brandur.org

I'm Brandur. This site is where I publish words and photos. The section updated most often is atoms, short multimedia particles reminiscent of a Twitter feed. I update my now page monthly according to what I'm working on and thinking about. I publish a newsletter as often as I can.

Caveman April 12, 2026
In 1980, Michael Crichton characters in Congo spoke like cavemen to save satellite bandwidth. It was absurd. Ridiculous! Forty-five years later, we’re doing the same thing with LLMs to save tokens. fragment
"Somewhere" (2010) review April 6, 2026
Short review of Sofia Coppola’s 2010 movie Somewhere. Unless I miss my mark, it’s the same movie as Lost in Translation? fragment
050 — API Spring March 29, 2026
On the second wave of the API-first economy, and a few more photos from Indonesia, this time at Piaynemo Geosite in Raja Ampat. nanoglyph

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