I have been getting exposed to more programming paradigms via the Clanker explaining what it is doing for projects. YAGNI (“You Ain’t Gonna Need It”) actually explains alot about HW vs SW people making boards. With HW, you just might need it…(for bodges)

This AI generated video could have (no should have) been a slide deck

“Have we considered making electronic components sufficiently stabby?"

“Well sir, we’ve checked with the lawyers, and putting knives on board is forbidden, but we can place knife-like pins 0.1” apart to really get the users fingers”

“Sold!”

For some reason I have put off replacing broken speaker for my computer (perhaps “oh, I should really repair those”? Laziness? Cheapness?). Anyway, after finally just paying to fix the problem, I think this stereo audio thing is really going to catch on.

In my 40s, I find that there is a direct correlation of my happiness and neighborliness (probably also could be called “friendliness” or “social activity”). One nice interaction can turn my whole day around in a positive way. That Fred Rogers was smart.

“It’s fine”, my wife says after I nod towards it.

My heart sings! These are the most beautiful words I have heard since “I do” and “we’re having a baby”. I’m all aflutter!

Yes, the 3D printed q-tip holder can stay in the bathroom after all.

Most uncontroversial opinion ever: laminating things is incredibly satisfying

You need to learn all the long form calculations:

80s - you won’t always have your slide rule on you!
90s - You won’t always have your calculator!
00s - You won’t always have your graphing calculator!
10s - You won’t always have your iPhone!
early 20s - You won’t always have your LLMs!
late 20s - Nm, if you don’t use AI, you’re fired

It’s late night, you hear your partner whispering into their phone. You catch them sending messages and hiding the screen. Eventually, you discover the worst: they’ve been talking to the clanker and “coding” this whole time…

I get a chuckle how webpage design has looped back around to the answer being “static HTML”. Won’t last forever, but I enjoy it for now.