Derek Coward’s Noise

  • AI scribbles into images.

    AI scribbles into images.

    I found a new website called Scribble Diffusion, which can turn your scribbles into AI generated images. You have to use a combination of a scribble AND a prompt. I created one I call “Skeleton In A Suit.” Here’s the before scribble: And the after result: I also created a scribble called Diamond on Fire.…

  • One of my favorite posts from Reddit

    One of my favorite posts from Reddit

    I saw this on Reddit a while ago and saved it to my phone. I don’t even remember what subreddit it was originally from How can I make $250 today? My boss gave me and my 2 co-workers covid and I had no way of working for 2 weeks. I provide for my girlfriend and…

  • Oh, How Quickly I Forget…

    Oh, How Quickly I Forget…

    Wednesday Them: “Hi, Derek, we would like to do a phone interview with you tomorrow” Me: “That sounds good. Is 11:00 good with you?” Them: “Great, I look forward to talking with you.” Wednesday evening/Thursday morning I look up my contact and other employees on LinkedIn; the company’s profile on Glassdoor, Crunchbase, LinkedIn, and their…

  • The End of a Major Project

    The End of a Major Project

    Throughout the history of the Deliberate Noise Network, I have had to reconfigure how I was going to approach several projects, I have had to turn some over to others, and I have had to end a few completely. I have always hated to completely end projects. I guess that is why I have had…

  • California Soul

    California Soul

    I have spent this morning listening to a few different versions of the Nic Ashford & Valerie Simpson written soul classic ‘California Soul’ and have come up with the ranking of my favorites.

  • Top Five Favorite Heatwave Songs

    Top Five Favorite Heatwave Songs

    Always and Forever The Star of the Story Boogie Nights The Groove Line Mind Blowing Decisions

  • Overpowered Tools

    Overpowered Tools

    Have you ever used a powerful tool for something so mundane you almost feel guilty for using it? That’s my relationship with Visual Studio Code, a lightweight source code editor from Microsoft. This program can do a lot of things, but I only use it as a color picker for CSS. I didn’t use it…

  • Trump Taj Mahal Casino in Atlantic City is shutting down – The Atlantic

    Another Trump failure. I want to like this or laugh at the thought of another Trump property going down, but there are going to be 3,000 people who will directly lose their jobs because of this. That doesn’t include all of the vendors who will lose income because of this or the surrounding businesses who…

  • I’m Glad My Coworkers Understand My Sense of Humor 

    I’m Glad My Coworkers Understand My Sense of Humor 

    ​My coworker: Derek, we can put this project off a couple of weeks. What do you think? Me: I’m a morbidly obese hypertensive who could drop dead at any minute. I say we just get it over with. Other people on the meeting:  … My coworker: I thought you’d want to get it done ASAP.

  • Six Things Everyone Should Know About Quantum Physics – Forbes

    Six Things Everyone Should Know About Quantum Physics – Forbes

    When I was in high school, I made the decision to take business courses in the last two years I was trapped there. As a result, I didn’t have to take any advanced mathematics or science classes. Most of the time, I don’t regret that choice. Every now and then I come across an article…