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This is a recording of our AI Book Club discussion of The MANIAC by Benjamin Labatut, held August 16, 2026. This was the club's first work of fiction, and much of the discussion is about what that mode makes possible: getting inside the...
After spending 2 posts talking about how badly these local AI models are doing on my machine, I did want to show a example of the model performing surprisingly well. Using qwen 3.5 I asked it to describe the following image: A photo...
Sort of a follow-up to my previous post: I went jogging for the first time in ten years. I mentioned at the end of that post that my knee was hurting the day after my first jog, but as the day went on the pain went away. That had me...
In 2023, I was in need of a new laptop that should hopefully last me for a while. While looking at my options, I was seduced by Framework’s promise of a repairable and upgradable laptop that supports Linux out-of-the-box without weird...
I fed some of my songs through Google's AI chatbot, Gemini, to see what would happen. That may sound like the precursor to a joke --a joke that will allow me to spend several paragraphs detailing the hilarious, whacked-out observations...
I bought a Zune, but not just any Zune, the Halo 3 edition Zune. You might be asking yourself, "why?". You probably know by now that my favorite games are the original Bungie-era Halo games. Halo 3 of course being my favorite. And as my...
I occasionally hear middle-aged people wax nostalgic about how great college was. Often, they say it was the best time of their life. This has always seemed odd to me. I'm sure many people are happiest in university, but I have a hard...
In the late 80s, a manager at Microsoft named Paul Maritz sent an email to a colleague suggesting they “eat their own dogfood.” What he meant was that LAN Manager, a product he oversaw, should get more internal use. How could they build...
StarringRobert Pattinson, Zoë Kravitz, Jeffrey Wright, Colin Farrell, and Paul DanoDirectorMatt ReevesOverviewUnmask the truth.In his second year of fighting crime, Batman uncovers corruption in Gotham City that connects to his own...
Desert Brat 2026-08-16 you're welcome ig
Holy Smoke! Nice juxtaposition on a Donegal beach. Quote of the Day ”A man’s dying is more the survivors’ affair than his own.” Thomas Mann Musical alternative to the morning’s radio news Paul Simon | Graceland Link Triggered by a...
Book now for my tours through August, September & October There is Roy on the far right with his left hand stuck in his pocket, to indicate the appropriate air of nonchalance befitting a street-wise man of the world of around twelve...
even if I just came back from Hawaii, I was craving kalbi, the kind we have in Hawaiilooked in one of my cookbooks and found a recipe for the sauceI made 1/4 of the recipe (the recipe I am posting is the full recipe)Kalbi from Wisteria...
Last weekend, when we arrived home from our hotel weekend, it was off for a quick dinner in a little bar tucked under the L tracks and a production of The Outsiders, a musical I had opted not to get tickets for last time it was in town,...
Orktober is on the horizon so I thought I’d give you a wee glimpse into my plan of attack. I thought the Orky half of the new Armageddon release as they’re some seriously cool looking Orks in there and I just couldn’t resist. This is...