When in doubt, make it obvious. #life #success

“Doubt is a belief that reality won’t live up to your expectations. Never trust beliefs.” #writing #life

I exported the manuscript to .doc. It’s 612 pages. Ack! Next week, I push it th editor. That will cost an arm and leg. #writing #publishing

It feels like summer is gone. It’s very fall-like and chilly weather-wise.

The next step may be the one that trips you up. #life

Somehow, I was expecting more from AI’s Notification summary feature. It seems it’s just clumping notifications together into a single tile. It does nothing to summarize them in a meaningful way. #apple #ai #failure

Who’s doing something boring today?

It was a dark and dismal morning, or so the story goes.

Hello. It’s Friday. Get some work done so that you can relax this weekend. Better yet, relax now. It’s a holiday weekend here. Time for the ceremonial coffee.

Plan for tomorrow: — Python — read — eat — errands — study something new.

Hm. I like cheese. I brew beer. But I’ve never tried making beer cheese. Maybe next batch. #food

Spent the day diving into Bottle. Decided to redo my internal website to use Bottle instead of Flask. Lots less code, and more understandable. #programming #python #bottle

It’s a holiday weekend here in the US. The unofficial ending of summer.

Set an example.

Trying to figure out how to strip out Apple Books DRM so I can move my books off of the app, now that it’s dead. #apple #books #drm

Apparently, a lot of people have never learned to use a real keyboard now, or know what the Nile is. That makes me wonder what kids are actually taught in school. Probably how to learn from TikTok and the internet. #education #failure

Hello. It’s a take-easy-day here. Time for the ceremonial coffee.

Plan for tomorrow: — Python — finish the blurb — read — play some games — relax a bit — errands

Phew! Finished editing “To Preserve Health - Coins of Destiny Book I”. Time for a break. Tomorrow, I’ll push it out to the editor, etc.

I still have some pieces of history. One of the first chess programs. I have a lot of complete listings for chess program’s early days. I wrote one in 79 in WATIV on a B6500. #programming #chess #history

Who watches the watchers? Who tests the code tests? #programming #tdd

Yes, that was an H.G.Wells reference and satirical pun.

Bill Gates stands apart from the “billionaires” of today in that he doesn’t seek fame and exposure. I’m betting he’s a better human than the Eloi of today. #money #fame #humanity

What is the best brand of chocolate for casual eating? NOTE: “brand” not flavor, product name, etc. I don’t’ care that you like Mars or Twix bars. That’s not a brand of chocolate. #food #chocolate