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"Tongue Tied and Twisted, just an earthbound misfit, I."
The Govee smart lamp brightened up my room, and then my life
Then my brother bought my mom and me two separate Govee Uplighter Floor Lamps for Christmas, and my Ikea lamp troubles were over. I did not expect to develop an emotional attachment to a lamp.
Silicon Valley has forgotten what normal people want
I think the answer is simple. They do not have much in common with normal people, and haven’t thought much about what normal people’s lives are like, or what normal people value.
Claude Token Counter, now with model comparisons
20th April 2026 - Link Blog Claude Token Counter, now with model comparisons. I upgraded my Claude Token Counter tool to add the ability to run the same count against different models in order to compare them.
Migrate away from prefilled responses: Prefilled responses on the last assistant turn are deprecated starting with Claude Opus 4.6. See Migrating away from prefilled responses for detailed guidance on alternatives.
This new TED Talk from Peter Steinberger...
This new TED Talk from Peter Steinberger is a great introduction to why OpenClaw exists and what impact it might have.
Best practices for using Claude Opus 4.7 with Claude Code
Set up notifications for completed tasks. Ask Claude to play a sound when it’s done with a task, and it can create its own hook-based notifications.
Tmux Cheat Sheet & Quick Reference
List key bindings(shortcuts) $ tmux info Show every session, window, pane, etc...
Apple Studio Display XDR Now Cleared for Diagnostic Radiology
Can AI responses be influenced? The SEO industry is trying
Google constantly tweaks its algorithms and introduces updates to how its systems assess content online, keeping the SEO industry on its toes, but AI represents a new era ripe for disruption — or growth and profit.
The United States router ban, explained
The government’s not taking away my router, right? No, you can keep using your router in the United States of America no matter where it was made — the FCC is crystal-clear about that.