So, the biggest news this week other than someone talking trash about some politicians was the announcement of successful positive energy from a fusion test. It sounds like the biggest significance is as an option other than nuclear power, and hopefully safer though the announcers didn’t say anything about the safety of it. The biggest…
I gave up caffeine a month ago and have been trying to get myself going in the morning, naturally. I don’t like the idea of sitting around all winter, working on the computer and gaining a ton of weight. So, as you may have read in previous posts, I’ve been trying out various apps on…
I received an Oculus Quest VR headset about 6 months ago and haven’t spent a lot of time on it but have had a chance to navigate through the core parts. This is my review. My first impression of the experience was awe. I couldn’t believe what I was seeing. Within fifteen minutes of powering…
Yesterday, I searched through the app store on Meta’s Oculus metaverse. I have language learning on my to do list but haven’t been able to incorporate it into my schedule. I think learning in VR may be a great way to learn. I want to focus on learning French, Spanish, Mandarin and German with a…
I created Maxine today. Maxine is an online conversation character meant to help you. Unlike a search engine, a conversational AI can help distill a lot of information into digestible chunks. My first impression of the results is that Maxine could suggest something and you could argue with her, similar to how you would counter…
For over a decade, I’ve been building products. My initial entrance into the process could be compared to someone going to court with no legal training. The first time is awkward. A lot of things don’t work. It helps to make everyone around know that it is a work in progress and you are doing…
I have a strong commitment to learning new bits every day and journal them on this blog. I haven’t been writing regularly in part because I have been very busy. Part of learning is recalling facts and thinking about them. So, here goes this weeks. I continue to work on homes and with each project…
I spent about ten hours last month creating art from AI generation tools. It is somewhat addictive. Think of an idea for something, type a few words and the computer generates a customized original piece within seconds. It is not likely anyone could identify the works the AI used to help build the piece unless…
I received a promotional email from GQ (Gentleman’s Quarterly) offering a product box, sent quarterly for $50. The ad claimed the products would have a value of $400. My first thought was – no way. I know the GQ brand well enough to trust them a bit and purchased the box. It came about two…
Artificial intelligence technology has been in the news a lot lately, in part because of the rate of advancement. This past summer was the summer of AI art. One man made global news after he won an art competition using art generated by an artificial intelligence program. It seems simple. Just type a handful of…
