Well, I had a great post planned that I had drafted a few days ago in my notebook with my fountain pen and had typed up yesterday, but now.... I have lost access to most of the file system of my computer, so time for plan B.

I can use any app that doesn't directly access the file system. So web browsers are file—unless I do a "file open" and then they crash. Luckily the browser itself seems stable, so I can type this in to peakd directly. Also luckily, although saving a photo and going into the file picked to upload it is crashing the browser, taking a screenshot and dragging that into peakd seems to be working. Sweet!

I think I've narrowed down what is causing my problem. It seems to be corrupted files somewhere that are screwing up everything. I think iCloud is also acting a little wonky and that is adding to the issue. I'll get it figured out here eventually, but it may take a while.

So for the moment here I am. As Dean said, ain't that a kick in the head. Oh well, that's life. So let's pivot and make this into a coin post. I saw three really nice ones lately that some of you may want to pick up.

Correction: Two really nice ones and one, uhm.... interesting one.

This is a silicon haven AI—whatever that is. The description says it is the second in the AI series, a series created entirely by AI. Interesting. It's kind of a cool design anyway, which is why I clicked on it. You can pick it up here.

The next is this crazy Van Gogh coin

That may look like a mess, but if you hold it away, it looks more like this

That's pretty neat! If you think so too, get it here. Only $30 bucks—cheap!

And finally, what may be the ugliest dragon coin I've seen so far for 2024

The design isn't too bad, but those color choices are terrible. They are charging a premium for those terrible colors, but if you want all the dragon coins, here you go.

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Enjoy! And now... I'm off to pull out my hair trying to figure out how to fix this computer.

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David LaSpina is an American photographer and translator lost in Japan, trying to capture the beauty of this country one photo at a time and searching for the perfect haiku. He blogs here and at laspina.org. Write him on Twitter or Mastodon.