Extracting text with manual steps

So close, yet so far away? I feel a whiplash effect it seems when ChatGPT amazes me with some esoteric explanation (remember to verify boys and girls), but then gets hung up on what seems like the simplest thing. I was having a conversation with ChatGPT.  I had...

Save the manuals, always – AppleWorks 6

AppleWorks 6 I know nothing of AppleWorks 6 or FileMaker Pro 7.  However, I was spending time recently going through old digital photos and came across some pics of stuff I was decluttering when my Dad moved from independent living to assistant living back in 2018.  I...

Musings – Prompting, productivity, and context

Prompting, Productivity and Context Finish the following sentence: “Blogging is so …” and yet here I am. Prompting I’ve been trying to engage people close to me as to their AI experiences and uses, either professionally or personnally.  I find...

Always clever Google

Tuckahoe! I wanted information on how RAG and Live Intenet Search work with LLMs.  I chose Gemini 2.5 Pro Reasoning, Math & Code for the task.  The final example included as a follow up to expand on real time search included my physical location, which is freely...

Comparing LLM responses

LLM Responses compared I thought a nice exercise would be to take a relatively simple prompt and assess how the Closed and Open models currently available compare.  This is the prompt that I used: <PROMPT> I’m taking my daughter to an oral surgeon today to...