System request: An Impressionist painting of a robot in a garden, smelling a flower.
To see a World in a Grain of Sand
― William Blake
And a Heaven in a Wild Flower,
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
And Eternity in an hour.
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Robot, Garden, Flower
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, arts, DALL-E, poetry, Thoughts on October 23, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Guard Well
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, inspiration, kindness, Thoughts, Writers on October 18, 2022| 1 Comment »
“Guard well within yourself that treasure, kindness. Know how to give without hesitation, how to lose without regret, how to acquire without meanness.”
― George Sand (Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin, French novelist, memoirist, and journalist)
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Metamorphosis
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, creativity, Thoughts on October 16, 2022| Leave a Comment »
A Thing I Did Not Know
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, creativity, technology, Thoughts on October 12, 2022| Leave a Comment »
More than 100 Years before 3D Printers, We had Photosculpture
We did?
One of the most exciting technological advances of recent decades is arguably the 3D printer, allowing creators to turn their wildest inventions into real-life products. But 3D printers are far from the first foray into producing realistic, 3-dimensional replicas. Photosculpture is a process dating back to the 19th century, using a series of photos taken in the round to make a sculpture.
How did that work?
Fascinating. Technology changes, but a lot of what humans think is cool stays the same.
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Evil Gods of Tech
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, #whydoesmycomputerhateme?, Thoughts on October 10, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Technologically speaking, today has been an uphill slog over broken ground interspersed with patches of quicksand.
Because sure, it’s Monday.
Shortly after 6:38a.m. this morning, my email decided it was done. Just, done. This happened a couple of years ago, just far enough in the past that I don’t remember all the details and have to start from scratch.
I have spent the hours since then attempting to resuscitate the mail system without scrambling all my carefully filed material. So far no luck.
/cries out to the heavens, pounds head against desk, sighs heavy sighs
Fine. You know what, Evil Gods of Tech? Challenge accepted.
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Grounds for Hope
Posted in Other, Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, creativity, inspiration, Thoughts, Writers on October 7, 2022| Leave a Comment »
To me, the grounds for hope are simply that we don’t know what will happen next, and that the unlikely and the unimaginable transpire quite regularly. And that the unofficial history of the world shows that dedicated individuals and popular movements can shape history and have.
— Rebecca Solnit
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Until the Sun Shines Again
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, #HurricaneIan, Thoughts on September 28, 2022| Leave a Comment »
I’d planned to finish a new drabble for today but instead alternated between day job work and reloading news on Hurricane Ian. We have family friends there and neighbors with homes in that area, but even if we didn’t I’d be worried for the people who live there.
For those in the path of the storm, keep your family (pets too!) safe until the sun shines again.
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The British Queen and an American Duke
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, creativity, Duke Ellington, jazz, Queen Elizabeth II, that pesky muse, Thoughts on September 19, 2022| Leave a Comment »
As the world says goodbye to Queen Elizabeth II, here’s an interesting story I’d never heard before, starring the British queen and an American duke.
When Duke Ellington Made a Record for Just One Person—Queen Elizabeth
By early 1959, the finished work was ready for performance. The Queen’s Suite was now a 20-minute work in six movements. The band recorded it over the course of three sessions in February and April 1959. A single golden disc was made, and sent to Buckingham Palace.
Now we can listen to it, too.
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Cuteness, Thy Name Is
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, cats, Thoughts on September 18, 2022| 1 Comment »
Ok, fine, we still don’t 100% have a name for the cat but Chewbacca a.k.a. Chewy is currently in final trials. He’s extra large, very furry, talks a lot in a language most don’t understand, and his nickname is appropriate for a lover of food.
He is also an excellent hunter and downright adorable.
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For Everybody
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, Thoughts, Writers on September 11, 2022| Leave a Comment »
“Seize the moment. Remember all those women on the ‘Titanic’ who waved off the dessert cart.”
― Erma Bombeck
Men too, of course. Dessert for everybody!
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