Phil Frana
@artificialother.bsky.social
James Madison University professor. Encyclopedia of AI (Bloomsbury, 2024), now available in paperback. https://sites.lib.jmu.edu/artificialother/
@mikkibrock.bsky.social My copy just arrived. Fresh off the FedEx truck! Looks terrific.
June 9, 2025 at 9:33 PM
@mikkibrock.bsky.social My copy just arrived. Fresh off the FedEx truck! Looks terrific.
Spotted this at the Hirshhorn yesterday and thought @mikkibrock.bsky.social would enjoy. From the exhibit: hirshhorn.si.edu/exhibitions/...
June 5, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Spotted this at the Hirshhorn yesterday and thought @mikkibrock.bsky.social would enjoy. From the exhibit: hirshhorn.si.edu/exhibitions/...
Welcome to Ralph Baer's electronics workshop
March 28, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Welcome to Ralph Baer's electronics workshop
Check out the amazing frost pattern on wood at the Indian Springs wetland this morning
December 25, 2024 at 2:09 PM
Check out the amazing frost pattern on wood at the Indian Springs wetland this morning
DCA in Arlington all decked out for the holidays
December 21, 2024 at 5:21 PM
DCA in Arlington all decked out for the holidays
My grandparents gearing up for a lively evening of entertainment
December 15, 2024 at 1:27 PM
My grandparents gearing up for a lively evening of entertainment
Best looking manhole covers on the Eastern Seaboard
December 6, 2024 at 12:16 AM
Best looking manhole covers on the Eastern Seaboard
Perched on some signage at the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley in Winchester, Virginia
December 1, 2024 at 3:05 AM
Perched on some signage at the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley in Winchester, Virginia
This year's ornament. Let's see how the details looks when it's been glazed and fired.
November 29, 2024 at 10:14 PM
This year's ornament. Let's see how the details looks when it's been glazed and fired.
Anyone know who coined the terms 'Broad' and 'Narrow' AI? Usage takes off in the mid-1980s. From an issue of Computers and People (1986):
November 28, 2024 at 5:47 PM
Anyone know who coined the terms 'Broad' and 'Narrow' AI? Usage takes off in the mid-1980s. From an issue of Computers and People (1986):
Obligatory annual photo of Brenna with the Macy's Turkey. We've been doing this since she was 8.
November 28, 2024 at 2:35 PM
Obligatory annual photo of Brenna with the Macy's Turkey. We've been doing this since she was 8.
Elizabeth Furnace, Virginia
November 26, 2024 at 8:28 PM
Elizabeth Furnace, Virginia
Where it happened:
November 24, 2024 at 8:00 PM
Where it happened:
Here's how many steps that is:
November 24, 2024 at 7:58 PM
Here's how many steps that is:
That's it. I've done it. I've circumnavigated the planet on foot. More than 24,901 miles since January 2013. I crossed the finish line at Big Schloss Overlook in George Washington and Jefferson National Forest.
November 24, 2024 at 7:57 PM
That's it. I've done it. I've circumnavigated the planet on foot. More than 24,901 miles since January 2013. I crossed the finish line at Big Schloss Overlook in George Washington and Jefferson National Forest.
Winchester, Virginia
November 23, 2024 at 4:09 PM
Winchester, Virginia
Penn Laird, Virginia
November 21, 2024 at 2:19 AM
Penn Laird, Virginia