Google’s NotebookLM Podcast Generator Gets It Wrong
After Andrew Byrne’s LinkedIn post about him generating a podcast about his career using Google’s NotebookLM, I wondered if I could generate a podcast based...
LokiJS Disk Storage Adapter for NeutralinoJS
One of the choices I’ve had to make in building my SamplesOrganizer app is what database to use. I wanted an in-memory database that could...
Broke my brain with a simple regex
Today I spent WAY too much time debugging why I was getting an empty string from a string replace operation to pull spaces, dashes, and...
How to change the source in howler.js
As I’ve stated, I’ve been working on an app to organize my samples and loops. I plan to open-source the app at the end of...
A Project A Month, That’s All We Ask
Remember the old slogan for Blue Diamond Almonds? “A can a week, that’s all we ask.” I do. Since I started my new productivity hack,...
Should I Own The eBooks I Buy?
If you buy a physical book at Barnes & Noble, you don’t have to go back to your local Barnes & Noble to read it....
My first song… sort of
Now that I have some training in music theory and working with FL Studio under my belt, I started working on taking one of my...
Leaving Facebook is hard…
It’s been 23 days since I submitted my requests to Facebook, Instagram, and Messenger. I just have to hold out and not log on for...
2024: A Musical Odyssey
As I’ve noted before, I’m also taking music classes. As a demonstration of a concept in Music Theory, the teacher played Also Sprach Zarathustra. I’m...
Pick Your Nose
I’m taking a Udemy class in vector drawing characters for animation. The class is about drawing characters like those from “Dexter’s Laboratory” or “The Fairly...
Today I learned (TIL) #1
Today I learned “We all live with a very awesome dog” can be sung to the chorus of “Yellow Submarine.” Photo of a cairn terrier...
Was I visited by a ghost?
I’m might have been visited by a ghost last night. I hope I was. Here’s the backstory. In my community college days, my best friend...
Drawing Class Progress
I’m taking a class in creating cartoon characters for animation with Inkscape. I’ve gotten through the eyes, ears, noses, and mouths tutorials, but head and...
Advanced “Hello World!” in Lua
I started learning Lua today. It’s used to script extensions and automations in the Moho animation software I’m considering. Since I forgot my earbuds, I...
Record labels sue Suno and Udio! Is it good for AI?
I'm not a lawyer, but IP law fascinates me and the legal questions around AI are especially interesting. More importantly, they're especially pressing, because there's...
The Journey So Far – Retirement Diary #5
Welcome to the latest retirement diary. In my last post, I discussed my goals. In the last month, I’d had 9 unique visitors to this...
Inkscape Master Class is in the books
I finished a class in Inkscape and am now running with a drawing class. What's next for me and why am I learning to draw?...
Sick Days & Experiments: Retirement Diary #4
Sorry I’ve been away, but I got COVID. My youngest appears to have brought it home from school. The whole house was down for about...
Am I learning the right tools? – Retirement Diary #3
One of the biggest issues a lot of newbies run into is deciding what tools to learn. I want to animate, so do I learn...
Retirement Diary #2
So that happened. I’ve been trying a few things. Some of you may know I planned to take piano lessons. That lasted about as long...