Category: Blog

  • Sanitization

    Sanitization

    In reaction to the newest firmware changes from BambuLab, I’ve changed my A1 3d printer to LAN Only Mode and blocked its access to the internet. I’ll miss the convenience of being able to start and monitor prints from my phone but I use OrcaSlicer and I don’t like comapanies telling me what I can…

  • On Neil Gaiman

    I don’t have an inner monologue, so it can be hard for me to really work my way through my thoughts sometimes. One way it helps is to have a conversation with myself about it out loud – kinda like a way to force my brain to crystalize the thoughts. Another way is to talk…

  • New Year, New Habits, New Goals.

    New Year, New Habits, New Goals.

    It’s January 1st and, as arbitrary of a date as it may be to set up new habits and plans for the year to come – because the best time to start on new habits or goals is NOW, no matter time of year it is – it’s also not at all arbitrary because, hey,…

  • Review: Just Peachy – Holly Chishom

    Review: Just Peachy – Holly Chishom

    One of the things I love about going to the library is the serendipity that happens every time I go. I almost never go looking for a specific book: I just kinda wander around until I see something that looks interesting. My favorite places to look are on the return carts on the second floor…

  • AI Helpers

    I use AI helpers a lot. Today I decided I need help managing my to do list and so I made Taskmaster. It’s based on Dolphin-Llama3.1 and runs Ollama on my main home server using a GTX 1070 for the GPU. This is how I tested my prompt for it. VICTOR Hello Taskmaster, I am…

  • A Conversation with Friday

    An interesting conversation with my personal AI assistant, Friday (run locally on-prem, dolphin-mistral:latest with my own special sauce in the prompt): Topics: Creativity, learning strategies/philosophies, mathematics, psychology, AI development, the future VICTOR Hey Friday, how goes? FRIDAY Oh, hello there! It’s been a while since we chatted last. How have you been keeping yourself busy?…