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Texas Roadhouse
Ky was in Cincinnati AND Nashville this week, so it has been mostly O and I hanging out. It’s been nice. Having some dad-daughter time is always special. Last night, we (well, I) decided to go and check out a true American classic, the Texas Roadhouse. Texas Roadhouse is a Texan-themed steakhouse chain, and is…
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Style Guide
One of my projects at the moment is writing a style guide for our LLM outputs. Rather than just letting the AI cannon out slop, we want to force it into producing something coherent, readable, useful, and ideally with a high level of clarity. This is harder than you might think. It had me thinking,…
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Elite Signal
I am at CU Boulder’s main campus today, meeting with my intern. It’s weird to be back at university; everyone looks so young! CU isn’t Harvard, but it’s still a fine institution. I can tell by walking around; although not by observing the students pouring over books or an honour board filled with Nobel Laureates.…
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Final Quarter
I’m not a huge fan of the NFL. Take that in the literal sense; I don’t mind it, I just don’t revolve my life around it. It goes for too long, the rules are too complex, and having grown up overseas, am not part of the “culture”. To compound things, the one game I went…
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Blast from the past
I don’t know where this came from, but today I made a rather unusual, almost archeological discovery. It’s an invitation for the 2001 Thomas Jefferson High School Senior Prom. The first things I noticed: For something 25 years old, it’s in pretty good condition. A few creases, but almost zero fading. Considering this was at…
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Grandfinal
I like to be in bed by 10. But tonight is Grand Final Friday, which means I’m off to Stoney’s Bar and Grill for the one and only AFL game I see a year. Fremantle have never won a flag in their 30 year history, while Brisbane are aiming for their SECOND three-peat of the…
