Tony is a Geek

I'm a sucker for a small sized device that is useful.  But, this one is lovely.  I love the look and potential feel of the keys. https://github.com/penk/penkesu Click the LINK to find out more.  It's built using a Raspberry Pi Zero 2 (with Wifi). It has portable battery and USB.  It has "those" keys..... lovely lovely lovely.... ...and it's has the STLs for doing some 3D printing.  I know what I'm doing in my week off in March! Do I need it? no. Do I want it? yes. Will I make it? yes. Will I use it? probably not? we'll see!

 what is real & what is hype? very good article to reset the ground truth.......  https://blogs.gartner.com/anthony_bradley/2022/02/08/what-is-ai-really-looking-behind-the-hype/ some very valid & well thought out points that I totally agree with. A.I. = X Artificial intelligence is a computer program that accepts inputs and infers desired outputs using rules-based or statistics-based algorithms. M.L. = Machine Learning More accurately, machine learning is a computer program based on mathematical algorithms that use an example data set to determine the variable input parameters that deliver a desired output Artificial Neural Networks In business terms, neural networks are computer programs that break big problems into small pieces and aggregate the results to find an acceptable solution. Model Training In business terms, model training is using numerous examples of a desired result, most often in the form of large data sets, to build a mathematical model that can m...

So, I finally managed to take a week off... no work stuff was done during this time period ( at all ).  Very hard to resist, but I forced the scenario.  How?  Well, I took a photo of my home/office work desk area, attempting to fix two old PCs and get the netgear pci cards to work ( I failed ).  How did this prevent me from doing work/work?  Well, here is the photo in question: ....and when I looked at it I realised I had subconsciously made a "Sam cave" ( rewind many years ago to a nice old gentleman who I once knew, ex-marconi, fixer of PCs, loved drinking guinness / whiskey, wore sandles all year around, bearded, pot belly, coded in C - the stereotype before the stereotype was made cool - he had a home/office that had a desk and his chair in the center, everything else was stacked around him.  There was only his chair, that, I'd like to believe is so that you could enter the room, stand near the door, but not get too comfy or outstay your 10 minute welco...