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found an amazing newsletter-ish website: the html review, consisting of media made for the web
found a few interesting articles about books: the enshittification of amazon paperbacks and the antilibrary philosphy
cool vector dithering tool for images: link
starting to lean away from double major (music + cs), leaning towards full music major instead, and possible doing an online course for cs… i got into colburn!!!
added to the reading list: little brother by cory doctorow
in the midst of audition season, i found this post about degoogling that has similar ideas to my own.
recently acquired a marcinkiewicz e9.1 trumpet mouthpiece. i absolutely love it! i feel free compared to my old one, and i can so easily push air through without trying as hard. i can also play for longer more comfortably, as the deeper cup makes me bottom out less while still allowing me to play easily in the upper register.
saw this really cool calendar in one of jason zhao’s videos, it’s called the stendig calendar. hopefully i get one for my college dorm! unfortunately it starts the week on monday’s, so maybe i’ll find a better one.
app that blurs your screen when you slouch (for macs): see here
all-state was amazing. i have never felt so happy performing music as i did then. walking on stage, i could not keep the smile off my face.
it was amazing to be surrounded by so many people who love music, who want to be there, and who are really, really, good. we sounded better than my youth orchestra after one rehearsal, and got to a level i had never attained in an orchestra before.
i loved every second of it.
oh how i wish i could get into film photography.
while my gr iv is treating me amazingly well, there’s just…something missing.
something i’m looking for, but can’t find.
maybe its the intentionality i need, or the feel of technology from times past.
something feels off.
i think conspiracy jazz should be a new genre, starting with Darcy James Argue’s Real Enemies, Tobias Hoffmann’s Conspiracy, and The Tommy Igoe Groove Conspiracy … i’m on the lookout for more music like this
found this cool hexclock that displays the time as a hexcode! check it out here: link
“Are we at letter D?”
“No, we’re at letter B for bog.”
found some potentially interesting reads at the bookstore:
- Neuromancer by William Gibson
- True Names: and the Opening of the Cyberspace Frontier by Vernor Vinge
- Redshirts by John Scalzi
happy year day!! this is my first year day using the arvelie date format.
what a year it has been. i hope 2026 brings new opportunities, new experiences, and deeper self-exploration as i transition into the next stage of my life: college!
feeling a bit down in the dumps, time to dig into some more blogs, sites, and digital gardens
looking for an image compression cli tool. nothing i find is as good as shortpixel (15mb to 500kb with minimal quality loss), but i’m still searching. caesiumclt looks promising
new year, new camera: ricoh gr iv (i’m in love)
updates to my camera gear page coming soon
finals week is finally over…ready for the holiday season and the fun that will ensue
put together an arvelie date converter, check it out here
using the arvelie date system now, read: what is the arvelie date system?
passed my first prescreening: Northwestern! i applied for a dual degree between the school of music and school of engineering, hoping to major in violin performance and computer science.
new zsh alias for microblogging created :)
had some inspiration, currently attempting to make a microblog stream page for my site!
check it out here