Dallineation

I've often wondered what it would be like to spend an extended period of time without the devices I use to distract and entertain myself.

Earlier this month I wrote about forgiveness of sins – specifically the question: how can I know when I have been forgiven of sins by God? As I have continued to study, pray about, and reflect on this question, some insights about how Latter-day Saints approach this question have become clearer.

People were thinking about “AI” long before 1992, but I doubt they completely envisioned what the technological landscape would look like in 2026. Although, I think a few people had a good idea of what was coming. I wanted to share a couple startling paragraphs from Neil Postman's Book “Technopoly” from 1992.

I've been wondering lately if I should start a second blog for all my writings about technology and nerdy things.

A blogger I follow – JP at moddedbear.com – recently posted about quxnet, a private social network that is all about recapturing the aesthetic and experience of the open web circa the late 1990s.

I'm getting tired of this.

Thanks, once again, to the wonderful Fediverse (I use Mastodon), I just learned that eBay automatically opted in all of their users to training their AI with personal data without their consent. You can opt out at this link: https://accountsettings.ebay.com/ai-preferences

I have 15 books on my small “To Read” bookshelf that have been sitting there for a while. Some of them I have had for years and still haven't read yet. I just ordered another book. I think I have a problem.

I wanted to share a quick thought from the Gospel reading and homily in last night's Catholic Mass.

I'm not sure yet which one I'd get, but for several years I've thought it would be nice to own an EV.