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Frazy Creek: A Fantastic, Operatic, Non-Stop, Hip-Hop Cat-Gang Legend

In the LBC’s gritty underbelly, rival cat gangs battle for turf, loyalty, and power in a darkly funny, hip-hop-fueled saga of feline crime.

2023

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Jim Dee — From Blockchain to Bookshelves.

May 25

Building a Corporate USDC Settlement Workflow on Circle’s Arc in Minutes with Agentic AI (Codex)

I built a corporate deposit/withdraw USDC stablecoin app to settle overseas accounting matters in 13 minutes using agentic AI tooling…

Building a Corporate USDC Settlement Workflow on Circle’s Arc in Minutes with Agentic AI (Codex)

Jim’s Tech / Blockchain / Web3 Articles

Jim Dee — From Blockchain to Bookshelves.

May 22

Blockchain Copyright / Idea Protection Utility — A Functional Update to an Article from 2023!

This article walks you through a new (free) utility to help people document anything on the blockchain using hashes. Your ideas stay yours…

Blockchain Copyright / Idea Protection Utility — A Functional Update to an Article from 2023!

Jim’s Tech / Blockchain / Web3 Articles

Jim Dee — From Blockchain to Bookshelves.

May 6

I Used OpenAI to Build a Searchable Metadata Archive of 791 Medium Articles … for 47 Cents in API…

This is actually part 2 of my “Using Python and Agentic AI Coding to Help Better Organize My Medium.com Content” piece. It details my…

I Used OpenAI to Build a Searchable Metadata Archive of 791 Medium Articles … for 47 Cents in API…

Jim’s Tech / Blockchain / Web3 Articles

Jim Dee — From Blockchain to Bookshelves.

May 1

Using Python and Agentic AI Coding To Help Better Organize My Medium.com Content: Part 1

This article shows the project up through separating Medium articles versus comments in the download of my complete content.

Using Python and Agentic AI Coding To Help Better Organize My Medium.com Content: Part 1

Jim’s Tech / Blockchain / Web3 Articles

Jim Dee — From Blockchain to Bookshelves.

Dec 13, 2025

Uploading Files to the ImageKit Digital Asset Management Platform Using Next.js and Their v2 API

Two practical upload patterns via ImageKit’s v2 API, with JSON Web Token (JWT) authorization explained.

Uploading Files to the ImageKit Digital Asset Management Platform Using Next.js and Their v2 API

Hawthorne Crow

Jim Dee — From Blockchain to Bookshelves.

Oct 31, 2025

eBay Expands Their Usual Level of Screwing Sellers with New Advertising Policy

It’s getting even worse!

eBay Expands Their Usual Level of Screwing Sellers with New Advertising Policy

Hawthorne Crow

Jim Dee — From Blockchain to Bookshelves.

Oct 30, 2025

Door Dash Driving Kind of Sucks, and Is Not a $63k/year Job

Initial reactions after trying out being a “dasher.” TLRD: Didn’t like it.

Door Dash Driving Kind of Sucks, and Is Not a $63k/year Job

Hawthorne Crow

Jim Dee — From Blockchain to Bookshelves.

Oct 29, 2025

Frustrated Trying to Help an Itchy Dog? Here’s a Potential Remedy You Won’t Find Online

I only know this because I discovered it accidentally!

Frustrated Trying to Help an Itchy Dog? Here’s a *Potential* Remedy You Won’t Find Online

Jim’s Tech / Blockchain / Web3 Articles

Jim Dee — From Blockchain to Bookshelves.

Oct 9, 2025

✨Gamifying the Entire Internet By Leveraging the Blockchain: An Open Idea for MetaMask, Phantom…

Just putting an old idea out there, as I still think it’s pretty neat. This article talks about my propopsed “Discovery Layer” —…

✨Gamifying the Entire Internet By Leveraging the Blockchain: An Open Idea for MetaMask, Phantom…

Hawthorne Crow

Jim Dee — From Blockchain to Bookshelves.

