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Photocopier No More: The Reckoning with AI Creativity Has Arrived

By Timothy R. Butler | Mar 10, 2026 at 4:16 AM

Two esoteric programming events bubbled up this past week. If you’re not into computer science, they may appear irrelevant to you. They’re not. The arcane managed to bring to life our pressing questions about whether AI can create or is a regurgitation machine.

At Arms Over Anthropic

By Timothy R. Butler | Mar 04, 2026 at 2:12 PM

Remember when everyone on the Right was rightly upset at the government censoring opinions it found distasteful? Somehow that seems forgotten in the other war of this weekend.

DeltaForce 65: Das Wilde Keyboard

By Timothy R. Butler | Dec 17, 2025 at 7:21 PM

One of my all time favorite brands is Metadot’s Das Keyboard. They typically don’t include all the bells and whistles, but they are built so well. But what if a Das Keyboard had all the current extras?

Satechi SM3: Affordable Mechanical Meets Magic Keyboard

By Timothy R. Butler | Dec 10, 2025 at 5:43 PM

Satechi is a long-running name in stylish computer accessories, but one that comes to mind for, say, a Thunderbolt hub, not a keyboard. The SM3 is a strong argument the time has come for them to be a part of the keyboard discussion.

Is the iPad Finally Ready to Be a Computer?

By Timothy R. Butler | Dec 03, 2025 at 11:00 PM

I became the lab rat. Three weeks ago, I put away my trusty MacBook to discover if the technically powerful 11” M4 iPad Pro could handle everything this solo pastor’s jack-of-all-trades work demands — writing, video editing, programming, system administration, the whole enchilada. A year ago, the answer was clearly “no.” Now, I wasn’t so sure.

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