It's been about three weeks since the last weeknote, so this is a catchup. The short version: our newest cat tried to murder one of the other cats and broke my heart a little, a raccoon declared war on our backyard pond, I learned the hard way that ASA needs a brim, and I poured an absurd amount of agent-driven coding into a procedural cyberpunk hacking game called starnet. Also Technology Connections made an hour-long video about ceiling fans and I was delighted. [ ... 1839 words ... ]
Hid 3D printed critters around the house for my wife to find, got late-night Skyrim modding working on Linux (with Dagoth Ur!), and deeply related to that LLM alarm clock burning $20 repeatedly asking "is it time yet?" - because that's exactly how afternoon meetings feel with ADHD. [ ... 810 words ... ]
Miss Biscuits is 90% fluff, 3D printed ghosts instead of guns, snarfed down three Adrian Tchaikovsky books at hyperfocus speed, shipped feedspool-go v0.2.0 with over-engineered lazy loading, learned about GitHub Actions cross-repo triggers, got obsessed with a TR/ST song on repeat, and caught up on Classic Doctor Who featuring cyborg Loch Ness monsters. [ ... 1313 words ... ]
We lost Catsby, which sucks completely. 3D printing experiments with glow-in-the-dark filament and blacklight LEDs. Discovered Pangolin for homelab tunnel magic. Pondering SID chip replacements for the C64. Brief flirtations with Animal Crossing and Persona 5. Links about woodworking, AI slop, silicon ice age nightmares, and other assorted topics. [ ... 1632 words ... ]
Took two weeks off to play Warframe and drink eggnog. Catsby's thriving on baby food. PG&E's power blips forced me to finally get a UPS. Also melted failed 3D prints into stinky artifacts, disassembled a boom box, and installed a doorbell camera to watch the neighbor's cat. Bookmarked too many AI coding articles. Happy new year! [ ... 1795 words ... ]
Weeknotes continue! Tried to write daily posts but only managed one before the week happened. Catsby finally found food he loves (baby food in a jar), printed an army of tiny polar bears and fleshy-looking pink reindeer, friendship ended with Fortnite and now Warframe is my best friend, and spent way too much time thinking about game streaming with Sunshine & Moonlight while pondering whether to turn my gaming PC into a basement server. [ ... 1181 words ... ]
I've been on a spree lately, 3D printing fun little things from Happy Flexi Pets:
Let's see if that image gallery thing still works? It could use some improvements, maybe add alt-text / captions at least. Also kind of awkward to manage in Obsidian as I write this post.
I've been following this 3D artist for awhile who runs a Patreon called "Happy Flexi Pets". Last night, she posted this ludicrously adorable Owlcat. So, I practically lunged to download the models, get them sliced up, and started the printer running overnight.
The result was pretty great. Look at those beans! 🐾 Sometimes, I love living in the future.
This week, I messed around with Meshtastic firmware on Bazzite, printed some goofy charms for my new Crocs, and ruminated about backfilling my blog. Also, some thoughts on GitHub Pages, moats in AI IDEs, and frustration with platform lock-in—especially from Apple. [ ... 969 words ... ]
