I’m not quite done with my grandmother’s portrait, apparently. One of the things I did over the weekend was to start learning colorization, and now Grandma has a pretty pink dress:)
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Still Dancing
Posted in Likes, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2021, Affinity Photo, creativity, family, learning on June 28, 2021| Leave a Comment »
Tempus Fugit
Posted in Likes, Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2021, Affinity Photo, creativity, inspiration, sff on June 25, 2021| Leave a Comment »
Mr. Man had to get up early so we started the day with an extra hour. I decided to use it to learn something.
Suddenly, that extra time has disappeared and taken its friends with it.
On the plus side, I found an angel.
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Do My Ancestors Proud
Posted in Likes, Science!, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2021, astronomy, creativity, inspiration, NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day, stars on June 24, 2021| Leave a Comment »
How are stars made? You know, those celestial bodies illuminating the sky, happily burning until they get tired of that and become star dust, the components of which we are made.
“The cosmos is also within us. We’re made of star stuff.”
— Carl Sagan
Check out this simulation of a star forge.
How do stars form? Most form in giant molecular clouds located in the central disk of a galaxy. The process is started, influenced, and limited by the stellar winds, jets, high energy starlight, and supernova explosions of previously existing stars. The featured video shows these complex interactions as computed by the STARFORGE simulation of a gas cloud 20,000 times the mass of our Sun.
— APOD: 2021 June 23 – STARFORGE
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I’m also making today, although nothing as dramatic as stars. More like yogurt, a project that required the sewing machine, and a hack for our leaky dishwasher (yes, another appliance is on the road to obsolescence; they really don’t make them like they used to).
I’m also heading into the workshop to make things out of wood. Well, to remember how to make things. And find my tools. And my respirator. And my wood turning clothes. It’s been a while (thanks, Covid)!
My projects won’t be as dynamic or lovely as a star (or Chopin’s music, for that matter).
I’ll still try.
After all, I want to do my ancestors proud.
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From Imagination to Reality
Posted in Likes, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2021, creativity, innovation, Thoughts on June 23, 2021| Leave a Comment »
I love seeing ideas move from imagination to reality, even if I’m not the one doing it. Take this robot mani/pedi machine idea, for example:
Want Your Nails Done? Let a Robot Do It. – The New York Times
This ideas has been in the back of my mind for some time.
Now, I don’t polish my nails. I think I have a bottle of clear somewhere that I bought for a wedding once (my wedding? Quite possibly, but the fact that I don’t remember tells you something). I keep it around to use in the workshop and the garage.
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So why did I start thinking about an automated mani/pedi machine years ago, and why am I excited to see it now?
Because a lot of things are hard for the elderly, and doing your nails is one of them.
These particular machines aren’t there yet, but the fact that innovators are working on polishing suggests that shaping won’t be far behind. And that means anyone could keep their nails in good condition without having to rely on someone else or popping a hip joint, and stay healthier for it.
If the end result is effective and affordable, it’s good for people, and, as the population continues to age and boost demand for adaptive technologies, good for companies.
And I’m all about win-wins.
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My Favorite Father
Posted in Holidays, Likes, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2021, family, holidays, Thoughts on June 20, 2021| Leave a Comment »
To my dad, who taught us to read without genres, cook without recipes, and love without limits.
Happy Father’s Day!
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Not-Too-Terrible Tuesday
Posted in Likes, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2021, Thoughts, Tuesdays on June 15, 2021| Leave a Comment »
I’m tired of Tuesdays, but you know what? I’m also tired of hating Tuesdays. So today let’s take a moment for the fun, the interesting, and the cute with this small selection from the “we can still have nice things” department of the internet:
- 30 Cute Baby Animals That Will Make You Go ‘Aww’ (yes, this is for my mother, but you know you’ll enjoy it too;)
- Cooking Pizza in a Volcano? It’s a Flavor Eruption!
- Ikigai: The Japanese Way to Find Meaning in Life
- The internet’s not all bad: how a tweet led my dad to his dream job at Costco
- Quilombo Dos Palmares, The City Built By Escaped Slaves
- Mirrored Illusion Creates Never-Ending ‘Palace’ of Books Inside Beautiful New Bookstore
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Here’s hoping that you too see the light at the end of your particular tunnel.
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What Was
Posted in Likes, Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2021, history, inspiration, Thoughts on June 14, 2021| Leave a Comment »
I’m still thinking about history, and how even when it’s gone it really isn’t.
I came across a series of reconstructions (by a travel insurance company, who knew insurance could be this interesting?), showing a selection of UNESCO heritage sites as they are, and as they were.
Once upon a time.
Reconstructions of UNESCO World Heritage Sites
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Who’s With Me?
Posted in Likes, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2021, quotes, Thoughts on June 12, 2021| Leave a Comment »
“Let’s save tomorrow’s troubles for tomorrow.”
― Patricia Briggs
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The Big Train Rolls On
Posted in Likes, Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2021, creativity, family, history, technology on June 11, 2021| Leave a Comment »
More from the olde thyme archives. You may have seen the recent to-do about My Heritage’s Deep Nostalgia:
‘Deep Nostalgia’ AI gives life to old photos through animation – Big Think
Essentially, they are using AI-based technology to animate a static image. Very cool with a side of potentially creepy, but fascinating.
This is my great great great? uncle Walter “The Big Train” Johnson (1887-1946), one of the first inaugural members of the Baseball Hall of Fame:
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I love how people are using this technology to animate ancestors, and also add life to historical figures we know only as two-dimensional figures. Here are just a few examples:
They Were Us
Posted in Likes, Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2021, history, inspiration, Thoughts on June 10, 2021| Leave a Comment »
I’m feeling Olden Timey today, so let’s take a trip down memory lane, to 1906 San Francisco. Sure, this video has been posted all over the internet, but this definitive version includes narration and historical details, with a new digital transfer to include the full video, sprockety edges and all.
Plus it’s just cool.
Funny how a simple video conversion can suddenly make the past feel quite present. And really, they were us, and someday we will be them. Let’s do history proud!
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