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Here’s an experiment inspired by some pottery with a crystal glaze.  I start with a single pixel and simulate crystal growth, adding new pixels next to old pixels.  I introduce a bit of randomness in the color to give some variation.  At the same time, if I add a new pixel next to two old pixels, I blend the colors of the old pixels to get the new pixel.  The randomness and blending cancel each other to some extent, giving me a palette of related colors (an analogous color scheme, in art-speak).

I add black (reduce the color values) based on elapsed time, giving a bit of a border to the crystal.

Make Beliefs Comix is a tool for making comic strips. It’s pretty good, but it has some limitations, like not being able to shorten the dialog bubbles to match the dialog. It also doesn’t let you upload your own backgrounds (I added the framed art in the right panel with Paint.Net).

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You’ll need to expand the video to full screen to make this work.  This has possibilities.  Maybe if I tape an X on my bathroom mirror, I can make my own head disappear.

Reader jde sends a link to Fancy Fast Food.  These people took two Burrito Supremes and a Soft Taco and turned them into tortellini:

Think outside the tortilla. Carefully unwrap the Burrito Supremes and soft taco, and extract their stuffings in a bowl. Carefully rinse off each of the tortillas, and then briefly steam them in a steamer to soften and moisten them. Then lay each tortilla on a cutting board and cut circles in it using a small circular cookie cutter, or simply an empty tin can measuring around 2 1/2” in diameter. Take the filling and put a small amount in each small tortilla circle, then fold it in half and pinch it into a tortellini shape. The moisture should keep it sticky enough to stay put. Pile the tortellinis on a plate. Next, cut open and pour the contents of the sauce packets in a measuring cup, then generously drizzle the sauce over the tortellini. Garnish with parsley and serve with Sierra Mist in a wine glass.

Fast food trades quality for convenience.    If you put a lot of effort into turning fake Mexican food into fake Italian food, you have neither quality nor convenience, just a piece of Ironic Culinary Performance Art.

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