One of a the better quotes that I come accross: "We must love them both, those whose opinions we share and those whose opinions we reject, for both have labored in the search for truth, and both have helped us in finding it."1 -- Thomas Aquinas This quote belongs with this post: Let us practice many acts of kindness and gentle clarity toward those we like the least. -- St. Frances de Sales ...

I started blogging (if you call it that) after I finished my MBA. What I learned during my MBA is that for someone like me to write well, I need to just write. The idea of blogging has always fascinated me. By the end of my MBA, the best writing program I ever took, I could pump out pages without problems. Now, it is problem. In the process of moving content over, what I found out is that most content on the old blog, I am ambivalent about. ...

This week, I wanted to be able to vpn into my home network. My home network had just been updated with an OPNsense/proctelli firewall. It replace my NetGeer ORBI as the default router. I still use my Orbi in AP mode. Part of the process, I found out that my Synology DS would no longer do UNpN to Opensense like it did with the Orib. Not really a bad thing. ...

Note AI generated by Notebook LM Notebook as of posting has 10 references ...

Wow, what a title. As part of my Lenten 2026 Journey, and a way to explore Notebook LLM, I created a Lent Notebook. It only has seven sources for now. Note The article below is AI generated by Notebook LM ...

Just test plots. The last static site generator had a plotly modudule. What I like about it versus chart, GOAT is the simplicity. I am glad to get it working. From: HasShortcode

One bright day in late autumn a family of Ants were bustling about in the warm sunshine, drying out the grain they had stored up during the summer, when a starving Grasshopper, his fiddle under his arm, came up and humbly begged for a bite to eat. “What!” cried the Ants in surprise, “haven’t you stored anything away for the winter? What in the world were you doing all last summer?” ...

Sail Log Date Sat Jan 24, 2026 Vessel Name/Type/Model Escape J/70 Course/Sea Miles Sailed dock to dock: 12.06 nm Course: D 7 St-Dp-Gt-Bp-Xp-Dp-Fin 5.69 nm Notes Need to be more careful of running over kelp. Especially the kelp that is below surface and gets caught on the keel bulb. Who sailed or my position on the vessel Michael Jeff Christian Weather FZUS56 KLOX 241056 CWFLOX Expires:202601250000;;440680 Coastal Waters Forecast for California National Weather Service Los Angeles/Oxnard CA 256 AM PST Sat Jan 24 2026 Point Piedras Blancas to San Mateo Point CA out 60 NM including the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary ...See weather.gov/marine/wavedetail for more info on the new Wave Detail format... PZZ650-250000- East Santa Barbara Channel from Pt. Conception to Pt. Mugu CA including Santa Cruz Island- 256 AM PST Sat Jan 24 2026 .TODAY...W winds 10 to 15 kt, becoming 5 to 10 kt in the afternoon. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Wave Detail: W 4 ft at 14 seconds. .TONIGHT...NW wind 5 to 10 kt, becoming NE 10 to 15 kt after midnight. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Wave Detail: W 3 ft at 13 seconds. Sail Trace (Strava) Video/Pictures

Sail Log Date Jan 18 Vessel Name/Type/Model Escape J/70 Course/Sea Miles Sailed dock to dock: 10.51 nm Course: HD5 St-Dp-Gt-Cp-Fin 4.89 nm Notes Who sailed or my position on the vessel Michael Driver Jenny Crew Weather FZUS56 KLOX 180932 CWFLOX Expires:202601182300;;092501 Coastal Waters Forecast for California National Weather Service Los Angeles/Oxnard CA 132 AM PST Sun Jan 18 2026 Point Piedras Blancas to San Mateo Point CA out 60 NM including the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary ...