The LLM functions I’ve built for the Weekly Thing have worked really well. So well in fact that I’m redoing my Shortcuts to move from simple calls to the ChatGPT app to using the OpenAI API directly. This has the added benefit of additional fine tuning including optimized system messages. 👨‍💻 https://www.thingelstad.com/2025/03/09/how-i-use-ai-in.html

The pizza at Boludo is so incredible. Delicious and unique! https://www.boludo.com

Are We Merely Machines? https://www.thingelstad.com/2025/03/20/are-we-merely-machines.html

This morning we had a great kick-off to our annual #TeamSPS TechConnect 2025 event! Team members from four continents powering the connections that move the world of commerce forward! 🏆

We saw Suzanne Vega tonight at the Dakota. She played a variety of old and new songs and it was all very good. 🎶 https://www.suzannevega.com https://www.dakotacooks.com

Twitter Interview from 16 Years Ago https://www.thingelstad.com/2025/03/16/twitter-interview-from-years-ago.html

We stopped into Microcenter today and they don’t have a single Nvidia GPU in stock. Every case was empty. In fact they only had five individual GPUs of any brand! https://www.microcenter.com

Guinness Chocolate Cale from Lynette. Treat for completing tax work. https://lynettemn.com

Tyler’s first time behind the wheel with basics in a parking lot.

My post on Using AI in the Weekly Thing was highlighted in Josh Spector’s For the Interested 456 this week! Thanks to CJ Chilvers for the heads up. 👋 https://www.thingelstad.com/2025/03/09/how-i-use-ai-in.html http://joshspector.com/ https://fortheinterested.com/newsletter456/ https://www.cjchilvers.com

Reconciled List of Escape Rooms https://www.thingelstad.com/2025/03/16/reconciled-list-of-escape-rooms.html

We’ve been long delayed watching Succession S4. The Logan Roy character played by Brian Cox has to be one of the best characters on a show. Right up there with Tony Soprano. https://www.hbo.com/succession https://succession.fandom.com/wiki/Logan_Roy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Cox_(actor) https://sopranos.fandom.com/wiki/Tony_Soprano

Yesterday Tyler was talking about 3D printers. We had an entry level 3D Printer in 2019 and realized it was missing very fundamental features to do complex prints — notably the platform wasn’t heated. I’ve been researching a bit and these printers have come a long way since then. https://www.thingelstad.com/2019/01/11/i-have-no.html

We had a fun time seeing the matinee of Paddington in Peru today. He is an incredibly cute bear. 🍿 https://paddingtonmovie.com

Very good affogato at Mothership Pizza Paradise today. The food here has been incredible on every visit. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affogato https://mothershippizza.com

The Hospital at Puzzleworks https://www.thingelstad.com/2025/03/15/the-hospital-at-puzzleworks.html

Lockers.

I “watched” the Apple Immersive Metallica concert experience tonight and was completely blown away. I turned the volume all the way up and had James Hetfield singing right in my face. You get to see Lars Ulrich drum while watching right behind his shoulder. Incredible! https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2025/03/apple-unveils-immersive-concert-experience-with-metallica-for-apple-vision-pro/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Hetfield https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lars_Ulrich

Traditional π Day dinner is all pies! Tonight Tammy’s completely homemade chicken pot pie and a new pie for dessert — Samoa Pie themed off of the Girl Scout cookie.

Happy π Day! 3/14 @ 3:14