A Wanderer
Not all who wander are lost.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
I am a recently retired accountant/finance professional looking to explore all of the interests I have had over the years, promising myself that I would pursue them “when I had the time”. Maybe you are on a similar journey.
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The Comfort Crisis
To generate the following analysis of The Comfort Crisis by Michael Easter, I read the book on Kindle and highlighted passages and took notes. I read the notes and highlights a short time later. Then I fed these to ChatGPT with a prompt that asked for an analysis that emphasized my highlights and notes. The…
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Wooden Bowl
I am working on carving a wooden bowl out of a piece of maple with an angle grinder. This is the first time carving, and really the first time using an angle grinder. I did not know that there were grinding and sanding discs for the grinder, and it has been interesting experimenting with them.…
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Night Stand
I am building a set of nightstands for a cabin in Vermont. The first one is completed. Got more comfortable with the biscuit joiner for the top and shelf. Second time doing a drawer, but this time with sliding hardware. The drawer was not wide enough, but a piece of 1/4″ plywood filled the gap.…
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Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Here are my highlights and notes: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values Pirsig, Robert M. Part I Note – Chapter 1 > Page 3 · Location 108 I have read this book before at least two times. Why read it again? I remember starting the sequel, Lila, which I do…
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Using AI To Analyze Books I’ve Read
I have read an enormous number of books in my 68 years. Most of them I barely recall. Probably not a waste of time, but certainly not optimized. I now read mostly digitally and highlight passages. I also try to make notes as to why I highlighted a particular text. So, I input my highlights…
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Decentralized Social Media
I had not thought of Discord as decentralized social media. But the MIT Technology Review, January/February 2024, labeled it as such along with Bluesky, Mastodon, Nostr and Threads. Of these, I have tried Mastodon and Nostr, but they have not yet stuck with me. It may be time to start directing blogging activity towards those…
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