Local Flooding

Yesterday, we got 2 inches of rain in a relatively short period of time. Fortunately, there was no significant damage in the park. However east of us, there was some major flooding and subsequent damage. Here is a video of Globe, AZ which is not that far from my home...

Coyotes

This is why you should not leave anything to eat outside at night such as small pets or kids...

On second thought, kids would be okay

AI Photo Editing

The downside to using AI photo editing software is you occasionally get an image so disturbing that it can cause eye and brain trauma...

Bitcoin Lottery Miner

Recently, I discovered the Bitcoin Merch® Gold Nugget Lottery Miner. It is called a "lottery miner" because it gives you a chance to earn 3.125 Bitcoins every 10 minutes. Due to its low hash rate as compared to the huge mining farms, it has an extremely low chance of successfully mining a Bitcoin block. However, given it only costs $34.99, uses one watt of electricity and has the potential to generate over $300,000 in passive income, it seems worth the effort.

Update 10/27/2025: The miner has quit working. It was fun for a while, but then became more of a paper weight. I would not recommend buying it.

Improving Photos

In addition to Google's Gemini being able to create interesting images, it can also remove unwanted objects from your photos. Here is one of a supermoon that has power lines that I found distracting...

By simply asking Gemini to remove the power lines, I got this image...

Gemini Image Editing

I have been playing around with Google's Gemini image editing software and it is amazing! I took a photo of my neighbors and asked Gemini to put her face on a bikini model. Here are the before and after images...

Lightning

Looks like Phoenix got a lot of lightning last night. Fortunately, it was past my bedtime.

Pareidolia

Burning Man 2025

This was not a good year for Burning Man. It started with a massive dust storm, then a torrential rain, and ended with a murder. Imagine paying $550-$3,000 to join 70,000 strangers for this experience...