Jan 26, 2024Member-onlyHow I Made My First Four GPTs on the ChatGPT StoreIt isn’t nearly as hard as you might think — I’ve been very interested in ChatGPT and some of the other AI chat bots that are out there. When OpenAI announced the opening of the ChatGPT store, I knew I wanted to see how to make my own chat bots. …ChatGPT3 min readChatGPT3 min read
Jan 21, 2024Member-onlyThree GPTs to Try on the ChatGPT StorePlus a few bonuses — You’ve got ChatGPT Plus — what the heck, it is only $20 a month, right? But where do you start in the GPT store? There are literally thousands of GPTs with more arriving, it seems, by the hour. Of course, not everyone will appreciate the same things, but I thought…ChatGPT7 min readChatGPT7 min read
Jun 4, 2023Member-onlyIf Your Cell Phone Plan is More than $20/Month, Read This Now!All you need is an unlocked phone — I knew someone once who had an older iPhone. It was “free” she told me. Well, it came with an $80/month cell phone plan she’d had going for way past the contract date. So she’d paid somewhere around $5,000 for that iPhone. I had them unlock the phone and put…Cell Phones7 min readCell Phones7 min read
Published inFor Linux Users·Apr 24, 2023Member-onlyYour Own AI Chat Bot (with Star Trek Example)No programming, free, and takes 10 minutes, tops — ChatGPT and other generative AI have made the vision we saw on Star Trek a reality — almost. On Star Trek, you could ask the computer nearly anything and it would pretty much figure it out and give you a correct answer. …ChatGPT5 min readChatGPT5 min read
Published inFor Linux Users·Apr 15, 2023Member-onlyNot ChatGPT, but an AI UnderdogYou.com was, apparently, there first. But is it as good? — Everyone’s talking about Bing having ChatGPT integration and, I have to admit, it is pretty impressive. But the people at You.com must be furious. They had an AI assistant with their fledgling search engine at the end of 2022. …ChatGPT6 min readChatGPT6 min read
Published inFor Linux Users·Apr 14, 2023Member-onlyThe Best Free ChatGPT Plugin for Your BrowserGet more out of whatever ChatGPT you use — including Bing — It is true that AI has the power to change your work and personal life. But it is a good bet that most of your time is spent in one application: the browser. Sure, it might be Chrome, or Edge, Firefox, or something else, but you still spend most of…ChatGPT4 min readChatGPT4 min read
Published inFor Linux Users·Apr 14, 2023Member-onlyBing ChatGPT4 on the DesktopBring Bing Chat to your Windows, Mac, or Linux desktop I have to hand it to Microsoft. They are pushing people to use Bing and Edge by letting you use ChatGPT 4 for free and it is working. In fact, you could argue it is better than ChatGPT 4 without…Bing3 min readBing3 min read
Apr 10, 2023Member-onlyLearn a Language with ChatGPTAI makes for a patient language tutor Learning a language can be frustrating. There are many phone apps that promise to teach you a language but, for the most part, they really just teach you words. That’s useful, but to be conversational, you really need something better. There’s no shortage…ChatGPT6 min readChatGPT6 min read
Nov 8, 2022Member-onlyHow to Change a C to an A+: The Story of the 27th AmendmentWarning: changing your grade might require changing the US Constitution! — Have you ever had an instructor give you a C on a paper and later turn the grade into an A+? It happens and, in this case, the college in question didn’t even issue an A+. …Politics3 min readPolitics3 min read
Published inFor Linux Users·Sep 30, 2022Member-onlyFixing Chrome Remote Desktop for LinuxA great product on Windows; But Needs Help on Linux — If you’ve ever used Chrome Remote Desktop with Windows and Android devices, it works great. All your computers are listed, performance is good, and it works well — at least, as well as you can expect if you are using a phone. But if you are using a laptop or…Linux4 min readLinux4 min read