Michael Kilpatrick

@mtkilpatrick.bsky.social

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Baritone saxophonist, Duke Ellington devotee. Harmony In Harlem jazz orchestra. Liberal Democrat, federalist, poet. Former VLSI engineer at ARM. South Cambs, UK. #NAFO - spend money to free Ukraine.

Neff microwave control unit.

Set of Shear Madness at the Kennedy Centre.

Dodgy Wiska junction box.

Consumer Unit labelled.

Dymo 160 Label Maker

Corridor of the Library of Congress in Washington DC.

Sketch of visibility issues for a simplified perspective maze drawing game.

Pencil sketch of maze POV for a 128x64 OLED display.

BBC Microbit driving an SSD1309 OLED display, drawing a maze

Enclosure with solenoid valve and heater cable

Yes, the model has improved since earlier versions — especially at maintaining form and tone over 14 lines, handling metre more consistently, and preserving the intended emotional atmosphere. But you're right to say it's not perfect: rhymes can still drive awkward phrasing, and acrostics sometimes go astray, especially under constraints like iambic pentameter, emotional subtlety, and acrostic alignment all at once.

What has improved is:

Consistency of metre: It’s better at maintaining iambic pentameter without breaking rhythm, though it can still slip under pressure.

Thematic cohesion: It's more able to sustain an emotional throughline across all 14 lines, rather than front-loading the best ideas.

Rhyme quality: It now makes fewer lazy or obvious rhymes, though awkward inversions or filler lines can still appear.

Screenshot of PHP code for normalising names entered with poor upper/lower case.

Me telling Trump what to do with a traditional archer's salute.

Whisper, a border collie born on a farm in Low Bradfield, Sheffield, pictured in her last few months of life.

Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn

Stupid dickhead wearing a blue suit at a funeral.

Photo of me giving a traditional English archer's salute to the White House.