Physical Keyboards

A protracted battle with my on screen keyboard has recently convinced me of the superiority of physical keyboard when composing text for anything longer than an email.

I shall not answer the siren call of the Clicks Communicator; I have a Microsoft Bluetooth keyboard if I really need it!

Sorry @ Clicks Communicator unless you know, you want to sponsor me, a hard of hearing blogger? 😆

Claude Code

I'd been considering getting back into coding for a while. Reading Reddit threads and doing a little investigating about Claude Code, ChatGPT & other local LLM, I thought it would be possible to have an AI teach me/help me to code.

If I'm understanding this correctly, I would need a separate, powerful GPU in order to get actual benefit from using an agent. This PC doesn't have one of those, just an Intel IC. 

Oh, well. Guess I'll do it the old fashioned way. 📚

Cemetary

This is going to be a rough week. Wednesday is the anniversary of my Mother's death 3 years ago. I still start leaking every time I think of my Dad, too.

I should probably head out to the cemetery again.

Spice

For the last time, pumpkin isn't a spice.

Tolerant

"Yes, Canada is a generous, open country. And Canadians are tolerant, and kind. But never mistake our generosity for weakness."

-Jean Chretien, former Prime Minister. 

Freeze

Over breakfast, my partner & I were discussing subconscious masking, AKA autistic defence mechanisms. Identifying triggers and then taking steps to deal with stimuli, etc.

A couple of times my partner has witnessed my "freezing" due to inaction, it's like my brain just checks out: "Nope, not doing this"; it was a subconscious reaction to a situation I felt was beyond my control.

I've gotten BETTER at mindfulness, it's something that is definitely learned. I know better now how to quiet my mind when it's agitated. It's like I needed to learn how I was doing something I wasn't aware I was doing? Odd.