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I finished the book. I found the early parts more interesting. He concluded with chapters on people who get sucked into AI in an unhealthy way. I came away with the idea that long, continuous conversations (or, even worse, custom-tailored models) are the real danger there. They learn enough about you to get under your skin.
Grok agrees with me.
Anyway, I asked it to recommend a diary program and it recommended a number. I chose Obsidian. It took some fiddling to get it set up to my satisfaction, but now I hit CTRL-N and it opens a new file with today’s date as the filename, in a folder called \2026. I was even able to set up more interesting formatting stuff like make the first line indented using CSS.
It saves them as .md files. Markdown is a simple, human-readable plain text format that uses symbols (like # for headings, ** for bold and * for italics) to add formatting, but it’s easy to read and edit in any plain text editor.
I’ve been meaning to keep a diary for a long time, but it’s becoming imperative as I keep starting projects and losing track of them. I’m kicking myself I didn’t do it for covid. And again for not tracking weather on this soggy island.
But chatting with Grok getting it all set up and it said, “you know if you put your other notes in there, it’ll act like a personal wiki.” No, I did not know that!
I’ll let you know how I get on.
Posted: June 17th, 2026 under personal.
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Comment from Deborah HH
Time: June 17, 2026, 8:10 pm
JavaMan has been using Obsidian for about a year, and is a fan. I’ve been waiting (and waiting) for him to get my computer set up so I can straighten out my files, which defy belief.
Comment from Deborah HH
Time: June 17, 2026, 8:12 pm
JavaMan uses Obsidian. Loves it.
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