Isfahan
The fifth post in this arc treated Kashan, and it opened the central Persian court register by setting the urban …
Date
2026-05-24
Words
3539
Read
17 min
Power
C
Speed
D
Range
C
Durability
E
Precision
E
Potential
D
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A Grimoire of Prompts
Last winter I spent the better part of an afternoon debugging a piece of code the model had written for me. It compiled. …
Date
2026-05-23
Words
1098
Read
6 min
Power
E
Speed
B
Range
E
Durability
E
Precision
E
Potential
D
English Regency
The ninth post in this arc treated Thomas Sheraton, and closed by promising one of two continuations: the heavier …
Date
2026-05-23
Words
3629
Read
18 min
Power
B
Speed
D
Range
C
Durability
E
Precision
E
Potential
D
Oushak
The ninth post in this arc treated the Hereke — a rug made not by a place but by an institution, a state manufactory …
Date
2026-05-23
Words
3377
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16 min
Power
D
Speed
D
Range
C
Durability
E
Precision
E
Potential
D
Thomas Sheraton
The eighth post in this arc treated George Hepplewhite, and closed by promising one of two continuations: a return to …
Date
2026-05-22
Words
3625
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18 min
Power
C
Speed
D
Range
C
Durability
E
Precision
E
Potential
D
Hereke
The eight prior posts in this arc divided cleanly among three weaving worlds. The Persian — Heriz, Tabriz, Bakshaish, …
Date
2026-05-22
Words
3513
Read
17 min
Power
C
Speed
D
Range
C
Durability
E
Precision
E
Potential
D
George Hepplewhite
The seven prior posts in this arc — Louis XV, Louis XVI, Biedermeier, English Chippendale, Gustavian, Italian Baroque, …
Date
2026-05-21
Words
3778
Read
18 min
Power
B
Speed
D
Range
C
Durability
E
Precision
E
Potential
D
Tekke
The seven prior posts in this arc — Heriz, Tabriz, Caucasian Kazak, Bakshaish, Kashan, Bidjar, and most recently Hamadan …
Date
2026-05-21
Words
3521
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17 min
Power
C
Speed
D
Range
C
Durability
E
Precision
E
Potential
D
A Lexicon of the New Era
The difficulty with the vocabulary of the present moment is not that it is obscure. It is that it is spoken with …
Date
2026-05-20
Words
1031
Read
5 min
Power
E
Speed
B
Range
E
Durability
E
Precision
E
Potential
D
Italian Rococo (Venetian)
The six prior posts in this arc — Louis XV, Louis XVI, Biedermeier, English Chippendale, Gustavian, and Italian Baroque …
Date
2026-05-20
Words
3739
Read
18 min
Power
B
Speed
D
Range
C
Durability
E
Precision
E
Potential
D
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A Grimoire of Prompts
Last winter I spent the better part of an afternoon debugging a piece of code the model had written for me. It compiled. It passed the tests I had given it. It …
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English Regency
The ninth post in this arc treated Thomas Sheraton, and closed by promising one of two continuations: the heavier Regency succession that displaced Sheraton …
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Thomas Sheraton
The eighth post in this arc treated George Hepplewhite, and closed by promising one of two continuations: a return to the English neoclassical line in its …
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George Hepplewhite
The seven prior posts in this arc — Louis XV, Louis XVI, Biedermeier, English Chippendale, Gustavian, Italian Baroque, and Italian Rococo (Venetian) — have …
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A Lexicon of the New Era
The difficulty with the vocabulary of the present moment is not that it is obscure. It is that it is spoken with complete fluency by large numbers of people who …
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Italian Rococo (Venetian)
The six prior posts in this arc — Louis XV, Louis XVI, Biedermeier, English Chippendale, Gustavian, and Italian Baroque — have together carried the European …
| Date | Category | Title | Words | Read |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-24 | antiques | Isfahan | 3539 | 17 min |
| 2026-05-23 | ai | A Grimoire of Prompts | 1098 | 6 min |
| 2026-05-23 | antiques | English Regency | 3629 | 18 min |
| 2026-05-23 | antiques | Oushak | 3377 | 16 min |
| 2026-05-22 | antiques | Thomas Sheraton | 3625 | 18 min |
| 2026-05-22 | antiques | Hereke | 3513 | 17 min |
| 2026-05-21 | antiques | George Hepplewhite | 3778 | 18 min |
| 2026-05-21 | antiques | Tekke | 3521 | 17 min |
| 2026-05-20 | ai | A Lexicon of the New Era | 1031 | 5 min |
| 2026-05-20 | antiques | Italian Rococo (Venetian) | 3739 | 18 min |