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Don’t drink and shave
So, this happened.
Conversation went a bit like this:
“so, last night, I was a bit tipsy and I got fed up with my beard, so I shaved it off, and then I figured I might as well continue upwards.”
I fell out of my chair when the video started, because the last time we Skyped his beard was super bushy, verging on wild, and all over the place :)
Another victim of isolation madness.
Who needs olives in your cocktail?
…when you can have BBQ merguez?
Tiptoe through the tulips… with ice-cream
Katy summed it up perfectly
The tulips are coming up nicely, but there are still lots of closed blooms still left to open up.
The lake has been really hazy the last few times I’ve been out, but still really peaceful to listen to.
My handwriting is truly atrocious
With all the meetings I’m in remotely these days, I take a lot of handwritten notes and I go over them a posteriori to make sense of everything I capture.
Except in cases like this, where even I couldn’t make sense of my own chicken scratchings.
Incredibly, Katy is fluent in gibberish and deciphered enough of it so that I could remember that I wrote “send positive aspects of tool”.
Well there goes someone’s productivity for today
Google announced in 2019 that it would be adding augmented reality objects to Search. Google’s AR objects in search are incredibly easy to access. The objects are added to search in the belief that the easiest way to learn about something is to see it. By seeing things in augmented reality (AR), users can see the scale of an object and also details they might not notice from just a simple picture.
To keep this easy to access, Google puts its 3D animals and other AR objects right at the top of search. For example, searching for “tiger” will show a Google Search Knowledge Panel. These panels are often shown for movies, famous celebrities, and other subjects. In the case of a 3D animal through Google, you’ll see an overview of what the animal is, a few images or it, and a section which says “Meet a life-sized tiger up close” and a “View in 3D” button. That button launches the AR experience. You’ll need a supported smartphone to view these objects.
So, what AR animals can you view on Google Search? Technically, there’s no official list from Google for 3D animals, but there’s a number of known examples, many of which we’ve gone hands-on with so you can see how it all works in action.
These include:
Alligator
Angler fish
Brown bear
Cat
Cheetah
Dog
Labrador Retriever
Pug
Rottweiler
Duck
Eagle
Emperor penguin
Giant panda
Goat
Hedgehog
Horse
Lion
Macaw
Octopus
Racoon
Shark
Shetland pony
Snake
Tiger
Turtle
Wolf
What is she trying to say?
So Katy put this up in Facebook and tagged me in it. I don’t know what she’s trying to say.
That cat…
I was on the sofa watching a movie last night. I got up to get a drink and when I came back, Pavel had claimed my spot. I picked him up and just flomped him on me. He just rolled off me and this is how he ended up. He seemed quite pleased with himself and just stayed there, purring like mad.
In these times of troubles, CATS!
Is there anything more soothing than watching Pavel groom his toe beans?
Reenie is now my official meeting proxy. I’ve let the team know to expect her. Good thing though that Skype doesn’t feature smell-o-vision.
Last bit of wisdom:
Morning routine
Pretty much… I’ve had to consciously stop looking at the news so much because it was a constant source of anger and anxiety.