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¶It looks like there’s something here for everyone. The movie should please adults who grew up on the show. Side Quests is for kids, like the original Adventure Time was at first, and Heyo BMO is for preschool-aged children.
¶They forgot to list parents of adults who grew up on the show. Renee and I are in that category – Jake always loved Adventure Time. I’d definitely go see the movie.
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¶I’ve long thought that the map is Snapchat’s killer feature. I’ve used it for years to get “man on the street” video and commentary during hurricane season. During active storms, while we’re watching St. Pete Beach from afar, I find it more informative and authentic than the various news and weather outlets. The combination of the Snap Map and any of dozens of decent weather apps turn my phone into a decent storm tracking station.
¶I haven’t had to use the Map for hurricane tracking yet this year (here’s hoping I don’t have to very much this year!), but I did discover a new use for it tonight. During the Guardians game, a crazy fan ran onto the field and was chased and tackled by the police. The television broadcast did what they always do in these circumstances - refuse to show video of the fan. I get that they don’t want to encourage copycats by giving trespassers a stage, but, darn it, I want to see video of that! Was it a streaker? A protestor? We never know, because they won’t show them.
¶Enter the Snap Map! I checked it about an hour after the “incident” in tonight’s game and, sure enough, The Map gave me sever clips of the fan posted by people who were actually at the game. Sure the video was low quality and shaky, but that’s all I needed. Curiosity satisfied.
¶Btw, he wasn’t a streaker, but did add some flourish to the bit by doing a backflip before getting tased.
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¶We’re one step closer to getting the new Spitfire – booked the transport order today. It could take up to five weeks to arrive, so now we wait.
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¶I love RSS, but I’ve never seen a single non-geek use it. I remember trying, on several occasions, to try to get my wife to use it, years ago. I tried to show her the efficiency of using an RSS reader. She really had no interest though, because, for her, the browser is just easier. Slower and less efficient, but easier. It’s hard to get past that and I think that’s why it’s become the ham radio of the internet - a great technology that is beloved by a small population of enthusiasts, but ignored by the wider population of users.
¶I still love it, still use it to read the web, and have incorporated it into Daystream from the beginning. I have some ideas for additional RSS-based features, too.
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¶A much greater issue is likely to be the content viewed,” says Peirson. “Reading work emails relating to impending deadlines is clearly going to cause anxiety, and anxiety is strongly related to insomnia. We also know that doomscrolling on social media can have negative effects, including less and poorer quality sleep. Getting too engrossed in anything on your phone makes it all too easy to stay up later than you should.
¶I stopped reading email and scanning social feeds at night years ago. Lately, I try to create content at night rather than consume it. I swear I sleep better lately, too. The more consistent exercise routine I’ve adopted this year could contribute to this, too.
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¶The gorillas are always a favorite of ours. The way they interact with each other is always fascinating, and I always try to watch them watch us. What are they thinking? This silverback kept a close eye on everybody, both on the inside and the outside. He watched this kid particularly closely, but never flinched or even reacted. Calm, cool, collected, and always vigilant.
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¶Kirkja went back to mom every few minutes and “checked in,” always bumping mom’s leg with her head seemingly to let her know she’s there. Kirkja is absolutely adorable and watching the two of them interact was fascinating.
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¶Kirkja seemed to play with everything, even the dirt and her food. Here, she’s tossing grass in the air after rolling around in the dirt for a few minutes.
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¶Here I caught Kirkja on one of her jaunts away from mom. She always ran, never walked. Really it’s sort of a fumbling prance…light on her feet but still a bit clumsy. She’s clearly still getting used to the trunk, too, letting flop every which way as she moved about and tumbled over herself.
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¶Kirkja ventured away from mom quite a bit, actually, but always seemed to head back to her side after exploring for a few minutes. Mom didn’t appear to be too nervous about it, either.
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¶The star of the show today, and really the reason we went, was Kirkja, the baby female elephant. We watched her for 15-20 minutes and she rarely stopped moving. She’s adorable.
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¶We caught the snow leopard sunning itself on the highest rocks in its enclosure. Reminded us of Alice!
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¶We decided to go to the zoo this morning, sort of at the last minute. It was the perfect day for it, so I’m glad we went.
¶Our first stop, as always, was the polar bears exhibit. We watched as the mama bear nursed two of her cubs in the “cave” then watched this guy play, mostly with the log behind him, for several minutes.
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¶Beautiful morning. Renee and I are finally able to have breakfast by the pool. Hopefully this sticks around for a while.
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¶I’m all alone tonight, everyone else has something going on. So, I’ll cut the grass and, after that, I think I’ll have a beer. I’ve got something else in the works, too, but I won’t know on that for a few hours. Fingers crossed.
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¶I bragged a bit yesterday about our new morning walking habit. Well, we skipped the walk this morning. The best part, though, is that I was ready to go and Renee was the one that wanted to skip. It’s ok, though…she has a long day today.
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¶Unlike its competitors, Apple has strengths in two areas that are currently PR headaches for AI: privacy and the environment.
¶Another strength of Apple - coming from behind in a race to eventually lead the pack. They’ve done this in category after category over the years - laptops, MP3 players, Mobile phones. They might be in the process of doing it again with virtual reality / augmented reality / spatial computing.
¶Will they do the same come-from-behind-to-eventually-lead with AI? Possibly.
¶I do believe they’re going to define a uniquely Apple lane in the AI race, and I’m happy about that. Privacy is everything, and Apple is the company I trust the most in that regard.
¶Monday should be interesting.
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¶I won’t be upset it 1Password gets sherlocked, particularly if the forthcoming Apple passwords app allows sharing within a family. 1Password has become a bit frustrating to use lately. The Safari extension can never decide if it wants to work or not, and the interface is horrible.
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¶When connected to a Raspberry Pi 5 board running the latest Raspberry Pi OS, the NPU is automatically available for AI computing tasks. The AI module also has direct access to the Raspberry Pi’s camera software stack and works with both first-party and third-party cameras. The NPU allows the Raspberry Pi 5 to perform AI tasks such as object and facial recognition, human pose analysis, and more. Using an NPU frees up the Raspberry Pi 5’s CPU, allowing it to focus on other tasks, making your projects more efficient and powerful.
¶The People’s AI needs hardware and the Raspberry Pi just jumped in with both feet.
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¶Woke up a little bit later that usual this morning. We still got in our 2+ mile walk, though. We’ve been doing it for several weeks now…starting to feel like a habit.
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¶“Unlike what Jensen would have you believe, Moore’s Law is alive and well,” he said, stressing that Intel will have a major role to play in the proliferation of AI as the leading provider of PC chips.
¶I found myself thinking of the death cart scene in Monty Python and the Holy Grail as I read this. The frail old man in the scene pleads “I’m not dead” in hopes of avoiding being flung onto the pile of corpses on the cart. His relative bribes the worker, who then clubs the old man to death. Ultimately, the relative slumps the dead man onto the pile and life goes on.
¶It feels like Intel is slung over the shoulder of the chip industry right now, claiming it’s not dead. Hopefully it avoids the club and the old man finally gets to take that walk he mentioned.
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¶Fleming, who frequently represents public company investors in shareholder disputes, said that in such situations, other executives would be in the best position to make decisions, while those who are conflicted should abstain. “That has not historically been the path that Mr. Musk has chosen for himself,” Fleming said.
¶Musk seems to pooh-pooh the redirection of chips from Tesla to X, explaining that “Tesla had no place to send the Nvidia chips to turn them on, so they would have just sat in the warehouse.”
¶Is that enough to stave off a shareholder suit? Pass the popcorn. 👀🍿
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