Category: Nonessential Thoughts
My Five-Year-Old (Computer) Could Make That!
Supply, demand, and how the Steam Store helped me feel less anxious about the threat of machine learning
Lessons from the BearPig
Learning to think of myself as an ever-improving artist instead of a bad artist
Department of Pettiness, Young Adult Literature Division
I demand retroactive credit for biting my tongue for so many years.
Move Over, Bacon, Slowly, Without Making Eye Contact
A short story about the time I went to see a taping of Kate & Allie
Revisionist History and Revisionist Present, Splash Mountain Edition
Thoughts on an update of a Disney ride, and being on the internet without taking the bait.
The Ineffable Subtleties of “Ow! My Balls”
I get annoyed with a vlogbrother and defend a movie I thought was just okay
Monday Cat
Here’s another experiment learning Nomad Sculpt for iPad. The cliche that cats are grumpy and mean-tempered is lazy and inaccurate. This cat, for instance, loves Mondays. That’s the day he gets to go to his job at the bank, foreclosing on people’s homes.
Dreidelbot
And here’s the Dreidelbot 8000. I made it out of Nomad Sculpt. Partly to make up for posting Santa renders while Hanukkah was still going on, but mostly because I wanted to see if I could make a Nick Park-style robot. Don’t be alarmed by his low battery meter; his fuel tends to last longer…
Santa, Baby
I’ve been having a ton of fun with Nomad Sculpt on the iPad. I admit I didn’t think much of it until I found videos by Eric Lee on his eric3dee channel. (Start with his video doing Popeye). Not only is it possible to make neat-looking models with it, using the Apple Pencil directly on…
Friday Night’s All Right for Looking at all Those Chickens
Just a grab bag of older funny videos this week
Friday Night’s All Right For Keeping the Kids Out of the Pool
Friday link post featuring Adult Swim and long-term storage of renewable energy
