• A Night Out at The Sticky Elbow: Comfort Food with a Twist in Williamsport

    A Night Out at The Sticky Elbow: Comfort Food with a Twist in Williamsport

    This past Thursday, my wife and I decided to treat ourselves to a night out and explore some local dining options. Our choice? The Sticky Elbow in Williamsport. Known for its cozy atmosphere and inventive menu, we were excited to see what this small but bustling spot had to offer.First Impressions Upon arriving, we noticed Read more

  • Whispers of Wings and Buds

    Whispers of Wings and Buds

    I have a lilac bush in my yard that has been having a rough couple years. The tallest branches were as high as my garage and have had some type of fungus on them causing rot. I decided to cut them back this year, to allow the smaller branches that are still thriving, to take Read more

  • A love poem about the earth on a hot summer day and a gentle summer rain

    A love poem about the earth on a hot summer day and a gentle summer rain

    Work has been really busy and I haven’t posted anything in awhile, so I figured I would share this from today. It’s been a week or so since we’ve had any rain and the temps have been going up daily. We topped out around 90 today and had a very short bit of rain. The Read more

  • Tropicana Retreat: Taking Advantage of the 5x Tier Credit Multiplier

    Tropicana Retreat: Taking Advantage of the 5x Tier Credit Multiplier

    Upon our return from our previous Tropicana adventure, we immediately felt the pull to schedule our next trip, especially when we caught wind of a 5x tier credit multiplier in April. Eager to make the most of it, we planned our trip from Tuesday, April 4, through to Friday, April 7. The South Tower 1-bedroom Read more

  • Adventures in AI Land

    Adventures in AI Land

    How ChatGPT Became My Code-Whispering Sidekick on a new Coalcracker Quest. Lately, there’s been a buzz around AI technology like OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Bard that’s got people more excited than a tech nerd at a smartphone launch. As a curious tech aficionado, I’ve been tinkering with ChatGPT 3.5 for a hot minute. I recently Read more

  • ChatGPT PHP Development

    ChatGPT PHP Development

    OpenAI is a leading artificial intelligence research organization that has made significant advancements in natural language processing and computer vision. They offer a variety of APIs that enable developers to create applications that generate text and images using state-of-the-art machine learning models. In this blog post, we’ll discuss how to interact with the OpenAI API Read more

Born and raised in the Pennsylvania coal region, I’ve spent more than two decades as a PHP developer and independent contractor. Though I’ve held onto the Coalcracker.com domain for years, brimming with potential projects, it remained on the back burner. Lately, my burgeoning passion for AI technology, coupled with my newfound interest in travel, prompted me to transform Coalcracker into a platform where I investigate AI’s applications in my profession and take advantage of the emerging technology for travel, advice, programming and more. Join my wife and I on our Coalcracker adventures as we explore the Pennsylvania coal region and beyond.

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