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100 Movies, 100 Props

: Where the Wild Things Are

: Finally caught Coda last night, and it was a pleasant surprise! While it had a predictable plot …

: May the Fourth be with you, always. Happy Star Wars Day! ✨🚀

: On Corgi Snores The sweet and gentle lullaby of a corgi’s soft snore is the most sublime soundtrack for a lazy …

: AI-Powered Creativity: How GPT-4 Helped Me Build DripArt.io Introduction In my spare time, I love to explore my creative side. Lately, I’ve been having a …

: Fall-ing in love with nature, one waterfall at a time!

: Escaping to a cabin with my wife for a much needed vacation, we woke up to a stunning view of a …

: Adventure Time with My Girls at Lake Apopka Today my wife and I decided to take a spontaneous road trip with our beloved corgi, Tilly. We …

: Enjoying the Little Things in Life Again Life can be full of stress and pressure, making it hard to enjoy the little things in life. But …

: Making Homemade Edible Cookie Dough Today, I experimented in the kitchen with the sous vide circulator to make edible cookie dough! I …

: Got a lot of big stuff happening in my life in 2023, so spending this last day off work to build …

: Revolutionized my Kindle reading experience with a Popsocket! I had read about this before and …

: Finished my first run with just my Apple Watch and Airpods (no phone) and felt so damn nice being …

: The baby got her shots and a good checkup! Looks like we’re doing good on health!! Got her weight …

: 😞 RIP Kevin Conroy. I feel like I just lost a significant part of my childhood. He will always be …

: What to blog about

: Had a blast this weekend testing out the new truck tent!

: Kissimmee Prairie Preserve State Park

: Trying to Figure out the best way to start studying for my Board Certification exam that I applied …

: Testing out our new harness before we go camping next weekend!!

: The face of “I’m about to get a French Fry!!”

: ⛺️Just purchased a Truck Bed Tent for my new truck and reserved a camp site at Florida’s first …

: Does anybody have any good software recommendations for reading thousands of saved PDFs, …

: My board game buddies while the power is out post-Hurricane Ian (Scratch that. Power was just …

: Considering ourselves lucky. Hurricane Ian feels like it’s pretty much past us now. Currently …

: Two episodes into The Patient on Hulu and really loving the premise and tension so far

: Having some fun tonight experimenting with StableDiffusion’s public release today. Completely blown …

: On Small Projects I've been thinking a lot lately about small projects. You know, the kind of projects that you can …

: 📷 Can’t get enough of my girls 😍

: Just ordered a Uni Keyboard to start learning stenotyping! After watching court reporters in my …

: Making a "like" button for my blog In my effort to start posting to my own personal blog more, setting up the blog, and using a …

: Found my new favorite use for using GPT-3: Generating plot outlines for Hallmark Christmas Movies

: 🚀So happy to see that BPS.Space successfully propulsively landed a model rocket! I’ve been …

: 🍿Vengeance (2022): On a whim, watched this surprisingly lighthearted movie by BJ Novak. Loved all …

: The End for Me on Social Media So, I’ve been working on my blog over at madeinsparetime.com and I’ve also been doing a …

: New laptop means finally tidying up my files on my computer, setting up new methods of backing up …

: Automating My Life I’ve always been a bit of a productivity nerd. I love finding new ways to optimize my workflow …

: 📷The Queen of the king sized bed

: Using AI to generate a quick first draft for my motions at work as a Public Defender When you’re a public defender, time is of the essence. You’re often up against a clock, trying to …

: 📖Building My Second Brain I’ve been reading a lot lately about the concept of a “second brain” - an external …

:  📷Protecting My Camera With Pizzazz I’ve really been enjoying my new Ricoh GR III camera for beautiful shots of adventures around …

: 📝Using GPT-3 to Quickly Write Blog Posts I would really love to write more on this blog but I often find myself short on free time to be able …

: Really enjoyed watching the AlphaGo documentary and learning more about this amazing accomplishment …

: So excited to finally see the first images come out of the James Webb Space Telescope! I’ve …

: 📷 Peaceful day downtown with the missus

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: Weekend project is accomplished! I’ve successfully ported over my blog from a self-hosted …

: “War… War never changes…” Testing out some new tools that were gifted to …

: Getting ready to say “I do” in just over a month by making a custom Funko Pop cake …

: What it looked like to create the generative art for my NFTs

: NFTs: a deep dive Creating my first NFT collection Okay. So. NFTs have been popping up everywhere online and …

: Say hello to newest addition to the shop! She’s a 1965 Sears Forecast 12. I’m hoping to …

: Hot off the press! This is my brand new press that I built in the shop today. Been wanting to whip …

: Blown away at how beautiful the Georgia Aquarium is 📷

: Blade Runner: The Movie Ah. The cult classic. The neo-noir, cyberpunk, whatever you wanna call it, sci-fi detective movie …

: 📽 I get to fulfill a dream today! I never got the chance to see Jurassic Park in theaters and today …

: Currently reading: On writing well by William Zinsser 📚 While I’ve been taking a deep dive …

: 🚀📺 First episode of For All Mankind is in the bag and really loving this alternate reality and all …

: 🎙 Listening to Matthew McConaughey on the Tim Ferriss Show and god damn that man can tell a story. …

: I have to say… I thoroughly love the idea of micro.blog! It’s funny. Awhile ago I was …

: (#98) Yankee Doodle Dandy: The Prop Sometimes things go wrong. Even on the simplest of projects, things go wrong. But the upside of …

: (#98) Yankee Doodle Dandy: The Movie Alright. I’m going to be 100% honest here. For as much as I wanted to appreciate Yankee Doodle …

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: (#99) Toy Story: The Prop I knew right from the get-go which prop I wanted to do from the 99th movie on the AFI Top 100 Movie …

: Number 99 on the @americanfilminstitute Top 100 Movies list is Toy Story! This movie from 1995 is a …

: (#99) Toy Story: The Movie This movie is one of those on the AFI Top 100 list that I’ve previously seen before. And I’ve seen …

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: (#100) Ben-Hur: The Prop While I was watching Ben-Hur, I was keeping an eye out for the perfect prop to kick-off this 100 …

: Fired up Fusion 360 to do some 3D modeling for the first prop out of 100 in my 100 Movies, 100 Props …

: #100 on the @americanfilminstitute 100 Years…100 Movies list is Ben-Hur from 1959!⠀ …

: (#100) Ben-Hur: The Movie Kicking off this 100 Movies, 100 Props project in truly epic fashion, we have Ben-Hur. When I say …

: 100 Movies, 100 Props - My New Project Hi there! My name's Alex and I'm setting out on a quest to watch the top 100 movies of all time and …