# Lambda Latitudinarians — LLM Index

> This is the LLM context index for lambdalatitudinarians.org, the personal
> site of Nathan Contino: documentation engineer, technical writer, and
> occasional adventurer.

## About Nathan

Full professional bio (career, skills, keywords, contact):
[nathan-contino.md](https://www.lambdalatitudinarians.org/nathan-contino.md)

## Site Structure

- [About / Home](https://www.lambdalatitudinarians.org/index.md)
- [Outside Blog](https://www.lambdalatitudinarians.org/blog/index.md) — hiking, biking, travel
- [Inside Blog](https://www.lambdalatitudinarians.org/techblog/index.md) — tech, tools, opinions
- [Writing Portfolio](https://www.lambdalatitudinarians.org/writing/index.md)
- [Résumé (web)](https://www.lambdalatitudinarians.org/resume-html/index.md)
- [Résumé (PDF)](https://www.lambdalatitudinarians.org/nathan-contino-resume.pdf)
- [Book Log](https://www.lambdalatitudinarians.org/reading-log/index.md)
- [Projects](https://www.lambdalatitudinarians.org/projects/index.md)

Every page on this site has a Markdown companion at the same URL with
`index.md` appended (e.g. `/blog/post-title/index.md`).

## Contact

[lambdalatitudinarians.org](https://www.lambdalatitudinarians.org)
ncontino[at]lambdalatitudinarians[dot]org
Mastodon: @ncontino@mastodon.social


