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I repurposed the #AccessibilityDragons to be the mascotts of Control Alt Access and posted about it. Someone on Facebook asked why there was no dragon for “normal people”. You can see the responses here.
While doing my first paying gig for Control Alt Access at the at Sarasota art museum, I was also asked to give a class on AI and image generation in the winter for my See something Say something piece. Here I thought all the stuff I learned to do with AI was just to get CAA off the ground that much faster.
The weirdest thing about being self-employed so far: There’s no clock to punch, no angry supervisor who messes with you to try and get you to quit when you don’t meet your productivity goals. And yet, I’m working 10-12 hour days and I don’t mind at all.
📺 Watching Burn notice. The amount of money in their pyrotechnics budget must have been astounding to say the least.
I just downloaded and am playing with Thunderbolt. It’s a secure encrypted messenger like Signal or WhatsApp, except your identifier is your domain. Click here for more information. Then, chat me up by searching for starshipchangeling.net.
The reason I haven’t been here is because I’ve been pouring all of my networking energy into my new company, Control Alt Access. You can follow it from the Fediverse by following @ControlAltAccess@mastodon.social. See you there! :)
Finished reading: The Staircase in the Woods by Chuck Wendig 📚
This is your basic ghost/haunted house story, but it’s really good and I enjoyed the characters.
Finished reading: Never Flinch by Stephen King 📚
I really enjoyed this one. Constant readers who enjoyed Rose matter, Insomnia, Jerald’s Game, Delores claiborne and assorted short stories with strong women characters will like this one.
I took the Meta smartglasses to Disney’s Animal Kingdom last week. Aside from asking for detailed descriptions of scenes several times, I decided to try my hand at taking pics. Here’s a collage of the top 5.
After 5 days of running in circles and hard work to get out of those circles, I can now show off the next chapter in my life.
The last few days have been a whirlwind of setting up the new website and filing the paperwork to start my new company–Control Alt Access LLC. Watch this space for more details.
After 10 years, I’ve been layed off. I knew it was a bad idea to take medical leave, but it couldn’t be helped…
So after my GPT experience yesterday, I looked into their pro plan to get more live video time–it’s $200 a month–no way! I finally broke down and bought Meta Glasses. I want that live video feature available to me–always.
This is the video of me using ChatGPT to find a Monster energy drink at 7-Eleven. It didn’t upload yesterday.
I discovered ChatGPT’s new live video feature. I tried to use it to find a Monster energy drink at 7-eleven. Thought I’d found it, only to discovered I’d actually grabbed a dark beer. Wound up accidentally inebriated at work.
The adaptive services director at Florida Gulf Coast University and I used to joke about this one. FTR, we both think it’s awesome.
Fulfilling a fantasy with this one–Me and My Guide dragon.
<img src=“https://starshipchangeling.net/uploads/2025/85c78c40-f917-4497-9809-4384266958ab.jpeg" width=“400” height=“600” alt=“A cartoon-style digital illustration shows Changeling, wearing a pink polo shirt, walking through a lively amusement park while holding the harness handle of a green dragon. The dragon has orange wing flaps and is wearing a brown guide harness with a yellow sign that reads: “Please Don’t Pet Me. I’m working.” The park is filled with people, and attractions like a carousel, a roller coaster, and a Ferris wheel are visible in the background. At the bottom of the image is the caption: “ME AND MY GUIDE DRAGON.”">
I decided to revisit one of my original designs. I was able to unify the action more and the text is part of the picture.
A three-panel black-and-white comic strip. Panel 1 : A man in a button-down shirt casts a fishing line with intense focus. The line arcs toward a large globe next to him. The caption above reads, “He slang it forth…” Panel 2 : The fishing line continues looping around the Earth with motion lines emphasizing its swift travel. Panel 3 : The man looks surprised and mildly concerned as the hook of the fishing line snags the back of his shirt collar. The caption below reads, “And found themself.”
It was my first participation in an art show, and it was absolutely lovely to have over 3 years of effort validated. Not only were people interested in the process, they didn’t seem to mind that I use AI at all.See Something, Say Something and other pieces at the Sarasota Art Museum until May 31.
