Rob Tow
@robtow.bsky.social
Ex Xerox PARC scientist and part-time New Mexico desert rat.
Brown bear scat by the trail right next to our house - less than 12 hours old.
November 4, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Brown bear scat by the trail right next to our house - less than 12 hours old.
Day of the Dead, at Nova Lux.
November 3, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Day of the Dead, at Nova Lux.
Yesterday I asked Elon Musk's Grok AI for a rewrite of the Horst Wessel song from 1930s Germany but featuring Charlie Kirk, framing his public speeches and writings (BTW, ChatGPT refused to do this).
This is what it gave me:
This is what it gave me:
September 19, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Yesterday I asked Elon Musk's Grok AI for a rewrite of the Horst Wessel song from 1930s Germany but featuring Charlie Kirk, framing his public speeches and writings (BTW, ChatGPT refused to do this).
This is what it gave me:
This is what it gave me:
I asked Elon Musk's Grok AI for a rewrite of the Horst Wessel song from 1930s Germany but featuring Charlie Kirk, framing his public speeches and writings (BTW, ChatGPT refused to do this).
This is what it gave me:
This is what it gave me:
September 18, 2025 at 9:39 PM
I asked Elon Musk's Grok AI for a rewrite of the Horst Wessel song from 1930s Germany but featuring Charlie Kirk, framing his public speeches and writings (BTW, ChatGPT refused to do this).
This is what it gave me:
This is what it gave me:
I made Hatch chili sourdough cheese bread in my new Pullman style cast iron loaf pan.
July 1, 2025 at 3:54 PM
I made Hatch chili sourdough cheese bread in my new Pullman style cast iron loaf pan.
I prepared for tomorrow’s protest at the New Mexico Roundhouse…
June 13, 2025 at 8:25 PM
I prepared for tomorrow’s protest at the New Mexico Roundhouse…
We are out to the protest at New Mexico’s Round House in Santa Fe. Brenda is wearing the Star Trek dog tags I designed for her back when she was teaching at Art Center College of Design - with the nuclear release key.
She is dangerous.
She is dangerous.
April 5, 2025 at 7:51 PM
We are out to the protest at New Mexico’s Round House in Santa Fe. Brenda is wearing the Star Trek dog tags I designed for her back when she was teaching at Art Center College of Design - with the nuclear release key.
She is dangerous.
She is dangerous.
@brendalaurel.bsky.social and I went with friends to see the La Cieneguilla Petroglyphs. We had a bit of a rough time on scree, and will need to return to better sample the site...
...this anatomically correct fellow greeted us:
...this anatomically correct fellow greeted us:
January 20, 2025 at 5:33 PM
@brendalaurel.bsky.social and I went with friends to see the La Cieneguilla Petroglyphs. We had a bit of a rough time on scree, and will need to return to better sample the site...
...this anatomically correct fellow greeted us:
...this anatomically correct fellow greeted us:
Re: AI and coding - I am now exploring using DeepSeekV3 with Cline in VS, along with Cline Memory Bank. Github CoPilot is still along for the ride as a sidekick... kinda like Gabby Hayes.
The results are rather amazing. This is a screenshot of a difficulty that Cline/DeepSeek3 resolved immediately:
The results are rather amazing. This is a screenshot of a difficulty that Cline/DeepSeek3 resolved immediately:
January 6, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Re: AI and coding - I am now exploring using DeepSeekV3 with Cline in VS, along with Cline Memory Bank. Github CoPilot is still along for the ride as a sidekick... kinda like Gabby Hayes.
The results are rather amazing. This is a screenshot of a difficulty that Cline/DeepSeek3 resolved immediately:
The results are rather amazing. This is a screenshot of a difficulty that Cline/DeepSeek3 resolved immediately:
@brendalaurel.bsky.social
Beautiful smart sexy humane lover, partner, and co-creator…
Happy birthday!
…and thanks for all the fish!
Beautiful smart sexy humane lover, partner, and co-creator…
Happy birthday!
…and thanks for all the fish!
November 20, 2024 at 9:49 PM
@brendalaurel.bsky.social
Beautiful smart sexy humane lover, partner, and co-creator…
Happy birthday!
