Every friendship day, me and my family spend time with our friends. Meet them to relive old memories. Individually. This year, I decided to spend the whole day with two of my closest friends – my wife and daughter. We visited a children’s museum and had a blast playing and having fun together.
I always wanted a better web client for writing my posts. I may finally have one, I believe. This is just a test 🤞🏽
“Use what you have” - a reminder to self. The tools that I own are the best tools I can use. Don’t break what ain’t broke.
Success at an extreme level is usually the overlap of many competing factors, only some of which are in your control. If your personal definition of success or happiness depends on being in a rarefied elite, this analysis should chasten you to the reality of that goal.
I am really enjoying my experience using Bard- I have long stopped using search engines as the first stop. Only after I have asked Bard, my query do I return to a regular search engine. And even such instances are getting rarer.
For example, I was today wondering what movie a particular scene was from. Bard got the answer bang on. A search engine never got this right for me.
Unfortunately, ChatGPT has long fallen behind in the race. This is what it came back with. As much as I would have liked otherwise, Google is quickly gaining back the lost ground.
My daughter loves her music and is always crooning songs. Humming tunes. On a fine day recently, she surprised me and her mom with a tune of hers. One she had composed. She sang it so brilliantly, with a few lyrics and all 🥹 So, that’s what we recorded today - a new video is out.
A moment when I paused my usual hectic morning routine today. A moment that reminded me of why I still love the early morning vibe. And a few memories came rushing back.
I haven’t read a more frustrating book than The Eighth Detective by Alex Pavesi. It has a smart premise. Pavesi was aiming to attempt something pretty unique. But then I feel he got distracted by the lure of surprising readers. The twists and turns were too many to keep the book coherent. There are no characters to connect with. No story that captures your attention. The seven stories narrated by the lead character are silly. The twists are sillier. And are one too many. It was frustrating to see a clever premise wasted through controlled writing.
At the same time, I haven’t heard many better narration performances than by Emilia Fox. She is extremely natural while voice acting in both stories and dialogues. I could visualize every character distinctly just through her voice.
The last time I was this impressed by someone’s narration was when I listened to Ray Porter narrate Project Hail Mary. Absolutely fantastic!
An Early Morning
Early mornings always play a significant role in my routine. I love the vibe all around during the dawn. The calmness. The silence. The hustle and bustle of morning service boys with their newspapers and milk packets.
The surroundings wake up around me, and I love to be the spectator.
Nature looks to be shrugging off the dormancy from the night before. Birds get busy early. Chirping. Waking each other up. Or already playing? Who can say? Trees sway lethargically with a smile, like a sane grandmother in a busy home. The breeze caresses me like a loving mother – I can almost fall asleep again.
Never a night owl, I couldn’t stay awake beyond a reasonable time, even during my hostel days. Those were the days when staying up all night was normal. A sign of a happy student even. While my friends used to blast off into the night with their choice of rock music, I lay on my bed in deep slumber. Frequently, my friends and I had breakfast together – the only difference was that they were depleted on their way to bed, and I was chirpy post my deep sleep.
In the recent past, my morning routine has been hectic, not allowing me to live the calmness I so adore. Today I paused for a moment and stood looking out at the wakening surrounding.
A moment of life around. Of nothingness within. Of memories galore.
My phone works way better in Power Saving mode. Battery is brilliant. Services aren’t unnecessarily hogging me memory. I may always stay in this mode.