Musings on Dance, Food, Geek Stuff
This year, Satise and I did our first couple’s costume, a tribute to the 1950s. It was actually a pretty easy set of costumes to put together. Satise already had a carhop costume from a gig she did years ago. And so all I had to do was look era appropriate. I decided to do…
I’ve been wanting to learn more about creating Instagram / TikTok style dance videos, which use motion tracking to follow the dancer and accentuate their movement. Here’s a couple of videos to compare. First is a standard horizontal framed version with no motion tracking. And here’s the Instagram version with auto-tracking. View this post on…
When death comes like the hungry bear in autumn; when death comes and takes all the bright coins from his purse to buy me, and snaps the purse shut; when death comes like the measle-pox; when death comes like an iceberg between the shoulder blades, I want to step through the door full of curiosity,…
I’ve been thinking a lot about this quote from Christie Duncan-Tessmer of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting: Children in elementary grades and younger don’t have the same kind of definitional boundaries that adults frequently have between time for work, time for play, and time to be connected with a sense of wonder and awe. For them, work,…
I still remember the smell. Smoke, burning rubber, and … other burning things. Weeks later, it still lingered in the air of lower Manhattan. May their memories be a blessing, to everyone one who lost a loved one 25 years ago today. Still striving to build a better world.
Here’s a labyrinth simulator that I “vibe coded” using the Gemini AI chatbot. It’s pretty basic. I wanted to create an interactive demo of a spiritual framework to guide a labyrinth exploration (Release – Receive – Return). I think it kind of works, at least as a proof of concept. Check it out at https://rikomatic.com/labyrinthwalk….
Since the latest episode of “Ted Lasso” I’ve been thinking about embarrassment. It brought to mind an early memory of being embarrassed, tied to my identity as a Filipino American. It was at a school potluck at my elementary school in Northern California. I was one of the few Asians in the school, and the…
Ethan Mollick is one of my favorite writers on the impact of AI on society. In a recent post, he describes what AI agents are capable of, if given free rein. It’s… a lot. He cautions that there are good reasons to limit the freedom we give to AI to make decisions for us. It’s…
A somewhat belated happy birthday to one of the most impactful humans in my life William R. Pace. Bill Pace is one of those people who has had a profound impact on every person they meet, whether it be an intern, a UN diplomat, or the UN Secretary General. I’m so fortunate to have worked…
DigitalSF.org is an online archive from the San Francisco Public Library that includes a treasure trove of photos back to the earliest days of photography. I did quick search for skating pictures and uncovered these gems, many of which are in the public domain.