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You Have to Understand His Sense of Humor
Today I came across this treasure from one of my father's letters. The penultimate line is what made me laugh, and struck me as...
sursumcorda, 15 May 2026 |
Ski Trip Cooking, 1981
I love my father's sense of humor, and I love the way he write. I recognize that not everyone does, but as I write for those who enjoy...
Why Be Polite to a Machine?
Do you say "please" when you tell Alexa to turn on the lights, or to play your favorite song? Do you find yourself saying "thank...
Personality Revelations through Letters
From Claude conversation 4/28/26. After it had transcribed letters from Dad from 1977 - 1981, plus a couple from the 1960's, I asked...
Collaborating with Claude
I certainly have my worries about Artificial Intelligence, and plenty of frustrations with the LLM's I've been working with, but it...
Junk Food and Screens
Poignant commentary from my father, written more than 30 years ago. Dad was a regular volunteer at Philadelphia's Franklin Institute...
Montevideo, 1993 or New York City, 2026?
Here's another excerpt from my father's Elderhostel travels, this time to Uruguay in 1993. The Mayor of Montevideo is the second...
Driving in Boston
In 2001, just a couple of days after September 11, we moved from Florida to near Boston, Massachusetts. What's one of the first things...
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...