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Month: August 2025

Behind the Screens: Optimising My Newsletter With AI

Posted on August 27, 2025August 27, 2025 by Jim

This post details how I spent an hour using Comet and Claude to systematically optimize a year’s worth of my newsletter strategy. Comet helped analyze open rates, churn, and subject line patterns, while Claude provided strategic advice and updates for onboarding and editorial systems. The combined use of both tools led to actionable improvements, a more community-oriented approach, and a better methodology for ongoing review—demonstrating how the right questions and tools can drive real results.

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Outdoor Summer Cinema

Posted on August 14, 2025August 14, 2025 by Jim

We took the kids to see Pixar’s Elio at our local outdoor summer cinema.

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Cold Brew With Lemon and Dalgona at Home: Simple Summer Coffee Experiments

Posted on August 13, 2025August 13, 2025 by Jim

Tried a light cold brew with lemon and a quick Dalgona (whipped coffee) at home. Here’s the gear, ratios, and tweaks that worked in 40°C heat.

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Perplexity does video generation now

Posted on August 7, 2025August 7, 2025 by Jim

Some quick video generations of myself.

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Thoughts on Claude

Posted on August 6, 2025August 6, 2025 by Jim

1. I love using MCP server, but Claude sometimes forgets that it has access to it, so I now have two TextExpander expansions that I can execute at the start of my day, and also at regular breaks during my work day. Somewhat ridiculously, I have to remind Claude what my local time is. I…

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A quick spin with ElevenMusic

Posted on August 5, 2025August 7, 2025 by Jim

A quick and dirty test of ElevenMusic, the new music generator from ElevenLabs

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One of these days I’ll be sick of playing Balatro

Posted on August 5, 2025August 5, 2025 by Jim

But today is not that day.

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