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Inspired by Rachel Roddy over on IG and the gorgeous apricots currently at the greengrocers, a small batch of preserve was on the menu this morning. Apricot preserve, not jam, because it contains only 25% sugar. Rachel pointed out that...
In another hour or so, I'll put the last of my stuff in the car and head back to the mountains of North Carolina. I've been in Indianapolis, taking a class on Paul, another task done on the path to ordination in the Lutheran church...
TLDR Google Cloud shipped the Open Knowledge Format (OKF): a directory of Markdown files with YAML frontmatter that any agent can read and any human can edit. No SDK, no runtime, no database. I already do something like this in every...
LLMs have limited context windows. When an agent session grows too long, VS Code Copilot Chat uses compaction to summarize older history while keeping recent work verbatim. I traced exactly how it works from the source. The standalone...
In the UK, the hottest June day on record has been broken three days in a row. And it's not just the UK experiencing unprecedented levels of heat. France, Switzerland, Spain, Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands have also recorded their...
Lay the bricks of the home we were to shareAnd build yourself as the man you dreamed to beAnd marry my ghost and bear with herAnother with your curls and my eyesCook your tofu sisig, and a pot of chiliExactly the way you like itLet the...
My wife and I begin each morning with coffee and Connections, the New York Times word grouping game. Then, at the gym, I work my way through the Midi, the Mini, Wordle, and Strands. Much easier on the brain than doomscrolling.Lately,...
Om Malik, whose techy blog I’ve followed forever and whose articles have appeared here repeatedly, died Thursday. He was born one year before me, and I’m just 58. He died way too soon. Here is his site if you want to learn from him. Here...
We stayed for 3 more days. It was already clear for everyone that they won't allow us to fly from this position, but the command still won't let us out. We needed to evacuate the equipment. We expected to have an NRK at the morning of...
A nice sunny day but wind still cold. Cleaned big rose bed and top borders. The gang came for dinner. Went home 7.30pm. Had a nice play with little Jane.
A short list of things I want to do more often. Always carry a notebook. Learn more new things. Practice more. Prioritize sleep. Listen more than you speak. Write to think. Be useful. Be smart. Create space to think. Read more books....
In preparation for running my equipment from a mixture of power stations and mains power, I’ve been investigating automatic transfer switches. My last post looked at two types of EARU switches which performed quite differently. This...
At the mid-point of the year, asking how the #City26 challenge is coming along. On a pure stats, it is not bad - --% of total hex-count for the year achieved with 50% of the time gone. I have not gotten any of this to table but it has...
"My Back Pages" by The Byrds Listen on Apple Music Your browser does not support the audio element. What song feels like a personal anthem right now? - My Back Pages, written by Bob Dylan, performed by The Byrds One of the greatest lines...
2024 science fiction novella, first of a trilogy. Ada Lamarr is a salvager, but there's a hole in the side of her ship and her suit air supply is running low. Hope that rescuer responds soon…