Heather Buchel

@heather-buchel.com

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Sr. Front-end Engineer, Accessibility. Aggressive keyboard navigation tester. Fighter of bright ideas. Hater of delight. MMO gamer. Brooklyn. she/her. Opinions are my own. Masto: https://hachyderm.io/@hbuchel Web: https://heather-buchel.com

A page from the eye of the world, the wheel of time by Robert Jordan which reads: To Harriet Heart of my heart, Light of my life, Forever.
A white pit mix looking slightly off skew from the camera with just the tip of her tongue sticking out
A black bow laying on top of a keyboard. The hair at one end has come completely un glued from the bow and is separated.
A black electric violin sitting in a blue violin case with a pair of cheap thin headphones
4 music books laying on a wooden floor including kreutzer's forty two studies or caprices, wohlfahrt's sixty studies for the violin book 1, and introducing the positions volume 1 and 2 from Harvey s. Whistler
The text: which is more thrifty? Followed by two painted chickens. One is very rotund, and the other is very slender, in a walking pose
A white with gray markings Staffy/pit mix laying on a mustard colored sofa with her big face pointed right at the camera.
A still from the Liadrin animated short, All that is sacred. Liadrin's father, eyes raised to the sky, is crying out against a swirling dark blood red backdrop, with the caption: [screams]
Kyrian Aspirant says: The bells of Bastion will calm your soul. Listen, and be at peace. Image of Greeter Mnemis says: The vespers of Bastion are no ordinary instruments. Their voices bolster the spirit and draw forth the lingering burdens of one's former life.
Screenshot from in game World of Warcraft. A player is flying on a winged mount over Bastion. Bastion is covered in golden rolling hills, teal and purple trees. Set against a backdrop of a pretty blue sky with soft white fluffy clouds and towering castle like structures just slightly obscured, floating in the sky in the distance.
A button that says "Catch up" which has an activated tooltip that also says "Catch up"
An excerpt from the Silmarillion: Then he looked upon their glory and their bliss, and envy was in his heart; he looked upon the Children of Ilúvatar that sat at the feet of the Mighty, and hatred filled him; he looked upon the wealth of bright gems, and he lusted for them; but he hid his thoughts, and postponed his vengeance.
A popover from Glean that reads "Glean can generate images now Let's see how it works: we'll make an image of the animal that best represents your work style." with four AI generated illustrations of a giraffe, a dolphin, an eagle, and a fish.
a house with peaked roofs, set infront of an autumnal forest background and pink and orange sunset skies. The front of the house is covered in stone and purple and dusky green trees. Fountains set amongst the trees glow with a subtle blue and green color. Dusky pink flowers are scattered amongst the trees and house.
Two AI sparkle buttons in a blank Google Doc. The first says "Generate document", the second "Help me write", followed by the usual Google doc cursor options for "Templates" and "More".
A bar backlit with purple, pink, and blue lighting. On the bar counter are catering trays full of food and plates. Lining the bar are people filling their plates. A tin roof with vintage bar lights hang overhead.
A staffy mix 1 year old, mostly white with gray markings around her face and ears, curled up on a knit gray blanket
Screenshot of the Google Drive UI which has an Ask Gemini toggle at the top. Expanding it shows three options: Summarize this shared drive, Ask about this shared drive, Light highs and lows of each file
Line of HTML code from the Chrome devtools inspect element tab which is being hovered over which causes an AI help button to show in the bottom right of the line of code
Several pieces of art and stickers laying on cardboard shipping material, mainly a large airbrushed jack-o-lantern against a blue sky with spooky ghosts around it, and a pixel drawing of a woman with blue hair and pink lips' the rest of her face is obscured
A druid in bat form in the game World of Warcraft. It's basically a big ugly bat with really long fangs, long pointy upright ears, and long claws on its feet.
A series of 5 icons, all various shades of blue, purple, and rainbow colored. All with ambiguous icons/shapes, and they all open the photo in another program (from left to right: Copilot, browse, edit with designer, clipchamp, and onedrive)
2 liter bottle of red cranberry ginger ale canady dry
Screenshot of the Github UI that has a sparkle emoji and a link that says "Try the new experience" next to the Edit button and Code dropdown menu.
A black tshirt with white text that says Destroy AI alongside an illustration of a character beheading a robot that is laying in a pile of green go, the character is holding up the robots head with wires dangling out.
A still from the cinematic in the original post. Lorthemar and Liadrin are leading the charge of an army of soliders who are wearing gold, silver and white armor.
An excerpt from a clickable item in World of Warcraft called "I have Become Void!" which reads: I can't hold you. Not for thousands of years. I see you every day and you are covered in those wraps. I've forgotten your face. I've forgotten my face. I'm just a mask. Was I always a mask? What was ever me? Are you still you? Is the energy you? I don't think so.
