During the pandemic, I committed to exercising regularly. Here’s a simple snapshot of a year’s worth of data. The dropoffs happened after Thanksgiving and right before my dissertation defense. Need to work on maintaining the habit during the holidays and periods of stress.
I ran the same two prompts on two different AI systems this morning. First, a haiku about artificial intelligence. Then a ten-stanza poem in iambic pentameter. A parlor trick, the kind of thing you do when you’re testing something and want a clean finish line. Qwen 3.6, running locally on my machine, took 80.9 seconds…
“How Much to Save for Retirement – Are You Ready?” – An infographic by Money Crashers Personal Finance
I did not add backlinks. That was supposed to be the next step. The May 9 post said so explicitly. I had Obsidian pointed at the folder, the graph view was open, and the Zettelkasten people would tell you this is where the system comes alive. You start linking notes to each other. The connections…
On a beautiful Sunday afternoon in the midst of the French Revolution the revolting citizens led a priest, a drunkard and an engineer to the guillotine. They ask the priest if he wants to face up or down when he meets his fate. The priest says he would like to face up so he will…
