Do you remember the old Wild E Coyote vs Road Runner cartoons? The series of cartoons featured a coyote intent on capturing the road runner with endlessly elaborate traps, tricks and tactics and sadly, he was never successful, the road runner always got the best of the coyote. I feel like that coyote. A few…
How Tech Revolutions Change Behaviors
I wrote about canceling subscriptions in my post “How To Prepare For A Recession” back in 2024 and this year, as I expected, got laid off. I re-examined my subscriptions to make sure I’m not wasting any money. I recently canceled my Apple TV+ subscription since the shows I liked I already watched and the…
AI, Robots, and The Job Market
I’ve taken a look at the job market and there seems to be plenty of opportunities out there for my skill set and I’ve applied to a few interesting positions but I’ve already booked my trip to South America for the summer so I will need to pace myself on interviews and job applications. I’m…
Restaurant Inflation Insane
As a kid in middle school, I remember my dad taking me to a diner downtown before dropping me off at school. It was a diner where everyone seemed to know him. A breakfast plate of food that included eggs, bacon, and biscuits was $1.99. My dad would go there for breakfast often but the…
Unemployment Benefits
Now that I’m unemployed, I signed up for unemployment benefits and it’s an interesting experience. First, there are many hoops to jump through to get started but after going through the gauntlet I finally got my benefit statement. It seems the state makes it as hard as possible to collect benefits. Evidently I am entitled…
Taylor Swift Buys Music Rights Back But Suno.com Will Eat Everyone’s Lunch
The headlines for the past couple of days on every news feed I get has something about Taylor Swift buying the rights to her early music back. Well congrats TS but the bad news is that I now spend most of my time listening to my own music I create on Suno.com. The days are…
I Got Laid Off
Well today was my last day at work but don’t feel sorry for me as I got a generous severance package. And it came at the perfect time, right before summer so I can take a very long vacation traveling South America where it’s nice and cool. It’s strange but the three times I’ve been…
Zepbound: My Health Journey – May Year 2
Great news, the new 10 ml dose pushed me to lose 2 pounds. The somewhat bad news is that 10 ml dose makes my stomach nauseous most of the time. It’s not bad enough that I can’t cope but it really takes the hunger out of my system. I feel the way I did back…
If You’re Not Terrified of AI, You Should Be
I love AI, aside from the creation of the Internet back in the 90s there hasn’t been anything developed as helpful nor as terrifying as AI. If you haven’t seen it already, the latest AI video generator Veo 3 is making headlines with fully AI generated videos that look like the real thing. A TV…
Memorial Day
On this solemn day, best wishes to everyone on Memorial Day.