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Some friends last night were complaining about all the outrageous things that this administration is doing that feel like an accelerating slide toward fascism. “I just want to just hide and play with my phone and pretend it isn’t happening,” one friend said. “That’s how they win,” I argued. “Yeah, but how do you stay…
I got the results back from an MRI scan I had done a couple of weeks ago at UCSF, as part of a long COVID study I’m participating in. I don’t have the knowledge to interpret the findings, but the scans of my brain are pretty fascinating to look at. It’s hard to believe that…
The year 2025 was a year of sad endings, but also some exciting new beginnings. Let’s start with the good stuff. Relationship Status Change! In the “wins” column, I started seeing someone in August! In the midst of all the hits I took this year, finding a kind, fun, beautiful girlfriend is the big boost…
I used the LLM Claude to “vibe code” a simple game using basic prompts. Here is the result. Quick Thoughts: The larger issue is that while this kind of works, it is a terrible game, and I don’t know enough about coding to be able fix or improve it. So while this LLM can produce…
I prompted Claude AI to build this for me. Let’s see if it works. This version is hosted on Claude itself. Here’s another version I hosted on Netlify.
I enjoyed more than I expected Dr. Fei-Fei Li’s book The Worlds I See, a chronicle of one scientist’s research into the emergent field of artificial intelligence. The most moving sections for me were Dr. Fei-fei’s personal story as a young Chinese immigrant, trying to navigate through American society with her family. There was a…
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For Halloween this year, I decided to bring back my TRON costume, that I first debuted way back in 2020, and then improved in 2022. This time, I wanted to wear it for the San Francisco Friday Night Skate, which involved adding a new safety feature — a helmet! I also added a new LED…
I saw this remarkable image at Fort Point today in San Francisco and have been thinking about it ever since. The caption: After the Spanish-American War, the United States remained in Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines. In February 1899, Filipino nationalists (Insurectos) led by Emilio Aguinaldo resisted American domination and began attacking U.S. troops….
Today was such a thrill! I got to hear the 1924 “Spreckels Organ” played at the San Francisco Legion of Honor! This historic pipe organ boasts 4,526 pipes hidden throughout the Legion of Honor behind fake walls and ceilings. Designed by the famous Ernest M. Skinner Organ Company to pipe music throughout the many galleries,…