Category: Miscellaneous

bookmark_borderVanity mugs

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This site first launched in January 2008, going live with a very primitive design coded directly in Windows Notepad. I decided recently to have some custom coffee mugs made in recognition of this fact – after the Live at Lost Art Open Mic LP, why shouldn't I continue to treat myself? The design, simple as it is, recalls this website's original 2008 look, with its original logo and tagline.

The mugs were ordered through VistaPrint, the same company I've used for my business cards. While the print quality has been just fine for both types of media, I'm still interested in finding a local outfit I can work with directly for advertising and merchandise. If anyone reading this has a suggestion, and actual experience working with said outfit, please reach out to me and let me know.

All material on this page is © 2026 Peter Orozco (all rights reserved).

bookmark_borderAI-composed spam in my blog’s comments

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So-called "Artificial Intelligence," or AI, is insinuating itself into every aspect of our lives these days. This increasing proliferation of computer generated content (i.e., slop) is largely at the behest of huge corporations who have spent billions gathering personal data via online tracking, social media, cell phones, and an increasing number of so-called "smart" devices. Much of the data used to train AI models has been taken without permission from creatives and put toward the aim of generating an avalanche of artificially created content. This content then finds its way into advertisements, apps, services marketed to replace human creators, and, naturally, various types of spam. And that spam is increasingly finding its way onto online blog posts. Continue reading "AI-composed spam in my blog’s comments"