
Wet sidewalk outside my house was glowing.

Wet sidewalk outside my house was glowing.

The missus butchered this year’s Grumpkin in record time, and not a single tricker treater showed up last night. On the plus side, we have about month’s worth of Reese’s and I know where they’re hidden.
For some reason, our last year’s Grumpkin butchery was never posted, so here it is:

Previous years’ Strutts Grumpkins here.

Pillco Canto Ritual (Bolivia), Los Folkloristas (2014)
[Source images here and here. More in the Día de Los Muertos Archive.]


Pix2Pix is a simple fun A.I. to mess around with. Fairly intuitive, it creates grotesque images via a basic mouse- or pen-controlled paintbrush, with options for faces, scenes, facades, cats and shoes. Some examples:




One drawback: There’s no “undo” function, so either stop while you’re ahead or you get to start over. Be sure to screen cap your work if you want to save it.

9am daily. Pen on paper, 8-1/2 x 11, approx. 2 square inches per each 30 minute teleconference.

[h/t Serafina D. for inspiration. Related post here.]

[Found here. Sorta.]
Bottom image is a photo of a 1947 football game, mangled with the Deep Dream Generator. (Original image below the break.) Continue reading “Stuff I Do When I’m Bored”