After my blog post about running your own AI locally, I received some feedback regarding my arguments against using AI. Today, I'd like to respond to that feedback, but also I want to make a note for myself about how to use your locally run AI model via the API …
To be upfront and honest, I'm not a very big fan of AI. I litterally think of it as a machine that predicts the next word, pixel, image, code, thing, based on statistics. One of the dangers of such a machine is that it does so in a "life-like" manner …
Recently, I finished up and released my app EveryBible on the OpenStore[1]. I have a specific way of building apps, and when I'm done, I have a sort of "mini review" process I run on myself to see if the outcome of building the app lines up with what …
After much work, I have finally released EveryBible on the OpenStore! [1]
While far from perfect, I feel that the app is ready for general use. Some of the main features so far are:
Another milestone was reached today on my work with EveryBible [2], a Bible application for Ubuntu Touch that features 140 different translations. Today I have wrapped up the commits for displaying cross references!
The way it works is after selecting your version, book, and chapter, your verses are displayed. You …
Recently I had a birthday where I was given a new Sony Playstation 5 Dualsense controller [1] (not an affiliate link). I actually don't have a Playstation, but the idea behind it was that it should work well with Ubuntu, and possibly Ubuntu Touch. This was a really cool gift …
After weeks of saving, mowing the grass for a little extra cash, and putting his meager allowance money into his proverbial piggy bank, my son finally saved up enough dough to buy a retro gaming console. I helped him look through and review a lot of options, and he settled …
A while back I wrote an article about hooking up my HTX-212 to a signalink-usb and using it for APRS and Winlink from my 78 Chevy pickup [1]. I recently moved it to my newly restored 1968 Chevy pickup, and had an issue with it, so I thought I'd share …
A really big project (for me) that I've been working on recently is a new Ubuntu Touch app that I'm calling "EveryBible". An app that allows you to read numerous Bible translations with linked in cross references. When I first started using Ubuntu Touch after a many years hiatus, I …
A friend of mine on Ubuntu Touch reached out to me the other day about one of the older apps that I maintain. It's called Ambient, which is a simple app that plays background noise for a set period of time. Apparently, my friend uses it every night to help …