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Thursday, October 9, 2025

Turing: Can A Mechanical Process Be Applied To A Mathematical Statement -- The Imitation Game -- Alan Turing: The Eniga -- Andrew Hodges, 1983

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The Turing Machine ": link here .   On Computable Numbers . Undoubtedly the most famous theoretical paper in the history of computing,...
Sunday, October 5, 2025

Vienna: the Crossroads of Civilization, Angus Robertson, c. 2022.

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  This is really cool. I learned two major things from this book.  The book:  Vienna: the Crossroads of Civilization, Angus Robertson, c. 20...
Saturday, October 4, 2025

My Winter On The Nile, Charles Dudley Warner, c. 1876, 1904

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My Winter On The Nile , Charles Dudley Warner, c. 1876, 1904. I found this gem at a small discount book store in Portland, Oregon, for $6.00...
Sunday, August 24, 2025

This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession, Daniel J. Levitin, c. 2006.

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 Author combines science and love of music. Interestingly: his story begins in 1969 when the author was eleven years old and had just bought...

Jeremiah

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History of Israel :  tribal leadership: Judges then, united monarchy under Saul, David, Solomon Saul: traditionally dated 1021 - 1000 BCE Da...
Saturday, August 23, 2025

The Five Annotated Volumes

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The annotated books : in the Bat Cave. Mrs Dallway , Wuthering Heights , Frankenstein , Emerson , Pioneer Girl, Laura Ingalls Wilder
Friday, August 22, 2025

Human Evolution -- Sahelanthropus tchadensis

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The first humans (true hominims) after the human-chimp splint (YouTube): Oldest to youngest: The earliest potential hominin is Sahelanthropu...

Lana Del Rey And Charlie Crockett

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 The ChatGPT prompt: Music. This will come out of "left field," as they say. See if you can connect these dots when ans...

English: Characteristics Of American English

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I found an undated, hand-written note regarding "Characteristics of American English." The penmanship was exquisite, possibly from...
Thursday, August 21, 2025

Casablanca

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ChatGPT prompt:  Movie talk. "Casablanca."I think I've seen almost every review of this movie. But I don't think...

The Immortal Game: A History of Chess or How 32 Carved Pieces On A Board Illuminated Our Understanding of War, Art, Science, and the Human Brain; David Shenk, c. 2006.

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The other day I posted comments regarding: The Immortal Game: A History of Chess or How 32 Carved Pieces On A Board Illuminated Our Underst...