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.
LATEST POSTS
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Mount Washington
I found this blog interesting. As a kid, we hiked Mount Washington every summer, though we hiked up Tuckerman’s Ravine. Looking forward to hiking up with my grandchildren when they are ready.
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Using AI To Analyze Books
I asked my son, an excellent writer, for his comments on my blog post “The Comfort Crisis” (https://deangelis.tech/2024/04/15/the-comfort-crisis/), which used AI and my notes and highlights to analyze the book. Our conversation helped clarify my thinking, but raised more questions. My initial concern was that I might be doing the book’s author a disservice by…
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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…
Please note that I use AI in my projects, including my blogs.
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