## Pages

- [About](https://www.lambdalatitudinarians.org/index.md)
- [resource not found](https://www.lambdalatitudinarians.org/404.md)
- [Outside Blog](https://www.lambdalatitudinarians.org/blog/index.md)
- [Ode to the `Spro](https://www.lambdalatitudinarians.org/blog/2020/11/29/odeToTheSpro/index.md)
- [Bikepacking from Glenwood Springs to Aspen (and back)](https://www.lambdalatitudinarians.org/blog/2021/05/16/glenwood-springs-to-aspen-bike-tour.md)
- [Steamboat Springs Gravel Grinding](https://www.lambdalatitudinarians.org/blog/2021/05/22/steamboat-springs-gravel-grinding.md)
- [Leadville, Twin Lakes, and Turquoise Lake Loop](https://www.lambdalatitudinarians.org/blog/2021/06/04/leadville-twin-lakes-turquoise-lake.md)
- [Dillon Reservoir Loop, Mineral Belt Trail, and Mount Hope](https://www.lambdalatitudinarians.org/blog/2021/06/20/dillon-reservoir-loop-mineral-belt-trail-mount-hope.md)
- [Trip For America's Birthday](https://www.lambdalatitudinarians.org/blog/2021/07/04/americas-birthday-vacation.md)
- [Broomfield Open Space Loop](https://www.lambdalatitudinarians.org/blog/2021/07/25/broomfield.md)
- [The Great New England Adventure](https://www.lambdalatitudinarians.org/blog/2021/09/06/new-england-touring.md)
- [Horse Trail Fairy Tale](https://www.lambdalatitudinarians.org/blog/2021/09/12/horse-trail-fairy-tale.md)
- [FoCo Yeah, Howling Cows](https://www.lambdalatitudinarians.org/blog/2021/11/08/foco-yeah-howling-cows.md)
- [Taking the Long Way Down: Ski Trip 2022](https://www.lambdalatitudinarians.org/blog/2022/02/19/taking-the-long-way-down.md)
- [Two Birthdays at Two Miles High: A Eulogy for Denver](https://www.lambdalatitudinarians.org/blog/2022/03/27/two-birthdays-at-two-miles-high.md)
- [Live Free or Die](https://www.lambdalatitudinarians.org/blog/2022/05/24/live-free-or-die.md)
- [Mountain Biking is Silly](https://www.lambdalatitudinarians.org/blog/2022/06/21/mountain-biking-is-silly.md)
- [Southern Vermont Bike Tour](https://www.lambdalatitudinarians.org/blog/2022/06/26/southern-vermont-tour.md)
- [Great North VT Adventure: Part 1 (Littleton to Marshfield)](https://www.lambdalatitudinarians.org/blog/2022/10/01/the-great-northern-vt-adventure-pt1.md)
- [Great North VT Adventure: Part 2 (Marshfield to Lincoln Gap)](https://www.lambdalatitudinarians.org/blog/2022/10/02/the-great-northern-vt-adventure-pt2.md)
- [Great North VT Adventure: Part 3 (Lincoln Gap to Mount Philo)](https://www.lambdalatitudinarians.org/blog/2022/10/03/the-great-northern-vt-adventure-pt3.md)
- [Great North VT Adventure: Part 4 (Mount Philo to Little River/Stowe)](https://www.lambdalatitudinarians.org/blog/2022/10/04/the-great-northern-vt-adventure-pt4.md)
- [Great North VT Adventure: Part 5 (Little River/Stowe to Morrisville)](https://www.lambdalatitudinarians.org/blog/2022/10/05/the-great-northern-vt-adventure-pt5.md)
- [Great North VT Adventure: Part 6 (Morrisville to Greensboro)](https://www.lambdalatitudinarians.org/blog/2022/10/06/the-great-northern-vt-adventure-pt6.md)
- [Great North VT Adventure: Part 7 (Greensboro to Littleton)](https://www.lambdalatitudinarians.org/blog/2022/10/07/the-great-northern-vt-adventure-pt7.md)
- [Winter in Littleton](https://www.lambdalatitudinarians.org/blog/2023/03/23/winter-in-littleton/index.md)
- [The Fifth Season (2023)](https://www.lambdalatitudinarians.org/blog/2023/03/25/the-fifth-season/index.md)
- [Summer...Is...Here...?](https://www.lambdalatitudinarians.org/blog/2023/04/15/summer-is-here/index.md)
- [There and Back Again: An LVRT Sneak Peek](https://www.lambdalatitudinarians.org/blog/2023/05/07/lvrt-sneak-peek/index.md)
- [The Vanilla Nut Death Ride](https://www.lambdalatitudinarians.org/blog/2023/05/13/vanilla-nut-death-ride/index.md)
- [Great Britain Bike Tour: Part 1 (Chittenango to Glasgow)](https://www.lambdalatitudinarians.org/blog/2023/08/02/gb-bike-tour-1/index.md)
