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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Book Summaries with AI
While driving and walking, I was listening to podcasts. But I found that the podcasts were becoming more and more commercial. The podcast guests were selling. So I started listening to books using Audible. But I can not highlight passages or take notes while driving or walking, so I turned to AI, ChatGPT, to make…
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Laser Etcher
My wife got me a laser etcher. I have been playing around with it, but was having trouble with positioning the start of the etching. Finally figured that out. Looking forward to work with etching.
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Napoleon
I am currently reading Napoleon by Andrew Roberts. He has a lot of detail on the battles, but the maps in the book are not very helpful to me to understand what happened. I found a YouTube channel that does a good job of illustrating the battles (https://www.youtube.com/@EpichistoryTv). If I watch the videos in conjunction…
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Writing and Thinking
An interesting essay on writing by Paul Graham. An interesting essay on writing by Paul Graham. https://paulgraham.com/writes.html
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Last Pepper Harvest 2024
Prepped the pepper bed for winter. Poblanos, jalapeños, and datils, with one zulu. The zulus, a black sweet pepper, were interesting, but the flesh was rather thin and the peppers were pretty small. Next year will plant the other peppers but not the zulus. Will try to find another sweet pepper that does well in…
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The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie
I read this book on a recommendation from my son. I don’t usually read fantasy and am more of a fan of hard science fiction, but I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Review of The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie Joe Abercrombie’s The Blade Itself, the first book in The First Law trilogy, masterfully blends sharp…
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