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10/12/2024

Expect more light shows in the sky.

Another solar storm has created a new round of northern lights. Paul Hollingsworth on why we're getting so many opportunities to see them.Subscribe to CTV Ne...

08/24/2024

“Many Western countries are committing civilizational su***de and face economic collapse within the century.”

Addressing the actual cause of collapsing fertility: status

08/23/2024

I finally got to test Midjourney, with the same prompt I used last year on Leonardo.ai, Adobe Firefly, and NightCafe:

"a fine art photographic portrait of a beautiful young Chinese woman in her early twenties wearing a red cheongsam and sitting in an antique wooden chair surrounded by a vintage large-format sheet film camera, a gramophone, a pocket watch, two framed prints of herself in different mandarin dress outfits, set against a hand painted muslin backdrop, the whole scene softly lit by a large bank of North-facing windows to camera left"

08/22/2024

The web version of Midjourney is now free to try by anyone. Gulp.

08/22/2024

"The fact that so much about a photo can be altered in a believable way using Google’s Magic Editor with basically no indication that they aren’t real is downright dangerous."

A woeful implementation of generative AI.

08/10/2024

"The poor must be enabled to determine their own means of development and growth through the support they receive. They must not become the object of the welfare action of others."

In June, I was invited to speak at the National Convention of Saint Vincent de Paul, where Vincentians from across Canada gathered in Calgary as servants of hope for the poor. The theme, Spes Servi...

07/26/2024

Mac-using visual creatives, take note.

Want to unlock the full potential of your screen? Here are the best MacBook color profiles for various types of professional use.

07/25/2024

The dial has been turned all the way to 11...

05/27/2024

Whether you use Airbnb, VRBO, or regular hotels, be vigilant.

Airbnb’s policy change to ban all indoor cameras at listed properties highlights the scourge of tiny cameras used for snooping. Here’s how to discover if you’re being watched in a rental, hotel, or elsewhere.

05/26/2024

Don't throw it out just yet.

You have options that don’t involve saying goodbye to your hardware.