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Driving in Boston
In 2001, just a couple of days after September 11, we moved from Florida to Boston, Massachusetts. What's one of the first things one...
sursumcorda, 17 April 2026 |
Copilot Lied to Me
In all my excitement about what AI has been able to do for me with my father's Elderhostel project, I have never forgotten that LLMs are...
AI Photo Editing Success
Most if not all of my father's Elderhostel courses included a certificate of completion, and his trip to Alaska and Siberia was no...
LLM Transcription of Printed Text
ChatGPT has become my go-to LLM for transcribing printed documents. I have many, many pages of typed text from my father's writings that...
Between the Earth and the Moon
The Holy Saturday (Easter Eve) message sent from our Artemis II astronauts of course reminded me immediately of the Christmas Eve...
Holy Week in One Hymn
Traditionally sung on Palm Sunday, Ride On, Ride On in Majesty is a musical journey through Holy Week, from Jesus' triumphal...
What I Think of When I Hear "Lambeth"
Whenever I hear "Lambeth," I think of Lambeth Palace, the residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury. But do you suppose that someone in...
Doing the Lambeth Walk
In 1992 my father and one of my brothers made a trip to London to visit another brother who was living and working there. When he...
Endangered Eating
Endangered Eating: America's Vanishing Foods by Sarah Lohman (W. W. Norton & Company, 2023) The first Sarah Lohman book...
Priceless Background for Understanding the War in Iran,...
The Kindle version of The Fall of Heaven: The Pahlavis and the Final Days of Imperial Iran is currently on sale a for $1.99. If...