Jim Willis

Month: December 2023

  • X-E2S Shots

    I’ve been trying to remember to bring my camera out with me more often, employing little tricks like keeping my X100F on my kitchen counter near my keys. But even when I remember to bring it, I haven’t been shooting at all. But for Christmas this year I received a 7artisans 25mm/1.8 lens. This lens…

  • Fender TSA Flight Case Parts

    Updated! See below The latches on my Fender TSA flight case are all shot. Rather than toss the case, I want to try to fix it. It took me a while to find a number for Fender. (At the time of this post the number for consumer relations at Fender is 1-800-856-9801). After a while…

  • What is Nature?

    I’m not sure there is much wisdom in arbitrarily distinguishing between natural and unnatural.

  • Read: Chatbot Therapy Is Risky. It’s Also Not Useless.

    This article pairs well with “What AI Means for Buddhism.“ Implemented ethically, AI could become a valuable tool for helping people improve their results when seeking mental health care. But Stade noted that the reasons behind this crisis are wider-reaching than the realm of technology and would require a solution that is not simply a…

  • Read: 269 / ’Tis the Season… For Tending to the Inner Garden of the Soul

    A question worth asking: ‘What does it mean that the earth is so beautiful? And what shall I do about it? What is the gift that I should bring to the world? What is the life that I should live?’ – from Mary Oliver’s *Long Life*. Source: 269 / ’Tis the Season… For Tending to…

  • Read: The Inside Story of Microsoft’s Partnership With OpenAI

    This article offers a comprehensive exploration of the collaboration between Microsoft and OpenAI, delving into the factors driving this partnership and its implications. Key insights include: I couldn’t put this piece down, in part because it helped me crystalize my understanding of MS’s vision for Copilot. Copilot will be both an enormous shift in how…

  • ChatGPT- Home Recording Studio Assistant

    Configuring a recording setup with an iMac, Audient iD22, Behringer ADA8200, and an outboard stereo compressor. Connection types among the devices include USB, ADAT optical, and 1/4″ TRS cables.

  • Crazy Fingers

    I’ve been ruminating over how the chord changes to Crazy Fingers ever came about. The changes don’t feel like something you’d come at organically outside of some melody. Last night my son turned me on to Distorto from the ‘75 studio rehearsals and I now think that Jerry had this really interesting melody in mind…

  • dowpy – WordPress Posts to Day One

    Dowpy grabs the ATOM feed of my website and pulls in new entries into a Day One Journal called, surprise, “Wordpress Entries.”

  • Why Federate?

    Over at Dave Winer’s Scripting News, Dave makes the case that federation and interop of social media is maybe the wrong move. I think in some cases it may be. Thinking a lot about why and what I write here, it’s rarely because I want to engage in conversation but because I want to share…