Recently I’ve been watching the increasing rate of advancement in generative AI with a mixture of amazement and anxiety. I won’t get into the debates about whether it deserves to exist and its impact on the planet and humanity, or whether or not its adoption into nearly everything attached to the Internet is warranted as I feel there are plenty of arguments on both sides about it out there in other corners of the Internet written by people who can treat the subject with more finesse than I would be capable, but I do feel that the rate of advancement can be problematic as culturally we have not adjusted to combat its exploitation in social engineering attacks.
In my last post I had mentioned that I wanted to update this website’s theme, and admittedly that task had been put on the back-burner for quite a while. I had previously looked at different themes for Jekyll and come across Hydejack and had really liked it. Unfortunately, at the time, migrating to it would have taken a long time and I really didn’t have a lot of time to expend on it.
Yes, I’m still around, though I’m less active here than I used to be. As I get older, I realize how the time I have in a day needs to be divided and I have to prioritize. I have desired to come back to the world of blogging, and have recently been researching ways to update this site. Some things that I have been planning:
I took a couple pictures of Pheobe, my red Tesla Model 3 yesterday evening and one of them came out really nice. No color adjustments or editing outside of some small cropping.
If you’ve looked at my blog, you’ve probably noticed that I haven’t posted in quite a while. In fact, the last post here was just an apology note that I hadn’t posted at all in 2017 and that I did intend to - but obviously didn’t. To say that 2017 was a tough year would be an understatement, as from what I’ve seen and heard, it’s been difficult for many in an assortment of ways. In retrospect and by comparison, I’d have to say that I had a successful - albeit extremely busy - year. Unfortunately, I can’t say the same for other people though. Like most Americans, I think this past year was wrought with nervousness and constant anxiety for what the next day/week/month might bring. In fact, as I sit here writing this retrospective, it’s hard for me to even remember what happened.
