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Movie Review: Shaolin Soccer

Sometimes I forget that movies that I’m familiar with and are old news to me are very much new news to many other people. Today’s reminder? Shaolin Soccer. I was surprised to realize that it came out all the way back in 2001. It’s a Stephen Chow movie, which either means something to you or […]

Another Car Accident

Well, Friday didn’t quite go according to plan. Daniela got in an accident. It was big enough that the airbags deployed and EMTs came to the scene, but thankfully no one was injured. We did have Daniela taken to the hospital, as there was a bit of uncertainty about whether or not she blacked out. […]

Revisiting Chernobyl

Back when Chernobyl first aired on HBO in 2019, I was hooked right away. It’s a riveting historical look at what went wrong (and continued to go wrong) around the nuclear disaster, and it’s a must watch in my book. Yes, it’s got some language (and a whole lot of very grisly looks at what […]

Andor 2 Review

Hey look! I had a chance to actually write another blog post! It’s been a really busy couple of weeks. Usually I try and get my blog written during my lunch breaks, but I’ve had three solid days of work where I was out of the office at all day meetings that weren’t conducive to […]

A Simple Assignment from Death: A Vodnik Short Story

I revisted Vodník a few months ago–the first times I’ve reread a book of mine after it was published. I was really worried I’d be disappointed or dislike it, but it was actually a ton of fun still. Instead of being let down, I was proud of what I’d done. And I had enough fun […]

A Jaunt to Utah and Back

Can you take a jaunt on an airplane? Probably not, if you consider the delays involved sometimes. Jaunts shouldn’t include unforeseen setbacks. Not that this one was particularly egregious. Just three hours more in Chicago than I’d’ve liked to spend. In any case, Denisa and I went out on Tuesday and were back on Sunday. […]

Fifth Time’s the Charm, Right?

Good news/Bad news in the AI department for me right now. (I suppose some might choose to interpret it as Bad news/Bad news department, but don’t listen to them.) I’ve decided to start development of my app over for the fifth time. I imagine actual coders out there are chortling over this news (if they […]

AI and Loneliness

As a side hustle (though more as a way to explore AI from yet another angle), I have begun rating AI for an online company. For something like $20-$30/hour, they present me with a variety of responses to different prompts, and I then evaluate those responses for what was more effective, ranging in topics from […]

Back to the Gym

My last relationship with the gym lasted a few weeks a year or two ago. I had this goal of going more regularly, but (like most gym goals across the nation, I imagine) the practice proved to be much more difficult than the theory. I just . . . stopped. I’m good at doing routines. […]

A Return to The Diamond Age

Years ago, I read a book by Neal Stephenson: The Diamond Age. I thoroughly enjoyed it back then (I’m a Stephenson fan in general. His books can get pretty heady at time, but I like the way he explores concepts through his plots.) One of my favorite parts about the book was how it handled […]