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Learning from ourselves
This is an interesting personal document for me: 19 or so years ago I attempted to capture life lessons I wanted to pass on, or remind myself of. I crystalized it on Github, last Thursday, 10 years ago. What beliefs of mine have changed? What makes me cringe? What do I wish I held stronger to? What have I not lived up to? It starts with my Personal Mission Statement I wrote on this blog, eons ago. It goes on to share aphorisms, bits of hard learned wisdom, and more. There is so much here to introspect on. Everyone has something to teach, especially to ourselves.
Emma, my awesome daughter, created a duet with John Lennon and Kermit the Frog, singing Rainbow Connection
M daughter created an amazing duet between John Lennon, and Kermit the Frog, singing “Rainbow Connection”, with a little Python, a John Lennon voice AI (ML) model, and Garageband. The way she tracked and leveled the audio is lots of fun. I love this so much! I think there is a wonderful lyrical connection between them that makes this extra special. Check it out on YouTube, keep listening to the 2nd verse to hear John start to sing, and the 3rd verse to hear both of them together: 