Posted inLiving Technology
Typewriting as a way of life
Enjoyable movie and a perfectly reasonable underground insurgency!
Posted inLiving
Perfect sweet potato pumpernickel bread
One of the "perfect three breads" for the year. A mixer is advised, since the dough needs lots of kneading.
Posted inCommentary History Living
“This is a test of the Emergency Handwriting System”
Handwriting enriches human expression. A side effect of a New Year's resolution.
Posted inCommentary History Living
Islands of Safety and Ironic Points of Light
When hunkering down can also renew foundations.
Posted inLiving
Delightful little breads: Laugenbrötchen
A bit like a pretzel, I suppose, but perfect for breakfast and fairly quick to make
Posted inCommentary Living Technology
Mostly fake people, dead ones
Even the separation of life and death can be bridged with simulations—a kind of undying deep fake of real humans that aligns with fake influencers.
Posted inLiving
Incidental tourism
Travel's satisfaction emerges between monuments and tourist sites. A first entry recounting episodes and exploits. This one includes Kelpies and boobs.
Posted inCommentary Living
Orion and stars for the season
A different Christmas message to my friends in a world that maybe already has too many difficult stories.
Posted inHistory Living Technology
Does 1950s “mechanization” provide a roadmap for today’s AI influence on skill?
Will AI behave like earlier automation? What affect will AI have on skill requirements? They're open questions.
Posted inBook Review Living
Book review: Sheila Liming’s Hanging Out: The Radical Power of Killing Time
A timely, well wrought book. I dive pretty deeply in jam, which can be sticky.