2023 Reading List: The Books That Kept Me Engaged All Year Long
For the past few years I’ve had a goal to read 52 books a year. This year I managed to read 57 books. Many were hefty tomes, like Barack...
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Digital Rabbit
Dec 30, 20234 min read
Shen Yun Revealed: A Mouthpiece for Li Hongzhi and Falun Gong
The colorful ads for Shen Yun Performance (https://www.shenyun.org) company have been popping up in the San Jose area for more than a...
Digital Rabbit
Dec 29, 20231 min read
Can animals comprehend the implications of Artificial Intelligence? A conversation among forest creatures.
The title of this post is generated by an AI provided by the Wix platform and edited by me. The cartoon was created by Leonardo AI after...
Digital Rabbit
Dec 28, 20232 min read
Navigating the Challenges of Mixing an Orchestral Composition in Logic Pro
Over a year ago I finished an orchestral composition that I'd worked on for a few years—Transition. (See Drawing the Double Bar Line.) To...
Digital Rabbit
Dec 27, 20236 min read
The Rise of Humanistic AI: In the World of Ai Pin and ChatGPT, Siri is Just a Dog
With the current focus on AI as to whether it is beneficial or not, I recalled Tom Gruber’s TED Talk from April, 2017, How AI Can Enhance...
Digital Rabbit
Dec 26, 20232 min read
When Creativity Meets Technology: Exploring the Art of Coaxing a Character From an AI Artist
Leonardo AI is my go-to choice when I want to create a single image on a particular topic. After a few tries with various prompts, I...
Digital Rabbit
Dec 25, 20232 min read
Celebrating Women in STEM: My Top Haiku Picks from Chatty's Poetic Musings on Women Scientists
I started using ChatGPT sometime ago as my primary search engine. It summarizes a large amount of information and presents it to me...
Digital Rabbit
Dec 23, 20231 min read
The Beauty in Chaos: Embracing Randomness in Music Can Lead to a More Expressive and Unique Sound
Since the beginning of October I've been writing music using Sptitfire audio modules. (See At Sea: Composing Music While Sailing to...
Digital Rabbit
Nov 1, 20231 min read
The Walkway of Wishes
On a cliff outside of Nagato City and on the Japan Sea, a local fisherman built a torii gate in the hopes that Shinto kami would provide...
Digital Rabbit
Oct 26, 20232 min read
Kaiseki: At the Crossroads of Food and Art
When I worked at Apple, Steve Jobs talked about making products that were at the crossroads of liberal arts and technology. The idea is...
Digital Rabbit
Oct 25, 20232 min read
A Walk in Osaka
My friend Andy was in Italy a few weeks ago. Everyday she posted gorgeous photos of Italian cities and their piazzas, churches, and other...
Digital Rabbit
Oct 23, 20232 min read
Meow! Cat Cafe Mocha
Cat Cafe Mocha is a cat cafe chain in Japan. It is known for the wooden cat tree that is the centerpiece of the cafe. Amongst the...
Digital Rabbit
Oct 21, 20234 min read
Shuffling Through Shibuya
A walk through Shibuya City, Tokyo will invariably lead through the Shibuya Scramble—the legendary street crossing that stops traffic in...
Digital Rabbit
Oct 20, 20232 min read
Truly Immersive Art
Over the past few years there have been “immersive experience” art exhibits. Digital versions of art from masters such as Van Gough are...
Digital Rabbit
Oct 20, 20232 min read
Abstractions of a Cruise
When traveling recently from Seattle to Tokyo on a 2,000+ person cruise ship, I didn't expect to take many photos. The ship is too big to...
Digital Rabbit
Oct 18, 20234 min read
At Sea: Composing Music While Sailing to Tokyo
When I signed on to sail from Seattle to Tokyo, via Alaska, I did so because there were nine scheduled sea days. My goal was to use the...
Digital Rabbit
Sep 19, 20231 min read
From Fishing Village to Jungle to Bioreserve
In the early 1800's, Onomea Bay was a fishing village called Kahali'i. Besides fishing, villagers grew coconuts, mangos, and other crops....
Digital Rabbit
Jul 10, 20232 min read
On Studying With a Master: Fine Art Photography With Stephen Johnson
Until recently, my creative endeavors involved making digital products, whether it be writing, music, videos, or images. All these things...
Digital Rabbit
Jun 14, 20232 min read
Seabirds of Iceland
Circumnavigating Iceland by ship guarantees seeing a lot of seabirds. The one I wanted to see most was the puffin. Iceland is home to the...
Digital Rabbit
Jun 9, 20231 min read
Flowers of Iceland
June is springtime in Iceland. Fields are full of lupines, a much larger variety than I've seen in California. Dandelions are embraced as...
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