Semi-frequent updates about life and exploration.
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Astrolabes, iMac G4s
Really interested in this doc I saw on how we measure time. Astrolabes are beautiful pieces work. Why don’t we make things that beautiful anymore? Everyone’s obsessed with rectangles and silly minimalism, we could be obsessed over beautifully crafted things. The Blackening earned a place in my favorite horror comedy movies. It was a delight watching the plot unfold. It was a little like Clue and Bodies Bodies Bodies, but still unique enough to stand on its own.
Personal LLM explorations
Tech # Lots more fun to be had on the LLM front. Tavily might be helpful in other research. It’s really my ideal use case for such a technology. In a similar vein, GPT Researcher seems like it might also fit the bill for unbiased (I hope) research. Quivr seems interesting, too, as it’s promising to be a second brain. If it’s more useful than Spotlight, I’ll be interested.
Plato's Cave, Norma Design
Tech # Abandoned the search engine project. It was too difficult to diagnose issues with the experience I had. Also the instructions had a lot of assumed knowledge but that’s not impossible to address. Reading # Finished Salem’s Lot, and liked it. Most of the book was chatter about small town goings-on and a slow starter. King’s prose is still wonderful, and I highlighted so many beautiful sentences. The book seemed to have some inconsistencies with how vampires worked in the world (they were padlocked inside their resting places?
Tech reviews for my book, horror writing
Survived my first round of tech review for We Need to Talk. It was a cognitive powerlift to work through all of it. But the book is better for said feedback, which I received with joy. Just a few more, then final edits. I joined the horror writer association. I have intentions on more fiction writing. We’ll see about doing more once I get through book edits for WNTT. Feeling confident in my decision to focus on the digital garden, it’s fun to just…put stuff out there.
Python, LLMs, and new gigs
Recently started a contract gig, aimed at helping the prison system in California. It’s a slow start and unlike any other job I’ve taken on. There wasn’t a big, or any, welcome. At first it was depressing but now it feels right. Past jobs have been a little too heavy on “culture” and for someone who is recovering from being in shitty environments that at first seemed great, I welcome it.
2023-07-31
I intend to keep this wiki going for at least five years. Longer if it’s fruitful for me, but I don’t want to be chained to this forever. Intentions are everything to me, as success usually doesn’t come without them.