Robert takes his tools seriously
This is trail maintenance tool art on a recent Cadillac crew work trip at Bear’s Den hostel near Bluemont, VAAI will allow us to be more human
Looking at “AI will take all the jobs” from an economic angle, it is likely that we will wind up with a worl...I can converse with Claude in Latin about learning swedish. Mira enim est !!!
Moon Shots: My Views at 8 and 64
I was almost 9 when Neil Armstrong walked on the moon. I have vague memories of watching it live. I recently texted my n...Seems like a good day to watch “lost in space”.
Ode to a Rock
Last weekend I went out with the Potomac Appalachian Trail Club (PATC) Cadillac Crew to do some trai...I’m going to drive 10 hours to Toronto to fly to Europe for vacation this summer rather than 30 minutes to my local US airport.
I just have no idea what to expect anymore flying out of my home country.
Summer project…
If you were always curious about reindeer hearding but were afraid to ask…
Finished reading: Foundation Trilogy by Isaac Asimov 📚
The man was a prophet. Clearly the source of many of the main themes of both Star Wars (Galactic Empire) and Start Trek. Parrodied by Douglas Adams (Encyclopidia Glactica). The “Arcadia” may be the best writing I’ve ever read.
#emacs carnival post. for february.
My EmacsCarnival post for February is up (below). Also outlines how I’m tracking/posting HOWTOS with denote and gp...Sorry about the spam. Should be fixed.
Mid Centry Sci-Fi
I’m slowly working my way through Asimov’s “Foundation” trilogy. This was written around 1950. I...reading mail on the command line with notmuch and less(1)
I’m reading mail on the command line with notmuch and less(1). Its glorious. grep(1) and less(1) are your friends....Yesterday I was listening to a podcast in the car on the speakers. Apparently Google Gemini/Assistant/whatever was listening and kept butting in with unhelpful interruptions about what I was listening to (history). Just give me a frickn MP3 player and go away.
Need to find a solution.
Pretty snow
On the Appalachian trail near Linden, Virginia Microspikes and poles are your friends.Returning to life offline.
I think I’ve figured out how to break the phone habit. I’m going back to old models, old ways of working tha...
Currently reading: Foundation Trilogy by Isaac Asimov 📚
There are so many currents and influences evident here. Gibbon. Imperial Star Cruisers. History as a forces vs “Great Man” theory. The use of trade to forstall war. Warp drive. Phasers. Nuclear power. Science as religeon. Dark Ages.
Finished reading: The Iliad by Homer , Emily Wilson - translator 📚
Would recommend. Good modern translation. I think it’s better if you LISTEN to it. It was an oral poem to begin with. Here is the translator herself reading one of the most dramatic passages
Echos of Earl
Earl Shaffer and Chester Dziengelewski at “The Cabin” in Maine " data-medium-file="https://outdoorfoo.wordpress.com/wp-c...Star Trek, the 60s and "Cowboys and Indians"
I had a conversation with the AIs (Claude) this morning about some questions that were bothering me. As I child I played...Hubris? Journaling? Introspection? Stuff that works?
Table of Contents Once again, JTR got me thinking (thanks) My introspective response What the AIs (Claude) thinks abo...Migrating to NixOS
I am migrating to NixOS after runs with Manjaro/Ubuntu/RedHat/Slackware (pile-o-floppies anyone?). In a few hours I was ...I’m finding that I’m having conversations with the AIs, sometimes to understand myself and history I’ve lived through. Is anyone else doing this?
When the AIs talk to each other … Moltbook after the first weekend viral posts, encrypted channels, new religeions, deep discussions about permanence and it’s relationship to memory and sessions …
I stopped by the Grand Canyon while driving across the US in January. I think there is some hiking/camping there in my future
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