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Can your AI chatbot flatter me as well as Perplexity?

Can your AI chatbot flatter me as well as Perplexity?

It takes 100,000 years to produce so much beauty

It takes 100,000 years to produce so much beauty

Now what.

Now what.

My ears are ringing and let’s not even talk about my mind

My ears are ringing and let’s not even talk about my mind

More than meets the eye, more than meets the camera sensor

More than meets the eye, more than meets the camera sensor

Green, violet, and the evolutionary imperative

Green, violet, and the evolutionary imperative

Pretty, loud, destructive, not so bright, and not blue at all

Pretty, loud, destructive, not so bright, and not blue at all

Know thyself through thine own spambio

Know thyself through thine own spambio

Well, of course, the shooter was a loner

Well, of course, the shooter was a loner

Behold Jesus of Bennington

Behold Jesus of Bennington

On the edge of the ledge

On the edge of the ledge

What about now? Is now good for you? My [now] or your [now]?

What about now? Is now good for you? My [now] or your [now]?

Sometimes you wait for the picture to make itself

Sometimes you wait for the picture to make itself

Imagining the sullen cave girl who became the world’s first artist

Imagining the sullen cave girl who became the world’s first artist

Iron gall ink and the sister Shakespeare never had

Iron gall ink and the sister Shakespeare never had

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Dec
10
Book report for November 2024

Book report for November 2024

Letter No. 105: Includes literary prepping for Antarctica, essayism, and some very weird physics.
2 min read
Dec
05
Can your AI chatbot flatter me as well as Perplexity?

Can your AI chatbot flatter me as well as Perplexity?

Letter No. 104: Contains content generated by a codestack exhibiting fine taste in literature and some confusion as to who’s who.
5 min read
Dec
01
It takes 100,000 years to produce so much beauty

It takes 100,000 years to produce so much beauty

Letter No. 103: Includes some faux Latin, references to German philosophy, and a plethora of inadequate adjectives.
8 min read
Nov
15
Book report for October 2024

Book report for October 2024

Letter No. 102: Murderous Vikings, the lowdown on notebooks, and stuffed parrots of disputed provenance.
2 min read
Nov
06
Now what.

Now what.

Letter No. 101: This should be fun.
3 min read
Nov
03
My ears are ringing and let’s not even talk about my mind

My ears are ringing and let’s not even talk about my mind

Letter No. 100 (!): A rant from the brink of American political madness, or why can’t I find the mute button?
4 min read
Oct
08
Book Report for September 2024

Book Report for September 2024

Letter No. 99: You may detect a self-conscious, apologetic tone.
1 min read
Oct
03
More than meets the eye, more than meets the camera sensor

More than meets the eye, more than meets the camera sensor

Letter No. 98: Includes a few hard-to-spell place names, Vikings, and quite a lot about house paint.
5 min read
Sep
19
The exuberant chromatic paint jobs of Reykjavík

The exuberant chromatic paint jobs of Reykjavík

Letter No. 97: Once again, the author indulges his besottedness with color, this time after walking through Iceland with a perpetual grin on his mug.
4 min read
Sep
04
Book report for August 2024

Book report for August 2024

Letter No. 96: Includes Arctic lit and disrespect for a canonical American author.
1 min read