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  • Mahler 2 is so good. Thank you, KBAQ, for a magnificent end to an Easter soundtrack. “Aufersteh’n, ja aufersteh’n wirst du—Rise again, yes, rise again!” #EJnotes

    → 11:33 PM, Apr 20

  • I was looking to update my home storage array, but it looks like Synology has self-selected away from my options arstechnica.com/gadgets/2…

    → 11:45 AM, Apr 20

  • Once again: Baseball. Is. Imminent! #stpaul #saintsbaseball

    Baseball stadium view from the stands showing an empty field with players in blue uniforms practicing on the infield. CHS FIELD visible on scoreboard with TV & RADIO BROADCASTS sign, CW and KFAN logos. Floodlights illuminate the field during late afternoon with clear blue sky overhead.
    → 5:47 PM, Apr 11

  • BASEBALL. IS. IMMINENT!

    ```&10;Baseball game in progress viewed through protective netting, showing a pitcher in light blue uniform throwing to a batter in red, with outfielders positioned on the field. Outfield wall displays advertisements for Blaze Credit Union, HOME RUN PORCH, ECOLAB, CHS, TRIA, Coca-Cola, and MORRIE'S with tagline \"Buy. Sell. Service.\"&10;```
    → 6:44 PM, Mar 28

  • Why do we not have a reasonable first-party spam filter for SMS messages on iPhone yet? Why does Google (ostensibly an ad company) do better in this space than Apple, who is supposedly about privacy?

    → 5:34 PM, Mar 23

  • Classical Music, Only Wrong Answers, Vol. 35: Gustav Holst’s St Paul’s Suite was named after the city of Saint Paul, Minnesota.

    #notEJnotes

    → 10:45 AM, Mar 18

  • If you have that many colors on your weather map, it’s going to be a Bad Day.

    ```Weather radar map showing Multi-Radar Multi-Sensor System with CONUS, 2 minutes, 9 layers. Mobile phone display showing time 12:08 with alert number 13. Map displays severe weather systems across southeastern US with colored precipitation patterns and storm tracking lines connecting cities including St. Louis, Cincinnati, Louisville, Nashville, Knoxville, Memphis, Huntsville, Atlanta, Jackson, Montgomery, Mobile, and New Orleans. Various colored tracking lines (red, yellow, blue, green, purple) indicate storm movement paths.```
    → 12:12 PM, Mar 15

  • Patio weather before it snows again? In March? The weather here is awfully mercurial.

    This image shows a creative chandelier or light fixture made from repurposed glass bottles in various colors - primarily green, blue, and clear. The bottles are arranged in a circular pattern and hanging from what appears to be a wooden beam or rafter. The fixture is suspended between brick walls of what looks like an outdoor patio or courtyard area. There are string lights visible along the beam, and you can see bare trees in the background against a partly cloudy sky, suggesting it was taken during fall or winter. The overall aesthetic has an upcycled, rustic charm that combines industrial and sustainable design elements.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
    → 4:51 PM, Mar 14

  • I’m sure this is a sign. Or poetic.

    Upside-down STOP sign mounted on a metal pole at an urban intersection with modern apartment buildings and office complexes in the background. The sign reads STOP but appears flipped vertically.
    → 7:52 PM, Mar 13

  • Back in downtown Minneapolis

    Modern blue architectural building with a distinctive cantilevered section featuring glowing blue windows. A large black and white portrait of a bearded man with glasses is displayed on the exterior wall. The building has concrete steps with metal railings leading up to the entrance, set against a backdrop of bare winter trees and clear sky.
    → 8:26 PM, Mar 11

  • grumble grumble Daylight Saving Time grumble grumble

    → 7:43 PM, Mar 8

  • Something useful from AGI: I’m starting to revise the alt text for images and photography on the my website to enhance accessibility. For about $0.35 in API calls using OpenRouter, I’ve used several LLMs to develop some especially useful alt text tags. (As usual, I’ve done this in PowerShell…)

    → 10:45 PM, Mar 7

  • Despite overnight snow totals of 7-10 inches around the metro, 40-50mph winds have kept much of the snow away from the patio gnome

    #snowgnome #stpwx #stpsnow

    A decorative gnome figurine with a tall red and white pointed hat sitting on what appears to be a white surface against a brick wall background. The gnome has a beige body with a round nose visible under the hat. A blue mug is partially visible to the right.
    → 9:13 AM, Mar 5

