The Beatles – Yesterday Yesterday All my troubles seemed so far away Now it looks as though they’re here to stay Oh, I believe in yesterday Suddenly I’m not half the man I used to be There’s a shadow hanging over me Oh, yesterday came suddenlyWhy she had to go I don’t know, she wouldn’t […]
There’s a new zoom out feature on MidJourney AI and it’s pretty amazing. From a close up, you can zoom out to give the picture more context, which can tell a rich story. Here’s one that started from a close-up of a dinosaur hatching: It’s especially fascinating to look at it in reverse: If anyone […]
I love William-Adolphe Bouguereau’s classic painting style and his gorgeous subjects and am excited every time I see a new painting from him. Unfortunately, he hasn’t produced a new painting in a while because he’s been dead for over 100 years. Thanks to artificial intelligence, we can get amazing new Bouguereau paintings in just seconds. […]
John William Waterhouse is one of my favorite painters and I always love seeing new paintings from him but unfortunately, he hasn’t produced a new painting in a while because he’s been dead for over 100 years. Thankfully with artificial intelligence, we’re able to get multiple new JWW paintings in seconds. Midjourney is the most […]
New Whacktus just dropped! Spotify: Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/album/picnic-at-the-apocalypse/1617481395 Rumble/YouTube:
My editor sent me a link to this book: The Inconceivable Life of Quinn Quinn Cutler, the 16-year-old daughter of a writer running for U.S. Congress, is shocked to learn that she’s pregnant: she’s never had sex, at least not as far as she can remember. As word gets out that she’s both pregnant and […]
SXSW Interactive is pretty much how life should be lived—inspiring talks, great networking, and free booze. I love it so much that even though I had moved away from Austin and had to leave behind a loving family for nearly a week, I made it happen. It might even have been worth it. Obama The […]
I recently rewatched one of the best financial movies of all time: Margin Call. It’s expertly acted, intensely dramatic, and has some great cinematography. There’s only one problem for a film about the 2008 financial crisis: it completely misses the root cause. Near the end of the film, it’s clear that the filmmakers see greedy […]
With the recent announcements that Playboy will stop publishing nude photographs of women, citing that with porn so ubiquitous, nudity has become passé, it’s time to revisit a discussion regarding nudity from the book Everyone Agrees. Keeping Abreast on Things On February 1, 2004, nearly 90 million Americans were shocked when they saw a female […]
There’s a chilling moment in “Experimenter” where Peter Sarsgaard, portraying the revolutionary psychologist Stanley Milgram, speaks to the audience. He explains that there was a time when people could give a fully human response to every situation. But more often now people don’t get to see the whole situation. People carry out small narrow specialized […]