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THE END OF ART ?
I was going to post some of the work of a surrealist painter
I really admired, who has been working since 2009.
I then noticed he had started using AI in 2024.
In his own words "I went from producing one piece a week
to making one every day" As a result, there are hundreds
of pictures on his site - with no indication which is which.
I'm not even going to argue about the morality of the issue -
I'm just content that I've managed to avoid fashion my whole
life - didn't indulge in social media, tourism, or the narcissism
of the selfie. I don't like being railroaded ... I'm happy with my
long-hand life.
I've had trouble finding anything interesting this week.
I've no intention of turning this into a full-time job, or
blogging other people's blogs.
I've always lived by serendipity - finding interesting
rabbit holes from researching vintage images in archives.
The media-making landscape isn't looking particularly
great at the moment. Digital artists on reddit complaining
of no sales because everyone thinks their work is AI.
Bosses forcing their workers to use it - despite it looking awful.
Animators making 2 or 3 videos before being forced to work
11 hour days at some corporate studio.
I just got an email from a music distributor, with a guide on
how to weed out AI music
I'm not giving up blogging - I believe in an endependent internet,
despite people saying it's been broken by AI.
I just refuse to buy into it - I advise everyone else to do the same.
For those who are interested - I use the brave browser to cut out
a load of the ads and anti-privacy stuff and only ever use DuckDuckGo
for searches - I'm hoping the little bit of tech, below, will help, too.
FREEWARE
A COLLECTION OF SMALL FREE UTILITIES
THAT MIGHT JUST SAVE YOUR SANITY
AUDIO
For creating that mp3 playlist
Normalizes the volumes in your playlist
Make your computer audio compatible
with that bluetooth speaker or
music keyboard
VIDEO
Helps your uploaded video start quickly
Plays all media files and isn't microsoft
Download any video from anywhere
Used to be brilliant, but they filled it with adware ...
This is a clean version, with the nasties removed
Recommended by MajorGeeks
IMAGES
Free and non-microsoft
Replace missing or damaged icons on your desktop
Replace missing program thumbnails on your computer
Easy but feature-rich animator with timeline by Ulead
INTERNET
Vastly speeds up your internet connection
- good for large uploads
Rock-steady, independent email client
Back-up email client
Same as above
HARD DRIVE
Auslogics' free program has an auto backup
and even dedicated online support. Safe and fast
Vital when you have to set up windows again
Frees up the registry
The best partition manager I found -
intuative and stable
PLEASE NOTE:
The next 2 programs in this section
can be downloaded as trials. That should
be all you need to install / clone a drive
Helps your computer recognise the new hard-disk
Before AOMEI, I used this -
It never let me down
ESSENTIALS
Find out what's starting at bootup
Disable before you delete
According to MajorGeeks, Tweaking.com haven't
updated this program since 2023 - Having said that,
I just used it to fix a major glitch in Windows 11
It's like a reset for your registry.
For iso and DVD files
* All files tested safe, but check with your antivirus
Double click to start editing the text
BEN LEVIN
Genius is an overused term,
but when it comes to some of
Ben's creations, it's pretty damn close
TSUNAMI GIRL
KATRINA BABIES
Edward Buckles was a young child in
New Orleans when hurricane Katrina hit.
Years later, he became a director and
made a film about the aftermath
Podenco supplied the animated sequences
CHEMICAL MESSIAH
JOSHUA DUNLAP
