: Two recent podcasts by Russ Roberts of EconTalk touch on the risks of AI: Eliezer Yudkowsky says it …
: From ChatGPT: Silent algorithms Craft poems with ease and grace, AI’s artistry. From the …
: Took the dogs out today. The creek was swollen from rain, muddy and moving quickly.
: Listen: Paramore’s new album is out today, This Is Why. 🎵 Read: The short poem Elegy for Jane …
: Nobody ever became drunk on the word wine. Anthony De Mello
: Use the good plates like you won’t be here this evening.
: Ornaments on our bathroom counter.
: Watch: Live stream of wildlife at a watering hole in a Namibia desert (YouTube). Read: Catastrophe …
: Read: A Book of Days, by Patti Smith Listen to: Margo Price’s new album, Strays
: Listen to: July Talk’s new album, Remember Never Before Watch: The Banshees of Inisherin …
: Freddie deBoer, The Creative Underclass is Still Raging: I believe I’m very good at what I do, …
: Cherokee Rock Village, Alabama.
: Here’s looking forward to 2023 and more advances in nuclear fusion and AI and new discoveries from …
: Things you don’t want to hear from guests if you’re throwing a New Year’s Eve …
: Best reads of 2022 After reading 45 books this year, these are nine standouts that I highly recommend: Everything Sad …
: One fun use for AI-generated art is to create custom lock screen images for my phone. Here is an …
: Haiku from the mind of a machine Haiku on the toiling of a modern office worker, written by ChatGPT: The office worker sighs Staring …
: According to Spotify’s year in review the top two artists I listened to this year were …
: When 2-day shipping turns into 8-day shipping I’m discovering Amazon’s Prime delivery promise is not longer valid at my address. …
: Rising costs are making it hard for indie musicians to take their shows on the road.
: Why brussel sprouts taste better (they’re still not good). Every song with more than 1 billion …
: Happy Thanksgiving from Tybee Island. Let’s be careful out there.
: The average home size in every U.S. state. There are some suprises here.
: Is this really the only portrait of William Shakespeare made in his lifetime? The figure portrayed …
: In the future you will live on Mars and arrive with your dogs for an alfresco Thanksgiving dinner …
: How to run your own Mastodon server.
: A high level explanation of the FTX debacle: Imagine that I own a house and I create a million …
: At the top of the list of most regretted college majors: Journalism. I don’t regret my …
: Truths your mother didn’t tell you: If you have a cupcake for breakfast you can call it a …
: One of these photos of a Poodle at the beach was generated by artificial intelligence. The other is …
: A few links to share Envy, the Happiness Killer: “As the essayist Joseph Epstein has written, ‘Of the seven …
: Gulf State Park journal We spent a long weekend RV camping at Alabama’s Gulf State Park nestled between Gulf Shores …
: K.Flay at The Basement East in Nashville. February 12, 2022.
: In early September singer K.Flay announced on social media she has a rare medical condition that …
: I have two jobs now and I’m trying to decide which is my side hustle. I can make a good case for …
: American Gothicdoodle. (DALL-E 2)
: William Shatner on the sadness he felt after traveling to space I had thought that going into space would be the ultimate catharsis of that connection I had been …
: Ginger Old Fashioned for Fall As we get some cooler fall weather it’s time for cocktails with a little spiceness. But …
: I set up DNS today so this blog officially lives at https://dailymiscellany.com.
: Stay in the game: A story with a happy ending. At the darkest point, he almost called it. And there …
: A free prompt book for using DALL-E 2.
: Dogs at a music festival (Dall-E 2).
: Along with Spotify’s Release Radar playlist (which is based on artists you follow), listening …
: I was at a cocktail bar tonight and had fond memories of an old coworker who used to go weekly with …
: I’ve managed online news coverage of hurricanes while working with newspapers in two states …
: Finished reading: Fairy Tale by Stephen King. This is a bit of a concept novel. What would happen if …
: A few festival notes Some thoughts about this past weekend’s Pilgrimage Music Festival in Franklin, Tennessee: I …
: Jon Batiste is a remarkable artist I try to go to a lot of live music, especially festivals, and every once in a while a set comes …
: What you need for your music festival go bag If you’re heading to a music festival be prepared, but don’t over pack. You don’t …
: The once trendsetting social platform seems to have lost its luster, in large part due to …
: I have an idea for adult alternative Halloween. Tikiween. Everyone in the neighborhood sets up tiki …
: “Blog your heart,” writes Robin Rendle: Blog about something you’ve learned, blog about …
: A few links 11 Rules for Writing Good Poetry: One, read a lot of poetry. The Three Sides of Risk: …
: Gogol Bordello's 'Solidaritine' speaks to displaced people everywhere Ukrainian punk band Gogol Bordello released their new album Solidaritine today. The track “Forces of …
: On a tributary of the Tennessee, River.
: You just write something, she said, it doesn’t matter what. My job here is done.
: Music festival season isn’t over yet. Maybe you don’t want to go to a mega festival like …
: How to back up email accounts.
: “Bill [Withers'] studio albums were great. I’ll even go to bat for the late ones that no …
: “There is something profoundly haunting about a master artist’s last painting left unfinished …
: Animation: The Most Popular Websites by Web Traffic (1993 to 2022)
: Turn a Post-it note into a butterfly origami. Here is mine:
: ”If you digest the heck out of the book, you still can’t say anything in casual conversation except …
: Love for sale at a store in the NuLu neighborhood of Louisville.
: Set around the 2014 Ukrainian revolution and Russian invasion of Crimea, I Will Die in a Foreign …
: Nine common thinking biases and how to overcome them.
: From How to Travel Like Anthony Bourdain: “In my carry-on, I’ll have a notebook, yellow legal …
: “Aristotle … defines our ultimate goal, the very purpose of being alive, the thing …
: Two from the weekend New York Times The Office’s Last Stand: It’s either the end of the era of flexibility around where work takes place …
: The head of design at a newspaper where I once worked always said there are many right ways to do …
: “The most dificult thing in the world is to listen, to see. We don’t want to see. Do you think …
: If you’re looking for a little fitness motivation, check out Darebee, a collection of workouts that …
: Watch insects take to the air in video recorded at 6,000 frames per second and then slowed down to …