I was talking to my girlfriend about Strachey’s love-letter generator (as you do), and she told me that there are apparently 21st-century analogues. So I present to you the Girlfriend Keeper and BroApp, which are proof that we live in either the best or worst of all possible worlds.

The former is a joke, and more like Strachey’s program because it creates messages itself – with limited believability, of course. BroApp is fascinating to me, though, because it’s smart in some pretty spooky ways: if you’re connected to your girlfriend’s wireless for example, it won’t send her messages, because you’re obviously together.

Of course, that doesn’t save you from this awkward moment:

Tom confessed to News.com that the most painful moment in the app’s creation came when he had to turn to his girlfriend (presumably in person) and tell her what he’d been developing for the previous three months.

Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose.

Yours adverbially,

Nina