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I’ll start with this: everyone ultimately has to make their own choices. Nobody can be forced to live a certain way, nor should they be. There is no universal blueprint that works equally well for every person. At the same time, it does...
Introducing Plan A The folks who brought you AI 2027, a so far remarkably accurate set of predictions despite those predictions having seemed freaky to many at the time, now bring you their positive vision that involves more freaky...
This is a very feature packed and functional keyboard. I’ve found its word suggestions as good as GBoard and other Big Tech keyboards. I managed to import an Afrikaans dictionary and HeliBoard handled multilingual typing well. There are...
This salad brings me back to summer as a kid, eating BLT sandwiches and playing barefoot in the yard and working in the garden. I can’t get enough of these simple flavors. It’s so easy to make, and if you make it once, I have a feeling...
It's happening again. Anyhow, I got a selfie. #SFPursuit.
In my previous post about my private digital assistant, I explained the challenges I encountered and how I ended up at Hermes Agent as my choice of framework. The next step on my journey was to give my digital assistant a brain. This...
Here at the National Academy of Sciences, it seems that my first job is to serve on the selection committee for the prestigious Michael and Sheila Held Prize in combinatorial and discrete optimization and related areas. The committee...
Read the full post at - Great Hiking Trails of the World by Karen Berger Great Hiking Trails of the World by Karen Berger is a coffee table reference book put out by Rizzoli. I’ve collected nine of these Rizzoli books now, and they’re...
I realised I haven’t posted anything about our little Greek Spur-Thighed tortoise Bean, apart from a very brief introduction on the pets page. Bean came to live with us June last year. We didn’t do the best research and got her from a...
Hi everyone. It’s been a full week since I last wrote a post on this blog. This week has indeed been full. Not necessarily in that anything spectacular happened, but I’ve been hyperfocusing on the home-finding thing. This is one reason I...
Historical memory and politics: “Ukraine’s ambassador to Poland commemorates Volyn massacres as history unsettles Kyiv-Warsaw relations” (Kyiv Independent) My comment
A troop of Kalyshi for my Asterians.
The Gamify Your Life Players Handbook is a wonderful way to help you manage your planner, journal, and even your life in a fun and functional way. I had the pleasure of taking Ana Reinert’s class at the St. Louis Pen Show where she...
My watch said I overdid it, all but calling me dumb. So today I am mostly taking it easy, but here are a few more shots of Still Creek I took yesterday after overdoing it. Conveniently, my run ends right about where Still Creek is at its...
Imagine you’re working on an hourly basis. How would you answer these questions?An idea popped into your head that could improve the company’s financial situation. It came out of nowhere — you weren’t even thinking about it; you were...