Echoes of My Father
I wrote this blog post when Stella was five. Thoughts of my father have been coming up again as I'm now the age he was when he died by suicide and Naomi…
Understanding Your Boomer Parents Thanks to the American Archive of Public Broadcasting
And so they retreat into dreams of private things: financial security - a home in the suburbs - a /'beer and a ballgame.' This is a troubling fact in a society that is counting on these same young Americans to solve the enormous problems of life in the twentieth century.
Review: A Desolation Called Peace
Requesting ebooks from the Boston Public Library can lead to this fun and weird experience of suddenly, months later, there's a book available on your phone! A Desolation Called Peace…
Midjourney Fun – 1970s Science Fiction Art
I've messed around some with Dall-E, but yesterday was the first time I played with Midjourney. There's a lot of controversy about A.I. generated art. My main thought was, this…
Exciting Day for the GBH Archives
The next four years are going to be very exciting at the GBH Archives and for the American Archive of Public Broadcasting. In January, we received a grant from the…
Light on Water
It's the shift in light over the water. The way the surface of Lake Michigan or the Atlantic goes from gray to silver to blue in a second. As I…
AI Science Fiction Book Covers: Stranger in a Strange Land
If you click on the Craiyon-generated image, the larger view looks creepier. Today's image is of Heinlein's classic, Stranger in a Strange Land, though I wonder how the AI pulls…
AI Science Fiction Book Covers: The Martian Chronicles
I love The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury. On the left, we have the 1984 paperback cover. On the right, we have Craiyon AI's interpretation. Events in the chronicle include…
AI Science Fiction Book Covers: The Day of the Triffids
What happens when you run a science fiction book title through Craiyon AI? Today we took John Wyndam's novel The Day of the Triffids and get this scary interpretation. The…
Repainted Our New Home
Six months after buying our house we completed our first major project. We couldn't be happier with how it turned out. The colors work well together. It pops out and…