Better Late Than Never

I’ve continued to do my own modest research into what AI models can do (and can’t do), and I continue to be surprised and impressed.

American tipping culture is simply out of control.

As I write this, I’m supposed to be halfway to San Diego at 40,000 feet.

I’ve had to make some quick travel changes this week, and things sure have changed.

It’s been a busy week so far.

I love Jeff Tiedrich’s discussion of the upcoming hard-to-believe live-streamed execution, done because…Murrica!

With apologies to Ted Lasso.

WTF?

We’ve had to live with convicted felon Donald Trump as President for six years (feels like 20, with COVID in between).

I’ve had a fairly active first week of October week for a recliner-loving septuagenarian.

I continue to play around with Claude Opus 5.5, a frontier-level AI model.

Was weirdly so excited about playing golf this morning that I couldn’t sleep.

Uh oh.

HCR documented a very inspirational concert, held yesterday in Cleveland.

Finally, a good and accurate article about space-based data centers.

It’s a mostly quiet morning here in the western edge of the eastern time zone.

This is nowhere near the worst thing he’s done.

Welp.

Haven’t played golf in a week as I spent seven full days working on the pool deck.

Democrats should go to war with this new insult to our intelligence and our paychecks.

It’s Day 5 of the rather large pool deck repair project, in which every morning I clean a section or two of the pool deck, use the new sprayer to apply Cool Deck, a thick paint.

Third day back in Socal and a lot happening on this last day of summer, 2026.

Back in Socal, with all its pros and cons.

Travel day today.

Here we are, grinding through what should be the final heat wave of 2026 in Louisville.

Judge Michael Luttig is an accomplished, intelligent man.

The 25th anniversary of 9-11-01 – certainly a day to remember, a day that set America’s course for much of my adult life.

Moods are a funny thing.

Labor Day.

It was 102 degrees today.

Up fairly early after landing in the eastern time zone late last night.

I’ve read a lot of Ed Ziron’s anti-AI essays, and found his arguments interesting.

The fall elections are looking to be a shitshow of grift, graft, and corruption.

Rough day today – terrible night’s sleep, so for the first 4-5 hours after getting out of bed felt like I’d been poisoned.

Another lazy indoor day – today should be the last day of Socal’s long, extended heat wave.

Lots going on in scorching Socal this week.