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2026 Week 24

June 7 – June 13 Music: Listening to 2026 Week 24 Music Sampler – 57 tracks – about 4 hours of music https://tidal.com/playlist/b0239f47-29a8-4ecc-ad19-7ebaee3ed2b8 collected a real hodge-podge of genres to listen to and check out this week I haven’t set… Continue Reading →

Less toxic laundry products 2026

I don’t like getting in the way of choices but I kinda need the synthetic fragranced laundry products, especially the waxy fabric softeners, made illegal. Laundry vents outside makes it more than a personal choice. But instead of just whining… Continue Reading →

2026 Week 23

May 31 – June 6 This Week’s Music Sampler Playlist: https://tidal.com/playlist/92ca14a6-7a23-40f1-90d5-fac94edf12e9 Pic of the Week: Chocolate mint and Kentucky Colonel Spearmint – because you need variety in your cocktails right? These are coming along nicely from what I put in… Continue Reading →

2026 Week 21 & 22

Week 21: May 17- May 23 Yeah I skipped a week – sick & some other things going on. But I had a playlist last week: https://tidal.com/playlist/083834d2-47a4-4814-9808-7b40917c525c Week 22: May 24 – May 30 Music for Week 22: https://tidal.com/playlist/d6de86b3-d802-445f-9f46-939ec624f494 Some… Continue Reading →

Not All AI/LLM Adoption Is Equal: 4 Groups Defined by Speed, Security & Human Oversight

I see several key groupings for ways tech companies operate with LLMs: I think the gap will widen between the organizations that don’t use LLMs and those that do both with regard to productivity as well as security. And any… Continue Reading →

2026 Week 20

May 10 – May 16 Links for the week: Music Notebooks & Writing Turn a smaller notepad sideways and get double the size but more portable! And you can start SUPER cheap (with some ideas for not taking and journaling.)… Continue Reading →

2026 Week 19

May 3 – May 9 Music: AI / Security / Privacy: I started to write up some things about AI as it pertains to Design last week and I thought I was going to post it but it’s still so… Continue Reading →

Hoopla AND Libby using one library card

So I can’t guarantee your library will have this. I DO know however that there is a number of libraries in Kentucky that have access to both Hoopla AND Libby and each one has a different set of books that… Continue Reading →

2026 Week 18

April 26 – May 2 I’m a little late posting this, not because of the Kentucky Derby related events, BUT because I actually wrote too much and was trying to decide how to deal with that. There are two pieces… Continue Reading →

2026 Week 17

April 19 – 25 there are 6 topics, I let the one about Davinci Resolve be a little longer than I planned initially and a LOT of links with it. 1) Listening to: Where I’m finding out about new music… Continue Reading →

2026 Week 16

April 12 -18 I think I have an accidental theme for this week … 1) Different apps for different modes I’ve thought about this from time to time but sometimes it’s nice to have more than one note taking (or… Continue Reading →

Perfectionism vs Shipping

Perfectionism vs shipping It’s better to have a 95% perfect product that’s shipped VS a 98% perfect that is NOT shipped.

Trying to make a decision?

The questions are very similar but they should evoke some different responses to help you make a decision and look at the bigger picture on a situation. What would happen if I did _________ What would happen if I didn’t _________… Continue Reading →

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