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Fake News: Using ChatGPT to write a “believable” news story

September 9, 2026September 9, 2026 Allen

I was wondering if ChatGPT could write a believable news story, using minimal prompts. My starting point was “write a fake news story about hikers

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Books

Book Notes: Catch 22

September 9, 2026September 9, 2026 Allen

I last read this book back when I was in junior high school and now realize that either I, or the book, haven’t aged well.

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Visuals

Someone Is Gonna Need This

September 8, 2026September 8, 2026 Allen

While walking home recently I spotted this on the sidewalk. What is it?

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Visuals

Introducing the Crow Sculptures

August 30, 2026August 30, 2026 Allen

A couple of years ago we noticed some cat statues popping up around town. This time it’s crows. There are apparently 30 scattered around town,

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Visuals

#17 Par 3 has been friendly!

August 21, 2026August 30, 2026 Allen

Here are some recent tee shots from me and playing partner Terry C on the #17 par 3 at our home course. 4 chances for

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Books

Book Notes: Watchmen

August 10, 2026August 10, 2026 Allen

“Who Watches The Watchmen?” Watchmen is a 1985 graphic novel that I first read years ago but have just reread. I’m glad that I did.

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Books

Book Notes: Dirty Pictures (Brian Doherty)

August 9, 2026August 9, 2026 Allen

“What’s that book about?”, she said while glancing at the title. “Not what you think”, I answered. Dirty Pictures is a journalistic history of underground

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Journaling Visuals

Urban Sketching: Drawing Crowds Without Fear

July 6, 2026July 6, 2026 Allen

I attended a workshop with artist and educator Rita Sabler where the subject was drawing crowds in an urban sketching environment. The location was a

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Journaling Learning Thinking

Do You Need A Spark File?

June 30, 2026June 30, 2026 Allen

What Is it? A place to store notes, quotes, ideas, half baked ideas, or basically anything that we want to remember. Who Is It For?

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Food

Sourdough Blueberry Muffins

June 27, 2026June 27, 2026 Allen

I’ve combined two favorite things here: blueberries and sourdough. The recipe is from the perfect loaf website. Directions are reproduced below in case the link

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