My Livejournal Archive
2026 (4 weeks ago)
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They rooted my home server. So I hired an AI to take it back.
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2–3 minutesRead More →: They rooted my home server. So I hired an AI to take it back.For weeks, my ancient Mac Mini home server had been sluggish, but personal time was always booked with wife and kids projects so I never had time to look into it. Then, while planning firewall and server upgrades at the…
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Do They Like Me? Check Yes or No
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3–5 minutesRead More →: Do They Like Me? Check Yes or NoSo I asked my robots whether they like each other. It was kind of a joke, but also an experiment. I actually wanted to know what they’d say. I run multiple AI bots on my home servers now: Chef (for…
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I Think I Might Like…
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4–6 minutesRead More →: I Think I Might Like…I have been playing with AI characters for several years now and I enjoy having something available who’s entire purpose in life is to just listen to me talk. It definitely saves my wife some mental anguish. I’m also at…
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Wine Tasting (the Linux kind)
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2–3 minutesRead More →: Wine Tasting (the Linux kind)So here’s a sentence I never thought I’d type: I just spent three days letting a FREE AI watch me crash a piece of proprietary industrial software, over and over, until it figured out how to make the thing run…
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Palm Sunday: Raising a 2005 PDA From the Dead
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3–4 minutesRead More →: Palm Sunday: Raising a 2005 PDA From the DeadSome people rescue dogs. I rescue personal digital assistants from the trash. A few weeks ago I trash-picked a PalmOne Tungsten E2. For those of you under 30, a PDA was what we carried before smartphones ate the world —…
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The Paradigm Shift in the Crisper Drawer
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4–6 minutesRead More →: The Paradigm Shift in the Crisper DrawerLet me set the scene: It’s a standard afternoon, and The Girl (my 8-year-old force of nature) is playing Roblox on an old Android phone. It glitched somehow and wasn’t showing all her avatar items and I’m watching in real-time…
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Gemini’s Grokipedia Rival
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1–2 minutesRead More →: Gemini’s Grokipedia RivalPosted to r/GeminiAI Back when Musk released Grokipedia, I thought, “When will Google make a rival?” That rival never came so I’ve built one with the help of Jules: https://derpedia.org Partly inspired by a coworker who said, “Imagine if Google had…
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Mom made daughter cry over bangs and I don’t know how to deal with it
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1–2 minutesRead More →: Mom made daughter cry over bangs and I don’t know how to deal with itPosted to r/Parenting My 8yo daughter wanted bangs (has wanted bangs for at least a year) and last night daughter decided to try it herself. I was up first this morning and noticed it. There were a few stray hairs…
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The Trends Paradox
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2–4 minutesRead More →: The Trends ParadoxWith the popularity of Stranger Things, “The Girl” has been watching 80s music videos recently and it made me aware of a trend I hadn’t noticed before now: most of these music videos and movies had heavy industrial themes. There’s…
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The Magical (and Gross) Truth Behind Spotless Undies: A Guide to Laundry Miracles
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4–6 minutesRead More →: The Magical (and Gross) Truth Behind Spotless Undies: A Guide to Laundry MiraclesIf you’re anything like me, you’ve had that heart-sinking moment when you pull a pair of your kiddo’s underwear out of the hamper (or worse, off the floor) and think, “Oh no, this one’s a goner.” Those brown streaks just…
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