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Blog Posts

  1. Morning Rituals Formed

    Reflecting on mornings as the days stretch longer.

  2. Thunderbirds

    A #poem of storms arriving and passing.

  3. Little Lego Figures

    A morning #poem.

  4. You Wouldn't Sudo a Stranger's Code Would You?

    Thinking through further reasons why I’m less and less likely to use #AI (aka an #LLM).

  5. Reading Through a Hard to Read Chapter

    Reflecting on a literary situation presented by Haruki Murakami; and on the often tacit agreements between author and reader.

  6. A Dream of a Memory of a Dream

    Exhuming a draft from a winter’s dream; recalling a place I’ve journeyed to on a few occassions.

  7. Migrating to Linux: Getting Emacs Installed

    Walking through building Emacs on Linux and then adding OS specific conditionals to improve my general experience.

  8. Migrating to Linux: On Guiding Principles and Keyboard Bindings

    Working through my guiding principles on migrating to Linux; then addressing a key consideration: Caps Lock should act as Control.

  9. Re: A thought on AI and creativity

    Thinking about the skills I’ve developed and continue to enhance in contrast with outcome obsession.

  10. Jettisoning the Publication Schedule

    Affirming that I am not beholden to a blog posting schedule; and that others also recognize the joy of writing when the spirit moves them.