The heart of my portfolio, the place where I show off my AI tinkering, tuning, and world-building, is the land of Tharendell. For anyone just tuning in: during my first semester of grad school, I took
Flux Hijinks
Up until about 72 hours ago, I was a die-hard Kandinsky fan. My go-to model for AI art. My trusty paintbrush in the digital realm.But somewhere between “almost good” and “why is this elf holding a toa
Midterms, Magic, and Making Progress
With midterms looming next week, I can’t promise a flood of new portfolio updates — but that doesn’t mean nothing’s happening behind the curtain. In fact, the gears have been grinding steadily on a fe
Horror Movies + Coding = A Great Saturday Night!
Before I get into the nitty-gritty of tonight’s bug-squishing and feature-tuning session, I have to talk about how I spent my evening — watching Macabre Theater with the legendary Ivonna Cadaver! I fi
Building the Portfolio, Leveling Up the NPCs, & Real-Time SysOp Chat
I’m in full upload mode over here—there’s a pile of work I want to get onto the site for you all to poke and prod. A couple of my papers are with professors right now for a sanity check on clarity and
NPC
The first set of AI-driven NPCs is up and ready to chat: https://babblebaz.com/npc-ai. They live in Tharendell, the fantasy world I’m building in public—and you’re invited to help. After you finish po
Dialing In: Welcome to My Portfolio
Flash back to 1992 — the sound of a modem screaming into the night, ANSI menus glowing in green and orange, and a BBS called Fantasy Uprising connecting the Houston metro scene one user at a time. Fas