BlogHide Reblurtsleifasaur in # blurtart • 2 years ago • 4 min readExploring AI Images Part 3: Continuation of the Afrofuturistic hotels by countryBack with some AI exploration. In the last post in this series, I shared how I have been using some AI generated images as part of an email marketing campaign to hotels in my local in Ghana. This brought forth the idea of making Afrofuturist hotels for different countries in Africa inspired by culture and design themes or history in those…leifasaur in # travelandeveryday • 2 years ago • 3 min readFirst Day Back In MunichTechnically not our first day in Munich because we flew into Munich a few weeks earlier in our trip but left on a train the very next day. This is a recount of the first full day of our 10-day visit to Munich. Dzigbori's sister was kind enough to host us. She is also a professional cook so there were a lot of good eats throughout our trip.…leifasaur in # beachlife • 2 years ago • 6 min readHoly Crapolla what a hikeContinuing with the Europe saga from over the summer today we will be taking a hike. I was looking for hikes around where we were staying at Sant Agata on the top of the mountain over Sorrento. I found one that basically took off from the doorstep of our Airbnb and went straight down to the sea. The place is called Crapolla Cove. The route…reblurteddannicomnet in # introduction • 2 years ago • 1 min readIntroductionDannicomnet to blurt familyreblurteddannicomnet in # drying • 2 years ago • 2 min readDrying Cocoa Beans in GhanaUnlike other origin countries where cocoa is dried by mechanical heating process, the Ghanaian farmer dries his produce using natural methodleifasaur in # blurtafrica • 2 years ago • 6 min readWhat happened to @leifasaur? Can I make posting and curation a habit again?It has been about 9 months since I have been active on Blurt. It has been a busy 9 months full of ups and downs. It looks like it has been that way for Blurt also and now I have a lot to catch up on and learn and see how to incorporate communities into my Blurt practice. Above is a picture from this past weekend from a family funeral we…leifasaur in # blurtlife • 3 years ago • 8 min readLarge Language Model AI Training(actual picture of my dashboard and earnings. Don't pay attention to the accuracy scores they are actually not correct) In my last post a few weeks ago I indicated that I have been spending a lot of my time working for a company doing AI training as remote work. This is one of the primary reasons I have not been on Blurt as much. In the…leifasaur in # blurtafrica • 3 years ago • 3 min readWhere have I been?Well, I haven't forgotten about Blurt but I have been truly absent for about a month and for a month before that I was only on blurt and curating a couple of days a week. So what happened? There was a lot going on. At the end of May, I added some part-time work to my schedule doing some AI model training that paid pretty well. By doing that…leifasaur in # travel • 3 years ago • 5 min readA photo hike down the Rose Valley | Cappadocia, TurkeyI have done a previous post where I just gloss over the whole of the Cappadocia region. This time we are going to go on a real photo hike down the Rose Valley above Gorme. This whole region in the central part of Turkey is known for a very interesting formation of sand stone. Along with the natural beauty people have also carved into them for…leifasaur in # blurt • 3 years ago • 2 min readThe Ballard Locks, SeattleSome years back i went to Seattle where my sister lives for her wedding. She lives in an area of Seattle called Ballard. At the bottom of the hill is a park and a place called the Ballard Locks. I can actually vaguely remember this place from when I was a kid. I think I eat at a restaurant along the locks at some point when I was a kid.…leifasaur in # blurtafrica • 3 years ago • 2 min readCape Spartel Lighthouse MoroccoAbout 12 km to the West of Tangiers Morocco is a beautiful lighthouse about 1000 feet above the water of the Atlantic Ocean at the entrance to the straights of Gibraltar. It has been in operation since 1864 and probably has saved many sailors lives as it is the opening of one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world. Before the lighthouse…leifasaur in # blurtafrica • 3 years ago • 4 min readConstruction of a Grey Water CesspitMost grey water is sent straight to the open gutters that run on each side of the road in Ghana. These gutters then flow into bigger gutters and then into rivers, or into lagoons and then the sea. You can imagine how bad some of these smell. In Ghana urine is also mostly considered grey water along with a lot of industrial run off. Black…leifasaur in # blurtafrica • 3 years ago • 2 min readVolta Lake Side Tilapia IndustryVolta Lake was the worlds largest man made lake from when it was completed in 1966 until the recent completion of the 3 Gorges dam in China. The surface of the lake takes up 8,500 sq km at about 3.6% of the overall land in Ghana. When it was made about 80,000 people had to be relocated. In 1965 that was 1% of the entire population of…leifasaur in # travel • 3 years ago • 5 min readA rainy day at the Topkapı Palace, Istanbul(The Gate of Salutation) Soon after conquered Constantinople from the Roman's Sultan Mehmed started rearranging his new possession. Topkapi palace started construction a few years after Constantinople fell around 1460ad. It was initially just known as the new palace. It became his residence, administrative head quarters and home to his harem…leifasaur in # blurtafrica • 3 years ago • 2 min readMud and Stick Mosques of Northern GhanaThere are about 8 historic mud and stick Sudanese style mosques in Northern Ghana. The above one is the Larabanga mosque. It is said to be the oldest dating back to 1421. It also has a very old Koran that was said to be given from the heavens in about 1560. The Larabanga mosque came to be from a traveler who slept next to a mystic stone in…leifasaur in # blurtafrica • 3 years ago • 3 min readBoutique Paradise Beach Resort in Western GhanaIn the past I have written about the Nzulezu Stilt Village in Ghana. This is where people live in a whole community built on stilts over the lake. As you can imagine sanitation and comfort are not big there so staying the night is not the best option for travelers to stay the night at the stilt village. It is important to get an early…leifasaur in # blurtafrica • 3 years ago • 3 min readThe highest inhabited community in GhanaAmadzofe is a community in the mountians to the North of Ho in the Volta Region of Ghana. It is the highest inhabited village in Ghana at right above 600 meters. The road winds up the valley to the village. The village sits at the base of Mt. Gemi. This stands for the German Evangilical Mission Institute I believe. This area of Ghana…leifasaur in # blurtafria • 3 years ago • 11 min readHall of Fame, my highest rewarded posts throughout timeI thought it would be fun to do a run down of some of my highest paid posts throughout time. Next month will be 2 years now that I have been on blurt. It has been a learning experience, and maybe not as lucrative as I had hopped at first for now, but with the current value of my account being around $2,200 it is not completely a waste either.…leifasaur in # blurtafrica • 3 years ago • 4 min readVDublife Camping TripA few years back I organized a camping trip with 4 friends and myself. One of my friends has a VW Westfalia Camper Van and I have a VW Double cab. The idea was to do some car camping and just have fun for a few days. From Accra we went north up into the mountains near Aburi. We stopped at Aburi botanical gardens and did some lunch out of the…leifasaur in # blurtafrica • 3 years ago • 3 min readThe Tallest waterfall in West AfricaWli Falls in Ghana is said to be the tallest and the highest waterfall in West Africa. It has both an upper and lower falls. It is located about 20km from Hohoe in the Volta Region of Ghana. This is very close to the Togo border. Wli falls locally is called Agumanse which means let me flow. The day that I visited started in the village…
