Latest Stuff…
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Host Your Own Copy of iFixit
Today I learned you can host your own copy of iFixit. Just like my prior post of hosting a copy of Wikipedia, you can also download all of iFixit by downloading the zim file. I was able to look up how to replace my phone’s display as well as repair my old game console the
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Crow Joke
I came up with this joke 11 years ago when I video taped a crow crossing the road. And here’s Chat GPT converting it to a comic for me.
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Magic the Gathering Arena Achievements
Magic is funny. Here I am in the beginning of 2026 and I am absolutely getting crushed in Ranked Standard (Airbender set). I decide to step back and just try to get some achievements, a recent feature in the game. And I see one for putting 12 Artifacts or Enchantments on the battlefield. I grab
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Toxic Grassculinity
Wife asked me: Why do you put the houseplants outside each week? I said… Because I want them to grow absolutely enormous. I have Toxic Grassculinity.
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Generating and AI Image with Chat GPT
I’m late to the game on using AI, probably because it worries me. A lot. Not AI itself, but how bad actors may use it. Such as propaganda or hacking, and of course, people losing their jobs. I don’t have an optimistic view of the future around it, unfortunately. But anyways… I have been seeing
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Host Your Own Copy of Wikipedia
Today I learned how to download and run your own copy of Wikipedia in it’s entirety. There’s a lot of information out there but for my ADHD brain this was the first video I found that was the simple and fast to get started. After watching it though, all I really needed to know was
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Upping My Blogger Game
I came across a Hacker News post regarding the year’s most popular bloggers. And the first one really struck me. It’s Simon Willison and his approach to running a link blog. I’ve been blogging off and on (mostly off) since blogging was a thing. I usually lose interest and end up deleting my effort. But
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How to Play MTG Arena on Mac and Without Epic Games
Today I learned I could play Magic the Gathering’s Arena on my Mac Air. And it runs amazingly well, better than my PC laptop. It loads faster and plays smoother. The other thing I also learned was that you can skip the Epic Games downloader which requires an Epic Games account and is the default
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First Practice on Vacation
Family took a vacation this week to the dunes and I brought my practice pad and a single drumstick. Aka, my minimalist drum practice kit. I’ve crossed 40 hours and approaching 300k single strokes. My left hand is starting to feel strong. i can now go like 500 strokes without needing to rest. Today I
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Milestone: 65 BPM Left Hand Strokes
Today I practice my left hand finger strokes at 65 BPM. My first bump in tempo since I started using a metronome to track it. It’s on the edge of my ability. And I do have to take breaks from fatigue. I only did about 20 minutes today, mainly because I want to also work