Michael’s Journal

A quiet place for thoughts, tech, and reflections.
2025

Untitled post from March 21, 2025

Why is a civilian tech CEO with significant business interests in China being briefed on potential US-China conflict scenarios? Seems like a concerning conflict of interest.

Untitled post from March 17, 2025

I have a new avatar! It’s now live on Micro.blog, Bluesky, and Mastodon. This was my first time using Fiverr, and I think it turned out pretty lifelike. Let me know what you think!…

How AI Is Bringing My Ideas to Life

Today, I leveraged my single Mastodon instance, my Raspberry Pi, and my paid Claude AI account to create an automated weather posting system for my home location. Using Claude AI, …

This Weeks TV Watching

📺 This week’s Watchlist: Matlock – S1 Ep. 15 – Game Face ⭐⭐⭐ Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage – S1 Ep. 14 – A Sportsbook and a Breakup, This Is That Moment ⭐⭐ From NetFlix: …

Subscription Fatigue

Subscription Fatigue

I canceled my Paramount+ subscription on Saturday, just before the renewal day yesterday, and I’m thinking of dumping a few more. I canceled Apple TV+ a few months ago. There are …

Untitled post from March 11, 2025

You know, the Republicans through Trump and Musk have found the key to cutting money to everyone but their rich owners and hiking taxes in the form of tariffs so they can say they …

Microsoft's Disconnect with Consumers

Microsoft's Disconnect with Consumers

I totally agree with Leo's perspective in this [YouTube video]( If I could easily move all my PC games to macOS or Linux, I'd jump ship in a heartbeat. The problem is that n…

September 5, 2024 - ★★★★

September 5, 2024 - ★★★★

Watched on Sunday March 9, 2025.

A Programming Journey with AI: What They Don't Tell You

A Programming Journey with AI: What They Don't Tell You

It all started with a simple question: Can I take an RSS feed from one blog and feed it to another? I knew that my Write.as blog automatically generated an RSS feed and that I u…

Whats next

Whats next

All my life, I’ve been told that Russia and Putin are bad for the U.S.—which I believe. But now, we want to get closer to Russia just because they’re big and powerful? Republicans…