Sep 22, 2025

Featured Book

Stories

Building a Corporate USDC Settlement Workflow on Circle’s Arc in Minutes with Agentic AI (Codex)

I built a corporate deposit/withdraw USDC stablecoin app to settle overseas accounting matters in 13 minutes using agentic AI tooling…

Blockchain Copyright / Idea Protection Utility — A Functional Update to an Article from 2023!

This article walks you through a new (free) utility to help people document anything on the blockchain using hashes. Your ideas stay yours…

I Used OpenAI to Build a Searchable Metadata Archive of 791 Medium Articles … for 47 Cents in API…

This is actually part 2 of my “Using Python and Agentic AI Coding to Help Better Organize My Medium.com Content” piece. It details my…

Using Python and Agentic AI Coding To Help Better Organize My Medium.com Content: Part 1

This article shows the project up through separating Medium articles versus comments in the download of my complete content.

Uploading Files to the ImageKit Digital Asset Management Platform Using Next.js and Their v2 API

Two practical upload patterns via ImageKit’s v2 API, with JSON Web Token (JWT) authorization explained.

eBay Expands Their Usual Level of Screwing Sellers with New Advertising Policy

It’s getting even worse!

Door Dash Driving Kind of Sucks, and Is Not a $63k/year Job

Initial reactions after trying out being a “dasher.” TLRD: Didn’t like it.

Frustrated Trying to Help an Itchy Dog? Here’s a Potential Remedy You Won’t Find Online

I only know this because I discovered it accidentally!

✨Gamifying the Entire Internet By Leveraging the Blockchain: An Open Idea for MetaMask, Phantom…

Just putting an old idea out there, as I still think it’s pretty neat. This article talks about my propopsed “Discovery Layer” —…

How eBay Skims More Than You Think: When Marketplaces Take More Than Their Share

A slow-burn take, with lots of boring math and needless tangents, on how and why eBay is screwing sellers.

Jim Dee — From Blockchain to Bookshelves.

Featured Book

Stories

Building a Corporate USDC Settlement Workflow on Circle’s Arc in Minutes with Agentic AI (Codex)

I built a corporate deposit/withdraw USDC stablecoin app to settle overseas accounting matters in 13 minutes using agentic AI tooling…

Blockchain Copyright / Idea Protection Utility — A Functional Update to an Article from 2023!

This article walks you through a new (free) utility to help people document anything on the blockchain using hashes. Your ideas stay yours…

I Used OpenAI to Build a Searchable Metadata Archive of 791 Medium Articles … for 47 Cents in API…

This is actually part 2 of my “Using Python and Agentic AI Coding to Help Better Organize My Medium.com Content” piece. It details my…

Using Python and Agentic AI Coding To Help Better Organize My Medium.com Content: Part 1

This article shows the project up through separating Medium articles versus comments in the download of my complete content.

Uploading Files to the ImageKit Digital Asset Management Platform Using Next.js and Their v2 API

Two practical upload patterns via ImageKit’s v2 API, with JSON Web Token (JWT) authorization explained.

eBay Expands Their Usual Level of Screwing Sellers with New Advertising Policy

It’s getting even worse!

Door Dash Driving Kind of Sucks, and Is Not a $63k/year Job

Initial reactions after trying out being a “dasher.” TLRD: Didn’t like it.

Frustrated Trying to Help an Itchy Dog? Here’s a *Potential* Remedy You Won’t Find Online

I only know this because I discovered it accidentally!

✨Gamifying the Entire Internet By Leveraging the Blockchain: An Open Idea for MetaMask, Phantom…

Just putting an old idea out there, as I still think it’s pretty neat. This article talks about my propopsed “Discovery Layer” —…

How eBay Skims More Than You Think: When Marketplaces Take More Than Their Share

A slow-burn take, with lots of boring math and needless tangents, on how and why eBay is screwing sellers.

Jim Dee — From Blockchain to Bookshelves.

Frustrated Trying to Help an Itchy Dog? Here’s a Potential Remedy You Won’t Find Online