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  • Pseudo-English Text Generator
    This is a simple tool that generates five paragraphs of random “pseudo-English” text having structure and letter frequency similar to that of English language. The current implementation returns five paragraphs of random text with these characteristics: <?php echo 'hello'; ?> Each paragraph has between 8 and 12 sentences. Each sentence has between 5 and 15 words. Each word has between 3 and 7 letters. What is this good for? I suppose it’s good for Greeking, sort of lik
     
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Pseudo-English Text Generator

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By: Michael Burkhardt
30 August 2024 at 14:34

This is a simple tool that generates five paragraphs of random “pseudo-English” text having structure and letter frequency similar to that of English language. The current implementation returns five paragraphs of random text with these characteristics:

<?php echo 'hello'; ?>

  • Each paragraph has between 8 and 12 sentences.
  • Each sentence has between 5 and 15 words.
  • Each word has between 3 and 7 letters.

What is this good for? I suppose it’s good for Greeking, sort of like what Lorem Ipsum does, but in fake English rather than fake Latin.

Technical Details

The back-end code is loosely based on a Perl script I wrote years ago. That script was more of a multi-purpose command-line tool for generating (potentially large volumes of) test data. For this tiny project, I really just wanted to test creating an AWS Lambda function exposed as a simple ReST API.

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  • FujiFilm X Resources
    Film Simulation Recipes Site Notes Fuji X Weekly Many high quality recipes by Ritchie Roesch Shuttergroove Craig Bergonzoni FujifilmSimulations.com Film.recipes Fuji X Recipe Generator Create custom camera recipes for your Fuji X camera based on classic film looks and optimized for your specific sensor. Other FujiFilm Stuff Name Notes Fuji Rumors It’s like seeing into the future of Fuji stuff Fuji X Weekly Ritchie also has a worthwhile blog John Peltier
     
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FujiFilm X Resources

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By: Michael Burkhardt
19 August 2025 at 18:28

Film Simulation Recipes

Site Notes
Fuji X Weekly Many high quality recipes by Ritchie Roesch
Shuttergroove
Craig Bergonzoni
FujifilmSimulations.com
Film.recipes
Fuji X Recipe Generator Create custom camera recipes for your Fuji X camera based on classic film looks and optimized for your specific sensor.

Other FujiFilm Stuff

Name Notes
Fuji Rumors It’s like seeing into the future of Fuji stuff
Fuji X Weekly Ritchie also has a worthwhile blog
John Peltier Photography Fujifilm tips and courses ($)
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  • Data Science
    Demystyfying Generative Artificial Intelligence, slides to accompany a presentation I delivered at a meeting of IT architects (PDF, 2024) Assessing Classification Model Performance Using the Confusion Matrix, a quick reference for Data Mining students (PDF, upd. 2024) Choosing a Hypothesis Test (aka “The Burkhardt Chart”), a quick reference for Statistics students (PDF, upd. 2025)
     
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Data Science

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By: Michael Burkhardt
14 January 2026 at 22:39
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