Category: Featured
Introduction to the One-Time Pad
Despite being around for over a century, the one-time pad is still considered a gold standard for secure communication.
Restoring a Vintage Weaving Loom
About 15 years ago, I bought a vintage floor weaving loom from a friend. This loom has no identifier, so the manufacturer is unknown. I restored the loom earlier this year.
Spinning My Husky’s Underwool
I will be spinning my husky’s underwool in this post. My husky has thick, soft underwool that feels like Angora.
Playing Around With Stable Diffusion
I enjoy generating art with Artificial Intelligence tools like Stable Diffusion. Stable Diffusion is a machine learning library trained on millions of images, photos, and artwork. The images are tagged with descriptive text that the model uses to take user prompts and generate new images. There is an example python notebook that uses Stable Diffusion from user generated prompts and converts them into images.
Avoid Phone Scams
The AARP Bulletin, June 2022, contains a very handy guide to identifying and handling phone scam attempts. They list 7 recent phone scams they have come across. I’m including the quoted phone pitch as well as an explanation as how you can identify it as a scam.