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  I thought I would illustrate a couple blog ideas with the new illustration/art program Dall-E from OpenAI. (The captions are the words I used to get the pictures.) POWER BOAT Large barges covered with solar panels  "Giant barge covered with Solar Panels" NEW MEXICO DINOSAUR FIND Archeology discovery "Woman in sun dress riding triceratops" (Normally I would use something like this.) Try it out. It's nuts. Dall-E

  2021 * The super soil of the American farm belt has been eroded and washed away, blown away, and degraded by a century of plowing and mono-cropping. More and more fertilizer is required to grow our vast fields of corn, wheat, and soy.  The coming worldwide food shortages -- previewed this very Year of Our Lord 2022 -- are going to get much, much worse if we don't find a way to repair the damage to our topsoil.  Science Fiction to the Rescue! 2030 Conversations were underway with all - literally all in the world - of the credible people on the sargassum plague in the tropical Atlantic and the Caribbean. Ocean scientists of every stripe were talking to Lucas about their specialty’s view of the megablooms.  Seagoing vessel designers, marine biologists, satellite analysts, NOAA, Eurocean, Jamstech, Ocean U. and ICOIS sargassum specialists were all in one-on-one conversations with Lucas, responding to his ideas about harvesting megatons of the slightly bitter floating w...

  Good Thing I Like My... TiVo DVRs changed the way we watch TV.  I don't think I could bear to watch commercial-saturated television without a DVR.  We've been a TiVo customer for over ten years. That said, when we had a billing problem, I ran into the impenetrable wall they call "customer service."  After exhausting every other thing on their website, I finally opted for "chat."  HAR!  I might as well have asked for Devine Intervention.  Take a look: (TiVo's chatbot -- and an alleged live agent.  My responses are in YELLOW. ) 12:15 PM Thanks for connecting to the TiVo Support Experience. I’m TiVo's automated virtual assistant, here to help. What are you looking for help with? Unexpected bill for $161.61. Scam? We are current on monthly payments. It sounds like you're inquiring about account billing. Is that right? Yes You can click 'My Account' below to view your Billing and Order History. You can also perform other transactions li...