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Problems stuffing AI genie back in the lamp

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It’s no secret that USA has neither the electricity nor the skilled labor to deliver data centers needed for the AI revolution. Yet, frontier model providers and public companies alike keep insisting that America must win the AI race or … Continue reading

Knowledge gap vs. Outcome gap

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I’ve been annoying my friends with AI for years but one of the more bewildering things has been trying to convince my technical friends to try AI bots and automation. One of the most common arguments I get back is: … Continue reading

How I use openclawd

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I have been on a journey with my clawdbot -> moltbot -> openclaw bot and at this point I have dozens of agents running on multiple bots and multiple servers. If you want to spin up one of your own … Continue reading

Meet Stephy, my clawdbot

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Note: Updated on February 12, 2026 to reflect the name change. While most of this post still stands I encourage you to look at https://openclaw.ai/ first if you’re deploying it in the future as this product has changed the name … Continue reading

Removing Microsoft Copilot

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If Microsoft Windows 11 hasn’t compelled you to switch to a Mac or Linux yet, you’re likely seeing way more Copilot in your day-to-day. For my fellow geezers that lived through MSN and Bing, every so often Microsoft invests an … Continue reading

Saa(pocalyp)S(e)

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It has been years since I’ve felt like I’ve had a thought I wanted to share that needed more than 140 characters to fully explain. In the two years that have passed since my last blog post I have mostly … Continue reading

It’s been a minute…

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Hard to believe that it’s been 5 years since I retired and nearly 3 years since I logged out of most socials & blogs. While I’ve really been enjoying the peace and quiet, I find myself in a similar predicament … Continue reading

Social Media Against Society

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I originally wrote this blog post back in March. I didn’t post it because I thought this subject of Americans vs. Americans was touchy as we were entering Covid quarantines. Then I didn’t post it during the riots. Then I … Continue reading

Kindness over Everything

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While social media has achieved an amazing feat of connecting us all, it has done at the expense of our kindness. You see, social media enables us to express ourselves freely with a delusion that our opinion actually matters. The … Continue reading

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Problems stuffing AI genie back in the lamp