  • Oh dear (vibey AI)

    When we’re now measuring AI success against “vibes,” then we’ve gone off several rails. From Beni Swenson in Ars Technica:

    Upon 4.5’s release, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman did some expectation tempering on X, writing that the model is strong on vibes but low on analytical strength. “It is the first model that feels like talking to a thoughtful person to me,” he wrote. He then added further down in his post, “a heads up: this isn’t a reasoning model and won’t crush benchmarks. it’s a different kind of intelligence and there’s a magic to it i haven’t felt before.”

    https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/02/its-a-lemon-openais-largest-ai-model-ever-arrives-to-mixed-reviews/

    → 7:44 PM, Feb 28

  • TIL: You can add “[skip ci]” or “[no ci]” to a git commit message and, when syncing the repository up to GitHub, any on push GitHub Actions won’t run. Useful! github.blog/changelog…

    → 8:56 PM, Feb 27

  • Downtown Minneapolis is often fun to photograph

    Looking up at the Gold Medal Flour building, a tall concrete grain elevator with bright yellow signage against a clear blue sky.
    → 9:30 PM, Feb 26

  • On "deep research"

    Twice now, I’ve used Perplexity’s “deep research” to work on some research for things I’m working on, and twice now, it’s majorly hallucinated on its facts. The links it provides are not relevant to its claims.

    I now cannot trust this.

    (The first time: micro.edwardjensen.net/2025/02/1…)

    → 9:47 PM, Feb 24

  • I think I’ve officially become a Minnesotan: playing cribbage in a tournament in a VFW Post in Wabasha, Minnesota. It was also the Grumpy Old Men festival (yes, after the movie), so there was a lot of flannel.

    Community gathering in a large hall decorated with white string lights on the ceiling. People are seated at tables in a casual setting, many wearing plaid flannel shirts and outdoor gear. The room has a festive atmosphere with decorative lighting draped across the drop ceiling.
    → 10:26 AM, Feb 23

  • Your periodic reminder that actual paper books contain no such DRM protections and can’t be taken from you from wherever you bought them from. And they’re available at your local bookshop or library!

    www.theverge.com/news/6128…

    → 8:43 PM, Feb 15

  • Of note: Working on research for a blog post, and Perplexity’s new “Deep Research” feature just folded on its own confidence so fast. So glad we’re using all the planet’s resources for this 🙄

    www.perplexity.ai/search/wh…

    → 8:38 PM, Feb 15

  • Those are buildings. On a frozen lake. I’m not making this up.

    (White Bear Lake north of Saint Paul; 9 Feb 2025)

    Winter landscape showing ice fishing shelters on a frozen lake. Several small red huts are scattered across the snow-covered ice surface. Trees and houses line the distant shore under a clear blue sky.
    → 10:08 PM, Feb 12

  • A gnome update, après-snow

    A garden gnome figurine sitting in snow with a red pointed hat covered in snow, against a brick wall background. The gnome has a round nose and is partially buried in snow. A blue object is partially visible to the right.
    → 3:44 PM, Feb 8

  • After last weekend’s launch of my revamped website, I’m thinking about where this experiment goes from here.

    edwardjensen.net/about/roadmap/

    → 11:53 AM, Feb 8

  • Snow gnome weather report

    A garden gnome decoration covered in snow, with a red pointed hat and white snow-covered beard, sitting against a brick wall. A blue container is partially visible to the right.
    → 8:59 AM, Feb 8

  • In addition to my usual blog/website, I’ll have this space – bite-sized posts along the way. I’m limited to 300 characters, but this seems to be promising.

    → 10:08 PM, Feb 5

  • Eagle Parkway

    I’m probably more partial to the Eagles winning this Sunday’s Super Bowl than the team from Kansas City, mostly because I have more friends in Philadelphia than Kansas City

    Urban cityscape at dusk with smoke rising from a building, green traffic lights at an intersection with an Eagle Pkwy street sign, and power lines visible in the background.
    → 5:00 PM, Feb 5

  • Lufthansa at MSP

    From a cold day in January 2025, a Lufthansa A340 waits for takeoff at MSP

    A Lufthansa passenger aircraft with Star Alliance livery on an airport runway during winter. The white plane with "STAR ALLIANCE" and "Lufthansa" painted on its fuselage has the Star Alliance logo on its tail. Airport buildings and city skyline visible in background.
    → 10:00 AM, Feb 3
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