- [Great Britain Bike Tour: Part 2 (Glasgow to England)](https://www.lambdalatitudinarians.org/blog/2023/08/06/gb-bike-tour-2/index.md)
- [Great Britain Bike Tour: Part 3 (English Border to Hadrian's Wall)](https://www.lambdalatitudinarians.org/blog/2023/08/07/gb-bike-tour-3/index.md)
- [Great Britain Bike Tour: Part 4 (A Way Through the Pennines)](https://www.lambdalatitudinarians.org/blog/2023/08/08/gb-bike-tour-4/index.md)
- [Great Britain Bike Tour: Part 5 (Manchester to Tiny Horses)](https://www.lambdalatitudinarians.org/blog/2023/08/12/gb-bike-tour-5/index.md)
- [Great Britain Bike Tour: Part 6 (Tiny Horses to Bristol)](https://www.lambdalatitudinarians.org/blog/2023/08/14/gb-bike-tour-6/index.md)
- [Great Britain Bike Tour: Part 7 (Bristol, Bath, and London)](https://www.lambdalatitudinarians.org/blog/2023/08/17/gb-bike-tour-7/index.md)
- [Great Britain Bike Tour: Part 8 (Recap and Final Thoughts)](https://www.lambdalatitudinarians.org/blog/2024/02/02/gb-bike-tour-8/index.md)
- [The Tanglefoot Moonshiner Review](https://www.lambdalatitudinarians.org/blog/2024/08/09/the-tanglefoot-moonshiner-review/index.md)
- [Bikepacking Vermontshire: Part 1](https://www.lambdalatitudinarians.org/blog/2024/09/28/bikepacking-vt-nh-1/index.md)
- [Bikepacking Vermontshire: Part 2](https://www.lambdalatitudinarians.org/blog/2024/09/29/bikepacking-vt-nh-2/index.md)
- [Bikepacking Vermontshire: Part 3](https://www.lambdalatitudinarians.org/blog/2024/10/01/bikepacking-vt-nh-3/index.md)
- [Bikepacking Vermontshire: Part 4](https://www.lambdalatitudinarians.org/blog/2024/10/01/bikepacking-vt-nh-4/index.md)
- [Bikepacking Vermontshire: Part 5](https://www.lambdalatitudinarians.org/blog/2024/10/01/bikepacking-vt-nh-5/index.md)
- [Bikepacking Vermontshire: Part 6](https://www.lambdalatitudinarians.org/blog/2024/10/01/bikepacking-vt-nh-6/index.md)
- [Bikepacking Vermontshire: Video Surprise!](https://www.lambdalatitudinarians.org/blog/2024/10/01/bikepacking-vt-nh-video/index.md)
- [Bikepacking Vermontshire: Part 7](https://www.lambdalatitudinarians.org/blog/2024/10/02/bikepacking-vt-nh-7/index.md)
- [Bikepacking Vermontshire: Part 8](https://www.lambdalatitudinarians.org/blog/2024/10/02/bikepacking-vt-nh-8/index.md)
- [Thirty NYC Bike Miles for 30](https://www.lambdalatitudinarians.org/blog/2025/05/10/thirty-nyc-bike-miles-for-30/index.md)
- [Goodbye NH, Hello NY, Goodbye NY, Hello NH](https://www.lambdalatitudinarians.org/blog/2025/09/19/goodbye-nh-hello-nh/index.md)
- [My 2025](https://www.lambdalatitudinarians.org/blog/2026/01/01/what-happen-2025/index.md)
- [Privacy Policy](https://www.lambdalatitudinarians.org/privacy-policy.md)
- [Projects](https://www.lambdalatitudinarians.org/projects/index.md)
- [Book Log](https://www.lambdalatitudinarians.org/reading-log/index.md)
- [Education](https://www.lambdalatitudinarians.org/resume-html/index.md)
- [Nathan Contino's Résumé](https://www.lambdalatitudinarians.org/resume/index.md)
- [Inside Blog](https://www.lambdalatitudinarians.org/techblog/index.md)
- [Why "Lambda Latitudinarians?"](https://www.lambdalatitudinarians.org/techblog/2017/02/25/whyLambdaLovers/index.md)
- [Reflecting on Six Months at Bloomberg](https://www.lambdalatitudinarians.org/techblog/2017/12/18/reflectingOnSixMonths/index.md)
- [Looking Forward to 2018](https://www.lambdalatitudinarians.org/techblog/2018/01/03/welcomeToTwentyEighteen/index.md)
- [Michael Lewis' Flash Boys](https://www.lambdalatitudinarians.org/techblog/2018/01/18/flashBoys/index.md)
- [Peter Kovak's Flash Boys: Not So Fast](https://www.lambdalatitudinarians.org/techblog/2018/01/24/flashBoysNotSoFast/index.md)
- [Five Months with the 15-inch 2017 MacBook Pro](https://www.lambdalatitudinarians.org/techblog/2018/03/14/fiveMonthsMBP2017/index.md)
- [Site Redesign!](https://www.lambdalatitudinarians.org/techblog/2020/11/30/siteRedesign/index.md)
- [The Hitchhiker's Guide to Kotlin](https://www.lambdalatitudinarians.org/techblog/2020/12/11/hitchhikersGuideToKotlin.md)
