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Fake It Til You Make It (there)

Posted on June 27, 2025 by Brian D. Butler

Discover the world with Fake Trave l. This site lets you bring your travel fantasies to life with AI-generated images. Create convincing travel photos that capture you at your dream destinations in seconds. Fake Travel is your all-in-one platform for creating stunning … Continue reading →

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It started with a globe

Posted on June 26, 2025 by Brian D. Butler

Google Earth is celebrating its 20th birthday, and to mark the occasion, Google is bringing historical Street View imagery to the service. In a blog post, Google said the anniversary update allows users to “explore the wonders of the planet from … Continue reading →

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Everybody needs a poetry camera

Posted on June 25, 2025 by Brian D. Butler

The Poetry Camera creates and prints poems about anything it’s pointed at: animals, people, objects, and landscapes. It photographs using AI. Much like an old school  instant camera, there’s a camera lens on the boxy frame, which scans the subject. … Continue reading →

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A bit like Shakespeare

Posted on June 24, 2025 by Brian D. Butler

A bit of comic relief from my favorite Doctor and companion.

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“What Kind of Times Are These”

Posted on June 23, 2025 by Brian D. Butler

“What Kind of Times Are These” by Adrienne Rich There’s a place between two stands of trees where the grass grows uphill and the old revolutionary road breaks off into shadows near a meeting-house abandoned by the persecuted who disappeared … Continue reading →

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Reading the Air

Posted on June 22, 2025 by Brian D. Butler

Following my recent visit to Japan, I continue to process the experience and try and better understand Japanese culture. As I have previously mentioned, I was overwhelmed by the complexities of Japanese aesthetics and design that permeate Japanese life. The … Continue reading →

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“I don’t know why I’m writing all this”

Posted on June 21, 2025 by Brian D. Butler

Author Raymond Chandler was born in Chicago in 1888, and  remains one of the most influential writers in the world of crime fiction thanks to his creation of Philip Marlowe, the hardboiled detective who stars in many of his stories: The Big … Continue reading →

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Not Black Books, but close

Posted on June 20, 2025 by Brian D. Butler

The TV comedy pilot for Broadway Books will have its world premiere tomorrow during the 2025 Dances With Films fest at the historic TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles, Calif. Written and directed by Carianne King, Broadway Books was  inspired by King’s experiences … Continue reading →

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Library Spy

Posted on June 19, 2025 by Brian D. Butler

You don’t have to be a certified library geek to grok the fun little website called Library Spy. “This is a live, unfiltered look at what books are being checked out of the Seward Park library, a branch of the New … Continue reading →

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Coffee with a bullet

Posted on June 18, 2025 by Brian D. Butler

Regular visitors to TBTP know that I am an annoying coffee geek. When I combine my coffee fascination with my love of travel, I can be insufferable. When I found myself up early for a trip to Nagoya from Tokyo … Continue reading →

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