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1958 Ford F100 Custom Cab radio

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Paul hasn’t found a home for this pickup and plans to keep it around for now. Check out this radio.

The circular dial is the AM frequency band controlled (I think) by the knob to the right of the dial. The knob to the left controls on-off and volume. There’s a tone control but I’m not sure how that works. Or even if the radio works. I’ll take another look and update this post.

Top Ten Songs in the US in 1958 (I was ten years old):

  1. Volare (Nel Blu Dipinto di Blu) – Domenico Modugno
  2. All I Have to Do Is Dream – The Everly Brothers
  3. Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu (Volare) – Dean Martin
  4. Don’t – Elvis Presley
  5. Witch Doctor – David Seville
  6. Patricia – Pérez Prado
  7. Catch a Falling Star – Perry Como
  8. Tequila – The Champs
  9. It’s All in the Game – Tommy Edwards
  10. Return to Me – Dean Martin

AI does my searching these days

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For years, websites were designed to present help: FAQ pages; Customer forums; Step-by-step tutorials; Support articles. But now? Those are often incomplete, out-of-date, buried under SEO sludge, or shaped more to reduce support costs than to actually help.

When I have a software question –even for an app that I’m familiar with– I go straight to an AI assistant. It’s changing how the web works (PDF)

Empire of AI

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Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman’s OpenAI is a book by Karen Hao released on May 20, 2025. It focuses on the history of OpenAI and its culture of secrecy and devotion to the promise of artificial general intelligence (AGI). The book includes interviews with around 260 people, correspondence, and relevant documents. The title makes reference to colonial empires of the 1800s.

Hao visited OpenAI’s offices and covered the company for the MIT Technology Review two years before ChatGPT was released. Her experience there and reporting on topics of AI for seven years led her to write Empire Of AI. (Wikipedia)

Given how much time I spent “conversing” with —and gushing about— OpenAI’s famous chat bot (ChatGPT) this seemed like a book I should read. About half way through and not sure how much of the book I will share here. Continue reading →