What this is and is not: These are my test performance numbers for processing a 60Mb TIF photo file in both Topaz Denoise AI and Topaz Sharpen AI on my late 2018 Mac Mini. I tested using the three different settings available in each application: processing with just the CPU; processing using eGPU; and processing…
“A garden to walk in and immensity to dream in–what more could he ask? A few flowers at his feet and above him the stars.” ― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables https://meanderingpassage.com//wp-content/uploads/images/2020/06/EBM-20200606133529.jpg Gladiolus Gladiolus (from Latin, the diminutive of gladius, a sword) is a genus of perennial cormous flowering plants in the iris family (Iridaceae). …
https://meanderingpassage.com//wp-content/uploads/images/2020/06/EBM-20200606141602-2.jpg This period certainly seems to be the “days-of-change.” Powerful protests for BLM continue (Day 12) and are maturing with large, ethnically diverse, and more peaceful crowds. These demonstrations against injustice and racial bias are happening not only nationally but globally as well. Hopefully, some real changes will come from this, and also hopefully people…
…or also known as the Chinese Silk Tree or Silk Tree in the United States. https://meanderingpassage.com//wp-content/uploads/images/2020/06/EBM-20200601082533-1-1200×800.jpg On our regular morning walks Maggie and I follow a path which includes walking along the edge of the woods. Almost buried under larger trees and vines is a Mimosa (Albizia julibrissin) tree which is in beautiful bloom just…
“We mostly see what we have learned to expect to see.” ― Betty Edwards, Color: A Course in Mastering the Art of Mixing Colors https://meanderingpassage.com//wp-content/uploads/images/2020/05/EBM-20200527084831-1200×800.jpg There’s not been a lot of variety in day-to-day activities during this pandemic countermeasure period. An average day consists of getting-up, taking the dog out, feeding the dog, drinking coffee &…
“Spring work is going on with joyful enthusiasm.” ― John Muir, The Wilderness World of John Muir https://meanderingpassage.com//wp-content/uploads/images/2020/05/EBM-20200523090032-1200×800.jpg While Maggie enthusiastically sniffed among the grass and trees, I managed to make this quick photo of nature’s work still bearing the raindrops from yesterday evening’s storm. Now that I’m past the worst of my spring…