I’m getting back on the web after being away. Writing about audio, blogging, and other stuff.
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My middle child had an audition at a music conservatory and as part of that was invited to a rehearsal of a quartet. I waited in the very reverbient lobby, but the quartet was audible so I recorded some of…
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The case for handheld mics
Here’s why every field recording hobbiest should own a decent handheld dynamic omnidirectional interview mic: They’re inexpensive. A really good one might be $220 new if you go for the long-handled neodymium magnet high-output ones, but most are $100-160. For…
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Some Newfoundland motivation
youtube.com/watch A bit drone-happy, but a lot of beautiful shots.
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How Did You Digitize Your Journals?
Editor’s note: I also posted this on my other blog at RecordingThoughts.com, but my reboot of that blog is a bit further behind so I’m posting here as well. My apologies to those who follow both. I’ve got about 35…
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The fear of accomplishment
I was listening to The Walk by Father Roderick, a podcast that I never thought I’d be listening to but is actually really good, and the episode was May 19, ’23, What Needs Pruning In Your Life? The episode talks…
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Which way forward? Fediverse integration with WordPress.com
Several days ago WordPress.com announced that blogs on their platform could now be integrated to the Fediverse via an ActivityPub plugin. Great news! After a few bumps it was fairly easy to get things connected, and sure enough posts end…
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A third Mastodon test…
I disconnected the marketing connection to Mastodon, and am using just the fediverse connection to see how this works. I’m trying to figure out if I still need to have WordPress.com send posts to my original Mastodon user @SteveDuncan or…
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Another fediverse test post…
Ok, another test post to see if this is working correctly. Boy, this takes me back to 2004 when I had my first blog, and things weren’t so easy!
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Connected to the Fediverse
Ok, so I learned from Noelleification that WordPress.com has added a feature to “Enter the fediverse.” It’s a single switch on the Discussion Settings page. But now I’m wondering, do I still need to have my wordpress blog connected to…
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