Travel
Travel Diary, Part Two
Five stars to hike number one! Molto bello, Monte San Giorgio!
Technology
Tech Rundown: Fun with Language Maps
Today's Tech Rundown is about the Large Language Models that underpin chatbots like GPT and Bard, and three interesting ways people are using these detailed maps of the English language.
Travel
Travel Diary, Part One
He's already read the airline magazine, and the SkyMall, and the safety card. Now I guess he'll commune with the seat in front of him for six more hours.
Advice
So You've Got a New Lease on Life
"I've been given this huge gift, and I'm afraid I'll waste it."
Travel
Arnie and Vera Get the Boot
Arnie was an easy sell. I asked if he'd ever been hiking in the Alps, that was all the encouragement he needed. With Vera, though, I knew I had to tell the whole truth, or she wouldn't get on the plane.
The May Fair With Barbara
The bocce court was popular, the May Queen smiled at everybody, and the ice cream cart was mobbed the whole time.
Solution: Horses, Horses
Your job, and possibly your neck, depended on finding the smallest number of races by which you could identify the top three horses.
Puzzle
Horses, Horses
How many races must you conduct, in order to find the fastest 3 horses in a group of 25?
Magazine
A New Man for the Princess
Once upon a time there was a Princess who was always wanting something new and strange.
ChatCheapyT: Submitted Sentences
You responded, in excellent form.
Editorial
A Young Tycoon Dreams of Outer Space
It never occurred to me, when I was nine, dreaming of the cosmos, that living on Earth was a privilege.
Sports
Sports Talk Safewords and Pickleball Primer
In which we rescue you from sportsy small talk, and I talk pickleball with an up-and-coming sportswriter.