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On the 1,729th workout without a rest day I completed a personal record squat set of 185 pounds for 76 reps. This post describes the process I employed to achieve that set and many others …

A roundup of recent developments from the world of open-source language models.

Duolingo does a great job capturing the novel delight of learning a new language. You hop on, take a short quiz, and a little green owl waves at you and hops towards a trophy. You …

I’m very excited to announce my first proper album: Melodic Guitar Music. It’s ten original guitar tunes, inspired by Django Reinhardt, The Beatles and Chet Atkins. I’d describe the style as “Django phrasing + Chet …

I’ve been asked a few times recently how we got customers to sign up to Monzo in the early years and I haven’t been able to give a satisfactory answer in a sufficiently short space …

Went and wandered through the Bosque along the Rio Grande: Category:Dan Lyke life Category:2013-04 Albuquerque Trip Flutterby.net is a publication of Dan Lyke and unless otherwise noted, copyright by Dan LykeGratefully acknowledged: OpenStreetMap map tiles …

Lots of people often tell me a similar story: someone they know is planning to go professional, but they can’t sing in tune. Should they be told, or be allowed to make a fool of …

This Mai Tai riff from Nathan Robinson was a delicious twist on an old favorite. It’s especially nice if you’re looking for something else to use with Cherry Heering liqueur. I love the combination of …

A funny thing happened on the way to Austin this past weekend. My younger son and I were driving to the University of Texas for a campus visit. We have a rule when driving - …

Untethered. Photograph of a milkweed seed. We planted milkweed on our deck this summer to attract butterflies. At the end of the season, I saved their seed pods so we could plant them again next …

I’m here to provide a look at the financial side of Critical Distance. In 2022 we needed to run an emergency GoFundMe to fix our tax status, and that’s not a place I want us …

I think I am going to do #Karate The Baha’i fast starts in about 8 days then lasts 19, so I will plan to start my first classes after the fast ends.

Those who do not react flexibly to the demands of the situation make themselves slaves to their stubbornness. When processing James Clear’s Atomic Habits1, I deviate from the actually recommended reading method. The reason is: …

The Moon will soon experience human beings on its surface again, working and living on a regular basis. But when humans go back there, this time it will be to stay.

This is one of those pieces of gear that I’ve sat in front of for years and never actually wrote about–either because it was too obvious, or because it seemed too trivial. It's a very …