- [Make a Bootable USB in macOS](https://www.lambdalatitudinarians.org/techblog/2022/01/28/make-a-bootable-usb-macos/index.md)
- [IDID-3210](https://www.lambdalatitudinarians.org/techblog/2022/09/11/idid-3210/index.md)
- [Natopia](https://www.lambdalatitudinarians.org/techblog/2022/09/12/natopia/index.md)
- [You Don't Have to be a Developer](https://www.lambdalatitudinarians.org/techblog/2022/09/13/you-dont-have-to-be-a-developer/index.md)
- [Optimizing a Jekyll Blog Containing Lots of Images](https://www.lambdalatitudinarians.org/techblog/2022/10/21/optimizing-jekyll-images/index.md)
- [Disable the Firefox Tab Manager](https://www.lambdalatitudinarians.org/techblog/2022/11/10/firefox-tab-manager-disable/index.md)
- [Review: Onyx Boox Nova 3](https://www.lambdalatitudinarians.org/techblog/2023/02/03/review-boox-nova-3/index.md)
- [Review: Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact](https://www.lambdalatitudinarians.org/techblog/2023/03/08/review-sony-xperia-xz1-compact.md)
- [Review: Babel, or the Necessity of Violence: an Arcane History of Oxford Translator's Revolution](https://www.lambdalatitudinarians.org/techblog/2023/03/22/review-babel/index.md)
- [Give the Gift of Reading](https://www.lambdalatitudinarians.org/techblog/2023/03/24/give-the-gift-of-reading/index.md)
- [Book Review: The Lost Cause](https://www.lambdalatitudinarians.org/techblog/2023/11/20/book-review-the-lost-cause/index.md)
- [Some Thoughts on Malazan Book of the Fallen](https://www.lambdalatitudinarians.org/techblog/2024/01/26/malazan/index.md)
- [Not a Bicyclist's Guide to Bicycles](https://www.lambdalatitudinarians.org/techblog/2024/11/14/not-a-bicyclists-guide-to-bicycles/index.md)
- [The Day Google Killed the Pixel 4a](https://www.lambdalatitudinarians.org/techblog/2025/01/09/the-day-google-killed-the-pixel-4a/index.md)
- [Book Review: The Power Broker](https://www.lambdalatitudinarians.org/techblog/2025/01/22/the-power-broker/index.md)
- [Install the Pebble App Persistently on iOS](https://www.lambdalatitudinarians.org/techblog/2025/03/18/pebble-app-persistent-install/index.md)
- [The Crossland CC1 Review](https://www.lambdalatitudinarians.org/techblog/2025/05/11/the-crossland-cc1-review/index.md)
- [Post-Social Social Media](https://www.lambdalatitudinarians.org/techblog/2025/05/25/post-social-social-media/index.md)
- [The macOS Quarantine Bit Error Message is Bad](https://www.lambdalatitudinarians.org/techblog/2025/05/29/escape-the-quarantine-zone/index.md)
- [Book Review: The Moon is a Harsh Mistress](https://www.lambdalatitudinarians.org/techblog/2025/07/13/moon-heinlein/index.md)
- [Book Review: Anathem](https://www.lambdalatitudinarians.org/techblog/2025/08/06/anathem/index.md)
- [Book Review: Cryptonomicon](https://www.lambdalatitudinarians.org/techblog/2025/09/04/cryptonomicon/index.md)
- [Book Review: The Diamond Age](https://www.lambdalatitudinarians.org/techblog/2025/10/22/the-diamond-age/index.md)
- [Improve macOS Finder SMB Share Performance](https://www.lambdalatitudinarians.org/techblog/2025/11/21/fruit-aapl-yes/index.md)
- [Book Review: The Neverending Story](https://www.lambdalatitudinarians.org/techblog/2026/01/12/the-neverending-story/index.md)
- [Ban Large Language Models](https://www.lambdalatitudinarians.org/techblog/2026/02/24/ban-llms/index.md)
- [Revive Single-Key Keyboard Brightness Shortcuts on macOS](https://www.lambdalatitudinarians.org/techblog/2026/03/11/revive-keyboard-brightness-shortcuts-macos/index.md)
- [Book Review: Klara and the Sun](https://www.lambdalatitudinarians.org/techblog/2026/04/06/klara-and-the-sun/index.md)
- [App Not Opened](https://www.lambdalatitudinarians.org/techblog/2026/06/03/macos-app-not-opened/index.md)
- [Use macOS Media Keys for Third-party Apps](https://www.lambdalatitudinarians.org/techblog/2026/06/03/macos-media-keys/index.md)
- [Writing](https://www.lambdalatitudinarians.org/writing/index.md)