Blog
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Automatically Mounting Network Shares on macOS
How I worked around macOS failing to reconnect a network share at login by using a small Automator delay.
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Building a Better Transcript Formatter - Update (03/15/25)
An update on realizing that local LLMs might not be the right tool for transcript formatting, at least not in the way I hoped.
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Understanding Ollama’s Use of Hash Files
Some notes on why Ollama model files look like a pile of hashes, and what those blobs and manifests are doing.
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Moving Ollama Models to an External SSD on macOS
How I moved Ollama’s model files off my internal Mac storage and onto an external SSD without breaking everything.
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Making Podcast Transcripts Readable - Update (03/10/25)
An update on the messy part of the Transcript Generator project: trying to make local LLMs format transcripts without changing the words.
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Building the Foundation - Update (03/07/25)
An update on getting the first version of the Transcript Generator script working: URLs in, audio and text out.
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My Mac Setup
A snapshot of my Mac setup: the settings I change, the apps I install, and the little command-line pieces I rely on.
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The Ash Files - Doing Life Alone
A saved Ash Files transcript about doing life alone, building a full life, and still wishing some of the weight could be shared.
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The Ash Files - Notes On Coming Back To Your Life
A saved Ash Files transcript that hit on something I think about a lot: how easy it is to drift away from your own life.
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Formatting Disks Using diskutil (Mac)
My walkthrough for formatting disks with diskutil on macOS when I’d rather stay in the command line than click around Disk Utility.
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The Black Hole of Distractions and Configurations
A short reflection on how easy it is to fiddle with settings forever instead of actually getting down to work.
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Capturing Thoughts (Safely) When Driving
How I use Drafts, my Apple Watch, and dictation to catch podcast thoughts while driving.
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AirPods Pro 2 First Impressions
Some first impressions of the AirPods Pro 2, especially how much noise cancellation helps when the world feels too loud.
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Configuring a Headless Raspberry Pi 4 with macOS
My notes for getting a Raspberry Pi set up headlessly from a Mac, from flashing the card to connecting over SSH.
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Miscellaneous SysAdmin Guide
A collection of notes I keep coming back to for Linux storage, SMB shares, Samba, and SSH setup.
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My Computing Journey (A Brief History)
A look back at how I got into computers, Apple, Linux, Raspberry Pi, and eventually the world of self-hosting.