I promise I won't update it very often. Again.
I wanted to share some of the experiences I've had with a recent AI art piece. There's a technique called "inpainting", which I still didn't have much experience with. This project was a good chance to learn more about it, and what sort of challenges you encounter.
Continue reading...While having a blog in 2023 may be anachronistic or perhaps even crazy, what's even crazier is having content that dates all the way back to 2004. I've managed this in the past by writing scripts to convert from one blog system to another, and the conversion to Publii is no different.
I've been having a blast using my computer to randomly generate images. A new use I've found for "AI art" is as a source of inspiration. About a week ago I went down a rabbit hole that ended up with me learning a bunch of other tools so that I could execute an idea that I wouldn't have had otherwise.
Another visit to California! This time I did not go to Sequoia. Don't worry, my friends, I still saw some redwood trees. We had back-to-back jobs, first in San Diego, then in San Jose. SK and I spent the weekend between jobs at a 76er's game, Point Reyes, and John Muir Woods.
Continue reading...Celebrating the second anniversary of my 40th birthday, although it kind of turned into "Jen's Eating Tour of California".
I think it's well-documented that Sequoia National Park is my favorite place on Earth. It's calm, quiet, and somewhat remote. We had originally planned to go to there for my 40th birthday, but COVID scuttled those plans. But now I returned, family in tow, to finally get the birthday trip I so richly deserved.