Recently, I upgraded my server (posts to follow on that adventure). As well as updating the server, I also changed my blog software and setup. The short and the sweet of it is this, the old blog, alaskalinuxuser3.ddns.net is still …
Years ago I built an Arduino-TNC [1] that was based off of a design by Mobilinkd [2]. It was a KISS TNC that you could connect to your computer or your cell phone and use it to communicate over the air waves with your ham radio. The original one that …
While I am, as I have said, not a big fan of AI, I have been doing my due diligence to learn about it in the event that the need to use it should arise. Again, I clarify "need" not as a lighthearted, "I need to know this or that …
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 …