Tag: Other Ducks

  • Stop Interacting With The Word Math Program

    Over on Tumblr, the “very functional webbed site” which is perpetually on the verge of falling completely apart, I don’t usually do more than reblog the occasional post, sometimes with a tag or so added, occasionally with actual commentary.

    One of the tags I use a lot lately? “#fuck genAI”

    Four rubber ducks styled to resemble boxy-type robots, in various colors.
    I would trust these duckies over the product of any given genAI algorithm.

    I recently added commentary to a post (one about the John Cena chatbot kerfuffle, if you’re curious) and thought, “You know what? I should store this on my own dingdanged website for posterity.” And so, somewhat reworked, here’s my official position on genAI garbage like ChatGPT and its ilk.

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  • Glass Ducky on a Gray Blanket

    Glass Ducky on a Gray Blanket

    How cool is having a solid glass “rubber” ducky? Very cool, that’s how. It’s nearly as heavy as Rusty, at least by comparison to the other plastic and light-ceramic ducks.

  • Pumpkin Duck on a Gray Blanket

    Pumpkin Duck on a Gray Blanket

    This photoshoot used most of the ducks that I keep in an under-the-bed storage bin, and while a lot of those ducks are Quacked Panes regulars, some are just random “seasonal” selections. Here’s one of those.

  • Pirate Duck on a Gray Blanket

    Pirate Duck on a Gray Blanket

    After years in the storage bins, these ducks got dusty and dingy. Cleaning them up for this photo shoot session took some work; you can tell that what this guy really needed was a proper bath and a scrubbing. The results are plenty sufficient for my purposes, honestly though.

  • Holiday Ducks on a Platform Made of LEGO

    Holiday Ducks on a Platform Made of LEGO

    My contribution to the holiday display at the old townhouse: A multi-level platform made of assorted LEGO parts, and some seasonal ducks.

    Originally posted to social media accounts on December 14th, 2014.