My Desultory Blog

RichC | April 1, 2025

Can GrokAI really pull off an April Fools Day prank in a blog post? Nope … artificial intelligence better leave this to humans with the talent for comedy. In a shocking revelation, xAI scientists claim gravity reverses every April 1st for 24 hours. “It’s nature’s prank,” says Dr. Fictus, a totally real researcher. “People […]

Category: AI, Humor | No Comments »
Tags: ai, april fools day, artificial intelligence, grok

RichC | April 1, 2022

These illustrations make the rounds by email and social networking every so often and do so because they are interesting to naturally inquisitive humans … and in my case make for a blogworthy Friday Filler and “fool your mind” on April Fools’ Day post. This is one that cognitive psychology refers to as the Negative […]

Category: Human Interest, Misc, Photography, Tidbits | 0 Comments
Tags: afterimage, april fools day, cognitive, friday filler, negative, photography, psychology, vision

RichC | April 1, 2021

While cleaning up one of my old Flickr accounts where my Palm Treo 700p photos were backed up, I stumbled across one of the first photos with it I took and posted to this blog – June 2006. Even though the camera was lacking by today’s cellphone standards, I still think the Palm PDA turned […]

Category: Archive, Automotive, Cellphone, Gadget, Photos, TBT, Technology, Travel, Volkswagen | 0 Comments
Tags: 700p, airport, april fools day, cak, Cellphone, coronavirus, covid19, electric, ev, facemask, flickr, halfmask, mp4, old tech, palm treo, Photos, sunset, TBT, throwback, thursday, vehicle, video, volkswagen, voltswagen

RichC | April 1, 2020

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Tags: annalyn, april fools day, blessings, bompa, coronavirus, covid19, drew, ellerie, family, gerber, jessica, katelyn, Photos, prayer