle, where, driven by pragmatism, I pay enough attention to it, not…

Bought it. Built it. Now we have to talk about it… — Here’s the spiel. The higher the price of a LEGO set, the more inclined I am to get critical. Not so much because of the price-tag, but rather the possibilities that price-tag gives to LEGO designers. LEGO sets are built to a budget, and in this particular case, 270 euros…

The little things that count more than anyone expected… — I don’t quite know how to put this without sounding like a superficial jerk, but whenever I meet an interesting lady that I might want to have more than just a casual dinner with, I always let out a little — barely noticeable — sigh of relief upon seeing them…

Don’t turn your coding passion into a road to hell… — Is burnout a form of depression? No, but to many it can sure feel that way, which means it’s serious and needs to be taken seriously. That’s a warning, though, that most of us, software engineers, never really take seriously. Some may go as far as calling it “not a…

At what point does content creation become unethical, and is there a universal understanding of what ethical content creation actually means? — I have been sitting on this draft for nearly six years. I had variations of it started many times, but only this one will see the light of day, and it does so, inspired by an event completely unrelated to ethical writing or content creation. While watching a Cold Fusion…

Everyone keeps saying LEGO prices are going up, but let the data speak for itself… — LEGO is not a cheap toy or hobby. Everyone says that, and relatively speaking, that’s mostly true. But people also say plenty of other things without really analysing the data, or doing enough digging into the facts, to see just how true their statements are. When it comes to the…

It only dawned on me in season 4, that I should build scenes from Netflix’s most acclaimed thriller, YOU, and why not, start with the darkest cage in recent TV history? All made of LEGO bricks… — Perhaps a very unexpected source of inspiration for building LEGO MOCs, but the more I looked at Joe’s cage, the more I found it intriguing from a LEGO builder’s perspective. Don’t read between the lines. There is nothing between the lines, I promise! 😄 I’ve been building set after set…