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Re:I Went Looking for Dignity and found it here [video]
on Saturday July 04, 2026 @05:26PM (#48789255)
On this reflective July 4th, I went looking for dignity and found it in this Bob Dylan song. I played along using a Berklee interactive web page. You can, too. Experience dignity. And then tell others.
Re:Show HN: I built a screen recorder with automatic zoom effects
on Thursday March 12, 2026 @07:03AM (#47349029)
I applaud you for building this web tool. It looks like it could meet my needs very well. I'll be trying it out later today.
Bobby Zimmerman, come to the front of the class
If Dr. Seuss Danced with Nietzche – The Sneetches on the Nietzches
Makers have a compulsion to explore the realm of the possible
My Sermon on Open Source
Re:My Sermon on Open Source
on Friday May 09, 2025 @02:43PM (#43939847)
After I buy a church, I'll be preaching open source from the pulpit. I've already prepared my most popular sermon.
Revised Corporate Mottoes for 2025
The Humble Virtues of a Simple Private Jet
Re:The Humble Virtues of a Simple Private Jet
on Wednesday December 25, 2024 @04:03PM (#42511152)
Written in the style of Henry David Thoreau
To make it more festive, I brought three ukuleles to my liver transplant [video]
Making YouTube music videos in the hospital ICU's
To my ear, the octave ukulele sounds a little like a cello
Re:To my ear, the octave ukulele sounds a little like a cello
on Friday March 01, 2024 @11:55AM (#39563710)
Few people know about an instrument called the "octave uke," but to my ear it sounds as pretty as a cello.
ChatGPT for Dummies book available as free PDF download (until 11/15/2023)
Re:Book Review (On YouTube) – ChatGPT for Dummies
on Wednesday October 11, 2023 @01:32PM (#37847570)
I found this to be an excellent, short guidebook to ChatGPT. Recommended for librarians, college professors, entrepeneurs, and policy leaders. This book is most useful to people who have already have used ChatGPT and want to expand their knowledge.
Book Review (On YouTube) – ChatGPT for Dummies
What I Learned at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Princeton, New Jersey [video]
Affordable Housing for Billionaires
Re:Affordable Housing for Billionaires
on Wednesday June 21, 2023 @01:46PM (#36421856)
I wrote the first paragraph of this and ChatGPT wrote most of the rest. Thanks, ChatGPT. You done good.
Re:A trivia vending machine made with a Raspberry Pi
on Monday March 06, 2023 @01:57PM (#35045860)
Using a Raspberry Pi to replace the coin box on a food vending machine is a stroke of genius.
A trivia vending machine made with a Raspberry Pi
Re:Intangible gift ideas with open source in mind
on Friday December 02, 2022 @01:06PM (#33834236)
In these tough economic times, we need to promote non-purchased gift giving -- normalizing that.
Intangible gift ideas with open source in mind
Open source weaves connections between countries
Two extra verses for Love Minus Zero/No Limit
Reviving an EeePC Laptop (Netbook) Using Linux – 2022
Re:Show HN: Free and easy to use micro web tools
on Monday January 03, 2022 @04:00PM (#29786808)
These tools are delightful. I wish there was contact information for the person who created this web site.