Goldfinch
April 19, 2024. Looking out the kitchen window to watch the goldfinch at the feeder. Friday, getting stuff done. https://flic.kr/p/2pMC5Ae
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Maple Sugar Shack
April 20, 2024. Maple suygar shack near the creek on Longtin Road near Casselman. Went for a bike ride today, only 30 km, but the strong winds and cold weather wiped me out (and gave me a bit of a minor oblique strain). https://flic.kr/p/2pMDZP4 -
Home Office
April 18, 2024. View of the home office, where I'm comfortable and productive. I like half-dead plants, bright lights and open curtains, flags and mementos, electronics, wood and leather. https://flic.kr/p/2pMxCQL -
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New Plan, New Man
by nataliebook-reviews, booklovers, books, bookshelf, bookshelves, ebooks, Ireland, Latest, library, lovestory, novels, Reading, romance, romance books, romance novel, romance novels, short stories, short story, Syndicated, writingApril 21, 2024?listen to the audio on ? from the book i-Land – A double Irish and a Dutch – Chapter 3 – Escape to Cork Avoka goes for a coffee while Harry gets his hair done. She gets an SMS from Hunt, who once again, suggests to her about how much he would like to be with her… Continue reading New Plan, New Man -
Scenes from the whale rapture
The other week one AI said that the internet was like “diving into a vast digital ocean where you can swim with majestic whales of knowledge or get caught in the undertow of clickbait and cat memes” and I asked … Continue reading -
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Mysteries abound. “Mwaa haa haa!”
I thought I’d bring together a few of the class projects. Some interesting things are going on. Mysteries abound. Dr. Oblivion has some competition: https://cat-on-a-moped.com/uncategorized/final-video/ This was unexpected. Is Aggressive Technologies behind this? Is it connected to their lawyer’s threats? … Continue reading -
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High Water
April 16, 2024. Worked from the office today; one meeting, did newsletter posts, a little bit on the cloud site. Thrown off a bit by an in-meeting discussion on stress that felt a little too personal for me. Took a bike ride over the lunch hour, spott... -
Rainbow
April 15, 2024. Something about April showers. Looking east outside the window after my bike ride as the rain goes away. I choose to think of it as the start of spring. Wrote a presentation proposal today, and newsletter stuff. That is all. https://fl... -
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Call for Chapters: Transforming Special Education Through Artificial Intelligence
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DGST 395: Week 13 Summary
One of the topics that stood out to me in Week 13 was the question, “Does artificial intelligence help or harm human relationships?” At first, one of my thoughts was that AI has few benefits in helping human relationships aside from a situation where an individual obtains proper advice from AI software. After the discussion,... -
At the English Market – Brunch
by natalieBlog, books, bookshelf, ebooks, fiction, Ireland, Latest, lovestory, novels, Reading, romance books, short stories, short story, Syndicated, writingApril 14, 2024?listen to the audio on ? from the book i-Land – A double Irish and a Dutch – Chapter 3 – Escape to Cork Saturday morning, ten o’clock Avoka is standing at the entrance of the English Market, which is already crowded. At the right is a bakery stand, next to it freshly made confiture, another stand… Continue reading At the English Market – Brunch -
Centrepiece
April 11, 2024. Today started with a meeting first thing in the morning, and this was the centrepiece on the meeting room table. I had a couple more meetings, but then the network began to sag (looks like they were running updates, to judge by my logs... -
Australia
April 12, 2024. This is a souvenir from Australia hanging in my office. The plant in front of it is another from my Moncton office. I bought the artwork in Sydney; it was rolled in a tube. When I got home I got it nicely framed to display it the way i... -
“Happy surfing.”
For today’s Daily Create, we were to build on the classic “On the internet nobody knows you’re a dog” cartoon. I wondered how Dr. Oblivion would respond to the query: Then, in my infinite laziness curiosity, I asked the same … Continue reading -
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Aggressive Technologies is Overvalued
A couple of weeks ago Paul Bond and I caught up with Martha “Sinclair” Burtis to do a playful skit around the fictional company Aggressive Technologies that the students in ds106.ai not only created, but have also been running with. … Continue reading -
Bicycle
April 9, 2024. The bicycle, photographed during a break on a small country road. We drove home from Bromont this morning, I put in a few hours of work, then I took advantage of the beautiful weather to enjoy a nice ride in the country. https://flic.kr... -
Eclipse
April 8, 2024. The eclipse, as seen from Bromont, Quebec. With cloud coming in from the west we got up early and drove out to Bromont. They had set up a hill in a park for viewing and conditions were nearly perfect. The photo doesn't do it justice; it... -
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“Turn around, bright eyes”
For yesterday’s Daily Create we were to make blackout poetry with content from a certain web site. I looked at it briefly and decided to use the Weird Old Book Finder instead, probably because I found the typography uninspiring. I … Continue reading -
DGST 395: Week 12 Summary
The “Bot or Not” quiz was very interesting because I thought I would score a 100%. However, I guessed wrong several times, which was fascinating because several images did not look like they were AI. I thought specific images were AI because of certain characteristics; in reality, they were real. This activity made me think... -
Meeting old colleagues
by nataliebooks, bookshelf, ebooks, Ireland, Latest, lovestory, novels, Reading, romance books, short stories, short story, SyndicatedApril 7, 2024?listen to the audio on ? from the book i-Land – A double Irish and a Dutch – Chapter 3 – Escape to Cork Avoka is just looking forward to the weekend. At seven o’clock finally, she is sitting on the bus to Cork. Harry picks her up at the bus station around eleven o’clock. They quickly… Continue reading Meeting old colleagues
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