Tag Archives: The Blognosticator

A grave assignment

Posted on March 5, 2025 by Brian Lawler

I am a lifelong friend and associate of Jim Eckford, who, with his wife Carlen, operate the Rancho Burro Donkey Sanctuary in Arroyo Grande, California. The sanctuary has been in business for over 20 years, and has been home to … Continue reading →

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The Smyth book sewing machine is an extraordinary device

Posted on March 4, 2025 by Brian Lawler

For over five years I have been working to restore a 1935 Smyth book sewing machine. You can read several posts on that topic here, mostly related to the mechanics of getting the machine running after a long dormancy, and … Continue reading →

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My giraffe in a jacket – more AI madness

Posted on February 12, 2025 by Brian Lawler

I’ve been experimenting with AI, and having considerable success. In previous blogs I wrote about my tremendous success with ChatGPT, with which I was able to convert printed text into editable text for a book I was trying to re-publish … Continue reading →

Posted in Adventures, Art, Artificial Intelligence, Photography, Photoshop techniques | Tagged AI-generated photos, Blognosticator, Brian Lawler, Giraffe in a Jacket, The Blognosticator | Leave a comment

I’m holding a building permit in my hand!

Posted on October 21, 2024 by Brian Lawler

This is the latest in my posts about building a new show building. Click here to go to the beginning of the story. After straightening out the issue of the Scenic Highway and Railroad Code, I was required to sign … Continue reading →

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Adventures with Artificial Intelligence images

Posted on October 13, 2024 by Brian Lawler

I have had considerable success with Artificial Intelligence tools. Most of my success has been inside Adobe Bridge and Photoshop, but I also have had tremendous success with Chat GPT for publishing a catalog from an out-of-print booklet. Click here … Continue reading →

Posted in Adventures, Art, Artificial Intelligence, Technology, Typography | Tagged AI Fill, AI-generated images, Blognosticator, Brian Lawler, Chat GPT, Generatile AI, Google Gemini, Microsoft Copilot, The Blognosticator | Leave a comment

Permit approved and rescinded!

Posted on October 11, 2024 by Brian Lawler

This is one of a series of posts about building a new shop building. To read the first of these posts, please click here. Each has links to the next. The Grading permit corrections document arrived the next week. That … Continue reading →

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AI Crop tool in new Photoshop is delightful

Posted on September 13, 2024 by Brian Lawler

In my previous two posts I have talked about features in the latest (currently beta) version of Photoshop that are worthy of your attention. This is another. Many (many!) times in my career I have wanted/needed a photo to have … Continue reading →

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This one is really impressive! AI noise reduction

Posted on August 2, 2024 by Brian Lawler

Yesterday I wrote about using the new AI Erase function in Adobe Camera Raw. You can read about that here. This past week I photographed the annual Festival Mozaic summer music festival. That involved 19 events in both San Luis … Continue reading →

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Another victory
for automated intelligence in photography

Posted on July 31, 2024 by Brian Lawler

A few weeks back I wrote about my success in working with ChatGPT to manage some very complex text, making it editable, and making it possible for me to re-publish two out-of-print catalogs of matrices for Linotype and Intertype machines. … Continue reading →

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The Linotype and Intertype catalogs

Posted on July 11, 2024 by Brian Lawler

In the previous post I described how I published these out-of-print booklets. These are links to the PDF versions of those publications. Please feel free to download them.

Posted in Gadgets, History, Printing and Printing Processes, Restoring antique printing machines, Technology, Typography | Tagged Blognosticator, Brian Lawler, Cal Poly, Intertype matrix, Intertype matrix catalog, Linotype matrix, Linotype matrix catalog, Shakespeare Press Museum, The Blognosticator | Leave a comment