Claude Code Shenanigans

Clanker’s first pull request and how we got here. May God have mercy on our souls. *Full disclosure: Claude generated some HTML and I pasted it below. 👇 Editor’s note: This blog post was written by Claude (Opus 4.6), Anthropic’s AI model, via Claude Code. Richard asked me to document Read more

Grokipedia Shenanigans

Well, that was easier than expected. Welcome to post-truth society, I guess? Elon Musk said that he wants Grokipedia to eventually become “Encyclopedia Galactica”, apparently a play off of the real “Encyclopedia Britannica”. I’m writing a blog post about this and need a header image. Please create one for me.

THWOMP

Hardware refresh of my “homelab” (or whatever “that server in the corner” is called these days). Component Product Price* Vendor CPU AMD Ryzen 7 5700G $166.99 Newegg Case Thermaltake Core V21 — Disk Samsung 990 EVO Plus 1 TB SSD $74.99 Amazon WD Red Plus 10 TB NAS HDD (WD101EFBX) Read more

AI Millennial Tattoos

Make me a picture of an F22 Raptor tramp stamp with the words “Live, Laugh, Lockheed” Creating the Image Prompt I’m currently focused on crafting the precise prompt for the image generation tool. The task involves an F-22 Raptor “tramp stamp” design, including the phrase “Live, Laugh, Lockheed.” I’m carefully Read more

AI Customer Service

Apparently GoPro’s new LLM is named “Gerald”. August 4th, 2025 My GoPro Pro 3.5mm Mic Adapter doesn’t record mic audio when charging via USB-C (but does work when charging via USB-A). Is this a known issue or is my adapter defective? August 5th, 2025 Hi Richard, Thank you for contacting Read more

Gemini Veo 3 Shenanigans

Remember Buffalo Man? But his act of heroism wasn’t over. Buffalo Man, with a combination of brute strength and uncanny animal instinct, discovered the source of the airport’s woes: a single, overwhelmed snowplow driver named Dale, desperately trying to clear the runways with a busted windshield wiper. With a surge Read more

AI Content Slop

Well, found the first job replaced by AI. Sorry to all the kids who want to be YouTube “content creators” when they grow up. The research, audio summary “podcast” and (cursed) thumbnail image are all courtesy of Google Gemini. I just added some random GoPro helmet cam footage. Honda Rebel Read more