So about ten years ago (2016) we created a spreadsheet comparing neighborhoods across cities, answering the question like “What’s the Mission of NYC?” Then in 2018 put together a simple django app to let people add their comparisons. Using Claude I was able to refresh update and migrate that, and very quickly add in more … Continue reading Updating neighborhood.thekeesh.com
I’ve had an old Linode server hosting my websites now since 2011, and was behind on upgrades and Ubuntu versions, making it harder and harder to upgrade over time. And I had 16+ sites hosted on it across static sites, wordpress sites, and simple django apps. I had wanted to migrate for a while but … Continue reading How I migrated 16 sites between Linode servers in 1 day with Claude Code
We recently took a trip to New Orleans, here’s a quick list of where we went. Mostly a lot of food, walking and music– very fun spot to visit. Here’s a list of some of the places we went by category. Brunch Ruby Slipper Bearcat CBD Elysian Bar Alma All really good! Alma probably our … Continue reading New Orleans Notes March 2025
I recently wrote up a long explainer on Bitcoin. Now I’ll try and add a bit more about the #2 cryptocurrency, Ethereum. As of this writing bitcoin is at $98k and $1.9 trillion market cap, and ethereum is at $3500 and a $421 billion market cap. Bitcoin was the first real internet money. Ethereum is … Continue reading What is Ethereum?
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
