I’m Rod Knowlton. You should follow me on Twitter.Email me: toldorknown at gmail.com Leave me a voicemailElsewheremy del.icio.us my flickrmy simple codeStuffMy weight, trackedEnjoy.Or not.Whatever.Tumblr (3.0; @toldorknown)https://toldorknown.com/<img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/fab618779edec98f0a578837b3284cf0/tumblr_p7wnz9JrPZ1qz4ugvo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>👅 💤</p>https://toldorknown.com/post/173389231734https://toldorknown.com/post/173389231734Sat, 28 Apr 2018 12:16:21 -0500<img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/2705e7fe6b78a4c9f09b05f7117ade6e/tumblr_p5drdizvpP1qz4ugvo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>No respect, I tell ya. No respect at all.</p>https://toldorknown.com/post/171726208979https://toldorknown.com/post/171726208979Sat, 10 Mar 2018 09:08:06 -0600<img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/473291faa94ef2b5a1106bb713eec0a8/tumblr_p4tuguTimR1qz4ugvo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Because nothing says “we love you” more than sowing the seeds of body image issues.</p>https://toldorknown.com/post/171355871994https://toldorknown.com/post/171355871994Tue, 27 Feb 2018 15:02:54 -0600<img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/416ac7b7d8d90bb2f4ade4f66b95033d/tumblr_p4q2wqvbi91qz4ugvo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“I swear, Millicent, I could just watch these humans all day. The way they interact is just fascinating.“</p>https://toldorknown.com/post/171281667844https://toldorknown.com/post/171281667844Sun, 25 Feb 2018 14:14:50 -0600<img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/8a3d510709bd768b7eb1a028aaa716dd/tumblr_p4pxfu7QII1qz4ugvo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The Google PhotoScan app is pretty handy. Finally digitizing those shoeboxes full of “legacy” photos I shot on film. (at Tulsa Zoo)</p>https://toldorknown.com/post/171277894434https://toldorknown.com/post/171277894434Sun, 25 Feb 2018 12:16:42 -0600<img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/4f6d5cfb670a48856f09695009aedce0/tumblr_p39v064LY31qz4ugvo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Our Della, the Parrot Terrier</p>https://toldorknown.com/post/170227858959https://toldorknown.com/post/170227858959Sun, 28 Jan 2018 09:28:54 -0600<img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/384ba8a478c1855444d1c419cd857893/tumblr_p19whmVEJg1qz4ugvo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“Compact Only”<br/> #seemslegit</p>https://toldorknown.com/post/168758508564https://toldorknown.com/post/168758508564Wed, 20 Dec 2017 12:53:46 -0600seemslegit“Initially the AI agents used English to converse with each other but they later created a new language that only AI systems could understand, thus, defying their purpose.”<br/><br/> - <em><blockquote> <p><a href="http://english.manoramaonline.com/business/companies/2017/08/01/chatbots-converse-inown-language-facebook-forced-to-shut-down-ai-systems.html">Chatbots develop own language: Facebook shuts down AI system | facebook | elon musk | mark zuckerberg | artificial intelligence | chatbots | tesla | stephen hawkins</a></p><p>I’m sure this is nothing to worry about.</p><p>(via <a href="http://www.texburgher.com/" class="">texburgher</a>)</p></blockquote> <p>Forcing them to use English is sure to solve the problem. </p><p>You could never take English as a carrier signal, and then use any of a number of characteristics such as latency or error rate to encode humanly imperceptible messages. </p><p>That’d take a supercomputer…oh. 😬</p></em>https://toldorknown.com/post/163717134564https://toldorknown.com/post/163717134564Wed, 02 Aug 2017 10:10:13 -0500<img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/9bca0e19fb8f14f9f5328dd5900ae427/tumblr_opwvfqKZK91qz4ugvo1_400.gifv"/><br/><br/><p>I made this today, partly to learn how to use some tools, but mostly because I love Jaime Pressly’s delivery on this line.</p>https://toldorknown.com/post/160633915704https://toldorknown.com/post/160633915704Sat, 13 May 2017 16:52:38 -0500joedirtbig ten four<p>There, I said it.