Why Fast
Notes for a friend on why I fast a few days a year — autophagy, ketosis, beating cravings — plus practical tips for getting through your first 3-day fast.
Sam Collins's Weblog
A disorderly collection of shared notes. Words by human; code by clanker.
Latest posts
My path-to-goal skill
A prompt to unconfuse the situation with your AI agent and get clear on the goal, status, and the decisions it needs from you.
Using “underdrawings” for accurate text and numbers
A technique for accurate text and numbers in AI-generated images: generate the layout deterministically, then ask the image model to paint on top.
Talking with my books
How to use Claude Code as a tutor for a specific book by importing the full text via @file — and the context-window tradeoffs that come with it.
Multi-State Checkboxes
An expanded markdown checkbox syntax for tasks with more than two states, designed to render cleanly in Obsidian without plugins.
Using caps lock for voice transcription
Three bash commands to remap Caps Lock as a hotkey on macOS — for triggering voice transcription apps that don't support it natively.
Bicycle for the Mind
On the bicycle for the mind metaphor and what the 1973 Scientific American chart showed me