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Kona Sutra
March 5, 2024. This is the new bicycle; I've been out on it a couple of times now. Though it was a beautiful day today I had to skip a day because of an abrasion caused by the leather Brooks saddle. It needs to be oiled and broken in, maybe not the th... -
Birch
March 3, 2024. Our walk today took us to Pine Grove forest. It's still showing the effects of the derecho a couple years ago, and it looks like they removed a lot of the downed trees over the winter. We listened to the Blue Jays lose another spring tr... -
Welcome to a More Powerful WP-Admin Experience
by @Sheefa_ahmed March 4, 2024The wp-admin experience you know and love comes to WordPress.com. -
Failed!
I ran into this error message when trying to run Wav2Lip last week: I did file an appeal, asking what was suspected of being abusive, without expecting a response. Under their usage limitations they list deepfakes. Anything I’ve made is … Continue reading -
Life imitating AI imitating Art
A few weeks ago we watched the Black Mirror episode, “Be Right Back“, in which a widow has an AI chatbot of her deceased husband. Yesterday I heard that performance artist Laurie Anderson actually has one of these. I guess … Continue reading -
Chapter II – Take-off to Dublin – Arrangements
by nataliebooks, bookshelf, dublin, ebooks, Ireland, Latest, lovestory, novels, Reading, romance books, short stories, short story, Syndicated, TravelMarch 3, 2024?listen to the audio on ? from the book i-Land – A Double Irish & a Dutch Monday morning the interview was postponed to the next day as the connection did not work. Avoka’s dad was also in the house and already started his usual moaning that whatever Avoka was doing or saying wasn’t right,… Continue reading Chapter II – Take-off to Dublin – Arrangements -
Dow’s Lake
March 2, 2024. The frozen surface of Dow's lake with a sheen of meltwater on it. This was a view as I took an 11 km ride on my new bicycle today. First ride of the year, first ride on the new bike. The bike exceeded my expectations, and though it was ... -
CN6200
March 1, 2024. This is CN6200, a train (obviously) on display in front of the Museum of Science and Technology in Ottawa, now for some reason called Ingenium. It was my absolute favourite museum when I was a kid, though I haven't been back since it wa... -
Dart Trophy
February 29, 2024. This is from the Edmonton Interpub Dart League (South Central Division), winter 92-93. We finished in 4th place. The trophy has been broken several times and repaired (you can see the tape holding it together). It's from a time when... -
Unveiling Barcelona’s Top Speaker Lineup: Meet the Voices Shaping Tomorrow’s Conversations
Barcelona, a city known for its energetic culture and creative spirit, is home to a diverse lineup of speakers who are shaping tomorrow’s conversations across various industries and disciplines. From tech visionaries and thought leaders to activists and entrepreneurs, Altavoces Barcelona is as powerful and diverse as the city itself. Tech Visionaries: Barcelona has arisen […] -
Emma’s “Big Project” Proposal
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How We Built a New Home for WordPress.com Developers Using the Twenty Twenty-Four Theme
by @Sheefa_ahmed February 29, 2024The WordPress.com team recently rebuilt developer.wordpress.com using a modified version of the Twenty Twenty-Four default WordPress theme. Here's how they did it. -
NAGging feeling
Today’s Daily Create asked us to play with the Net.Art Generator. Maybe I should have read the home page, but instead I clicked the Create button as soon as I found it. Moments earlier I had been thinking about AI-generated … Continue reading -
Feleena’s
February 28, 2024. This is artwork on the front of Feleena's, a Mexican restaurant on Bank Street. It's across the street from the bike shop. I was there in the afternoon after spending the morning and lunch hour preparing then delivering my seminar o... -
Salmon
February 27, 2024. This is the illustration on a wooden box of smoked salmon I bought ages ago and which now decorates my office. Honestly, I bought it for thr artwork, not the fish. It's as distinctive as it gets. Today was a work at-home day with a ... -
Bot you see is bot you get
