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\nFinished reading: Dodge City by Patrick deWitt š
\nIāve been sleeping on Patrick deWitt since reading The Sisters Brothers years ago. This book also has great dialogue and characters, and I need to work my way back to what he wrote in the in-between.
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\nI have a lot of scheduled Python scripts, and LM studio, working in the back end for a lot of my workflows, and especially things that flow through drafts. I hardly ever manually trigger actions anymore, because the things I capture just get swept to the right places on my Mac mini.
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\nFinished reading: Neuromancer by William Gibson š
\nI was looking forward to this after reading Pattern Recognition a few months ago, and to prepare for the TV show. But, this was a difficult read in comparison. Maybe because of the fantastical elements or perhaps his writing hadnāt matured as much.
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/johnchandler/99453354","date_published":"2026-10-18T16:41:16+00:00","author":{"name":"John Chandler","url":"https://byjc.co","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F37%2F30.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"johnchandler"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-10-18 16:41","date_timestamp":1792341676,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"99452506","content_html":"![](\"https://micro.blog/books/9780593804216/cover.jpg\")
\nFinished reading: Yesteryear A Novel by Caro Claire Burke š
\nThis was darker than I expectedā¦ I had the impression going in that it was more of a satire. Hard to read at times when you donāt like the main characters, but was worth it in the end.
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/johnchandler/99452390","date_published":"2026-10-18T16:15:31+00:00","author":{"name":"John Chandler","url":"https://byjc.co","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F37%2F30.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"johnchandler"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-10-18 16:15","date_timestamp":1792340131,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"99452347","content_html":"@lukemperez Always the original Houndstooth for meā¦spent so much time there. Dropped in there a couple of weeks ago on a visit.
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/johnchandler/99448772","date_published":"2026-10-18T14:49:09+00:00","author":{"name":"John Chandler","url":"https://byjc.co","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F37%2F30.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"johnchandler"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-10-18 14:49","date_timestamp":1792334949,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"99215686","content_html":"I estimate that half of all Internet traffic is retailers and service providers asking me how my experience was.
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/johnchandler/99096627","date_published":"2026-10-12T14:53:01+00:00","author":{"name":"John Chandler","url":"https://byjc.co","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F37%2F30.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"johnchandler"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-10-12 14:53","date_timestamp":1791816781,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"98959372","content_html":"@ChrisJWilson I have LM Studio running Qwen3.8-27b. Works pretty well if youāre patient :)
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\nFinished reading: The Strength of the Few by James Islington š
\nIād heard good things about this series, and liked the first one at least well enough to move on. But, I forced myself to finish this one. The multiple arcs felt rushed in the latter half, and I struggled to care what happened.
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/johnchandler/96587158","date_published":"2026-08-29T02:21:03+00:00","author":{"name":"John Chandler","url":"https://byjc.co","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F37%2F30.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"johnchandler"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-29 02:21","date_timestamp":1787970063,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"96568539","content_html":"My friend: āA pastor I knowā
\nSirIās relay to me: āA past rhinoā
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/johnchandler/96096566","date_published":"2026-08-20T14:30:01+00:00","author":{"name":"John Chandler","url":"https://byjc.co","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2026%2F37%2F30.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"johnchandler"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-20 14:30","date_timestamp":1787236201,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"95713274","content_html":"I posted a new video this week about why reading fiction is worth your time
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\nSiri AI: āAdded shoes, cheese, and juice to the shopping list.ā
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\nStill lingering in the beauty of it, and adding a new bucket list item to go back again and explore more of it on foot.
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\nFinished reading: Conscious Accomplishment: How to Use Personal Achievement for Spiritual Growth by Scott Britton š
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\nThe increasing amount of humans watching videos on their phones, without headphones, is making this posture difficult to maintain.
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\nThe MacBook Neo looks fun, and might the option someday when my MacBook dies. I love the price of it, but sadly that also limits it from the extreme portability of the 12\" MacBook.
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