I hate throwing things away and that includes my weekly sourdough discard. Here's a quick recipe to use discard in baguettes. Ingredients 1000g Strong flour 20g Salt 700g Water @ 27ºC 100g Sourdough discard Method Mix the flour and salt together Mix the water and sourdough together Mix it altogether in a large bowl Leave a lid on for 8-10 hours Heat oven to 230ºC Divide the dough into the number of baguettes you want Sprinkle with flour and roll them Place in oven, reducing down to 180ºC Cook for 30 minutes

I’m writing a quick test post here to check that these posts will successfully back up to Google Drive. Trying an out an automation with IFFFT , which could be handy given that I have lost so many posts in the past. UPDATE: That worked. So what happens is when I post on here, an automation happens an hour later. The applet creates a Google Doc containing date, title, the post itself and the added image.

  I’m not a massive user of Organic Maps , but it’s my go-to app when I can’t use data outside my mobile plan, it comes in really handy. I tend to bookmark a bunch a places to visit and then easily navigate by foot to them, without a connection. Organic Maps is an open source app, based on OpenStreetMaps - a community driven map that has very high-quality, and importantly, up to date maps around the world. Anyway, I subscribed to their blog to keep up to date with developments and came across this song someone had made and I love it. Talks about privacy, lack of tracking, community led open source - all the good things. I will have to write more about this, but I came across the song and wanted to share here first.

I've been working on AI at work, immersing myself in Large Learning Models (LLMs), Generative AI and their narrative in everyday life. I follow a lot of technology but there are two fields that I don't quite "get" - one is blockchain and crypto, and the other being artificial intelligence. I have learnt that AI is really an umbrella term for a number of technologies. To define it,  AI is the technology that enables computers and machines to simulate human intelligence and problem-solving capabilities.  I have my own opinions on its' application, but I decided that I needed to learn more and started with a Google Digital Garage course, called Boosting productivity with AI . An odd place to start, but I'd already been working on the topic. It was an hour-long livestream that was useful.

A while back, I blogged that I had bought a Raspberry Pi 400 and that I was really pleased with it. Since then, I have experimented with several operating systems from the default Raspberry OS to Ubuntu MATE and now Chrome OS. It's easy to do and if you have a few microSD cards, it's not destructive, simply insert the one you're in the mood for and boot up. So why Chromium OS? Because I've been so pleased with the Pi400, I am selling my Mac mini. I love that mini, but it is frustrating with forgetting my keyboard, booting to a blank screen and several other niggles. I can't complain about the operation, but with a work Mac, my iPad Air 4 (with keyboard) and the Pi400, it is sort of surplus. Oh, and I have an old 2013 MacBook Air used for roasting and it's still working perfectly. I've been using Raspberry OS as the main OS on the Pi 400 for a week of two and it's been fine. I've configured it the way I want it and to be honest, no complaints. However...

  After countless times of trying to get self-hosting to work on my Raspberry Pi, I've gone the easy route.😓 It's frustrating because I'm good with this stuff, but every time I try to set something up, I lose hours and hours with configurations and tutorials that just don't seem to come together. I've lost a lot of posts but I will try to salvage and add them here as needed.