By @edent · art wikidata · 2 comments · 200 words · read ~270 times.
It sometimes takes my brain a little while to catch up with reality. Back in 2019, I used Wikidata to improve a popular piece of art. I had lots of fun writing the code, fiddling with the output, and blogging about the process. Four years later I realised I could pay a poster shop to […]
Continue reading →By @edent · art ForSale map OCSE · 5 comments · 950 words · read ~695 times.
I'm delighted to announce that I've actually finished a project! Over the last few years, I've been designing a custom map. As per the credo of the "Organization of Cartographers for Social Equality", this map uses the Equal Earth projection to ensure proportional land-mass size, the South is at the up, and - of course […]
Continue reading →By @edent · AI art midjourney · 1 comment · 750 words · read ~285 times.
I hated art class at school. I could see so clearly in my head what I wanted my drawing to look like - but my hands just wouldn't obey me. Despite endless tutoring from sympathetic teachers, I left school with an unhealthy distaste for creating my own art. I simply didn't have the physical skills, […]
Continue reading →By @edent · art unicode · 5 comments · 1,750 words · read ~778 times.
I present to you, dear reader, a spiral containing every1 Unicode 14 character in the GNU Unifont. Starting at the centre with the control characters, spiralling clockwise through the remnants of ASCII, and out across the entirety of the Basic Multi Lingual Plane. Then beyond into the esoteric mysteries of the Higher Planes2. Zoom in […]
Continue reading →By @edent · art books linux · 1 comment · 1,050 words · read ~231 times.
Yesterday, I revealed my disappointment in being unable to print a bookcase. Today I revel in my cleverness at coming up with a solution! I decided to create a photo-mosaic of a nice photo of me and my wife - using all our book covers. The Result Close Up The image was printed on high-quality […]
Continue reading →By @edent · art · 3 comments · 800 words · read ~330 times.
Yes, you read that right, 2D printing. Not 3D printing. Let me explain my problem... Our bookshelves are bare. A few years ago we made the switch to eBooks - we got rid of all our paper books. We've switched to downloading our games, so no gorgeous box art for us. All our DVD discs […]
Continue reading →By @edent · AI art OpenBenches · 9 comments · 700 words · read ~14,297 times.
We forced an AI to look at thousands of photos of memorial benches. Just because. Here are the results. You can view more at This Bench Does Not Exist. Here's a video which shows how the process generates images. It gives you an idea of what the model "thinks" a bench is. Download the model […]
Continue reading →By @edent · art blockchain nft · 3 comments · 1,150 words · read ~140 times.
NB: The bit about NFT and smart contracts is at the end. As I discussed yesterday, being able to resell digital art via an NFT means that the price of art falls to zero. Let's assume that I'm correct and, through a combination of technology and changing social attitudes, no one wants to pay for […]
Continue reading →By @edent · art blockchain nft · 1 comment · 600 words · read ~641 times.
At the moment, it is not possible to sell a 2nd hand eBook or MP3. This seems fairly reasonable because a re-seller might keep copies of their original files after selling them. This would allow the re-seller to undercut the original publisher and sell the file multiple times. We tend to label this "Piracy". Someone […]
Continue reading →By @edent · art eink images nook php tutorial · 7 comments · 1,200 words · read ~6,113 times.
Previously on Terence Eden's Blog: I turned an old eReader into an Information Screen. This time, I'm taking a different Nook, and turning it into a magic gallery. Here's what it looks like in action: Upcycled an old eReader into an art frame.Displays a new black & white piece of art from Flickr every few […]
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