Computers
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The Architect of My Own Reality
I’ve spent the day vibe coding an app that has allowed me to create something that…
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I Don’t Miss Obsidian One Bit
When I found Obsidian it felt like a major score. OneNote by then was long in…
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AI Can Be Useful
Artificial intelligence is a much hated technology and for good reason. Like all the advances before…
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Getting The Sims 3 to Work on a Modern Gaming PC
EA’s The Sims 3 dates back to 2009. At that time, a typical gaming PC had…
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Video Game Violence Isn’t Violence
Just as I know that holding a conversation with AI isn’t the same as holding one…
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Cursor Continues to Save My Life
I’m a middle-aged man who has worked in the software development industry for 35 years and…
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The Long Road Back to Amiga: A MiSTer FPGA Post-Mortem
Return to the Amiga I am a huge Commodore fan and have been since the very…
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Torment: Tides of Numenara
If you are new to Torment: Tides of Numenera, the combat system might surprise you. While…
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I Abandoned Obsidian for Google Docs
My note-taking journey started with Evernote in the early 2000s. Back then, there were no smartphones,…
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Bridging the Capability Gap With AI
In my post, Vibe Coding is all About the Requirements, I talk about how I’ve spent…
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Vibe Coding is all About the Requirements
I’m not a great programmer. Good but nothing more. And that’s with 35 years of experience…
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Technology Has Outgrown the Batteries that Power It
With the advent of the iPhone, computers lost their identity. Suddenly, a phone could do most…
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Life
When I first started using computers, in the early 1980s, when I was around 20 years-old,…
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The MacBook Neo is a Gift to Windows
I’m not the target market for high-end laptops. I don’t care if my laptop is made…