When we were kids playing hockey in the driveway, we used to blast this song out of the window and chop our sticks on the pavement in time with the beat. Of course, we were too young back then to … Continue reading -
More Control Over the Content You Share
There are currently very few options for individual users to control how their content is used for AI training, and we want to change that. That’s why we’re launching a new tool that lets you opt out of sharing content from your public blogs with third parties, including AI platforms … -
My Condolences, You’re Now Running a Billion-Dollar Business
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Make A Stamp
Today’s DS106 Daily Create by Sarah is to make a stamp for the Daily Create. I found an online tool to do that, and used an image of art supplies and the Daily Create lettering. The Make A Stamp activity reminded me of a song some of us collaborated on for the CLMOOC Postcard Project […] -
A frank warning
I wondered about the ethics of working with Bob, so I looked up a list of public domain movies and saw that Suddenly, the old Frank Sinatra assassination classic, was on the list. I downloaded it and skimmed through looking … Continue reading -
Snowfall
February 26, 2024. I saw this out the window first thing this morning and snapped a photo before it went away. And it did go away, and there was no snow after 7:45. Tough day today, lots of work to do, especially on the Agora project before work and i... -
DGST 395: Week 6 Summary
“The Soft Truth,” by Leigh Alexander, is a short story that emphasizes the intersectionality between our existence and technological algorithms. There is a controversy where Alexander discusses her other persona, whom I interpreted as the version of herself who is consumed by algorithms and has made life-changing mistakes because of her digital footprint. My theory... -
Larose Forest
February 25, 2024. Some very tall spruce trees in Larose Forest west, just north of Limoges. We were there for a 5 km snowshoe hike this afternoon. Probably the last snowshoeing of the year. Ball game was on. Fixed an emergency issue on the Agora webs... -
Nights Out, Charity & Boat trips – part 04
by nataliebook-reviews, books, bookshelf, ebooks, fiction, Latest, lovestory, novels, Reading, Reviews, romance, romance books, short stories, short story, SyndicatedFebruary 25, 2024?listen to the audio on ? Waking up in Brandon’s Chelsea apartment. The day couldn’t start any better. Brandon was still sleeping. Pippa hushed out of the bed, grabbing the jumper on the floor, Brandon’s, pulling it over and walking barefoot over to the kitchen to make some coffee. Secretly she loves the instant Nescafe… Continue reading Nights Out, Charity & Boat trips – part 04 -
I’m kinda glad he doesn’t look at the camera.
I was glad to see someone successfully took on the Talk to the Bot assignment. A few others tried but couldn’t get it to work. As I watched the voice-over with avatar part of the video, I wondered what would … Continue reading -
Four seasons Australia
by rowan_peter (Rowan Peter)AI106, amidoinitrite, AssignmentIdea, australia, comics & manga, ds106, Syndicated, visualassignments, VisualTutorials2828February 24, 2024Australia Canada experiences four distinct seasons – spring, summer, fall (autumn), and winter – due to its geographical location and large landmass. Demonstrate these four seasons as outlined in the 4 seasons Canada visual assignment. Seasonal variations Had lots of fun slightly tweaking the prompt to try and elicit creatures and characters throughout each season. -
Bunny
February 23, 2024. This is a chocolate easter bunny, I know, I'm jumping the gun on the holiday a bit, but, chocolate. Meetings today, and I wrote a blog post rebutting the objections to AI in education. https://flic.kr/p/2pzU6jY -
Week Seven: “Ask not what AI can do for you…”
Propaganda. N. From the Latin propagare, meaning “to go viral.” A communication intended to influence or persuade, to further an agenda, usually through an emotional appeal rather than a rational one. What is your character’s position on AI? Aggressive Technologies? … Continue reading -
A word on uploading videos
It looks like a few people have uploaded videos to their Wrodpress media libraries. It is probably better to upload to Youtube or Vimeo instead, and embed videos in your posts from there. If you go into cPanel and look … Continue reading
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