Lots of digital ink has been spilled explaining the question “what is Bitcoin?” As the price of bitcoin nears $100k, it’s a good time to explain it again. I find myself explaining it to a lot of people still, and find many people are still confused. It can be confusing! I wrote about bitcoin it … Continue reading What is Bitcoin?
I’ve been on a few trips to SF in the last few years where I got to take a Waymo. I’ve currently taken 11 Waymos. They are crazy! So futuristic. And yet, now they are doing over 100,000 paid rides per week. In May 2024, they were doing 50,000 rides per week. In late 2023 … Continue reading The self-driving cars are coming
Now that everything is digital, there are so many things to charge. Seems like it used to be that you just needed to charge your phone. But the more smart or tech items you use, the more you can end up charging. Now that I’m using so many of the Apple products you have to … Continue reading So many things to charge
I’ve been interested and tracking self-driving cars for a long time now, and finally a few months ago I was able to take my first ride in a self-driving car. My initial reaction from it was really that it was just a crazy cool experience, and I think this will become a lot more common, … Continue reading Notes from my first self-driving car experience
I created a new blog category and now have a series of at least 6 blog posts on computer setup over at least 8 years. Here are the other posts: https://thekeesh.com/category/computer-setup/ Here was my set up and notes for setting up a new computer. This was a Macbook Air (M2, 2022), 24GB ram. For me … Continue reading Setting up a computer, Macbook Air M2, 2022
Julie and I took a great trip to Italy recently. We visited Rome, Florence and Sorrento. Here are a few notes from our trip and itinerary. Here was our general itinerary. Day 1Fly Chicago to Rome overnight Day 2Arrive to Roma Termini station, then hotelWalk to Trevi FountainLunch at VosGo to pantheonGelatoPasta e Vino Osteria … Continue reading Some notes from our trip to Italy
There was a mass shooting in Highland Park, Illinois today on the Fourth of July, the town next door to where I grew up. An absolute tragedy. Guns are a sickness in this country. The median country has 6 guns per 100 people. The US has 120 guns per 100 people. This is 20 times … Continue reading The Mass Shooting in the Town Next Door
Here I’m going to assume you know a few of the basic cryptocurrency terms and have a metamask wallet, and polygon on the polygon network. You can see how to set up metamask here. You can view the more detailed post here. We have created 10,000 randomly generated Karel NFTs on the polygon blockchain. If … Continue reading How to Mint a Karel NFT (short version)
I’m splitting a longer post into smaller more digestable posts on various topics. This post is how to set up a metamask wallet. How to set up a Metamask Wallet Now, we are going to create a Metamask account to set up a non-custodial wallet! Remember: back up your password! Using a password manager is … Continue reading How to set up a Metamask Wallet
How to mint a Karel NFT You may have heard of NFTs, but not know what they are. NFT stands for Non-Fungible Token, and in this post I’ll show you how you can mint your own Karel NFT. If you want to just skip and see what a Karel NFT looks like you can see … Continue reading How to mint a Karel NFT
