Today, after work we will once again have our psychological safety groups organized "deep talk" evening. Last time the event was fantastic and I stayed with a few fellow colleagues until the wee hours discussing various things.

When I saw the invite for this second session I was immediately in. Really looking forward for more of these discussions. Unfortunately I have a relative early morning tomorrow as I need to leave for our upcoming larp project's prep event so this time I can't hang out for too long (and need to skip the wine as well).

I was quite bummed yesterday when I got my new freezer in place and saw how much it protruded out from the cabinets. Even with my prior knowledge of the size difference I wasn't expecting it to stick out that far. I already considered returning the appliances and continue my search for more fitting ones.

I however decided to continue and installed the fridge in place today. To my shock it went all the way back and indeed only left the door (which is still quite thick) sticking out from the cabinet line. Were they different sized?

I knew this already before, while I was doing my research on the new freezer (and fridge) I noticed that all the new models were deeper in dimensions than the old ones. Only the integrated kind had a bit less depth, but I assume even those would have the same problem: the freezer sticks out from the surrounding cabinets!

After discovering the joy, and should I say magic of making music with the help of an A.I. I also wanted to understand it better. I've always been curious of what makes things work as they do and this wasn't any different.

After a thorough investigation of different brands and models of freezers and refrigerators I was able to narrow down my choices to two manufacturers. It was not an easy taks and I thought the final decision between these two would be that much more effort. How wrong I was!

There were almost as many different models from these two makers tham there was different manufacturers. Choosing a price range helped a little, but still too many options remained. Also the variations between different models made it hard to compare between brands.

My freezer was once again starting to melt. The same thing that happened last summer. This time it lasted less than a year and I don't know how long it would last if I'd still have given it another try as it might have still worked for a while. So I decided to order new one.

Those things aren't cheap. Especially if you want to invest a bit in quality. In the end I chose a brand well known for their high quality and longevity, but which was still on the reasonable price range.

Hearing weird noises around the house can be scary. Especially at night when you are alone. There is usually a natural explanation to all those noises, but it can still make your imagination run wild.

Living with cats for over two decades have gotten me used to hearing such noises all the time. I bet there could be anything happening outside my bedroom door and I wouldn't even bat an eye for those sounds, accounting them for the cats. They are often having zoomies during the night, tipping over stuff and dropping things from the shelves etc.

This wasn't in any way a hard day, or week. Yet still I'm feeling really tired. I didn't even sleep badly last night although I woke up what some people might consider early - at six o'clock.

Yet I've just veen staying up. It's only half past ten, felt too early to go to sleep any earlier on a Friday evening. But I don't really have a schedule, at least bow during the weekend. I could go to sleep early, wake up early.

Our current DnD campaign has been going on for just a bit over 5 years now. There has been several occasions when it was already supposed to end. Yet here we are, still playing the same campaign.

This time it's different. We are actually going ro get a closure for the story and move on to the next campaign soon. The last session was supposed to be already this week, but we didn't manage to complete the final battle in time so we still need to continue that for yet another session. That should be the real end.

It's quite different going through an interview with a colleague I have worked for years than somebody completely new. There is no need for introductions or telling about the company. In many cases I also know very well how capable they would bee in the new role

As I've picked the art of creating music with the help of A.I. I have shared some of my songs with my colleagues in our company's Slack. We have a community channel for discussing music there and as many of my songs draw themes from the IT world I assume they would resonate with them if not by the music itself, but at least with the lyrics the tell about their daily work.

I woke up at 3 am this morning due to massive pain in my neck. Didn't sleep much since then despite taking pain killers and doing some stretches. Haven't had such pain for a while.

I remember I used to have sore neck and shoulders years ago almost weekly. Sitting long days in front of the screen can be quite straining to that area of the body.

After a lot of effort in getting in shape, paying attention to my work ergonomics and forming a habit of regular stretching the pain was only a memory. Mostly.

Doing music with the assistance of A.I. is fun and the results can be surprisingly good. At least if you just want some generic genre (or mix of genres) music. Just put in the lyrics and describe the generic isea what you want. If the results don't satisfy, just hit "generate more" to get another version until you are satisfied.

Another home convenience upgrade I have done recently was finally bringing my living room/dining area lights part of my smart home system. I originally installed the lights directly to the remote control partly due my philosophy of keeping all my smart things as dump as possible and part because they were one of the first smart devices I got and didn't have the control hub yet.

I was only joking when I first suggested putting my own music up to Spotify for easier listening. But the idea stuck and I had to at least find out what would it take to get my music there.

The first result wasn't encouraging. Spotify has nice instructions for artists on how to get their music on their service. The first thing on the list was basically: have a distributor, we only accept music from qualified distributors.

Small things can make a bog difference. Even though some things can be small annoyances we tend to get uses to them and don't think much of them after we have accepted them as the norm.

The challenge is to identify auch things. There is almost always ways to fix or improve those things. Afterwards it makes me wonder how did I even tolerate those things before.

Quantum physics is full of weird things. So much so that many of the esteemed scientist studying it can't even explain (or accept) all of it. For an average layperson it can be even more confusing.

The core concept of the quantum theory is the wave function. Even some quantum physicists deny it's existence in real world and think of it only as a purely mathematical concept. As Richard Feynman's quote says:

If you think you understand quantum mechanics, you don't understand quantum mechanics.

Countless people die every day. Many from natural causes, but there are many who die from malnutrition, preventable diseases, accidents, disasters and acts of violence as well. News might be filled with only the biggest, most tragic cases yet still we can feel indifferent from such loss. They have become just numbers and statistics.

A problem I faced making my own music for my enjoyment is that it's quite hard to listen it anywhere away from computer. Everything is streamed nowadays so I don't need to worry about copying files between devices.

If only it would be that easy. Sure I can get the music files to my different devices and play them locally. But then I'm limited listening on headphones (or phone speaker). I can't play them on my home theatre system directly. It doesn't support direct audio sharing!

With the new generative A.I. powered tools it's super easy to create new music. Almost too easy, at least if you kust want something generic. Just give an idea of what you want the song to be about and short description of the style of the music and hit generate.

The result might not be what you are looking for. The results are usually fine and pass for the background music that you don't really want to pay attention. But if you really want to listen and enjoy the music you make you need to put a bit more effort to it.