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Back in the early days of the internet - before smartphones - emoticons, or emojis 🙂 as we know them today, was the Wild West of consistency and creativity. Sure, you could create a 16x16 pixel smiley face GIF and place it next to text or the classic sideways ASCII :), and that would get the same effect as today, [...]

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Long before the recent rise in AI, computers could perform palm readings. Computerized palm readings represent a fascinating intersection of ancient practices and modern technology. Traditionally, palmistry involves analyzing the lines on a person's palm to predict their future and infer their personality traits. In the digital age, this practice has been transformed by artificial intelligence and machine learning. These [...]

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I recently learned that my birthday and website, March 20th, land on what is known as the U.N. International Day of Happiness. It was established by the United Nations General Assembly in 2012, when all 193 member states unanimously adopted UN resolution 66/281, recognizing happiness as a fundamental human right and goal, and aspiration in the lives of all human [...]

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Chili mac is a dish that combines two popular comfort foods: chili con carne and macaroni pasta. It is usually made with ground beef, beans, tomatoes, cheese, and spices, but many variations depend on personal preferences and regional cuisines. Chili mac can be cooked in one pot on the stovetop or baked in the oven for a cheesy crust. It [...]

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I have a long history that goes back twenty years of making my texture maps from photos I have taken. In the early 2000s, I was heavily entrenched in 3D modeling and animation. Part of 3D modeling photo-realistic scenes and 3D animated movies was the necessitation of high-quality textures that I could map over the geometry. However, those resources were [...]

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If you want to read a heartwarming and festive children's book this holiday season, you might want to check out Mistletoe's Night! This book tells the story of a teddy bear named Mistletoe who was made to be a Christmas decoration but was thrown away by his owners one day. Mistletoe then embarks on a journey to find a new [...]

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So via a couple of online personality quizzes that I recently took, I thought it would be fun to share the results. Admittedly they do hit my personality and communication style on the head. The Myers-Briggs 16 Personalities is something that I've been seeing frequently on social media for the last couple of years and only recently figured out what [...]

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As a much-belated follow-up to a post I wrote back in 2001, I had the intention at the time of making an original module for the game Neverwinter Nights (the game can still be bought on GOG.com) that I called Forever Lost. Even though I never got beyond writing the outline, creating names for some of the characters, and thumbing [...]

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Like most kids of the 80s, I enjoyed the awesomeness that a Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) and a Gameboy brought to my life. I had a modest library of solid games at the time, but as the 90s rolled in my interest in console games waned and I moved on to computer games. At this time I handed my NES [...]