Odds and Ends of History

Odds and Ends of History

The Great Odds and Ends AI Show & Tell!

I asked and you have delivered!

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James O'Malley
Nov 10, 2026
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Weirdly my post this morning seems to have disappeared from Substack website, so I’m sending this out again. Huge apologies if you’re receiving it twice.


Last Friday, I put out the call to my readers to send me your best AI builds – the personal projects, that have improved your life in some way or other – to illustrate some tangible ways the on-going revolution is proving useful in the real world.

And I’m pleased to say, that you have filled my inbox with some absolutely fantastic creations.

So this week, I’m delighted to present the highlights. I’m genuinely amazed at how imaginative my audience is, to the point where I might have another call out for projects in the new year.1

Here’s what I’m featuring this time:

  • A helpful musical tool that isn’t drowning in advertising

  • An incredible one-upping of my own bin day app

  • A super clever land use analysis tool

  • How Trevor discovered his family history

  • A better way to read comics

  • An incredible agricultural contraption

  • How to make a game actually teach you something

  • AI making sense of Britain’s wildly complicated devolution landscape

  • How AI is getting Charlie’s kids into cooking

  • How a custom app for a scouts group led to a fun evening

  • How Claude is keeping Tristan healthy

  • …And how AI is increasing the amount of Ukulele music in the world

Now let’s get started!

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