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…
16 Mom dies. Claudia Joy Patterson Teare April 23, 2015
My name is Steve Teare. I’m the eldest of the four Teare children. In 1957, my family lived in Indiana. West Lafayette is on one side of the Wabash River. It’s home to Purdue University. My Dad was attending Purdue to get his doctorate degree in Agronomy. We lived in the university’s married-student apartments. That…
15 Life after Decagon
Three years ago, in the summer of 2011, I could sense I was the subject of not-so-secret meetings at Decagon. They had a new web developers on staff. He was getting all of the toys he desired and running free reign. I suspect this is because they felt they got a $120,000 per year employee…
#72 Website theming without the weight
25K page weight PagePipe.com — it can be done!
