George Jones

Curious Musings

Sep 2024

EmacsConf 2024 CFP out, proposals due Friday.

@jtr@taonaw.com you should put something in. I’m toying around with walking through my workflow.

emacsconf.org/2024/cfp/

Sep 2024

An accidental trip through West Virginia

I took an accidental trip through West Virginia Monday. Fall is arriving early in the high country of Canaan Valley. I s...
Sep 2024

2FA alternatives for banks that insist on texting?

I’m looking for ways to do 2FA authentication to banks, etc. that does not require me to turn my phone on. Many of...
Sep 2024

Here’s A plant I’ve never seen before “Old man’s beard”

Sep 2024

Clipea, your AI command line buddy

Clipea is a command line tool that uses AI to help you construct construct: (bin) 402 [07:21:56] gmj@mx bin/ $ clipea ho...
Sep 2024

All you need is ...

Does anyone see the fallacy in this? https://genius.com/George-gershwin-our-love-is-here-to-stay-lyrics It's very clear ...
Sep 2024

migrate from Mastodon to Micro.blog?

How did you manage migration from mastadon @jtr@taonaw.com ? Did you do the migration as described in: https://help.micr...
Sep 2024

The Etymology of Cincinnati - Kinky !

More from reading History of Rome by Livy πŸ“š : The word “Cincinatus”, as in the city of Cincinnati, comes fro...
Sep 2024

Armed mob seizes Capitoline Hill? Time for a Legal Debate! πŸ“šβ€‹

Today’s observations from reading The Early History of Rome: Books I-V of the History of Rome from its Foundation ...
Aug 2024
Aug 2024

Private communications is not a technical problem

The arrest of telegram founder Pavel Durov bothers me. As someone raised in the US, I have a fairly deep seated belief i...
Aug 2024

Migrating to microblog, off digital ocean

I think I ’m going to settle in on curious.port111.com for the blog going forward. I’ve had the domain for o...
Aug 2024

Out in the real word (why I hike) πŸ“ ⛺️

Hikers all have 1000 stories. When you hike, you meet people. You experience things. What is that bug? Will it rain? If ...
Aug 2024

Checking out micro.blog

Exploring @micro.blog thanks to recommendations of @jtr@taonaw.com. It’s got a lot going for it: Hugo based so my ...
Aug 2024

Gemini Dream πŸ“

Yesterday while on a walk, I had a conversation with Google Gemini about the Emerald Ash Borer that is killing most of t...
Aug 2024

The song remains the same πŸ“ πŸ“š

If there’s one thing we learn from history, it’s that people don’t learn from history. β€” Hegel? I&rs...
Aug 2024

into the future

@rscottjones, I will probably be mining your Strategies for Aging Seems its something that’s going happen, like it...
Aug 2024

Life is better with your phone turned off.

Aug 2024

It's not safe πŸ“ ⛺️

What risks do you take? Why? Do you think about it, or just do it? In a recent post, @jarrod said “Much like I thi...
Aug 2024

About 1900 miles ago... ⛺️

16 years ago my son and I started hiking the Appalachian trail with a 47 mile weekend in Shenandoah national park. We sp...
Aug 2024

6 miles in sky meadows state park. First hint of fall.

Aug 2024

Nihil novi sub sole πŸŽ™οΈ

I’ve been making a third pass through The History of Rome podcast βŒ›οΈ. So much of what’s new is old. The powe...
Aug 2024

When time is short

Some perspective from a person who spent decades providing financial advice, planning for retirement and was then diagno...
Aug 2024

Phil Donahue passed … I grew up in central Ohio. There was a regional network of TV stations run by Taft broadcasting, all carried on the WLWx stations in Columbus, Cincinnati, Indianapolis and Dayton. His was just another of the local shows. Paul Dixon, Midwestern Hayride, Lucy’s Toyshop, Flippo, Phil Donahue … time moves on.

RIP en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil…

Aug 2024

Salve, saeculum.