I intended to write a post about the Olympics, but on the day of the closing ceremony, one of my children tested positive for COVID. And in a few days, we all had it. Thankfully, we are all previously vaccinated and have no other notable risk factors. We were never actually worried and didn’t have […]
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Meal Tracking
When it was just Julie and me, figuring out meals was easy. We enjoy a broad variety of food, so most options worked. However, adding children really changed the process. First, they have preferences, and those don’t necessarily match ours. Second, we have been more deliberate about meeting all of their nutritional needs to both […]
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How I Staycationed
With two young children, we couldn’t be bothered to figure out the logistics of actually traveling, so we took three days of work to stay at home. To make it an actual vacation, we took the children in to daycare to spend the time how we wanted to. To make the most of it, I […]
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Life with Two Children
Last year, Julie and I had our second child. Although everything is always changing in the life of a young child, we had mostly developed routines and rhythms to life. That consistency was a secondary sign that we were ready to have everything change again. Life with two children is different from life with one […]
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How I Setup a Private LLM Chatbot
Generative AI is everywhere; it’s feels like the most quickly adopted technology in recent memory. Although it’s easy to use tools like ChatGPT and DALL-E online, I also wanted to play around with the technology myself, so I set a goal of configuring a private chatbot. What does “private” mean in this case? Well, the […]
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What I Cooked in 2023
I rather enjoyed writing my 2022 post, so I’m back again with more pictures and brief notes. These dishes aren’t not necessarily representative of, well, anything. It’s just what I found on my phone. Red Bean Soup
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My 2024 Goals
Slowing down has been a common theme in my past goals, and that is coming up again. It doesn’t come naturally to me, but I hope to build enough habits to make it happen anyways. Setup a Personal LLM Chatbot ChatGPT is a big deal, and generative AI keeps getting more and more impressive. I […]
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My 2023 Recommendations
This year is pretty thin on recommendations. I looked through my Goodreads and so forth, but this is all I found. Honorable Mentions Just to fill out the list, I added a few honorable mentions this year.
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2023 Goals Review
Early last year, I set three goals for 2023. It’s now 2024, and although I haven’t set new goals yet, I at least can reflect on how the old goals went. Notably, we had another child last year, which changes almost everything about life, including how goals went. I’ll focus on progress before my life […]
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Our Process For Picking Baby Names
One of favorite conversation starters is to ask someone how they got their name or how they chose the names for their children. Sometimes people really don’t know, but often, there’s a decent story behind the name. It’s taboo to ask expecting parents what the baby name is, but it’s certainly fair game to ask […]