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Extract just the Accordion out of a song / mix

Extract just the Accordion out of a song / mix

So much of learning the cajun accordion is by ear, so I wondered if there was a good way to just extract that sweet Zydeco accordion sound from a mix or song?

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Cute Accordion tricks - transposition and translation

Cute Accordion tricks - transposition and translation

I am a classical oboist by training and a software engineer by trade - which means I’ve got some aptitude for making tools to help learn Cajun Accordion.

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Building a Cajun Accordion I can live with... [brief edition]

Building a Cajun Accordion I can live with... [brief edition]

The chronicles some of the work I’ve done to produce an electronic / computer-mediated cajun accordion instrument that isnt $$$ and explores some of the user experience (UX) possibilities - including that the squeezebox’s physical limitations are actually a gift for the musician!

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Zydeco: my new metal?

Zydeco: my new metal?

Francophone music takes a sharp turn South Alcest’s most recent album, Les Chants De L’Aurore, was released on June 21, 2024 - and co-incided with my listening to The Bosstones and some of the only folk music I can tolerate: Neko Case.

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PK AI Art Gallery - making things mostly with Midjourney

PK AI Art Gallery - making things mostly with Midjourney

I’d say “I hope you like it”, but then I’d be lying…

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Aqua and Hotkeys to write blogs posts quickly - and then Loom AI makes a surprise appearance!

Aqua and Hotkeys to write blogs posts quickly - and then Loom AI makes a surprise appearance!

Linking Aqua trascripts to other programs with hotkeys I really like using Aqua (https://withaqua.

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Living is more like wrestling than dancing...

Living is more like wrestling than dancing...

Great video by Josh Saunders about learning grappling: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvsLAqWKVQo This is bigger than grappling, or rather as the quote suggests - learning to live resembles learning to grapple an awful lot!

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llm - for command line LLM Prototyping

llm - for command line LLM Prototyping

I have been doing a lot of exploration and prototyping for “The Intelligent Enterprise” (tm mine obvi) using LLMs.

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Making Salsa Macha

Making Salsa Macha

Salsa Macha is an amazing celebration of flavours in your mouth.

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Aliases I have known and loved

Aliases I have known and loved

At the core of my development is VSCode, iterm2, and zsh.

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Defect Injection testing - the lost art of 'Bedbugging'

Defect Injection testing - the lost art of 'Bedbugging'

“Quis custodiet ipsos custodes” - Juvenal Let’s get meta: how to test the tests?

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How to use just one task tracker without lock-in; well sorta

How to use just one task tracker without lock-in; well sorta

So I am a huge shill for Linear (linear.app), but I don’t want to keep my personal tasks in it:

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LLMs for Translating Silicon Valley to MBA speak

LLMs for Translating Silicon Valley to MBA speak

Neurotypicals have communication deficits due to societal norms. Not the other way around.

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Making Southern boiled peanuts

Making Southern boiled peanuts

The Lee Bros cook book is one of the best things that came out of 4 years of life in North Carolina.

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Harnessing High Energy: Tips for Staying Productive

Harnessing High Energy: Tips for Staying Productive

I met a young entrepreneur who was struggling with some of the challenges I did when I was his age.

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Misuse of the term 'Caucasian' is cultural appropriation

Misuse of the term 'Caucasian' is cultural appropriation

An Open Letter To whom it may concern, I am writing to address an important issue regarding the usage of the term “Caucasian” in contemporary discourse.

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Slaying Software Zombies with LLMs (and lesser incantations)

Slaying Software Zombies with LLMs (and lesser incantations)

Please enjoy my PyOhio talk on slaying software zombies! I’m talking about a very real problem of dealing with metacode (tests, docs, bugs, requirements etc…) that are no longer completely accurate (thus, zombies) due to not being in sync with the product & its code updating.

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What I learned about my mental blocks by building a Sauna Tent at home with unusual materials

What I learned about my mental blocks by building a Sauna Tent at home with unusual materials

I love Saunas and russian baths and hammams. The highlight of my trip to Turkey was a hammam treatment, and I really enjoy Achimedes Banya - nothing like meeting one of the 49ers in a hot tub and really understanding how small in stature I am!

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read my blog posts to me, please? now with command line browser cleanup action!

read my blog posts to me, please? now with command line browser cleanup action!

Sometimes I’m running short on time, and I’d rather listen to something while I’m doing drivel work than read it.

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