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 It's my latest video with some tech ideas on using Gimp for video processing.

 

 

Understanding Human Relationships With The Wuxing Philosophy

This article is about Chinese astrology.

Wuxing is the cycle of life explained with the 12 zodiac entities of Chinese astrology combined with 5 elements. The elements have a 'creative' or 'generative' effect on the next element as they proceed every 2 years along the 12 year cycle of the Chinese zodiac. 

For example, 2026 is the year of the fire horse and next year is the fire sheep. The fire element creates the following 2 years of the earth monkey and earth rooster. This 'creation' cycle goes on forever changing every 2 years. This cycle is 'generative' but there is also a 'destructive' cycle.

For example. My father was born the year of the water dog and my mother the year of the fire rabbit. Water destroys fire and my parents divorced. The element that 'destroys' seems to neutralize the other element. These creative and destructive forces control human affairs.

Another example. Donald Trump is the year of the fire dog and Melania is the year of the metal dog. He controls that relationship. If these elements were reversed Melania would control Donald.

The 12 Chinese zodiac animals equates to the orbit of Jupiter around the Sun and multiplied by the 5 elements gives a 60 year cycle. That is the orbit of Saturn around the Sun. This astrology is driven by the 'gas giants' of the Solar System. 60 years is considered a complete cycle for human life. If over 60 you start the cycle again.  

Wall Of Fractal Featuring LATP Audio

 

It's been many moons since my last fractal video but I'm often rendering them. Still using Mandelbulbe 2 for the fractals and Gimp/G'MIC/GEGL and python scripts. Have been experimenting with 'layering' the fractal animation streams. AUDIO. Music by @ LATP Audio - Heartbeat Beneath the Leaves Copyright Free Dub - Reggae    • LATPaudio - Heartbeat Beneath the Leaves |...   music generated by AI

How To Power-Up A Winegard WiFi On A Jayco RV

I discovered how to do this after seeing a lot of people searching for how to do it. Winegard makes a type of aerial mounted on the roof of RV's and campervans. They look like this.

Above. There is an LED under the cover to the right of the SIM slot. If this is not lit any color then the 'Connect 2.0' is not getting 12V power. On earlier Jayco caravans there was a 'WiFi' switch in the van. Later campervans have no wifi switch.

Above. The control panel. 'Light 3' is on and we gave it a radio telescope icon. It also enables lights in the camper. This is because the Winegard draws little power and these light switches really enable physical light switches. I found light switch 1 or 3 will power-up the Winegard on my RV.

You Don't Need to Take One Apart But We Did

Above. This is what's inside a Winegard dome. 2 cell phone antennas and 2 wifi antennas connected to a main board and a break-out board. A single +12V and ground goes into the unit. All data is handled by wifi. I bought a cheap, second-hand unit on Ebay just to activate it on the bench.

Setting-Up a Winegard Cell Phone to Wifi Network

In Australia I used a Telstra pre-paid 4G/5G SIM card. I followed the manual that comes with this unit. You can use a mobile or a laptop - they both work. I found the web browser method easier. Once it's powered-on you can detect and log-in to the wifi network but use the correct password. There is a unique password for each unit. The LED changes color from solid red, yellow, blinking green and finally solid green.

Once the wifi is detected turn off and install the SIM card. Reboot and enable the cell phone network as it's internet source. The manual has some out dated pages here but I used a 'single internet source'. After the cellular network is working I downloaded and installed the software update. There was nothing special about detecting the Telstra SIM card.

Why Do This?

Good question. Once 5G has been rolled-out across Australia the mobile or cell phone network will compete with satellite-based internet. The mobile network has broad use and acceptance in Australia. That means more money is available for further development. Many people like using laptops in their camper rather than mobiles and these units simplify wifi internet in your camper.

In Memory Of Andrew The Desert Drifter

I started watching Andrew's YouTube channel in 2024. He explored and filmed the vast deserts and empty canyons of the US South West. He had a strong focus on anthropology and archaeology which is why I liked his videos. There was also the landscape itself. I don't think his channel was old, just a year or so.

Then in January this year (2025) his videos stopped forever. Andrew was killed in a car accident.

 

I removed the link to Andrew's channel from this site after awhile because it would never be updated. Andrew's wife and family found his cameras in his wrecked car. There was video on them and they made 2 more clips. The first has been uploaded and I'm watching it now.

Into the Unknown: The Desert Drifter's Final Voyage (Part 1)

 

How Russia Got The Atom Bomb

 

 

 

I Test Covid Positive A Week Before Xmas

Around the longest day of the year I go shopping to a major town to buy stuff not available in a small town. I haven't been wearing a mask for quite awhile although I carry one in my pocket. A few days later and I'm feeling like a case of the flu with some weird neurological effects. Sure enough:-

At this point isolating is pretty obvious because I don't feel like doing anything or going anywhere. A friend says he got over it 'in a couple of days' except he's a lot younger than me. I decide to phone the health department to see how long it takes to get over it. They tell me to have a phone consultation with a doctor within 2 hours. This seems a bit extreme but I am in my 70's so I ring the next day. I keep waiting to self recover but it's not happening.

A local doctor phones back and tells me he will prescribe anti-virals that can be picked-up from a local chemist but not by me. My partner picks them-up for me but now she is not in a good way with covid symptoms. The next day she tests positive.

The anti-virals take a couple of days to make me feel better. They work by making the virus produce faulty copies of itself. It feels like the pro-covid and anti-covid forces are having a battle in my body. I keep doing a bit of work but my brain really is not up to complex tasks.

About a week later I test negative:-

Now it's time for me to pick-up anti-virals for her. I feel bad I spread covid to my partner because we have avoided it for 4 years. I was also a vaccination behind the recommended dose because all my covid shots were in my left arm. My left arm seized-up and it took over a year to get it working again. Thanks bat munchers.

The Verdict?

I'm pissed-off humans have colonized this planet to the point they are either eating bats or developing bat bio-weapons. How much of what is actually happening do we even know about? Russia, North Korea and China are not going to announce what bio weapons they have developed. I'm pissed-off at dictators that hide behind the smokescreen of communism to oppress and control their populations.

Internal Xmas Decorations

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Animation Using Ofnuts Processing Graphic

 

Above. This is the graphic coded by ofnuts using the  Processing app.

 

Above. The same image animated with G'MIC Continuous Droste coded by souphead. I made a gmic batch script to automate Droste animations.