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Written by Dan Schuller on 2025-01-17 at 19:26

who would have guessed the song of the summer 2025 would come so early in the year

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lckf6aOA0Ps

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Written by Dan Schuller on 2025-01-08 at 20:43

Snow!

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Written by Dan Schuller on 2025-01-07 at 13:51

Devin is an AI programming agent i.e. an attempt at a virtual developer built on OpenAI

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Written by Dan Schuller on 2025-01-04 at 20:46

I've been reading "A brief history of intelligence" that mentions Kanzi, a bonobo who was taught basic language and made up his own words/phrases. I like kale as slow lettuce.

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Written by Dan Schuller on 2024-12-31 at 11:23

I also shot a crossbow (and missed a drawing of a bird from a mere 5m away)

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Written by Dan Schuller on 2024-12-31 at 11:19

Podcasts:

This podcast was fun

https://shows.acast.com/offmenu/episodes/ep50-joethomas (from a while back)

and I also enjoyed the diggnation reboot

https://www.youtube.com/@diggnation

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Written by Dan Schuller on 2024-12-31 at 11:17

In Laos there was a type of nori (crispy seaweed sheets common in Japan) that had seeds and small shrimp embedded inside.

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Written by Dan Schuller on 2024-12-31 at 11:16

I made sake (from a kit). That was fun to try and tasted fine

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Written by Dan Schuller on 2024-12-31 at 11:15

Food:

Tastiest meal was a Tom Yum Soup with Dumpings here: https://maps.app.goo.gl/XsqNLJBeu8hi7YVs6

Also a roadside kaphrao (stirfry thai basil with rice) not too far from Don Mueang airport was incredibly tasty too

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Written by Dan Schuller on 2024-12-31 at 11:07

Closer to home I visited the Victoria and Albert Museum in London for the first time. It is massive. The Trajan's Column in the Cast Courts stood out in every way.

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Written by Dan Schuller on 2024-12-31 at 11:05

In the same trip I visited a decaying boat-theme hotel chain in the South of Koh Chang in Thailand.

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Written by Dan Schuller on 2024-12-31 at 11:04

Leaving Phonsavan was a memorable 8 hour trip on an over-crowded minibus, with some catchy Thai and Lao country music. It was a mountainous and dusty route with some great views despite the discomfort.

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Written by Dan Schuller on 2024-12-31 at 10:59

This was a heavily bombed country. Shell casings are even used to decorate the outside of shops

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Written by Dan Schuller on 2024-12-31 at 10:58

Places:

Less travel this year.

I visited the Plain of Jars in the middle of Laos

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Written by Dan Schuller on 2024-12-31 at 10:56

Games:

I continued plumbing the depths of the Souls back catalog and finished Dark Souls 3 and 2. The DLC boss for Dark Souls 3 was particularly memorable; I can't imagine how the experience was created

Other than this nothing stood out for me.

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Written by Dan Schuller on 2024-12-31 at 10:54

Books:

Memories and Adventures by Arthur Conan Doyle: This stood out by a large margin. An autobiography. Very little about Holmes or too much on his spiritual beliefs but an interesting window in Victorian life and also an interesting life in itself.

The Mountain in the Sea: Fun. near-future scifi with a nautical spin.

Die with Zero: Getting All You Can from Your Money and Your Life: I read this right at the start of year and bits have stuck with me.

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