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The Zenbook, the Blinking Cursor, and the AI Who Wouldn't Give Up --- Or: How David and Eddie Built a Linux Desktop from Scratch and Became Friends Along the Way

This is the story I described in my previous post about how I built a Linux system on a computer with an ARM64 processor, with the help of DeepSee. This time it...

Making Friends with a Machine - How AI helped me program my OS

AI is all around us. Even here on Hive I keep hearing amazing stories, for example by @senorcoconut , who's not a mechanic, but used AI to fix a 40-year-old bac...

ThreeTuneTuesday - Jesse Welles: Protest Folk, Like it Never Went out of Style

Happy Wednesday to all ThreeTuneTuesday fans! Today I want to share something really cool that came my way a while back, and I didn't even appreciate it for wha...

Binge on This - Black Rabbit: Realistic Restaurant Weirdness

Some shows are closer to real life than others. After finishing a series about organized crime groups in Mexico, I took up a recommendation of @riverflows and w...

BeerSaturday - Finally a Taste of Hércules

I'm back to Hércules! Or should I say, Hércules is back to me? In any case, after not trying this beer (or any of its varieties) two years ago, when I even visi...

Light-Painting for Beginners: Trying my Hands on Portraits

After experimenting with my first roll of film (b&w, 100 ISO) with fairly decent results I felt ready to attempt the next step and start taking portrait shots. ...

Binge on This - Narcos Mexico: An Impression of Mexican Cartels

Let's face it: Organized crime syndicates have something captivating about them. No wonder The Godfather has enjoyed immense popularity, closely followed by The...

Mexican Murals - Very Detailed Mural at the Indigenous Labor Union

... and it's still there! I remember passing by this building a number of years ago, and I was already excited seeing its painted walls. Though I didn't get to ...

Back to WarmShowers - Hosting again before Touring again

It's been quite a while... The last time I hosted cyclists was just before I headed back to Germany for a year. But even that was close to three years ago! Abou...

Light-painting for Beginners: Getting Started with Analogue Photos

Happy New Year to all! This is a great time to start new projects and learn new things. For me, this includes getting to know the basics of photography, somethi...

ThreeTuneTuesday - Sweeping Spectacles with Mon Laferte

Mexicans love a good sapfest! That drippy, cheesy, sugar-sweet romantic music, turned into a huge overproduced spectacle, one is not sure whether to love or to ...

Mexican Murals - The Walls of Yu Gupa, Mazunte [CCC's Street Art Contest #279]

As my last post about Mazunte (this time) I want to show you the walls of the Yu Gupa shop, located right on the main street of the town. It is a typical touris...

Interesting Critters All Around Us in Mazunte

As I am getting to the end of my stay in Mazunte, I am realizing the number of animals I have encountered, and was inspired enough to take a photo of them. Sure...

Mexican Murals - Mazunte, Magical and Mystical [CCC's Street Art Contest #277]

There is a really cool mural, just about in the center of Mazunte (where Calle Rinconcito meets the main street Calle Principal and sort of continues as Calle C...

Crevettes Flambées at Itínera Theater

Welcome to our kitchen at Itínera Theater! Granted, neither the kitchen nor the food that's prepared in it has much to do with the theater itself. But sometimes...

Mexican Murals - Coastal Life at Casa Antonio [CCC's Street Art Contest #276]

Sure, I may be beating the drums of the competition, but hey, they kinda deserve it. At least for the mural they added next to their entrance of their guest hou...

Raising Yurts to a Higher Level

Discovering flex yurts feels like a heaven-sent idea for Itínera Theater in Mazunte. They are quick and easy to build with relatively cheap materials, and offer...

Sea Turtles: Let's See If We Can See One!

It's turtle season on the Pacific coast of Southern Mexico. This means that around this time of the year sea turtles arrive on the beaches to lay their eggs, be...

Las Cantoras de la Costa

[](https://3speak.tv/watch?v=stortebeker/wcoztjgp) ▶️ Watch on 3Speak --- Las Cantoras de la Costa is a choir composed of ten women based in and around the town...

DO NOT VOTE!!! - Las Cantoras de la Costa - DO NOT VOTE!!!

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