Notes on AI, tools, and tech.
I’ve been running a SATA SSD in my gaming rig for years. Never thought much about it. It loads games fast enough, or so I told myself. Then I started seeing NVMe drives drop in price. Gen4 ones. The kind that promise 7,000 MB/s read speeds. My SATA drive does about 550 MB/s. That’s a … Read more
I’ve been watching Google roll out AI products for a while now. Every few weeks, there’s a new announcement. Usually, it’s something technically impressive but feels a bit distant. Like, cool, but am I actually going to use it? Then I tried NotebookLM. And honestly? It’s different. Here’s the thing. Most AI chatbots — ChatGPT, … Read more
I installed the August Windows 11 update last week. KB5121003. Didn’t think much of it. Security patch, right? Fixes some vulnerabilities, makes things safer. Then I tried to play a game. It crashed. Not a gentle crash either. The screen froze, went black, and then — blue screen. EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION. My PC restarted itself. I stared … Read more
I’ll be honest — I didn’t know this feature existed until about two months ago. And I’ve worn an Apple Watch every day for three years. Here’s what happened. I went to see Dune: Part Two with a friend. Dark theater, big screen, the whole thing. About 20 minutes in, I reached for my popcorn, … Read more
So Apple is really making AirPods with cameras. I know. It sounds weird. When I first heard the rumor a few months ago, I thought it was one of those “Apple is working on a car” type leaks — technically true but years away from anything real. But then a video showed up inside macOS … Read more
Here’s a thing that kept bothering me. I was at a family gathering last weekend. My nephew was running around doing that thing kids do where they’re having the time of their lives and you’re just trying to capture one decent frame. You know the drill — you tap the shutter, check the photo, and … Read more
DeepSeek dropped a new model yesterday. No warning. No teaser campaign. Just a quiet API update and a bunch of benchmark numbers that made me do a double take. Here’s the thing about DeepSeek: they always do this. You’re sitting there, minding your own business, and suddenly they launch something that makes everyone else look … Read more
I’ll be honest—I didn’t expect much when I saw the announcement. Another vision model. Another API endpoint. Another “exp” tag that usually means “try it if you’re bored.” But then I actually read what this thing does. And I spent a couple hours poking at it. Now I’m sitting here writing this, which means it … Read more
DeepSeek’s API is cheap. Like, really cheap. Cheaper than almost anything else out there. That alone makes it worth a look. But here’s the thing — I spent a good chunk of last week hitting every error code they have. Not on purpose at first. But after I tripped over a few, I figured I … Read more
I started using DeepSeek’s API about three weeks ago. Not because I needed another AI tool — I already pay for a few — but because a friend kept mentioning how cheap it was. I figured I’d burn a few bucks, test it out, and forget about it. I didn’t forget about it. But I … Read more