The new reMarkable Paper Pro Move was an instant purchase. The size is perfect for toting around. Now if Apple could replicate that screen feel in an iPad mini I’d be very tempted, but I don’t see that happening.
Blather
I use Tot pretty regularly. Nice to see an update!
Hoping to release this week. Much remains to be done, but I still hope to take tomorrow off to get to the best state fair in the country: the Minnesota State Fair. My camera is calling me.
Using AI
Friday, August 22, 2025
I consider myself a moderately heavy user of AI. I have subscriptions to ChatGPT, Claude, and whatever magic Dia has under the hood. Questions/conversations fall into a few different areas: Coding – mostly syntax help and some interlanguage conversion, but also to develop skeletons to be fleshed out/rewritten; queries about topics of interest (e.g. what’s the general opinion of Neil Young’s guitar playing); and product reviews and comparisons (e.g. camera X vs camera Y).
Hmmm. Things are going well. Too well. I’m suspicious.
I’m going back to my favorite scripting language: Ruby. So long Python, you can’t say we never tried.
Builds finally going smoothly. Lots of itty bitty details. I have to find a better way to automated this.
When I have the radio on (MPR’s Your Classical) the “Music In My Head” turns off. I guess that’s not surprising.
A nice G and T to start an evening of cozy mysteries with my favorite person. Using Hendricks and Fever Tree Elderflower. It seems to be a good combination. Mysteries could be Misomer Murders, Death in Paradise, or Foyle’s War.
Current status: Browsers are Dia Pro on macOS/Firefox on Linux. Browser independent bookmarking with Webcull for hierarchical and Pinboard for tagged “Read It Later”. Feedly/NetNewsWire for RSS. I can always move back to Safari if needed, but I’m not sure I will at this point.
Hmmm. Dia takes a little getting used to, but I kind of like it. Sticking it out for a bit longer.
Switching back to Dia for a bit. I like Safari and have done most of my browsing there, but there are interaction quirks that Chromium browsers might not have. We shall see.
Billionaire Russian criminal mastermind in charge of nuclear arsenal meets billionaire American presidential doofus in charge of nuclear arsenal on American soil. What could go wrong?
Also meeting with lawyers this afternoon to talk about our HOA transfer of control. Fun times.
I’m having a brain wave on improving our site license checking on a server that handles thousands of concurrent users without overloading the system and user logs with expiry messages. The next question: Is it worth pursuing? The current scheme works almost all of the time.
A most reasonable session with my personal torturer: push ups, dead lifts, a rotator cuff thing, and a hip flex. I can do this.
I’m sensing a desire for the next iPhone. It would be the first time I might upgrade specifically for a better camera. Waiting to see what the specs would be. Is it going to be a street photographer’s wet dream?
Back at the gym for a bit today doing my personal torturer’s recommended workout. I was supposed to be doing this for the last two weeks, but missed a few days. I had to dial it back a bit. New session tomorrow.
Currently up: Molly Maher and her Disbelievers
Waiting for The Wailin' Jennys
Just took on Bluesky. There are folks there I follow that have abandoned X.
I am righteously pissed off at Meta. It’s a damned prison. I’m not posting anything original there ever again.
Yet another quick test. ###
Nearly done with the setup. Moved all my sites to a new server. TLS-ified. Changed the microblog to a subdomain. Just a few more tweaks needed. Photos are still wonky.
Testing after a domain change.
Failed in configuring a DDNS to run a home web server. I suspect a firewall hiding somewhere at Spectrum and was too lazy to poke around. Decided to keep the VPS at Linode/Akamai instead. Easier config.
Heading back to Rochester today. Planning on Hwy 14 again. Probably pick up some Spotted Cow in VIroqua for my daughter.
Met George and ME for lunch today in Beloit. Back in Madison now for dinner with my sister’s fam.
I’ve completely missed the Coldplay bandwagon.
They are playing Camp Randall tomorrow evening. Hard to find a room anywhere in town. The Terrace at the Union is more packed than usual for a Friday evening. Good thing my sister’s neighbor is letting us stay for a couple of nights.
Off to Madtown today. The scenic route awaits: US 14 through the driftless area of Wisconsin. Just beautiful.