Author: stansidel
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AI in My (Future) Children Books
I’m working on my first children picture book. I’d never fancied myself a writer or an illustrator. The idea to publish children books was dead simple though. I’d accumulated over 150 recordings of stories that I had told my kids over the course of seven years. I’d been thinking of publishing them before but I’d…
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Long travel to the UK, proof of address hell
It turned out to be hard to do weekly updates, ha-ha. But here’s another “weekly” one, almost a month later. We moved from Bali to the UK for our next tourist destination. The trip took us 24 hours and two connecting flights. Alena had food poisoning on the first, the longest, flight. Luckily, all went…
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Rental Panic, Grief, and Panda Faces
I’m trying to restart my personal blog and mailing list with short weekly updates about our relocation, family life, and the development of Panda Pu. This is the first one. We’re one week away from flying to the UK, and the rental market there has turned out to be more frightening than we expected. Compared…
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Going Analog Helps with Focus
Using analog watches and paper notebooks throughout the day keeps me from distractions this week. And based on my observations, I have at least three times every 15 minutes if I leave my digital stuff behind.
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I followed the plan by breaking it first
I couldn’t fall asleep two nights ago. So I decided to wash the dishes while listening to music. The music carried me away, so I ended up enjoying it for another two hours after I had finished with the dishes. A glass of good wine helped set the mood perfectly. I only went to bed…
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The Power of Not Following the “Right” Path — My Case
I could have used ready illustrations for my videos. Instead, I dived into creating graphics. It took my time but allowed me to let go of self-constraints.
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I got it wrong when (if?) people judged me
Two recent events helped me to see criticism from a new perspective. It started with hair but spans across other things.
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Importance of Having Rest
I wasn’t able to express almost any idea in words later last week. I was grasping for words but they just weren’t anywhere in my head. And the very ideas looked pale and dumb. Days turned into minutes. “What’s going on?” I thought. “Is it constant interruptions throughout the day influence me this way?” Today…
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Interruptions: A Productivity Killer 🚫💼
Ever notice how even a small interruption can throw off your entire workflow? 🤔 Whether it’s a quick meeting or a seemingly harmless chat ping, these disruptions can derail your focus and productivity. Think of deep work like deep sleep. 💤 Imagine getting woken up every 15-40 minutes just to sip water. Important, sure, but…
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Developing a GitHub macOS App with ChatGPT Assistance
I recently embarked on a four-hour coding journey to create a macOS app that functions both as a standalone application and a menu bar extension. I tried to delegate as much coding as possible to ChatGPT. The app’s primary function is to parse GitHub merge request URLs, extracting key information such as the group name,…