Balanced. Thoughtful. True.

  • Look at all that smoke on the water.

    Look out towards the Detroit river, lots of smoke in the air today. Sad to think of all the trees being burned by the fire in Canada.

  • Random fish pic!!!

    Yeah I know where your mind went! It’s okay, we all have our moments. Since I shared a pic of my new turtle, I thought it would be good to share some of the turtle’s roommates. Enjoy. 😊😊😊

  • How many of your colleagues emails are generated using AI?

    Yeah, I know, it stinks to have to worry about this, but over the last few years, if you work in an office environment, you’ve more than likely had this happen, and perhaps you didn’t know it? If you manage people, it can be even more detrimental to have employees generating content which is being used in email communications, perhaps to leadership or clients. Having the tools to help detect when AI is being used is a good first step towards paving paths forward to clear solutions around the use of AI. I’ve used a lot of tools to help detect content which is generated by AI, but a lot of the tools in the market want to charge for the service. When reviewing documents, emails, or resumes for AI content, to correct the behavior, perhaps paying for this service is warranted, but it really depends on how often you need to use it. If you’re occasionally in need of a detector, here are a few sites to help out. The first is really good, GPTzero, but they only allow for a limited number of free searches. The second site is free, and from what I’ve been able to tell is also really good. If you aren’t sure if a document or email was written by a human, these tools are going to help uncover the truth with amazing accuracy. I highly recommend adding these to your toolbox at the office!

    Gptzero:

    https://gptzero.me

    Scibbr AI Detector:

    https://www.scribbr.com/ai-detector

  • This song, I mean, so scrumptious!

    I really dig this song. It takes you to the edge of a crescendo. However, it never quite gets there. It’s like you’re sitting on the edge of your seat all the way through. So brilliant, enjoy!

  • New addition to my little pond

    Saw this little one standing in the middle of my neighborhood road yesterday. Was worried it would get run over so I put it in my little pond to see if it would like hanging out there for a while. It seems like it’s happy 😊😊😊 my fish seem okay with it too. If it starts eating them I’ll take it down the road to another wetland area it can be happy in. Seems to be called a painted turtle and is the state turtle here in Michigan:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Painted_turtle

  • New Ethel Cain interview.

    Happy Saturday, people of the internet! Here’s a new interview of another very talented new artist in the music scene. Have a great weekend!

  • Steam weekend sale and bandcamp friday

    Hey it’s the weekend and there’s a new Steam sale! See the video below for more info. Also, it’s bandcamp Friday: https://daily.bandcamp.com/features/bandcamp-fridays?from=countdownbanner .

  • TGIF, and are the days getting shorter?

    Happy August 1st! Alas, summer is coming to a close. This morning the sunrise was noticeably later. The morning air is crisp here today. Every day, we’re moving closer to Fall. But…it’s still summer for now! Hope everyone has a great day.

    Check out the sunrise and sunset tracker online here: https://sunrise-sunset.org/us/48105

  • Random cat pic

    I have two beautiful kitties, one who’s pictured below, and my other who you’ll see soon enough. They are both quite the characters! In addition, I try to help the feral cats around my neighborhood when I can, so I occasionally have a chance to snap some pics of them too. As such, I’ll probably share some random cat pics from time to time, so enjoy!

  • A little script I wrote to track SSL certificate expiration.

    Below, find some info on a handy little script I wrote to track SSL certificate expiration. I use this all the time and find it to be quite handy. Please feel free to fork and improve this, or let me know if you find it useful. Enjoy!

    Download the program from github here: https://github.com/aagregory/certcheck

    certcheck

    Why use certcheck?

    certcheck is a simple script that uses the tools already available on a system to generate a report that can be used to track the expiration date of critical website certificates. This will ensure a level of visibility required to maintain certificate renewals in a timely fashion.

    certcheck requires Curl, Perl, and the DateTime module.

    Recommended configuration

    Run certcheck on a Linux host that has the required tools. Recommend running the report daily using cron and emailing to the webmaster, or using a log aggregator like elastic stack to monitor and send alerts if the expiration date is closing in.