Extract just the Accordion out of a song / mix
update This is an even better version using Moises’ more expensive tier for a lovely Horace Trahan tune: https://studio.
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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]
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?
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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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...
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
I have been doing a lot of exploration and prototyping for “The Intelligent Enterprise” (tm mine obvi) using LLMs.
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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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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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Building a Cajun Accordion I can live with... [mega edition]
I made a longer version of this so I can publish a snappier one, too.
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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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