NetDream - Return to Classic Web Design
I'm tired of the "modern web". Web 3.0 was a mistake. There's too much interaction. Too much animation. If I'm scrolling and things start moving…
Technology (16)
Programming, software, hardware, gadgets, and other cool stuff.
Retouching Skin in GIMP
When editing photos, one of the first things you'll want to do is "fix" the skin of your subjects. I've fumbled around with this for years. I use almost exclusively open source tools like GIMP for my work, which while extremely powerful, often lack most of those automatic tools and niceties present in paid products like Photoshop. So I'll share my method, which I adopted from this YouTube video.
Turning Any Stable Diffusion Model Into an Inpainting Model
In the spirit of full disclosure, the content of this post is heavily cribbed from this post on Reddit. However, as we've seen, the Internet…
On Stochastic Parrots, Large Language Models, and Where We're Heading
We're living through a weird moment. AI is the new "thing." And not in just one industry, in pretty much every industry. AI has been percolating in the background for years at the periphery of public consciousness, and suddenly, well... ChatGPT set the record for the fastest growing user base. Diffusion models are also having a moment. And like with all things that have their moment, there are those that don't quite understand just what they're looking at. And this might not be the take you're expecting.
Statically Generated Websites - A Better Way
I've been running some version of this blog/website since I was in college when I first bought the jordanwages.com domain name. I recently changed how I host it, so it is probably closer in structure to its original conception than for most of its life to this point.
Better Podcasting Through Linux
Note: This post is taken from my reddit post. You might find the comments there helpful if this post isn't. I recently noticed that a…
Setting Up a Blender Render Farm at Home
Blender is one of the coolest pieces of open source software available because it puts a professional full production workflow in your hands for 3D…
How SmartThings Saved My Stuff and My Dog
Figment saying Hi! I've had a SmartThings home automation system for about a year now. I liked the idea of being able to control my…
Asynchronous WCF Calls - Always Check Your State
After beating my head against the wall for a few days, I feel like I should share my experience with the world. Maybe you won't…
Trying to install NVidia Drivers to Linux Mint
I was recently trying to install the lastest NVidia video drivers to a laptop running Linux Mint. The process was quite painful, as the NVidia…
Presentation: LINQ Basics
While I would not consider myself an expert on Microsoft's LINQ technology, I would definitely consider myself an enthusiast. Others might call me a LINQ…
Limitations In Chaining References Across Class Libraries
So I discovered something interesting today when working with class libraries and references in .Net. It isn't necessarily a bug, but it is definitely not…