CRChris Ryan Parkerincandryan.dev·Mar 3, 2024 · 6 min readMeasure your ISP's service qualityMy home is only wired for access to two internet service providers, with the fastest download speed from one at 50 Mbps and the other at 500. Naturally, I use the faster option, but I rarely achieve the speeds I pay for, and that's while giving them ...00
CRChris Ryan Parkerincandryan.dev·Jul 7, 2023 · 12 min readCross stitch gets personalI married my best friend last summer (2022), after 2 postponements due to COVID-19. I've also dabbled with cross stitch during the pandemic, so I decided to memorialize our union with some needlework. I recommend the incredibly powerful web-based too...00
CRChris Ryan Parkerincandryan.dev·Jul 7, 2023 · 3 min readDiffusion in the CloudIn my last post, Diffusing Diffusion, I explored AI-generated images on a local machine with Easy Diffusion (ED). Then I got AUTOMATIC1111's Stable Diffusion WebUI (SD-WebUI) accessible from a Microsoft Azure ML Compute instance, thanks to Vlad Ilies...00
CRChris Ryan Parkerincandryan.dev·Jun 9, 2023 · 5 min readDiffusing DiffusionRecent advances in artificial intelligence allow us (humans) to turn text to image, including some very impressive artwork. Perhaps you've dabbled with DALL-E 2, Midjourney, or DreamStudio; and if so, I suspect you've pondered how to extend those pre...00
CRChris Ryan Parkerincandryan.dev·Jun 5, 2021 · 5 min readU.S. Senate Relative Political Positions (1789-present)The below animation portrays how the divisiveness/cohesion within Congress & within the major parties has changed over time. All credit for the data & associated plots goes to UCLA's Department of Political Science & their Voteview site, where the r...00
