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@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ The big highlight of September was a five-day trip to Copenhagen. We loved it: t
[4]: https://www.flindtorsted.cafe/
[5]: https://www.friendships.dk/en/boat-rental-christianshavn/
And then just so many nice public parks and cafes. And feeding pigeons, randomly -- that ended up being a major pasttime. Highly recommended for anyone but especially if you like urban biking and/or you have young kids you want to see the world.
And then just so many nice public parks and cafes. And feeding pigeons, randomly -- that ended up being a major pasttime. Highly recommended for anyone but especially if you like urban biking and/or you have young kids you want to see the world. I feel just so incredibly fortunate to be able do things like this.
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Nev has a little [snake fidget toy][6] I like to steal and make little figurines out of. I've [long wanted][7] to make a digital version of it, but it was an intimidating enough project that I never took action. Recently, I've been playing with [ChatGPT Codex][8], an AI prompt that runs in the terminal that can directly edit computer source code, and I decided to see if it could help me make progress with this project.
My first attempt fell completely flat -- I gave it a photo of the toy and a README with the desired functionality. It was able to make a program that output an image, but it wasn't anywhere close to right and no amount of prompting got any closer.
My first attempt fell completely flat -- I gave it a photo of the toy and a README with the desired functionality. It was able to make a program that output an image, but it wasn't anywhere close to the desired functionality and no amount of prompting got any closer.
For my second attempt, I took a more hands-on approach: I had it define the relevant structs (point, piece, snake) and then coached it through the difficult parts (adding a piece with a given rotation, detecting collisions, etc.). Once I had the abstract points-in-space stuff nailed down, the results were pretty amazing -- I had it output an image (isomorphic at first, then with perspective), then color the pieces and add lighting effects, then do a pixelated/SNES version, then animate from one configuration to another.
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### This Month
* Adventure: Bull City Race Fest half-marathon, camping at [Fairy Stone][16] with friends, team offsite in Nashville
* Project:
* Skill:
* Project: I'd like to attempt a more ambitious AI-assisted development project, though I'm not sure what; maybe something with bookmarking
* Skill: finger drumming with [Melodics][17] -- I'd like to get back in the habit of regular practice
[16]: https://www.dcr.virginia.gov/state-parks/fairy-stone
[17]: https://melodics.com/
### Reading & Listening
* Fiction: [_Carl's Doomsday Scenario_][17], Matt Dinniman
* Non-fiction: [_The Notebook_][18], Roland Allen
* Music: [_Like Water For Chocolate_][19], Common
* Fiction: [_Carl's Doomsday Scenario_][18], Matt Dinniman
* Non-fiction: [_The Notebook_][19], Roland Allen
* Music: [_Like Water For Chocolate_][20], Common
[17]: https://bookshop.org/p/books/carl-s-doomsday-scenario-matt-dinniman/f62cd04ed29db65c
[18]: https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-notebook-a-history-of-thinking-on-paper/21106064
[19]: https://www.turntablelab.com/products/common-like-water-for-chocolate-2lp
[18]: https://bookshop.org/p/books/carl-s-doomsday-scenario-matt-dinniman/f62cd04ed29db65c
[19]: https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-notebook-a-history-of-thinking-on-paper/21106064
[20]: https://www.turntablelab.com/products/common-like-water-for-chocolate-2lp
### Links
* [Uses This / Roly Allen][20]
* [Uses This / Roly Allen][21]
> I'm the author of The Notebook, a History of Thinking on Paper, which so far as I know is the first and only book on the subject, and thank-you-Jesus has been well received. I'm currently writing another history, but I can't tell you what of, and my day job is in illustrated book publishing.
* [David, please stop posting][21]
* [David, please stop posting][22]
> I think most rubyists would be pragmatic enough to just accept things for what they are and let them settle, if he'd just let them. If he stopped posting inflammatory rightwing nonsense then we could all pretend he wasn't drunkenly stumbling towards the open arms of QAnon and the manosphere with tears of joy on his face. The deal is this: if he can shut his mouth, we can hold our noses. Then we can all make this work despite our differences.
* [The Last Days Of Social Media][22]
* [The Last Days Of Social Media][23]
> The problem is not just the rise of fake material, but the collapse of context and the acceptance that truth no longer matters as long as our cravings for colors and noise are satisfied. Contemporary social media content is more often rootless, detached from cultural memory, interpersonal exchange or shared conversation. It arrives fully formed, optimized for attention rather than meaning, producing a kind of semantic sludge, posts that look like language yet say almost nothing.
* [Hosting a WebSite on a Disposable Vape][23]
* [Hosting a WebSite on a Disposable Vape][24]
> Someone's trash is another person's web server.
* [Through a Love of Note-Taking, José Naranja Documents His Travels One Tiny Detail at a Time — Colossal][24]
* [Through a Love of Note-Taking, José Naranja Documents His Travels One Tiny Detail at a Time — Colossal][25]
> From postage stamps to jetliner specifications to items he packed for the journey, José Naranja’s sketchbooks capture minute details of numerous international trips. “I’m lost in the intricate details, as always,” he tells Colossal. Everything from currency to noodle varieties to film references make their way into small books brimming with travel ephemera and observations.
* [An E-bike For The Mind - by Josh Brake][25]
* [An E-bike For The Mind - by Josh Brake][26]
> At the end of the day, we must remember that innovation is a bargain. We often consider what technology promises to enable for us, without considering what it will almost certainly disable. Most of the time, we fail to stop and consider the tradeoffs. Perhaps e-bikes may give us a metaphor to frame our thinking.
[20]: https://usesthis.com/interviews/roly.allen/
[21]: https://johan.hal.se/wrote/2025/09/26/david-please-stop-posting/
[22]: https://www.noemamag.com/the-last-days-of-social-media/
[23]: https://bogdanthegeek.github.io/blog/projects/vapeserver/
[24]: https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/04/jose-naranja-travel-notebooks/
[25]: https://joshbrake.substack.com/p/an-e-bike-for-the-mind
[21]: https://usesthis.com/interviews/roly.allen/
[22]: https://johan.hal.se/wrote/2025/09/26/david-please-stop-posting/
[23]: https://www.noemamag.com/the-last-days-of-social-media/
[24]: https://bogdanthegeek.github.io/blog/projects/vapeserver/
[25]: https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/04/jose-naranja-travel-notebooks/
[26]: https://joshbrake.substack.com/p/an-e-bike-for-the-mind