After a couple of years toying with the idea, I’ve finally decided to do a blogmas, my own take on creative challenges such as Advent of Code. In this case, you’ll be treated to 25 days of posts about the wonderful world of baseball statistics.
Continue reading “2022 Blogmas Day 0 – Baseball Statistics”Desktop Podcast Editing is Back
Every few months, I would go check out the Ardour website to see whether support for Apple silicon had gone past a rough beta. Just a few days ago I went there and, sure enough, the official macOS version now runs natively on Apple silicon and it’s wonderful.
While Ferrite has been my main way to edit for a couple years now, and likely will continue to be, it’s nice to know I have other options available depending on my mood and inclination. The main annoyance with Ferrite is needing to move the files between my Mac and my iPad. Having everything stay on the Mac is overall simpler.
I used Ardour to edit episode 228 of Comical Start, then did some final processing with Rogue Amoeba’s Fission app, mostly to add chapters. It’s nice having multiple workflows available again.
Building a World
After procrastinating on NaNoWriMo 2022 to a sufficient degree that it has just become another story I hope to finish at some point, this week I’ve turned my attention back to The Last Question, which was my world of choice for NaNoWriMo 2021. I have some ideas for where I’d like to go next.
Continue reading “Building a World”New Minnesota Twins Jerseys
The Minnesota Twins released new jerseys this past week, introducing a different aesthetic to their main uniforms, and an alternative version featuring inspiration from the Twin Cities, the namesake of the team. Here are a few thoughts.
Continue reading “New Minnesota Twins Jerseys”NaNoWriMo 2022 Check In
As is now tradition, I’m giving some attempt to National Novel Writing Month. And, as mentioned in my post about getting into fountain pens, I’m doing it by hand in a notebook.1For those keeping score, it’s a Rhodia A5 Webnotebook with lined paper in Blue.
Continue reading “NaNoWriMo 2022 Check In”- 1For those keeping score, it’s a Rhodia A5 Webnotebook with lined paper in Blue.
You Need a GIF Tool
Perhaps the greatest boon to digital communication, other than the hyperlink, is the GIF. They provide succinct ways to show everyone what you are working on, and allows people unfamiliar with technology to repeat a process exactly as shown to them. No need to create a series of images with missing information between them. You need a tool to make GIFs, because you never know when creating one on the fly will be extraordinarily useful.
A New Writing Implement
It’s an odd experience drafting a blog post on paper, but here we are.
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Whenever I think about this blog, I feel slightly disappointed in myself. My internal impression is that many of the posts are written at the last minute about nothing with any lasting interest. Most frustratingly, I want this blog to be a tool to improve my writing and communication, yet I’m not convinced I’ve set up a framework that lends itself to that goal. I began to think about a change.
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