In 2010, artist Adam Harvey published a masters thesis proposing that hair and makeup could break computer vision. The idea was that bold geometric patterns could confuse face detection algorithms while leaving the wearer visible to people. He called it CV Dazzle, after the WWI ship camouflage. The original designs worked. They blocked the face [ ]
So two nights ago the heat went out in the middle of the night. Not super crazy- it s been running 24/7 for almost two weeks. I flipped the breakers. Didn t change anything. Set the space heaters up in the bedroom and went back to sleep, thinking it was probably gonna be an easy fix. Next [ ]
I hit my Claude Code limit and needed to keep working my project using another LLM. If you use plan mode, Claude saves those plans and you can grab them and pass them into another LLM. Claude Code saves plan markdown files in two places: The files have random names like gentle-gliding-bear.md, sort by timestamp [ ]
I ve had this little vacuum since 2019 (~7 years at the time I m writing this). I replaced the batteries a couple of years ago and more than doubled the runtime when it was new. I had to take the battery apart and weld new cells in, it d be nice if they sold replacement batteries. In [ ]
Some years ago, I had a thought about abridged and unabridged books. I wondered what would happen if we took the abridged version and subtracted it from the unabridged one. What would be left is a new thing. The bridged edition. All the words nobody wants. I wrote some code and tried this with several [ ]
I replaced the battery in my Tile Slim! It uses a little tiny pouch cell (Ultralife CP114951 3.1v 380mAh). Be careful, this is going into scary lithium battery territory. I shaved the plastic from the edges of the Tile Slim until I could peel the plastic shell apart; if I were to do it again, [ ]
Instagram is never going to get better. The same goes for all the big social sites—Facebook, Xitter, Reddit, and the like. Sure, there’s some enshittification happening, but it’s mostly about them keeping your eyes glued to a feed full of low-quality ads and posts from strangers. A friend might send you a link, and before [ ]
I m trying to document an entire block for a project with Sarah (and maybe eventually an entire street), but trying to capture a continuous view of a block. If you take a series of photos while driving (stop, shoot, drive forward, stop, shoot, .), objects at different distances shift positions between frames making stitching together a [ ]
Is Big Al short for Big Alabama ? (Big Al is the elephant shaped mascot for the University of Alabama s various teams.) So I go and try to determine what Al is actually short for. UA s websites? Not helpful AT ALL. So I go read the Wikipedia page about Big Al, and you know when you [ ]
I shoot film sometimes, though haven t managed to do it in a couple of years. First, we were on septic, and I wasn t going to be putting development chems into the yard. Second, I m a bit nervous about having the chemistry around my son. In any case I ve had an idea kicking around for a [ ]