We had high winds and thunder snow a little after midnight. Wild weather! We only got less than a half inch of snow, but it's cold today.
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I have a real problem with procrastination that I need to overcome if I want to get back in the programming/consulting market. Not sure how this problem came about, but it has to end. I'm really good at solving problems and creating cool workflows, especially with Python, but I have been struggling with getting started in the mornings. Every day, I seem to find ways to stop myself from what I should be doing.
#I have used
BBEdit ever since it was released in 1992. I've tried Sublime Text as well as VS Code, but I always seem to gravitate back to BBEdit. However, this afternoon I started taking a look at
Zed, which has gained a lot of traction recently. It's got a lot of nice extensions and even connects to my local Ollama server for LLM integration. Old habits are hard to break, though.
#Took a look at my Groq spell check code in Electric Drummer this afternoon and discovered that the model I was using had been deprecated by Groq, so I had to update my code to a current one. Love easy fixes.
#Working on a new local LLM RAG workflow using Ollama this morning and then having lunch with some old friends! 😊
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My daughter has 2 small shows Friday and Saturday so this is going to be a hectic week!
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Lots of running around today!
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My Maryland grandkids and family headed home around 10:00 this morning. It was really fun having them here for Thanksgiving! 😍
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The extended family Thanksgiving is today at my youngest son's house. A lot of kids and adults!
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My Groq spellcheck has broken on their end so once this holiday weekend is over I will need to investigate what changed in their API.
#Having the grandkids in from Maryland has really been fun! 😍
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The Maryland grandkids made it in around 11:30 last night. 😀
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Another busy day prepping for the Maryland gang coming into town tonight. 😊
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This is going to be a busy week. The Maryland grandkids are coming in on Tuesday night to celebrate Thanksgiving with the rest of the grandkids. It's the first time in a couple of years that we have all gotten together, including the extended family. 😊
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Last day of my daughter's 3-day show at the Monroeville Convention Center. The weather should be nice, and there is no Steelers game, so the turnout should be good for those holiday shoppers. 🎁
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Posted to Twitter: "I use Electric Drummer (@drummeroutliner) for blogging, and I recently added a spell checker using Groq, which runs really fast. Simple integration using their REST API. The scripting environment in ED is really great to use! If I could run shell scripts, I'd be in hog heaven! 😊" I should have run my Groq spell checker on this Tweet. 😀
#Day two of my daughter's 3-day show at the Monroeville Convention Center. Yesterday was a bit slow, which was expected, but the weekend usually has a strong turnout for this show.
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Day one of my daughter's 3-day show at the Monroeville Convention Center. It's the annual Holiday Spectacular with tons of vendors.
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Setup day for my daughter's 3-day show this weekend.
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A nicely done TUI written in Python/Textual called Bagels. It's an expense tracker that runs in your terminal.
Check it out! I am working more and more in my terminal these days and really like the power and control it affords me from the keyboard.
#My daughter has a 3-day show this weekend, so there's a lot to do today, including picking up the U-Haul van and packing it.
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Lots of running around today.
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Busy day yesterday with the grandkids and the Steelers-Ravens game. The Steelers do seem to have the Ravens' number these days! 😊
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Show day! My daughter has a show at the Block Northway Mall on McKnight Road from 10:00 to 4:00. Stop by if you're in the area. Lots of great craft people, along with my daughter's Zenspire Designs booth. 😊
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Another day with a house full of grandkids! 😍
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The Maryland grandkids arrived last evening, so the house is full of noise and laughter!
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Another busy day prepping for my Maryland grandkids coming into town.
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Great Steelers win yesterday over a very good Washington Commanders team. The upcoming game against the Baltimore Ravens will be a really good way to see if the Steelers measure up to the top teams in the league.
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Rainy Steeler Sunday, but they are in D.C., so the weather may be better there.
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Chilly but sunny morning.
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