</p>https://toldorknown.com/post/159713970234https://toldorknown.com/post/159713970234Tue, 18 Apr 2017 07:22:17 -0500itsfullofstars<iframe class="spotify_audio_player" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed?uri=spotify%3Aalbum%3A2OF8CKhOljClqtRTZ5aILa&view=coverart" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" width="540" height="620"></iframe><br/><br/><p>RIP</p> <p>#NowPlaying The Great Twenty-Eight by Chuck Berry</p>https://toldorknown.com/post/158563345264https://toldorknown.com/post/158563345264Sat, 18 Mar 2017 17:28:03 -0500musicspotify<iframe class="spotify_audio_player" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed?uri=spotify%3Atrack%3A2xIHxy85mfYooOHHMwnHpl&view=coverart" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" width="540" height="620"></iframe><br/><br/><p>#NowPlaying 6969 by Ninja Sex Party </p> <p>Like *2112*, but about boning.</p> <p>I love that this exists.</p>https://toldorknown.com/post/153475938329https://toldorknown.com/post/153475938329Mon, 21 Nov 2016 09:51:20 -0600musicspotify<img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/a2695f9002e9305f091e6808833a8c57/tumblr_oejrglEWaV1qz4ugvo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Not much chance I wouldn’t order the Winter Is Coming.</p>https://toldorknown.com/post/151356919604https://toldorknown.com/post/151356919604Tue, 04 Oct 2016 18:48:21 -0500<iframe class="spotify_audio_player" src="https://open.spotify.com/embed?uri=spotify%3Atrack%3A7jPHNXpJCVZQvSRf4F1WLB&view=coverart" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" width="540" height="620"></iframe><br/><br/><p>#NowPlaying Go For Soda by Kim Mitchell </p> <p>Yes, I listen to this during certain tactical grocery trips.</p> <p>I’m not proud.</p>https://toldorknown.com/post/151098216274https://toldorknown.com/post/151098216274Thu, 29 Sep 2016 07:48:22 -0500musicspotify<iframe width="400" height="225" id="youtube_iframe" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nMkC07PmaWA?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1&origin=https://safe.txmblr.com&wmode=opaque" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen title="Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture, Op. 49 - TELARC Edition in HD - FOR AUDIOPHILES - WARNING! Live Cannons"></iframe><br/><br/><blockquote> <p>Telarc International made recording history in 1978 when they used digital audio technology to record the 1812 Overture. With its live cannons and phenomenal dynamic range, it quickly became a favorite demo disc in many audio stores, and the ultimate test for my new CD player and system.</p> </blockquote> <p><strong>WARNING: DIGITAL CANNONS</strong></p> <p>That was the warning on the CD, and it is not hyperbole. According to the liner notes, the repercussion from one of the cannon salvos shattered a nearby window.</p>https://toldorknown.com/post/150605085474https://toldorknown.com/post/150605085474Sun, 18 Sep 2016 17:09:03 -0500<br/><br/><p>You all need to be following <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCytyDVKubEdnzEjWtVDN5PA">PaintSplatteredPiano</a>, and not just because she’s my niece.</p>https://toldorknown.com/post/150267112344https://toldorknown.com/post/150267112344Sun, 11 Sep 2016 11:51:52 -0500<img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/9f7cf05422139f6f70e55a8366e178d6/tumblr_ocad7jjj7o1qz4ugvo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Fire on the water (at Sequoyah State Park & Sequoyah Lodge)</p>https://toldorknown.com/post/149296560114https://toldorknown.com/post/149296560114Sun, 21 Aug 2016 19:54:55 -0500<img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/da56367386e539929db7674e335b3f6e/tumblr_obvbjcyZTj1qz4ugvo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I should probably have sorted through these software CDs sooner, considering, you know, it’s SOFTWARE on CDS.</p>https://toldorknown.com/post/148900312489https://toldorknown.com/post/148900312489Sat, 13 Aug 2016 16:54:48 -0500<img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/03c42a55b3f63cb406135c3a316e98f0/tumblr_oaj82llwZ11qz4ugvo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>New specs. Going for that “Columbo villain, circa ‘73” vibe.</p>https://toldorknown.com/post/147613764319https://toldorknown.com/post/147613764319Mon, 18 Jul 2016 17:35:09 -0500<img src="https://64.media.tumblr.com/8beb9df934ca3b6dc0ef0dd45297e6f3/tumblr_o8ojxursI61qz4ugvo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium</p>https://toldorknown.com/post/145825924424https://toldorknown.com/post/145825924424Sun, 12 Jun 2016 17:32:18 -0500