Ged Carroll https://renaissancechambara.jp/ (renaissance chambara since 2003) Sat, 12 Sep 2026 00:45:45 +0000 en hourly 1 https://i0.wp.com/renaissancechambara.jp/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/cropped-50120958447_36f6157f2e_c.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Ged Carroll https://renaissancechambara.jp/ 32 32 Apple’s MacBook Pro at 20. http://renaissancechambara.jp/2026/09/09/apples-macbook-pro-at-20/ Wed, 09 Sep 2026 00:21:32 +0000 https://renaissancechambara.jp/?p=72871 Apple’s MacBook Pro turned 20 this year. Steve Jobs introduced the move to Intel processors that made the original Apple MacBook Pro possible at WWDC 2005. The reason revolved around computing power per watt. PowerPC’s offered 15 units of performance per watt, Intel’s future roadmap at the time offered 70 units of performance per watt. […]

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]]> August 2026 – the more than eleven edition http://renaissancechambara.jp/2026/08/27/august-2026-the-more-than-eleven-edition/ Thu, 27 Aug 2026 14:24:48 +0000 https://renaissancechambara.jp/?p=74520 August 2026 introduction – (37)  Welcome to the 37th edition of my newsletter or as a bingo caller would say ‘more than eleven’. 37 in Chinese is largely considered positive as a number, based on its component numbers of 3 and 7. On the Chinese internet 37 is used to say thank you because of […]

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]]> 2026 media diary http://renaissancechambara.jp/2026/08/17/2026-media-diary/ Mon, 17 Aug 2026 00:42:50 +0000 https://renaissancechambara.jp/?p=74502 The 2026 media diary post is an update and a reflection on past posts that I have written in the same vein. The first one was inspired by a request that Stephen Waddington put out in 2015. I wrote the next iteration during CoVID. I was working from home in a role where it was […]

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]]> William Gibson + more things http://renaissancechambara.jp/2026/08/13/william_gibson_more-things/ Thu, 13 Aug 2026 12:38:59 +0000 https://renaissancechambara.jp/?p=74447 William Gibson I have been thinking a lot about William Gibson recently. Judging by my social feeds, the Neo Tokyo aesthetic has saturated mainstream culture (from 90s anime clips, tech wear, creator built cyber decks and Hong Kong at night) and our Silicon Valley elites sound more like Wintermute at every turn. The K-shaped economy […]

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]]> July 2026 – the three dozen edition http://renaissancechambara.jp/2026/07/29/july-2026/ Wed, 29 Jul 2026 10:48:59 +0000 https://renaissancechambara.jp/?p=74310 July 2026 introduction – (36)  Welcome to the 36th edition of my newsletter or as a bingo caller would say ‘three dozen’. And yes that’s the most uninspired yet functional bingo lingo I’ve come across on this journey so far. 36 seemed strangely appropriate as that was the temperature inside my house on the celsius […]

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