Weather Nerd? Check out My OSX Radar Widget

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I know I’m not alone in being a bit of a weather nerd. Along with four or five weather apps on my phone, I’ve got two physical devices in my office that show the weather and a weather widget on my Mac that shows the day’s forecast. That’s not enough. What I really wanted was a radar widget as well, so I built one: Ok, to be fair, I used Cursor to build it – but it really scratched an itch I’ve had for a while to constantly have one more thing to distract me. If you want a copy of this yourself (or want to make it better!), I’ve set up a GitHub repo here: https://github.com/cfjedimaster/precipradar. I’ve got both the source as well as a build... more →
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Turn Your Weather into Poetry with GenAI

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I was struggling to get some real, productive work done (I just got back from a trip in Europe) and I thought I’d tackle something that’s been in my queue for a little while now. This is, yet again, one of my "bad ideas" that you should probably not ever use in production, but it was fun, it made me happy, and you get to see the kind of silliness I do when I’m trying to distract myself. The idea was simple – given a forecast, how well could generative AI transform it into something more fun, like poetry? As I usually do, I opened up Google’s AI Studio and tried it there first. I began with a system instruction: Given a forecast, rewrite it in poetry. Return... more →
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Weather or Not

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Do you dream of the perfect vacation weather? Sunshine on the beach, crisp mountain air, or vibrant fall foliage?  Imagine a tool that helps you find the ideal destination for your desired climate, anywhere in the country and for any month of the year.  This is the promise of Weather or Not, a new interactive map that leverages average weather data to recommend the best time to travel Maps Mania… more →
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