Christopher Bunn's Blog

I’m pretty confident we are well past the dawning of the age of AI. We’re most likely somewhere in the lunch hour or even past noon. Perhaps we’re in the afternoon siesta–that time of day when we’re all taking a nap indoors or in a hammock under the shade, while the AI server farms are … Continue reading "The Lunch Hour of AI"

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Things is the name of a piano piece that my sixteen-year-old just wrote for his end-of-semester recital at the local junior college. He was somewhat hesitant about taking the class when we discussed it back in August, but he seems to have mostly enjoyed it, now that the semester is in the rear view mirror. … Continue reading "The Piano of Things"

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All the world’s a stage, as the bard remarked. That was in As You Like It, and the ironic thing is that the world truly is a stage, whether you like it or not, so that particular truth does not exist as you like it. Truth simply exists. There’s no other way to argue existence. … Continue reading "All the World’s a Stage"

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…and the fields are stripped bare of all they wear. “October” October–U2 1981. I’m not much of a fan of the more recent U2 albums, but I do like their first five albums, from Boy through The Joshua Tree. After that, not so much. Rattle and Hum was their sixth album, and it felt like … Continue reading "October"

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I occasionally eat yogurt. I sometimes make yogurt from scratch. Quite easy, if you’ve never done it before. Anyway, speaking of yogurt, a slightly puzzling thing happened yesterday at work. My office is in a renovated farmhouse on a ranch in the unincorporated area of our county. It’s a great old farmhouse, built in the … Continue reading "yogurt daze"

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I finally got around to reading The Way of Kings, the first book in Brandon Sanderson’s Stormlight Archives series. I have a vague memory of picking it up about ten years ago, reading a few chapters and then not finishing it for some reason. Maybe got called to jury duty? Anyway, I’m glad I opened … Continue reading "Sanderson and Stormlight"

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One of my son Jesse’s gamer friends, Alex, recently asked him to write a blues piece. And Jesse, always up for a musical challenge, did so–hence, the aptly named Alex Blues, courtesy of JB Proof music. Jesse has been experimenting with jazz and blues: chord structures, improv, syncopation, and all that beautifully blurry stuff. I … Continue reading "The Alex Blues"

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The thesis statement of the book of Ecclesiastes is the second verse of chapter one, in which the author remarks “Vanity of vanities! All is vanity.” He goes on to make the point that everything repeats itself. The sun comes up, goes down, and then returns and does the same the very next day. The … Continue reading "Vanity of vanities"

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I find myself returning to the question of free will versus predestination, or, if you must be theatrical about it, is the script of our life written by us or Someone else? That begs the subsequent question: if our script is written for us, do we have to perform it as written? The fires down … Continue reading "The Script of our Life"

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My second son has been writing and recording more music. His latest, Nowhere, just went live. He constantly amazes me with his creativity. Writing and recording music has been a constant in my life since the late 80s. I think one of the key beginnings of that arc was when I was on staff with … Continue reading "Music and magnificence"

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