I’ve had Claude working on a new project and since I have the tokens I’ve used Fable 5.0 for nearly all of it. It has done an incredibly good job with a very complex system.
After 20 hours in the sous vides it is time for a final smoke and bark treatment to the pork shoulder.
I’ve always taken July and August off of publishing the Weekly Thing. I think I may modify that to taking July 4th to Labor Day off. That is more tuned to plans.
Gentle wind pushing mist across the lake this morning.
I’m ready to call Thingy complete! Thingy is the agent that has read everything I’ve ever published and helps you explore it. I recently added a ton of great stuff, including support for photos and sharing conversations. Check out exploring Ireland and going to Iceland with Thingy. Pretty cool!
Otto upgraded to OpenClaw 2. I had a super rocky start with OpenClaw but it has been working really well for a while now.
Jaunty Hair by Josh Ellis
My cousin Josh has been writing his Rambling Josh column for over 20 years. (Short aside, it is funny to me that I’ve been blogging for 20 years as well. His column and my blog are very close to the same age.) In 2024 I helped Josh get all of his writing on the web so that it is preserved and accessible to the world. I’m super happy that everyone can now read his writing. And now, he’s created a book from his columns. He sent me a copy (signed and all!) and it looks amazing. Go buy a copy. You can also read Six and A Lot about it. Congrats cousin!
Tyler has been a fan of AJR for a while now and last night we got to see them for the first time at the Minnesota State Fair. They put on a really good show with tons of energy. We had a great time! Looking forward to seeing them again! 🎶
I had an idea to “flip” Elixir, the Clash Royale agent I created, upside-down and open up MCP use — Elixir MCP! Every single part of this I’ve created in other solutions. Claude (Fable 5.0) and I spec’d it out and I put Claude Code in a /loop and six hours later we had a working system.
One of our favorite treats at the Minnesota State Fair — Peachey’s Donuts! They doubled the food truck up this year so the wait isn’t as insane as it has been previously.
