Before bedtime I
Found this box intriguing and
Gave it a quick draw
https://youtu.be/FFMCcZJSiiQ
January 31, 2022
January 30, 2022
New car
Unlike most people, buying a new car did not trigger any excitement (or any form of emotion) in my mind, and the decision was based on technology and economics (no emission, available supply, high benefit-to-cost ratio, no middleman).
January 28, 2022
TFG marching band
The source image is a custom metro card design for my wife’s high school marching band.
January 24, 2022
Straight-edged head relief
This straight-edged head relief on a 2016 1-euro coin made for a good quick drawing exercise.
Lip sync a pre-recorded video for live presentation
In a recent research talk to about 100 people, the host suggested me to pre-upload any video files into the conferencing system to minimize network disruptions during live presentation.
Since my slides contain a lot of videos with a mix of online and local files, it would be infeasible to pre-upload them and then scramble to pick them on the fly.
Thus, I pre-recorded my entire presentation during a practice session, uploaded the recorded video, and played it during the meeting with my camera on and lip sync.
Panopto capture seems to work well for presenting from a Chrome tab (with Google slides).
January 22, 2022
January 18, 2022
Bugs jar
I keep a collection of dried dead bugs for drawing sources.
https://youtu.be/iJVIwVnS6wI
January 15, 2022
After lunch
A plate of residual corn cobs, husks, and silks after the seeds were eaten.
January 14, 2022
The curious case of a poisoned dog
Living with my grandparents during kindergarten, one day after school, we found the house broken in, with the dog dead on the ground, poisoned, and my grandfather’s books scattered all over the place.
I don’t remember the dog’s appearance, but his dead posture looks like this lying dog drawing by Johannes Tavenraat which I referenced.