Video Monday :: You’ll stop using ChatGPT | Jonathan Pageau

Has AI Backlash been going on much longer than we realize? This is a very interesting take on technological advancement. He does ask the question that has been bugging me for some time :: “We must become better Humans.  Personal Humans.” Make humans fully human. Jonathan Pageau closed out Day 2 of ARC 2026 with Read More …

Video Monday :: Iran Expert Robert Pape

I have really been enjoying the show on YouTube lately.  The host truly gets some interesting people on it, with some very good information to share. Worth noting: some of these claims (like the 20% oil supply figure, the “secret MOU,” and the 70% ground-troops estimate) are Pape’s own analysis/predictions rather than confirmed facts — Read More …

Jazz Chikadees Jam Session At My Expense

It was five o’clock in the morning, the hour of the Great Silence. Silas lay tucked under his heavy quilt, dreaming of quiet clouds and soft whispers. He didn’t know that the morning breeze was actually a tour bus for the trendiest band in the trees, and they were about to pull into his station. On Read More …

The Great Coop Groove

Life at Shady Oaks Farm was as quiet as a sleeping snail. Every morning was the same: peck at the grain, cluck at the clouds, and nap in the hay. Riff the rooster was tired of the silence. He had a rhythm in his heart that the other farm animals just didn’t understand. He spent Read More …

Backyard Chickens – Music without a Film

The Velocity of the Unheard The studio was a hum of cooling fans and the rhythmic, frantic clicking of a mechanical keyboard. Our intrepid composer didn’t just write music; he chased it. To him, melodies weren’t carefully constructed architectures—they were lightning strikes, and he was the only conductor in the city fast enough to catch Read More …

The Beak and the Fury

Talon was tired of the fluorescent hum and the endless cycle of the grain chute. In the cramped shadows of Barn 4, his heart beat with a rhythm that wasn’t a cluck-it was a heavy, rhythmic thumping. He stared at the wire mesh, his eyes burning with a fire that no amount of corn could Read More …

Stay another Day

Fresh Egg “Pro” Tips The Bloom Factor: If they’re relatively clean, remember that the natural “bloom” (the protective coating) keeps them fresh on the counter for quite a while. No need to refrigerate right away unless you’ve already washed them. The Water Test: If you ever lose track of which eggs are the newest, the Read More …

Prelude to an Afternoon of A Chicken

Claude was a very famous composer who lived in a house filled with velvet shadows and heavy silence. Everyone expected him to write grand music about the crashing sea or the drifting clouds. But on this morning, Claude sat at his piano with a heavy sigh. His music felt stuck, like a rainy day that Read More …

Tools :: awesome-claude-code

The “awesome-claude-code” GitHub repository serves as a curated collection of resources aimed at optimizing the Claude Code workflow, boosting productivity, and enriching the user experience. Claude Code is highlighted as an advanced CLI-based coding assistant and agent, offering robust capabilities and extensive customization options for use in terminals or IDEs. The repository, maintained by “hesreallyhim,” Read More …

Chats with ChatGPT – Compare Trump 2.0 Tariffs and Smoot-Hawley

Compare trumps protectionist tariff policy with the tariff act of 1930 ChatGPT said: I’ll compare Donald Trump’s protectionist tariff policies with the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930, which is one of the most well-known examples of U.S. protectionism. Overview of Each Policy Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act (1930) Enacted during the Great Depression, this law raised tariffs Read More …