Turn Your Weather into Poetry with GenAI

I was struggling to get some real, productive work done (I just got back from a trip in Europe) and I thought I’d tackle something that’s been in my queue for a little while now. This is, yet again, one of my "bad ideas" that you should probably not ever use in production, but it was fun, it made me happy, and you get to see the kind of silliness I do when I’m trying to distract myself. The idea was simple – given a forecast, how well could generative AI transform it into something more fun, like poetry? As I usually do, I opened up Google’s AI Studio and tried it there first. I began with a system instruction: Given a forecast, rewrite it in poetry. Return... more →
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This Android app will turn your wallpaper into a live map of your location – The Verge

This Android app will turn your wallpaper into a live map of your locationThe VergeThere's a new Android app called Skyline that will turn your current location into your wallpaper, as first spotted by Lifehacker. Skyline uses 3D terrain data from Mapbox to show either your current location or specific coordinates to create …and more » map app – Google News… more →
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Turn Your Smartphone into an Eclipse Tool Kit with Essential Apps – Space.com

Space.com Turn Your Smartphone into an Eclipse Tool Kit with Essential AppsSpace.comGoogle users can add custom layers to their Android mapping app. Here's how to add two especially useful layers — the path of totality and the live traffic inside the path. (Note that there is some uncertainty along the edges of the path, so you'll …FREE eBook:Sky & TelescopeA new app is designed to help blind people enjoy the solar eclipseMashableThe best apps for watching the total solar eclipseCNETSILive.com –Albany Times Union –The Week Magazine –NASA/JPL Edu Newsall 4,978 news articles » map app – Google News… more →
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