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Pandemic Banana Split
2020 was a wild year. New job, global pandemic, house planning, cabin finishing, and cold weather riding. To cope we have stayed on top of exercising and eating well. We have found hobbies in woodworking and sourdough bread making, respectively. Even with all of that the year got pretty intense. We needed something at the…
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Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chair
I am getting into woodworking and already my imagination is out of control. I love this chair but fully understand I am a ways away from making it as well as it is made here. That said I will give it a shot, someday. In the meantime enjoy this lovely video of a really cool…
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Weird AI
The Open AI project announced DALL-E today which is something machine learning that something something creates images from text by something something. I have read the blog post announcing it a number of times and feel that I understand what they are saying. However I still don’t really understand any of what they are saying.…
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COVID Cannonball Run
The Cannonball Run is an unofficial speed record that requires driving across the USA from NYC to Los Angeles. It was made popular by 2 movies with the name from the 80’s. In December of 2020 Kate and I did a COVID Cannonball Run when we drove non-stop from Mancos, CO to Williamsburg, VA. We…
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Acting ‘as if’
In high school my best friend Melissa told me: “If you want to be cool you just need 1 other person to think you are cool. Then if you think you are cool and that other person thinks you are cool, you are cool.” I always loved that saying and tie it together with acting…
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What are your plans for 2021?
New year, new plans, maybe even new resolutions? I don’t know about any resolutions but I do have plans. I plan to exercise every morning. I am pretty close to this already but want to make it as regular as drinking coffee in 2021. Of course I will still drink coffee too. My goal is…
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Audio Books for Jan 2020
Dave Winer listed some audiobooks he was recommended. I am interested in these: Lets go 2021!
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Transfer Domains to Cloudflare
Just do it already! I have been waiting to do this for some strange reason. Cloudflare does not appear to let you register new domains yet, but you can transfer most existing domain names to them. At $7 and change per domain per year they are by far the cheapest solution. Also their User Interface…
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Loosing your cool
I recently talked about “Yes, and…” and how it is useful for staying positive and progressing the conversation. What about when the opposite happens and you lose your cool? What can you do to recompose yourself and get back on track? This morning I had a failure to stay cool moment and am a little…
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Home building update: Pause and Hot Tub
It has been a while since I posted about our home building project. While we have been able to settle on a design we are having a challenge finding builders who can meet our budget. Apparently the pandemic has driven up the cost of materials and also everyone wants a home or add on built,…