The Rise of AI-Generated WordPress Comments

It feels like the era known as Web 2.0 is drawing to a close. Never quite what it was cracked up to be, nevertheless the Web 2.0 age was probably the apotheosis of the vision of a worldwide network of people freely exchanging ideas instead of the one-way producer to consumer model that came before…
Space 2099 – The Reboot That Never Was

A few years ago, fans of Space: 1999 were given some hope that the show was getting revitalized when a sizzle reel appeared describing “Space: 2099”, a reintroduction of the series. Now, this was nothing like the Ron Moore reboot of Battlestar Galactica. Rather, it was more like George Lucas’ enhancement of the original Star…
How to Reboot Space: 1999

Introduction – Why even reboot Space 1999? September 13, 1999, twenty-five years ago today, is a milestone date in the world of science fiction. It is the day that radioactive waste on the moon exploded, blowing the moon out of Earth’s orbit and into deep space, taking Moonbase Alpha and its 300 or so inhabitants…
Gutenberg vs. Divi, Round 2

Recap of Round 1 About two years have passed since I wrote about my first experiment with jettisoning Divi in favor of Gutenberg for this site. At the time, Gutenberg was still relatively new, but the prospect of being able to build a website easily and without a page builder was enticing, to say the…
Zwift Play and the Wahoo Kickr Bike

(Originally posted June 18, 2023, with updates at the end) If you own the Wahoo Kickr bike, you already have handlebar-mounted buttons for things like using power-ups, turning left and right, making u-turns, etc., so you might be wondering how much value there might be to adding the new Zwift Play controllers to your system.…
Peloton Guide Review

The Peloton Guide is far cheaper than some other products in its category (for those with the “all-access” Peloton plan, at least) but it often feels like it’s still version 1.0. A few months ago I purchased the Peloton Guide. I had been taking some weight training classes, and was intrigued by some of the…
Madden and Chat GPT

For something over ten years, I was something of a Madden fanatic. I eagerly awaited Maddenoliday every year, and even those years when my Eagles were not contenders, I rooted for them every week because I knew that if the IRL Eagles did well, the Madden Eagles eventually would, too. If you don’t know about…
Replacing Hydrow Seat Wheels

This is my true story of replacing worn-out wheels on the seat of my Hydrow rower. I am not taking responsibility for any injuries or damage incurred by anyone who uses this information to attempt the same. What I needed: 5mm allen wrench (see note below about length) 10mm box-end or crescent wrench (monkey wrench…
Pennsylvania closer to statewide ban on declawing

Last week, state senator Carolyn Comitta issued a memorandum announcing that she was going to introduce a bill to ban declawing in Pennsylvania, as a companion bill to HB508 in the state house. Declawing is already illegal in some communities, including Allentown and Pittsburgh. Once considered standard practice for housepets, declawing has become steadily less…