AI

In Is Generative Art Now Quaint? I ended with a question dressed up as a statement: I’m genuinely curious what’s possible now.

This one starts with a failed project. A while back I wrote about MAGA Mick — a cartoon character I was building in CreateStudio4. A flannel-wearing Republican voter, slowly reckoning with the gap between what he’d been told and what he was seeing. Satirical cards, one after the other. The premise was solid. The execution? Brutal.

Overview # A browser-based piano practice app with four training modes, built to support my Learning to Play Piano at 70 project. It connects to a MIDI keyboard and uses real Steinway piano samples for audio feedback.

Overview # Most AI content teaches you to do more. This project is about using AI to be better.

Wherever there is number, there is beauty. Proclus wrote that somewhere between 412 and 485 AD. I’ve been carrying that line around for years. Not because I’m a mathematician—I’m not—but because I feel it. The beauty in numbers. The strange alchemy of turning equations into images.

When the Tool Evaluates Its Own Critics Here is a short essay on the problems with AI today, followed by an exercise in critical thinking demonstrating logical fallacies. I found the essay somewhere on the internet (don’t remember where), then I asked an AI to look for logical fallacies in the text.

Overview # I’m learning to play piano at age 70. It’s something I’ve always wanted to do — and now, I’m going for it.

Got Notes? # Most note-taking systems are designed for humans. You write notes, organize them, and hope you can find them later. But what if your AI assistant could be a full participant—reading your notes for context, writing new ones, and helping you build a knowledge base over time?

Meet Fabric # Fabric is an open-source tool by Daniel Miessler that provides 230+ reusable AI prompt patterns for common tasks like summarizing content, extracting insights, improving writing, and more.

It started, as these things often do, with a book. Not a new book, exactly—just new to me. One of those titles that practically taps you on the shoulder from across the digital aisle: