Steve Holden's Blog

Downtown La Mesa Walking Tour

January 2, 2024

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This walking tour of downtown La Mesa “The Jewel of the Hills” was filmed on Tuesday, January 2, 2024 with my daughter Carson. The walk was on La Mesa Blvd. It roughly started and ended here: https://w3w.co/rock.ends.feared

And we turned around and then walked back around here: https://w3w.co/woke.wallet.peanut

You can learn more about La Mesa, CA, here: https://www.cityoflamesa.us/1259/History

This work is licensed under Creative Common's Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 International.

#walkingtour #lamesa #downtown #sandiegocounty #california

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Walking Tour Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery – Part 1 of 4

December 18, 2023

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This walking tour of Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery was filmed on Monday, December 18, 2023.

The cemetery is in the Point Loma area of San Diego, California, near the Cabrillo National Monument.

The area walked was in the Northern-Eastern section (Part 1).

There are three more sections that I plan to walk in 2024.

This work is licensed under Creative Common's Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 International.

Equipment Used >> DJI Osmo Pocket 3 Creator Combo

The video was edited on my Apple iPad Pro (11-inch, 2nd generation) using DJI's recommended tool called "LightCut".

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San Diego Zoo – Jungle Bells – Walking Tour

December 17, 2023

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This walking tour of the San Diego Zoo was filmed on Sunday, December 17, 2023, during the Zoo's annual Holiday celebration known as "Jungle Bells."

This work is licensed under Creative Common's Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 International.

Tags: #walkingtour #sandiego #sandiegozoo #holidays

Equipment Used: DJI Osmo Pocket 3 Creator Combo

Limited editing was done on Windows 11 with the HEIC plugin and Photos Legacy.

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Jesse Skelton – Get Off Your Phone Alert

October 28, 2023

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Back in this episode of Cal Newport's podcast "Why You're Always Tired & Exhausted (No Matter What You Do)," there was a funny ad read that Cal did for Jesse Skelton.

It was funny enough that not only did I try to make an audio version of Jesse Skelton saying "Get Off Your Phone" (MP3), but another podcast fan made this site for Jesse Skelton.

Enjoy!

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Airbourne Drone Delivery? The Next Big Thing?

September 3, 2023

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I recently got sent this photo from a friend:

And I wasn't too sure if it was the real deal. So I did some digging, and there are a lot of companies working in this market:
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This DIY Comic Is Fun – Lani

September 3, 2023

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I picked up this comic from a former co-worker (@evans_comics) – Lani! It is excellent. Interesting story based in San Diego, and the artwork is well done. The stickers are fun also!

You can check out his online store here: https://evanscomics.etsy.com/.

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DEF CON 31 Notes & References

August 25, 2023

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Here are my DEF CON notes from the sessions that I attended in 2023 for DEF CON 31:
- DEF CON 31 Notes & References (PDF)
Please feel free to do what you want with these notes. I go to sessions, so you don't have to.

Here are some quick links to notes from previous years: 30 (2022), 29 (2021), 28 (2020)*, 27 (2019), 26 (2018), 25 (2017), 24 (2016), 23 (2015), 22 (2014), 21 (2013), 20 (2012), 19 (2011), & 18 (2010).

*I have 28 (2020) notes, but they still need work.

You can find some videos from DEF CON 31 (2023) here.

I plan on attending DEF CON 32 (2024). Follow along near real-time on Twitter @technewsradio, Instagram @otto_locke.
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Music Rabbit Hole

June 2, 2023

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I recently got a link to this article:
- https://www.elbphilharmonie.de/en/festivals/reflektor-max-richter-yulia-mahr/692
Which led me to this article:
- https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/9948-the-50-best-ambient-albums-of-all-time/
Then I just started collecting links:
Which then led me to the following people/groups:
- Shida Shahabi
- Daniel Brandt
- Finnish Baroque Orchestra
- Antti Tikkanen
- Elisabeth Brauß
- Urmas Sisak
- Sarah Davachi
- Julius Eastman
- Portico Quartet
- Jlin
- Kali Malone
- Caroline Shaw
- Caleb Burhans
- Pamela Z
- Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith
- Jason Moran
- Hamilton de Holanda
- Nduduzo Makhathini
- KEVIN JOHN EDUSE
- AMERICAN CONTEMPORARY MUSIC ENSEMBLE
- GRACE DAVIDSON
- FINNISH BAROQUE ORCHESTRA
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Testing AI Graphic Generation: Microsoft Bing vs. Midjourney

May 8, 2023

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I have been curious about the differences between artificial intelligence (AI) image creation tools, and I saw this prompt on Midjourney in the daily theme thread:

Pixar, Beautiful Korean queen focus on front with smile, Hanbok, blue, red, gold, elegant, gorgeous, cute cats, queen of the pink moon, hyper realistic, fliry vibe, fantasy, elaborate, radiant, –no moon –ar 16:9 –v 5.1 – Variations by @jingwen0404 (relaxed)

And this is what was generated:

I put the following into Bing Image creation:

Pixar, Beautiful Korean queen focus on front with smile, Hanbok, blue, red, gold, elegant, gorgeous, cute cats, queen of the pink moon, hyper realistic, fliry vibe, fantasy, elaborate, radiant

And this is what I got:

Very different outputs IMHO.

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When Should Kids Get A Smartphone?

May 5, 2023

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I think Cal Newport has done his homework on this topic, and I found his conclusions solid.

Here are three additional recommendations I have for "effective" mobile device use:
1. Turn off all notifications. Only add back the critical ones like: Text messages from family members, key home automation alerts, local emergency notifications, etc.
2. Don't sleep with your device within reach.
3. When trying to do very focused work, put your phone in airplane mode.
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