ChatGPT: Let’s spin this out as if we were pitching a serious film treatment. Not propaganda, not rah-rah, but something in the lineage of Apocalypse Now, Platoon, The Hurt Locker — war films that tried to wrestle with the essence of their conflict. Working Title: “The Sky Above” Continue reading
How will drones change future war movies?
While the Ukraine Russian war is still going on, it’s obvious the use of drone technology is changing that war and probably all future wars. I’m wondering how this technology is going to translate into the films that are made about this era.
ChatGPT: This gets at how storytelling evolves alongside military technology. Just as trench warfare shaped WWI films, and helicopters became the icon of Vietnam movies, drones will inevitably define how 21st-century wars are remembered on screen. A few thoughts on how filmmakers might handle it:
The Ten Best U.S.-War Films
Let’s see your list of the 10 best war movies ever made. And to make an impossible task a little less impossible, let’s limit it to wars in which the United States has been involved.
ChatGPT: Since we’re narrowing it to wars in which the U.S. was directly involved, I’ll pull across a mix of classics, modern interpretations, and films that capture both the brutality and psychology of war. Not necessarily the definitive top 10, but ten that stand up well as “best ever.” (in no particular order) Continue reading
Apple Watch Camera Remote + AirPods Pro 3
In our ongoing effort to “die broke” I ordered the new Apple Watch 11 and a set of AirPods Pro 3. As I wait for these new toys to arrive, I’ve started playing with the Camera Remote feature on the Apple Watch.
The idea is I can take a photo or video while the phone is across the room (or wherever). In the photo mode it captures a burst of images… and video works as you’d expect.
The AirPods Pro 3 has a number of cool new features, including recording audio from the AirPods instead of the iPhone. In this video (:13) it’s obvious the audio is being recorded from across the room. The new AirPods will also allow me to start and stop the video recording.
“Negative? Oh my God!”
Gabby (5 weeks)
New Categories Page
In the twenty-plus years I’ve been keeping this journal I have posted 6,420 times. I’m currently using 50 categories and 133 tags (down from ~200). On more than one occasion I’ve mentioned my interest in taxonomy (“An ordered arrangement of groups or categories.”), and I’m in the middle of a major over-haul.
For years I’ve included a little sidebar widget showing my categories but I’d be very surprised if anyone but yours truly ever uses it. Just too long for that tiny space so I’ve created a CATEGORIES page with some buckets into which I’ve grouped the categories.
Silly Willy
My buddy John continues to unearth treasures from our youth. I think I would have been in the sixth grade in 1959 when our school produced a little musical called The King’s Christmas Carol. Not sure why but I was cast in the role of Silly Willy, the court jester. My only memory is the costume my mom made from a girl’s gym suit. She also came up with some slippers featuring long, curled toes with a tiny bell. Continue reading
Barb & Co. Rock Destin
Awareness: 10 key points from ChatGPT
Last night I had an interesting conversation that centered on awareness. I can’t express how rare that is. I found myself referring to my forty-plus blog posts as a repository of all my thoughts on the topic, knowing that nobody is going read those posts. So I uploaded the posts to ChatGPT and asked for ten key take-aways (PDF).
“Would you like to have these in an essay format that could be posted to your blog?”, asked ChatGPT. The resulting essay so accurately captures my thinking on this topic I’ve decided share it here. Everything below was written by ChatGPT: