The mouse that captivated the hearts of children and adults is finally entering public domain. It has been 100 years since Disney created...

San José Chamber Orchestra has a concert each year to mark the end of the old and the start of the new. Held at 3:00 PM, it provides...

For the past few years I’ve had a goal to read 52 books a year.  This year I managed to read 57 books. Many were hefty tomes, like Barack...

The colorful ads for Shen Yun Performance (https://www.shenyun.org) company have been popping up in the San Jose area for more than a...

The title of this post is generated by an AI provided by the Wix platform and edited by me. The cartoon was created by Leonardo AI after...

Over a year ago I finished an orchestral composition that I'd worked on for a few years—Transition. (See Drawing the Double Bar Line.) To...

With the current focus on AI as to whether it is beneficial or not, I recalled Tom Gruber’s TED Talk from April, 2017, How AI Can Enhance...

Leonardo AI is my go-to choice when I want to create a single image on a particular topic. After a few tries with various prompts, I...

I started using ChatGPT sometime ago as my primary search engine. It summarizes a large amount of information and presents it to me...

Since the beginning of October I've been writing music using Sptitfire audio modules. (See At Sea: Composing Music While Sailing to...

On a cliff outside of Nagato City and on the Japan Sea, a local fisherman built a torii gate in the hopes that Shinto kami would provide...

When I worked at Apple, Steve Jobs talked about making products that were at the crossroads of liberal arts and technology. The idea is...

My friend Andy was in Italy a few weeks ago. Everyday she posted gorgeous photos of Italian cities and their piazzas, churches, and other...

Cat Cafe Mocha is a cat cafe chain in Japan. It is known for the wooden cat tree that is the centerpiece of the cafe. Amongst the...

A walk through Shibuya City, Tokyo will invariably lead through the Shibuya Scramble—the legendary street crossing that stops traffic in...

Over the past few years there have been “immersive experience” art exhibits. Digital versions of art from masters such as Van Gough are...

When traveling recently from Seattle to Tokyo on a 2,000+ person cruise ship, I didn't expect to take many photos. The ship is too big to...

When I signed on to sail from Seattle to Tokyo, via Alaska, I did so because there were nine scheduled sea days. My goal was to use the...

In the early 1800's, Onomea Bay was a fishing village called Kahali'i. Besides fishing, villagers grew coconuts, mangos, and other crops....

Until recently, my creative endeavors involved making digital products, whether it be writing, music, videos, or images. All these things...