A brindle dog, laying on her side with her head snuggled on top of a cream colored pillow, her eyes are mostly shut.
A limoncello spritz in a large wine glass. Its a pale yellow drink with large lemon slice on the rim. Behind it is a blue and aqua backlit bar.
An android push notification that reads: talk things out live with Gemini. Go live to have more natural chats by voice. Now available free of charge.
A distressed gray T-shirt with old computers and icons from the 1990/2000 computer era on it that also reads webmaster in yellow and orange gradient text.
A black pepper shaker but there is only one hole in the lid, compared to a salt shaker which has many holes.
A close up of a tomato plant with one tiny green tomato growing on it.
A brindle staffy mix dog curled up against a quilted pillow and tucked in with a gray blanket. Just her head is poking out of the blanket.
Coco gauff the tennis player holding a big trophy cup because she's amazing
Bullet point from game update notes that reads "Trash system"
A book, the wheel of time, the eye of the world, by Robert Jordan, laying on a soft white quilt.
A white plate with large mozzarella sticks on it. They are sprinkled with Parmesan cheese and come with a side of marinara.
An email subject line that reads "Exciting Opportunity to Rejoin AWS/Amazon team"
A small white hanging pot with a very dead looking mint plant in it. It is basically down to a dry, brittle looking brown/gray stem with a few sticks poking out.
My brindle staffy, Pepper, looking slightly off center into the camera.
A leaning bench? In the west 4th subway station. It's a bench you can lean against, but not really sit on.
The storefront of a restaurant from the game Fast Food Simulator with a bright orange sign that reads "Wendy's But Stupid"
Miriel from Rings of Power. She is wearing a golden crown with what looks like golden coral on each side. She has on a scaled chest piece in various shades of blue, with a large golden emblem I'm the center. This is the scene where she's talking to Elindil about keeping an eye on Galadriel.
Screenshot of a tabbed UI. There are 6 tabs visible with names like "March 20th Line up" but the problem is they are all crammed into a small space so each tab name is split into 4-6 lines because there is only room for 3 letters in a line.
A plate of corned beef, roasted potatoes, carrots and cabbage covered in a cream sauce.
Two pints of Guinness in glasses with the Guinness label on them on top of a wooden bar with liquor and chips in the background.
A michelada in a pint glass with tajin and a lime on the rim
Screenshot from WoW: In the foreground two wooden palm trees that look like stage props are on either side of a lamp post made out of pipes. Behind them, you can see buildings in the city lit up by spotlights. Above are wooden clouds and a yellow wooden sun that look bolted to the top of the dome that surrounds the city underground.
Screenshot from WoW: two trash barrels full of magical looking weapons, including Ashbringer, sit amongst a heap of trash. A glowing blue staff lays on the ground that has a glowing blue halo with runes.
Screenshot from WoW: a back alley where goblins are selling drinks. One the left are round tables covered in pineapple cups with flower straws, red and orange table cloths, with a three goblins sitting at the tables having drinks. On the right is a long table covered in various bottles and pineapple cups with a goblin worker behind it. In the background are shelves full of pink, yellow and green drink cans and other colorful bottles.
Screenshot in-game from World of Warcraft in Undermined. There is a red and white striped couch with yellow lights lining its back. Infront of it is a coffee table with various glass bottles, a lantern, and a drink cup shaped like a half pineapple.
A frozen margarita in a tall glass with a straw and a lime on top of a bar.
In game screenshot in World of Warcraft of my Battle for Azeroth achievement meta. Only 3 of the 18 high level achievements are checked off as completed in the list.
A brindle pittie/staffy mix dog, facing the camera. Her eyes are squinting because of the sun and shes slightly panting so it looks like shes smiling.
An aluminum plate of chicken nachos covered in cotija cheese with a rock glass of margarita with lime and tajin on the rim.
A view down Carmine Street in West village. Low rise buildings in various shades of brick flank each side. A stop light is in the foreground. Most of the picture is the blue sky in the background with barely any streaks of white clouds.
A view from the tenth floor of an office in West Village looking towards Manhattan. In the foreground are shorter brownstones and apartment buildings of varying red, brown and beige hues. In the background are towering glass skyscrapers that look blue, reflecting the sky. The blue sky is dotted with fluffy white clouds.
Storefront for a shop called Venchi, on Bleeker & carmine street. The bottom half is white with awnings and white cafe tables and chairs outside. The top half of the building is red brick. Surrounded by other buildings and a blue sky with wispy white clouds.
TV above a bar of liquor bottles, the Lions game is on.