Long Strange Trip

  • AI & Chatbots to help

    AI & Chatbots to help

    Many tele-health phone lines are swamped.  This leads worried people to find bad information. I’m pretty excited to see this site https://covid19.dialogue.co/?lng=en#/. Its got a github repo. Its looking for training so feel to head on over and ask your health questions of the friendly chatbot. Its early days for it, its not yet answering. But,…

  • Mother nature is a big tease

    Mother nature is a big tease

    Yesterday: Let’s put summer tires on. Today. Huh, look at all that wet snow accumulating.

  • Spring has sprung, its tire change time

    Spring has sprung, its tire change time

    So last year i got caught on premature tire removal. But, i’m still an optimist. So armed w/ degreaser, wrench, hot water, sponge I dived into what was a *very* dirty chain and undercarriage and popped the studs off. So now the bike is all dressed up w/ nowhere to go!. The city facilities are…

  • Live Free and/or Die

    Live Free and/or Die

    So we are all in lock down together but separately. No travel, no gatherings. Tough medicine, but required. No shock that some don’t like it. Some are understanding of the reason, but don’t like the precedent set. Take this case from New Hampshire (Live Free Or Die), challenging the ‘no gatherings over 50’ mandate. Now,…

  • Today is the day it should all disappear

    Today is the day it should all disappear

    The snow that is. There’s still some tenacious bits hanging in there (see the photo from my front door this am). But i anticipate the temperature and humidity is going to drive all but the most tenacious bits into extinction. See, its not all doom and gloom! enjoy!