Jake Leenerts

Friends traveling in San Diego this week posted about visiting a place called Villains Brewery and that just seemed like a fun idea for a video. So here it is…

You can turn that off. Didn’t think it’d bite me back doing so.

My dashcam caught the moment Siri sent a text to my wife I only meant as a private audible reaction.

Eastmont Halloween 2025: AI Video Edition. Took Photoshops I had made for coworkers (and myself) and animated them using AI.

It’s 6am and me and Photoshop have a long day ahead of us trying to be best friends. Happy Saturday, everyone!

I work at the Eastmont mall in Oakland. A few years ago our building had a rat infestation big enough to hit local news. So this year I decided to dress up as an Eastmont rat, complete with an employee badge and all. Happy Halloween, everyone!

“Why are you NOT giving me pets? I have graced you with my presence and pets are the cost of admission.”

Testing out Yelp photos converted to AI video. This is T’zunun in Pleasant Hill, California. Happy Wednesday, everyone.

Ten years ago (almost to the day) I lost an aerial drone in the Arizona desert. The sting of the loss was amplified by the lost footage. I decided to use AI to imagine what that footage might look like. And, per the AI song included, there was a musical witness there the day I lost the drone. Enjoy.

Siri seems to think Martinez rhymes with mayonnaise.

I was playing around with ChatGPT envisioning my Toyota Rav4 in different pop culture styles and decided to turn some of the photos in to AI video along with a catchy jingle. Always trav, in a Rav!

I guess it’s National Dog Day. Not sure these two need any additional celebration. Spoiled rotten that lot.

I have the chorus of an old Ja Rule song stuck in my head. So no, it is NOT a good morning Well-Intentioned-Coworker.

Awkward Family Photos... I scoured Google for some of the best awkward family photos and then converted them to AI video to play alongside an AI generated song about said topic.

They get an insta-ban on potlucks. Not just bringing food but participation in any form.

… if you end up on the Wall of Shame two quarters in a row, instant termination. This is why I'm running for governor.

I know our county is on a limited budget, but hear me out... we install sensors on all employee toilets and urinals, and if people walk away from either without flushing, a camera takes a picture of said person, and that photo gets placed on a Wall of Shame for at least one quarter. And…

Took some famous photos and paintings and ran them through ye ole AI machine to turn them in to videos.

I also like doing these to point out that AI isn't perfect. It took some creative liberties with many likenesses (among other errors).

Anyhow... happy Tuesday, everyone!

I’m not sure I’ve ever been ON kilter.

Thank you. The smashing of fruit with a sledgehammer will begin shortly.

They all “wonderful” names. The only other one I can remember right now is Will Wright. LOL. Oh I need to find a copy somehow.

When we need a break from TV I’ll screen mirror my phone to the TV and open up TikTok and I call that TikTok O’Clock. I was just trying to come up with a YouTube equivalent and I think it might be YouTubin’ Down the Algoriver. Hello? Anyone? This thing on? You come up with something better then!

A better poster…

I found it a few years back and read a few pages. GARBAGE. Tossed it immediately. I wish I’d had a copy so I could see if AI could either breathe life in to or if I could make a fake trailer for it. And my memory is worse than the quality of that script so I can’t really remember anything about it.

In college I took a screenwriting course and I wrote a script that I titled “The Real Paige Turner”. And I somehow passed that class. What I’m saying is that college isn’t for everyone. Anyhow, here’s a fake AI poster of that shite. Happy Friday, everyone!

I mean… if I’m FORCED to say something nice about these people… I guess it’s that they give absolutely zero fucks about what people think of them and their small pee-pees. And I guess that’s somewhat commendable.

Every now and then our Hello Fresh delivery includes some tossed in freebies. This time we got a “functional seltzer”. Mmmm. Can’t wait to guzzle that down.

Happy Tuesday, everyone.

Converting still photos to video using AI.

I’ve lived more years in California than Arizona, and I like California far better for MANY reasons. Somehow Arizona still feels like home. I took some pics from online from around the state and animated them with AI and set it to an AI created song.

For some reason the other day I was thinking about the stereotype of white people thinking they can handle spice at ethnic restaurants then failing horribly, and then that somehow jumped to wizards and potions.

Anyhow... this is how I spent my day off! It's not perfect by any means.

Well the cut starts bleeding again, and like some toddler I put my finger in my mouth to “fix the bleeding”. Well… it turns out I didn’t rinse my finger well enough and instantly found myself with a mouth full of Dawn dish soap, which I couldn’t get the taste out of my mouth of for hours. So… yeah…