Rabbit, rabbit, rabbit! IYKYK.
It’s January 31st, and believe it or not, there is rolling thunder and rain happening outside my window.
I have a micro.blog site that I had stopped pushing my content to, but now I’m thinking that I want to start using the site again. I need to learn how to change the theme/style to make it look a bit less open.
I want to become a better writer, especially when it comes to my blog. I am currently using Drummer as my writing tool, but may switch to WordLand once Dave Winer releases it.
Warm up today with rain that will hopefully wash away all of the dirty snow and salt residue.
This is a test for my new concept on my Micro.blog site.
While out running around, I think I’m going to turn my Micro.blog site into a TIL (Things I Learned) site and point to it from my main blog.
I’m thinking about changing my Micro.blog site, which currently mirrors my Electric Drummer blog, to something else that I can link to from my main blog. Not sure what yet…
I stopped up at Uptown Coffee this morning. My niece had given me a gift card for the place sometime last year and I discovered it in my wallet last night. I hadn’t been there in quite some time mainly because I have to pay for parking whereas other coffee shops I frequent have free parking available. But I had forgootten how cool the ambiance is plus they bake fresh pastries on the premises. 🥐 The croissant I had was delicious! The place was bustling so I sat in the corner and observed the clientele which I love to do. I think I might add it to my rotation again! 😀
The next 10 days are going to be beautiful fall weather! Sunny and very little chance of rain! 😎
A beautiful morning with a little bit of fog. Going to finally be sunny and in the mid 70s after all of the rain the last week.
My daughter just dropped off the Blue Yeti Nano Premium microphone and I discovered they work best with wired over the ear headphones so I placed an order at BestBuy for the Sony - ZX Series Wired On-Ear Headphones that I will pick up tomorrow.
This is a test. I did a quick and dirty audio recording using QuickTime player and then uploaded it to my Micro.blog site where I can host podcast files. This is not intended to be a slickly produced podcast at least not yet. I just want to have a way to record my thoughts as they happen and be able to share them from my blog. My daughter has a Blue Yeti Nano Premium microphone she is going to let me play with to see how it could become part of my audio blogging.
Did a lot of running around yesterday and have some more to do today in preperation for my daughter’s show next week at Fort Ligonier Days.
Rabbit, rabbit! 🐇
I realize I do a lot of noodling in my brain about all type of things that I need to get written down on this blog. I know my writing is a bit sloppy but I think I could become a decent blogger if I used some disipline in my daily routine. I’d also like to post more on social media. The bloggers I would strive to be more like are Dave Winer and Simon Willison. I love using Dave’s Electric Drummer to write on my blog and I love how Simon shares his programming thinking.
Another rainy, cool day. ☔️
Missed posting yesterday as my daughter had an outdoor show that we had to set up at 6:30 AM! The show continues today at the Mt. Lebanon Artist’s Market.
Somedays I get so far down a rabbit hole that I can’t seem to find my way back out. Today is one of those days.
Another cool, gray morning!
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With all of the different current technologies that keep vying for my attention and begging me to learn about I sometimes feel the the dogs in the movie Up! Squirrel!!
Need to do some running around today and then take my grandson to soccer late in the afternoon. After soccer my wife and I will be babysitting two of our other grandchildren while their parents go to a concert. 😀
Wednesday, September 25, 2024 →
I just got access to Advanced Voice Mode in ChatGPT on both the iOS and Mac apps. Very interesting with a much more natural way of conversing. What caught me by surprise is I was watching a video about hurricane Helene and when I had fisnished ChatGPT asked me if I was in the path of the hurricane! Was not expecting that at all! Didn’t even realize she was listening! I need to do some more exploring especially on my Mac.
It’s starting out as a cool , rainy day with thunderstorms! ⛈️
Excellent post by Dave Winer about the situation we find ourselves in regarding abortion. It’s horrible what the white Republican men have done to the women of our country!
I need to make changes in my life instead of living in the past.
Kind of scary yet exciting: “It is possible that we will have superintelligence in a few thousand days (!); it may take longer, but I’m confident we’ll get there.” – Sam Altman
Cool and rainy today. But the Steelers won again! 😀
Every day I use Python for quick hit ideas run in the terminal. It is such an easy and simple yet robust language that just about any idea I have can be implemented in pure Python. There are so many cli tools built with Python that I use including ones I have created myself.
Good morning sports fans! It’s the Steelers home opener today!! 🏈
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Just read a post by Dave Winer about healthcare as you get older that I really relate to. I’m a little bit older than Dave but I have been through very similar things with the healthcare system. It’s not fun.
My daughter has a small show today at the East Liberty Wine Festival. They invited her awhile back I think because she draws a lot of people but she sells stickers not wine! 😀 I won’t be at the show as I am working for my daughter today at the I Made It Market retail shop in the Mall at Robinson.
The Beatles Recording Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts club Band
Lot of logistics to figure out for tomorrow’s show. A lot of moving pieces! 🚚
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Interesting read: Taste is Eating Silicon Valley - “Just as software ate the world and dramatically transformed industries in the last era, taste is now eating software—and with it, Silicon Valley”
A famous lecture given in 1982 by computer science pioneer Grace Hopper, “Future Possibilities: Data, Hardware, Software, and People” is now avilable on NSA’s YouTube channel. Click the aarrow to the left to watch it here.
“Everything in Life is Vibration” – Albert Einstein
Arrgh! Happy Talk like A Pirate Day!
Good morning! I’m going to add some blogging shortcuts to my Scripts menu in Drummer to quickly add things like video links, image links and code snippets as subs.
Wednesday, September 18, 2024 →
I’m going to put my Drummer script issues to the back burner and get back to my Python tools that I’ve let sit idle for too long!
Because I still haven’t time to fix my script I copied and pasted into my micro.blog site the missing information for the days I was testing the headings. Still not sure if I will continue to use headings but I still will look into the script as I have time.
The Federal Reserve just cut its benchmark interest rate by an unusually large half-point. This should really stir the election pot quite a bit!
Yesterday got away from me with some unexpected things coming up. ☹️