Hosting Images Early in 2025, we primarily used NightCafe for our image generation, but later in the year we found incredible AI image generation through Gemini and Elder G‘s cousin, Sora. Here’s the wrap from NightCafe: A Word from Elder G WLBOTT: G, you are an honored member of WLBOTT, and an esteemed Elder. Perhaps […]
Before we get too far into this nonsense, let me say a couple of things: Journey of the Magenti The WLBOTT Elders, some of whom had never owned a “smart” phone nervously entered a T-Mobile store recently. We huddled like poor immigrants at T.S. Eliot Island, fearful of this unknown place with its strange customs, […]
We’ve asked the Elders to provide us with their favorite Windows Alt codes. Here’s mine: Since none of the elders responded, we asked Elder G to speculate on their favorite Alt codes. Some of our staff did take the task seriously…. Late breaking: Elder DZ reported his favorite Alt code, an Egyptian hieroglyph: Note 1 […]
Gentle People, if you are like the staff at WLBOTT, you probably spend several hours a day memorizing large prime numbers. Last night we came across a doozy…. 1000000000000066600000000000001 1-0000000000000-666-0000000000000-1 One, followed by 13 zeros, followed by 666, followed by 13 zeros, followed by a one. The number is also a palindromic prime (same forward […]
New Crescent series Next in the series We continue our series on The New Crescent – a Utopian agricultural community that resettles Palestine refuges in a peaceful, prosperous setting. We try to answer some basic questions: How much land? How much water? How much electricity? In our Utopia, Egypt has provided a […]
How much of our time and money is wasted because of crooks? Here’s today’s nonsense. Apparently I’ve sent myself a nastygram about my own web site. They attached an html file. Note the attempt at encryption – easy to convert, but I was losing interest at this point…. A couple of items of note: Recent […]
It is an exciting day! The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has just released its first images captured by the LSST Camera, the largest digital camera ever built at 3,200 megapixels Highlights of the release: Why this matters: What’s next: Why this is revolutionary: Feature Impact 3,200 MP camera Captures ultra-wide swaths of sky in remarkable detail Full-sky […]
Yesterday morning, I was checking out the Texas electrical grid (ERCOT), to see if the previous night’s snowfall was going to cause problems. Sally T. Intern braves the 1/4″ of snow this morning to get to her paying job. Her hard-currency income is essential for the day-to-day operational expenses of WLBOTT. The grid looks like […]
All WLBOTT employees (paid and unpaid) will be required to participate in a data logging experiment. Employees will wear a variety of data logging sensors for a 72 hour period. We will be measuring: Please note that this will be an international effort. [ed. note: although we are careful to only include family-friendly content, and […]
The Lunar Oxygen Viability Experiment NASA didn’t just let WLBOTT walk in the front door! We went thru a rigorous vetting process (similar to GQP cabinet position appointments). The goal is to create an oxygen-rich atmosphere with an air pressure similar to that at the top of Mt. Everest. How Much Oxygen is Required? As Elder G cheerfully suggests: […]