I’ve started running. It has felt hard, but I want to get better at it. So I’ve been researching how to run correctly and how to train my cardiopulmonary system for sustained effort.
The main thing that keeps coming up in my research is the importance of Zone 2 training. Zone 2 is a heart rate range where you can keep up conversation fairly easily. It would be considered an “easy” effort level.
Today I discovered miniature-calendar.com
These miniature scenes with everyday objects are so fun to look at.
WCF + Reflection = WTF
My morning consisted of investigating legacy WCF service code that was using reflection-based pattern matching to apply custom validators.
I had to increase my coffee intake for that one 😅☕
It’s really easy to just ask an AI agent what the code is doing in these situations, but I like looking at it myself to make sure I really internalize and understand it. Also, agents can be very wrong and confident at the same time.
I’m concerned. The cleaning place with the AI voice agent called back. This time I asked if this is an AI voice agent. The voice chuckled and said “No, I’m not, I get that all the time”. But I know that was not a real person. Why set up these voice agents to lie about what they are? Spooky.
Today I discovered onthegomap.com for planning out running and walking routes. Free, simple, no-ads. It’s amazing!
I was calling cleaning services and just had my first AI voice call. It was eerie. I didn’t notice it was AI until maybe 20 seconds in. It sounded very real. The AI even stutters, makes mistakes, or says “um” like a real person would. But there was something off about the perfectly consistent vocal inflections and it said “okay” the exact same, very curt way after each of my responses. I’m guessing in 5 years I won’t be able to tell if I’m talking to a person or AI.
Went to Ray’s Indoor Mountain Bike Park yesterday with some friends. I can’t believe I haven’t been before! It was a lot of fun and is a marvel of planning and construction. The space is MASSIVE in an old factory. I’m looking forward to going back! My phone died, so here’s a pic I found online. It’s hard to do it justice with one picture though, there are so many different rooms and narrow passageways to ride between.
I’m not crying, you’re crying.
A really inspiring mini-documentary (10 minutes) about a young man with cerebral palsy overcoming obstacles to complete a marathon.
I just discovered skyrunner.com and it is an epic throwback to early 2000s personal websites. Very simple, kind of confusing, completely unique. And the people of the r/running Reddit community love this post on The Screw Shoe.
I’m thinking about critics and creatives. Most criticism comes from critics, of course. A criticism is a critic-ism. But ironically, their criticism matters least. A critic is a fallen creative. And who can criticize a creative but an equal or greater creative?
