{"id":40521,"date":"2022-11-16T18:35:02","date_gmt":"2022-11-17T01:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/?p=40521"},"modified":"2022-11-16T18:35:05","modified_gmt":"2022-11-17T01:35:05","slug":"pimple-stars-bird-sounds-ai-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/pimple-stars-bird-sounds-ai-art\/","title":{"rendered":"Pimple Stars\/Bird Sounds\/AI Art"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Pimple stars<\/strong>
I learned from my daughters that decorative pimple patches are popular with teenagers. They are tiny colorful stickers that cover pimples and dry them up. \u201cPeople just wear them out in public now and it\u2019s fashionable,\u201d one daughter told me, She has a box of star-shaped pimple patches<\/a>. They are also available in flower and heart shapes. There\u2019s even a Hello Kitty brand. \u2013 MF<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wool clothes<\/strong>
For multi-day hiking, the best base garments are merino wool. They won\u2019t ever stink, and even in warm weather, they breathe. They feel good against the skin, are machine washable, and surprisingly durable. I have been slowly migrating all my hiking base clothing, from toes to head, to Icebreaker brand merino garments, such as this Icebreaker short sleeve shirt<\/a>. \u2013 KK<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Find vintage clothing fast<\/strong>
Gem<\/a> is a search engine for vintage and used clothing and jewelry. You can quickly search eBay, Etsy, Poshmark, TheRealReal, and more, and the results are displayed in a large gallery view with prices to save time. You can also set email alerts for hard-to-find items. \u2014 CD<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Burning Man trailer<\/strong>
I\u2019ve been a regular at Burning Man and this short video, called Above the Dust<\/a>, is the best summation I\u2019ve seen of the event\u2019s energy. Burning Man is primarily a night city, and a leader in light innovation and urban experiences. \u2013 KK<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Learn to visualize bird sounds<\/strong>
These interactive pages on earbirding.com<\/a> will teach you how to create mental images of bird sounds according to their pitch pattern, speed, repetition, pauses, and tone quality. I love learning to connect with nature in a different way. \u2014 CD<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Generate yourself with AI<\/strong>
Astria<\/a> lets you make AI-generated images of yourself for a few bucks. I uploaded a few photos of my face. Several hours later, Astria had finished crunching the data, and I was able to generate art based on my likeness by entering prompts such as \u201cman as young elven king long white hair beautiful face highly detailed face, portrait, made by Stanley Artgerm lau, wlop, rossdraws, james jean.\u201d The results are both hilarious and incredible. This is the avatar<\/a> I use on social media. Astria\u2019s Twitter<\/a> shows examples of how people are using it. \u2013 MF<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 Kevin Kelly<\/a>, Mark Frauenfelder<\/a>, Claudia Dawson<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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