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Felt good today running and extended it as much as I could before having to pick our youngest up. It wasn’t bad out either but started to get warm when the sun wasn’t behind clouds but I will take this over the heat earlier in the week.

Saw this prompt and wanted to give it a try.

Me

A black and white close-up portrait with visible water droplets and small bubbles on the face like the subject just emerged from water. The mood should feel intense and cinematic, with a dark, minimal background.

GPT-4o

Looks really intense…

I had just enough time to get this run in before heading up to a swimming volunteer shift. It was really nice out tonight since it rained all day and was overcast for this run. I wish I could have gone longer but probably fine as the last block my…

Execupundit.com: The “When You’re in the Used Bookstore” List

What a great idea for a list to keep handy!

On Chasing the Right “Zero.” – Merlin Mann

Once you’ve dedicated yourself to making the things you love, every inbox can and should become a well-monitored servant rather than a pitiless master.

This is an excellent refresher about what all this “productivity” stuff is really about.

(via CJ Chilvers)

A brand new AI startup with great pedigree and a $12 billion valuation.

Thinking Machines Lab, a buzzy AI startup founded by Mira Murati, raised $2bn in new capital, valuing the firm at $12bn. Ms Murati has recruited an impressive roster of researchers from OpenAI, where she was…

About a half mile into this run these dark sky just dumped rain on me for the next 3.5 miles. I kept going as I figured it would let up soon and at a minimum I would have been soaked that much from the heat and humidity anyway. It finally…

POAP 7391295 at Lowry Avenue Bridge — 612 POAP Challenge.

I’ve been getting great responses from Claude lately and using it even more than ChatGPT. I’m wondering if ChatGPT’s memory feature doesn’t make it a little “over fit” to the user. Claude seems to have an easier time coming up with fresh ideas. So interesting.