Google invited me to give Bard a try. Bard is Google's LLM AI model and the design and function is like ChatGPT, yet very different. Which, if you think about it, is no different than human intelligence. I'll leave that discussion for another time and place (and a couple of beers). Initially Bard wasn't [...]

Unlike most posts this one isn't about technology or security. Just a little history. Back in 1994 four Apple engineers (Kevin Brooks, Antonio Ordonez, Scott Winders and Dave Wells) decided it was time to build out our own part of The Internet. With Dave's knowledge of the BBS world, especially the discount program available [...]