I decided to give you 10 tips on how not to administer a Turing test. A Turing test is a series of questions that are given to a computer to evaluate its intelligence. It was developed by Alan Turing in the 1950’s. I don’t know what the questions are and have no experience with the test or the questions. It was a lot of fun thinking of what wouldn’t work for such a test. I enlisted my children as actors. Enjoy the chaos.
When I went to upload my video on Friday the 26th I found it was too big to be supported on my blog. I had a midnight deadline and could not figure out what to do. I was so disappointed. I spent hours on this video this week learning how to use the software and editing the clips together. While I know it isn’t perfect, I am proud of the work I did and the skills I am learning.
I emailed my professor and asked how to get my video on my blog. Answer upload to You Tube. I now have a You Tube channel. It will now be part of my blog and my adventures in DS106.
I am happy to present my 1st YouTube video. I hope you enjoyed it.
Well, you will have noticed there was no week 1 summery. I had a rough start to the semester. Really 2023 was terrible and it has seeped into 2024. I have really enjoyed the daily creates this week and I am really proud of poem I wrote. I paired it with a picture I took in January 2022 when we got a lot of snow and lost power for over 4 days.
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On Monday I completed my 1st visual assignment. I had a lot of fun finding a winter Bob Ross painting and put my children in it. It was so fun showing it to them. They want me to make more. I also started a few other assignments to finish later in the week.
I went to campus earlier than usual to get my parking decal and stuff etc. I was like I will do some homework on campus in the commuter lounge. I need to get headphones. I don’t think the other students would understand or appreciate Dr. Oblivion.
I found developing a character to be difficult at first. Then I decided to model the character off of my sometimes-evil cat. So, with the basic outline of a personality, I then decided to fill in the blanks as it were. It was quite fun and came together rather quickly using the cat as a starting point. If I have the need to make more characters, I luckily have 3 more cats and a dog to use. Lady Alice E Smythe – HURKLE-DURKLING Thoughts for DS106 (hurkledurkling.com)
I decided to use AI to complete a daily create on Thursday. I didn’t want to spend a lot of time making something and since I had never used AI for art before I went with it. It was fun but it took a few tries to come up with something to fit the assignment. I tried out AI again on Friday for the daily create. I had a few ideas for the little poster and new it would take a long time to do. I let AI have a go at it. IT did a good job of putting different scenes together in a pleasing way. The people and animals just looked like mutants or abstract in a bad way. The animals kept looking like they were escaped genetic experiments from a lab. I went with the least scary animal picture for the post. The following is a link to Mastodon where you can see all my daily creates.
I have had a lot of fun getting to know Dr Oblivion. My favorite replies are when he is sarcastic. The Doctor has given me a good laugh many times this week. I have enlisted the help of my children, when possible, with my work. It has been a stressful year for them and getting to help me with homework or art has really boosted moral. They are an opiniated lot and I have to remind them I am the director not them. Sometimes their opinions are quite helpful as is shown in the 10 tips video. It is a short video that is too big to upload to the blog. Short is relative since it is about 4 mins long. I am now trying to figure out what to do. Sadly, the video will not be shared this week. I worked on it all week and while it wasn’t perfect it was my first attempt with editing, and I was proud of it.
I wanted to learn to make a gif this week. It didn’t work out well. I need to find the right software or learn to use it better. I wanted to change the background to a gif and couldn’t figure out how. I will try again next week. making a gif – HURKLE-DURKLING Thoughts for DS106 (hurkledurkling.com)
I made a Pinterest board with having an AI maid or Butler in mind for one of the assignments. It was a little challenging at first coming up with the right words for the search bar.
This week I commented on my fellow students daily creates and read a few blog posts. I didn’t comment on any blog posts this week. I found it easier to comment on daily creates then blog posts.
Well, that’s been my work week for DS106. I will tackle my video problem after a good night’s sleep. I hope I figure out a solution soon.
you will have to click on the link above to see the gif. The gif is supposed to have Rosie from the Jetsons behind Clint Eastwood. I couldn’t figure out how to get it as the background and not be on top of the Eastwood graphic. I need to use different software for starters. I have downloaded a new program and will try this again in the future. I know what I want it to look like I just have to learn how to get it there. There was a link to embed the gif into a post (like this one) but that didn’t work either. So, cheers to failure and learning something even if it is what doesn’t work.
This is a fictional character and similarities to real people are accidental.
Lady Alice E. Smythe
Mad genius – feels entitled to rule the world by virtue of intellectual superiority
E is for Edwina
She lives off a trust fund old family money.
Birth place some off the grid ranch in America probably Wyoming
Birth date March 25th, 2000
5ft 9in, slim, ginger hair, no freckles, can tan, green eyes, muscular but not overly fit, still looks young for age.
Lady Alice’s father is a lord from Scotland somewhere she never cared to remember much about that. Her mother is the daughter of a successful rancher in Wyoming. Her father was an avid adventurer that was too old for her mother. The marriage didn’t last long due his untimely death from doing something he shouldn’t while in his 60’s. Alice’s mother raised her mostly on her grandfather’s ranch in Wyoming. Alice is quite smart and flipped between privet tutors, boarding school and the nearest public school. Alice was too smart for her own good, often getting suspended and expelled from school. She had little respect for her teachers that she felt were not on her intellectual level. Alice was mostly a loner at school, finding her peers too stupid for words. When Alice could be bothered to do school assignments she always excelled. Alice attended several different Universities but never graduated. She only got in due to her mother donating enough money quietly to build new buildings. She firmly believes the human population to be as beneath her as rodents are to a cat. She spends her time reading, researching new ideas, riding horses, fencing, rock climbing, and whatever new hobbies perk her interest. She is not afraid of dirt but likes to dress well. She believes being a woman is an advantage that she will exploit.
Favorite food mashed potatoes
Favorite drink whisky neat
Color pale pink
Favorite book: The Ballad of Hua Mulan the original not translated.
Favorite movie Timeline
Favorite possession a simple silver ring with small flowers and a stone of obsidian. She found it in a field in Wyoming when she was small, and the ring was too big for her fingers. It now fits comfortably on her middle finger.
Personal motto nothing is impossible and the weak are stupid.
