Going through the HuggingFace MCP course to learn a bit more about it—and maybe actually use it for some projects—and I was already briefly stymied by the difference between a “resource” and a “resource template.” The example …

A birthday present from my brother just arrived. They are “catch-alls” branded with Meera’s and my online brands—VerseNotes for me, Savvy Hedgehog Adventures for her.

Yesterday I had a novel and wonderful experience: “US preclearance” at the Dublin airport. I cannot believe I’m describing a TSA/CBP experience as wonderful, but it was great.

The theory is that you go through US immigration and customs in Dublin so …

I can’t believe I just now noticed that the named MEs in The Dresden Files are “bread and butter”:

“Nothing on the autopsy. They didn’t give this one to Butters. Brioche handled it, and he didn’t find anything out of the ordinary.”
Proven Guilty

Once again I have learned that, in Europe, it almost always pays to wait for a human for long-distance train ticket plans.

I just got a cheaper, faster, nonstop reservation for a journey I thought was going to take at least one change and an …

My brain is so attuned to feeds on my phone that sometimes I literally forget that I own libraries of digital books (sadly split between Kindle/Apple because of sales+silos; my kingdom for… Del.icio.us?!?!).

I may need a no-feed cleanse to remember …

Just published this weekend’s project, an automatic Bible reading plan generator for VerseNotes.

Features

• Select length of plan (e.g., 90 days, 1 year) or daily reading time (15 minutes/day)
• Select what to read (whole Bible, OT, NT, Gospels) …

Meera and I both did this hike today, though not together: she did morning and I did afternoon. The first 2.5 miles were brutal both times (1,250 feet gain, an average 9.5% grade).

I am proud of us.

My travel schedule for May is absurd.

• May 1–3: SAT
• May 5–8: DTW/DFW
• May 11–16: DTW (again)
• May 25–June 1: VIE

Days at home: 11 of 31.

Remind me never to do this again.

Afternoon snow hike at Echo Lake.

29-minute pace in the snow feels pretty good.

New travel record, I think: my flight from DTW-DFW started boarding before I got on the rental car shuttle, and I am currently on the jetway.

Previous record was SAT, where the flight technically started boarding before I got on the parking shuttle, …

The Denver airport invites me to return again to San Antonio (I declined).

I wonder if other travelers see that sign and wish they could change their flights the way I do when I pass gates for other cities.

Today’s hike: Lookout Mountain Trail outside of Golden. A beautiful first half, super weak second half. Still worth it.

Arrived at Breckenridge Brewery just in time to see the Derby run.

It’s our first time here, and it’s a glorious madhouse of kids and dogs and beer.

Visited a brewery last night that I’d never heard of—Free Roam in downtown Boerne. It’s amazing what happens when you treat your “home” city as a destination. There’s probably something to that…

Feels weird to be starting a journey by flying… home?

We moved to Colorado for the summer for the hiking. Today was just a long walk, but here’s to lots and lots of these in the next three months…