…and thanks for all the fish!
Beautiful smart sexy humane lover, partner, and co-creator…
Happy birthday!
…and thanks for all the fish!
I'm exploring bird detection/tracking using OpenCV.
Background subtraction, backgrounds updated, contours found, minimum contour area is imposed. Noisy contours improved by Thresholding, Erosion and Dilation, & Contour Filtration by minimum area.
No tracking of objects across frames is done.
Background subtraction, backgrounds updated, contours found, minimum contour area is imposed. Noisy contours improved by Thresholding, Erosion and Dilation, & Contour Filtration by minimum area.
No tracking of objects across frames is done.
November 19, 2024 at 4:41 PM
I'm exploring bird detection/tracking using OpenCV.
Background subtraction, backgrounds updated, contours found, minimum contour area is imposed. Noisy contours improved by Thresholding, Erosion and Dilation, & Contour Filtration by minimum area.
No tracking of objects across frames is done.
Background subtraction, backgrounds updated, contours found, minimum contour area is imposed. Noisy contours improved by Thresholding, Erosion and Dilation, & Contour Filtration by minimum area.
No tracking of objects across frames is done.
Yesterday I renewed my expired passport at the Santa Fe DeVargas post office. I paid extra for expedited processing and overnight delivery.
...the requisite dorky pic:
...the requisite dorky pic:
November 15, 2024 at 8:56 PM
Yesterday I renewed my expired passport at the Santa Fe DeVargas post office. I paid extra for expedited processing and overnight delivery.
...the requisite dorky pic:
...the requisite dorky pic:
Morning light, at Nova Lux. With @brendalaurel.bsky.social
November 9, 2024 at 4:17 PM
Morning light, at Nova Lux. With @brendalaurel.bsky.social
Snow accumulation at Nova Lux.
November 7, 2024 at 7:44 PM
Snow accumulation at Nova Lux.
Morning snow at Nova Lux.
November 7, 2024 at 5:32 PM
Morning snow at Nova Lux.
I had a gig at NASA Ames.
...I got to "fly" the lunar lander simulator. It was 8 stories tall, and could pull negative 3G.
I crashed.
...I got to "fly" the lunar lander simulator. It was 8 stories tall, and could pull negative 3G.
I crashed.
October 28, 2024 at 1:50 AM
I had a gig at NASA Ames.
...I got to "fly" the lunar lander simulator. It was 8 stories tall, and could pull negative 3G.
I crashed.
...I got to "fly" the lunar lander simulator. It was 8 stories tall, and could pull negative 3G.
I crashed.
Venus setting in New Mexico sky.
At Nova Lux.
At Nova Lux.
October 25, 2024 at 9:07 PM
Venus setting in New Mexico sky.
At Nova Lux.
At Nova Lux.
New Mexico rain squall, to the West.
At Nova Lux.
At Nova Lux.
October 20, 2024 at 11:56 PM
New Mexico rain squall, to the West.
At Nova Lux.
At Nova Lux.
Harvest time, at Nova Lux.
...benefits of Full New Mexico Sun!
...benefits of Full New Mexico Sun!
October 20, 2024 at 12:08 AM
Harvest time, at Nova Lux.
...benefits of Full New Mexico Sun!
...benefits of Full New Mexico Sun!
My twin Crooke's radiometers, above my desk. They spin, slowly, in setting New Mexico sun.
At Nova Lux.
At Nova Lux.
October 18, 2024 at 12:35 AM
My twin Crooke's radiometers, above my desk. They spin, slowly, in setting New Mexico sun.
At Nova Lux.
At Nova Lux.
Comet seen from our driveway at Nova Lux.
October 15, 2024 at 3:37 PM
Comet seen from our driveway at Nova Lux.
Brenda Laurel can easily find her husband at night - he glows in the dark from tritium decay.
September 25, 2024 at 4:25 AM
Brenda Laurel can easily find her husband at night - he glows in the dark from tritium decay.
Pumpkin spider against blue sky, cast shadow. At Nova Lux.
September 20, 2024 at 1:05 AM
Pumpkin spider against blue sky, cast shadow. At Nova Lux.
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #79,080!
September 17, 2024 at 3:11 AM
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #79,080!