Amazon Polly is a text-to-speech service that uses advanced deep learning technologies to synthesize speech that sounds like a natural human voice. The service is available in over 60 languages and supports a variety of voices, including male and female voices, as well as regional accents and dialects. With Amazon Polly, developers can easily add…
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#31 Searching for the Perfect Page
Jan Tschichold (1902–1974) is a person of interest in the world of graphic design. He worked hard perfecting – or searching for perfection – in various project. One of my favorites was his creation of the Sabon type family in 1964. Tschichold was a typographer, book designer, teacher and writer. ONE OF THE THINGS I found fascinating about…
Self-hypnosis
“I am going to count from ten to one, and as I am counting, I want you to concentrate on becoming more comfortable and more relaxed. If at any moment, you feel like coughing, laughing, passing gas, scratching or moving in any way so that you are more comfortable than you currently are, do it.…
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Last Rocket
https://youtu.be/HPRaS6USdu0 ↑ Play the 4-minute trailer above. 3.3M file size. https://youtu.be/RW4nc9OcXyU ↑ Play the 4-minute trailer above. 6M file size. Last Rocket from Planet Longday [dropcap]R[/dropcap]ocket fuel stank up the air. Amazing it didn’t explode in the boiling heat. It evaporated too fast. I couldn’t smell the chemicals but I knew they were there. I…
Jelly Belly and Bone Magic
Jelly Belly and Bone Magic by Steve Teare, Christmas 2016 for my son, Brody and his son, Zelner. [dropcap]J[/dropcap]elly Belly knew the magic of bones. He kept a wishbone in a small drawer knowing someday he’d need that saved wish. But tonight he needed greater bone magic. Someone tossed another pine log into the campfire.…
Nailed © 2017 Steve Teare
Nailed – a murder mystery in 10 Acts. IT WAS SUMMER. Yet, her body was stiff and cold. A few police guards stood solemnly at the crime scene. The victim deposited face down on a marble floor; struck dead from behind. This is how a man snuffs out a woman, Lissette thought. The prey was…
#72 Website theming without the weight
25K page weight PagePipe.com — it can be done!
#71 Solving a color match problem
I and the client company’s marketing manager had to solve a color problem. The company logo was two colors: red and an orangish-yellow with black type set in Franklin Gothic Extrabold. The company built industrial aluminum molds for casting and forming products or packaging from foam, plastic, and other materials. 1. The company logo was originally…
#70 Calibrating color – don’t even try
I use 4 LCD screens and none of them are calibrated. They all render color differently. Two of them I bought used and bruised – on purpose. The other two on Cyber-Monday sale. I like it that way because it allows me to see the range of aberration the client may see – whether it’s for print or web…
