A Rule Is a Request
I keep a list of everything I’ve had to correct my agent on more than twice. Almost none of it is about what the model can’t do.
I keep a list of everything I’ve had to correct my agent on more than twice. Almost none of it is about what the model can’t do.
A model can read a memory without changing it. You can’t. That difference, and not the size of the window, is where I’d look for what makes a person creative.
I stopped asking my computer questions. It tells me what it thinks I need to know, and the hard part turned out to be deciding what counts.
I talked to my computer about a vacation and ten minutes later we had an app for it. Here is why that matters more than it sounds.
Most of what people ask a model is about to run on hardware they already own. Here is what I think that changes.
The last day at Starved Rock, and the last post of the series: a planning day with tea and the Full Focus Planner, St. Louis Canyon with kids who’ve outgrown the trail, grandparents at the lodge, and the yearly ritual of wiping the slate clean before the drive home to Virginia.
Day fourteen of the RAGBRAI log: the anti-RAGBRAI day — sleeping in at Starved Rock, Sid Meier’s memoir, Marc’s first buffet, St. Louis Canyon, a round of “pass Marc” in the pool, an SXSW EDU submission, and a birthday drink with Sarah.
Day thirteen of the RAGBRAI log: the last 34 miles into Dubuque — a misty solo roll to the start, batting practice at the Field of Dreams, one final Beekman’s rescue by Jeremy’s ears, the Mississippi, and then Field of Dreams again that night with the kids at Starved Rock.
Day twelve of the RAGBRAI log: both girls ride their first RAGBRAI — Elizabeth to the meeting town, Maura to the finish — plus Iowa’s smallest cow, a regrettable Red Bull, a soft landing in a ditch, and a derailleur that didn’t survive the gravel.
Day eleven of the RAGBRAI log: 102 miles on a written game plan and a cranky knee — two Casey’s stops, a perfect pace line, Beekman’s at mile 55, the century patch, and a finish over the Wapsipinicon into Independence.