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  1. Downes

    Tuna Time

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    January 31, 2024. Lunch time at the home office. These two know what that means: it's time for a tuna treat. That's Julia on the left, more reserved and skittish, and Emma on the right, eager, energetic, and ready to pounce. Most of my focus was on my...
  2. Downes

    Ganesh

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    January 30, 2024. This is a statue of Ganesh in my home office, a reminder of my visit to India in 2012. The helmet is a souvenir from an Argos football game in 2014. Practising with my 50mm lens (the lens cap arrived today). Way too much iso but at l...
  3. Downes

    The Railway Bridge

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    January 29, 2024. This is the railway bridge through Casselman, as seen today on my daily walk ('daily', like 'AI', is more aspirational than real, but I persist in trying). This view is, of course, completely obscured in summer. Back with the 24-200 ...
  4. @aliboo1432

    DGST 395: Week 2 Summary

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    The term “metaverse” was something that I heard a couple of times before this course, but this week helped me expand my knowledge on the topic. While my table and I were discussing different software that fall into the category of metaverse, we stumbled upon an interesting conversation. Before discussing various parts of the metaverse,...
  5. natalie

    Nights out, Charity & boat trips

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    ?listen to the audio on ? A week later, Pippa was sitting on her study project a case study for a new female tech gadget while clicking some likes from Tess party pictures and a sunny day on her cruise. The pictures looked amazing and she could almost get jealous, but Tess really deserved this… Continue reading Nights out, Charity & boat trips
  6. Downes

    Odd Bunch

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    January 27, 2024. These are vegetables that were delivered to my home today by a company called Odd Bunch. It's a subscription delivery service that finds vegetables that are either too odd or too old to be sold in grocery stores and sells them to cus...
  7. rowan_peter (Rowan Peter)

    Create your own room – acoustic anechoic chamber

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    The Create your own room assignment, is about doing exactly that. Ever thought of creating your own dream room? Now you can! Using AI create pinterest find rooms, furniture, colors etc. From there write a blog post about why you chose everything! This is your dream so make it as crazy and out of the … Continue reading Create your own room – acoustic anechoic chamber ?
  8. rowan_peter (Rowan Peter)

    Mimicry is the best form of flattery – Mondrian Melbourne

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    For the Mimicry is the best form of flattery assignment, use a vector or raster graphic software to mimic your favorite artist work but use your own design. Doing my best to bring a Mondrian-esque Composition with Red Blue and Yellow to the iconic Flinders Street Railway Station in the City of Melbourne. My image … Continue reading Mimicry is the best form of flattery – Mondrian Melbourne ?
  9. rowan_peter (Rowan Peter)

    Books for Everyone (including animals and the machines) #dailycreate #tdc4396 #ds106

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    This 1929 poster is from the Library of Congress archives on Flickr. Let’s do an update (maybe most needed now more than ever in the era of banned books in the US). Make your poster or meme more modern but keep the love of books alive in your art. https://daily.ds106.us/tdc4396/ My poster was generated with … Continue reading Books for Everyone (including animals and the machines) #dailycreate #tdc4396 #ds106 ?
  10. Downes

    Office Lamp

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    January 26, 2024. This is the hanging lamp in my office. It's the first photograph from my new 50mm Z-mount lens. Every photographer needs a 50, and with a new camera came the need for this new lens. It goes down to f1.8 which makes it really good for...
  11. rowan_peter (Rowan Peter)

    AI-based Dr Oblivion now available at Oblivion University

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    I’m a long-time fan of Dr Oblivion, especially his well timed-tenure throughout the Summer 2011: The Summer of Oblivion. It’s been over a decade since we’ve seen him With over a decade since we’ve seen Dr Oblivion, I was heartened to recently learn that Dr Oblivion is now a member of the teaching staff offering … Continue reading AI-based Dr Oblivion now available at Oblivion University ?
  12. Downes

    Focus Bracketing

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    January 25, 2024. These frozen cedars in my hedge are my first attempt at photo bracketing. To do this, you have your camera take multiple images, each focused slightly differently, then you combine them into a single image. In theory, photoshop does ...
  13. Downes

    Spruce

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    January 24, 2024. I pointed my camera outside the side window and captured this image of spruce trees between the houses. It was an indoor day today spent mostly puttering on the computer. I was pretty itchy all day; it reminded me of last summer but ...
  14. Downes

    Duck Buck

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    January 22, 2024. Art in a gallery on St. Paul St. W. in Old Montreal. I took the train here today to attend a Mongo DB workshop starting first thing tomorrow. https://flic.kr/p/2ptXFyR
  15. @aliboo1432

    DGST 395: Week 1 Summary

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    One of the critical topics we discussed during the introduction week to DGST 395 was digital fluency. Digital fluency is necessary for an individual looking to pursue a career in digital marketing, such as myself. One aspect of digital fluency that we discussed in class was AI. Truthfully, I cannot remember a time in the...
  16. Downes

    Larose Forest

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    January 21, 2024. Snowshoeing in Larose forest. It was a chilly -10 but I'm figured out how to stay warm in this kind of weather and so we has a nice outing in the snow-filled woods on a brilliant clear Sunday afternoon. https://flic.kr/p/2ptKHQ1

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