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reay

@reay@mastodon.social

Dad. Writer. Amateur photographer. Dabbler in tabletop game design. Fan of books, tabletop/video games, comics, music and movies. Neutral Good. He/him.
Thoughts and opinions are my own.
https://pixelfed.social/reay
https://www.reayjespersen.com/

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reay, to random
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Just sent out my monthly newsletter.

Curious about what's been happening lately? Want to know what I've been up to?

Drop me your email address and I'll add you to the newsletter list.

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Last I knew, the City of Toronto directed us that cardboard ice cream tubs somehow went into our green bins (i.e. organic waste).

Those now go in garbage.

Meanwhile, clean paper microwave popcorn bags, which we've been putting in recycling, are now going in the green bin.

I have a working theory that people who make these decisions are high at all times on the job and are just fucking around with us to see what changes we'll notice and adhere to.

reay, to random
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  • got to attend a free AHL hockey game
  • kiddo making good progress reconnecting with a friend
  • Maple Leafs advanced past the first round of playoffs for the first time in two decades, making my wife particularly happy
reay, to random
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Today’s contention with recording larger waveforms on vocal tracks:

  • Try Garage Band on the Mac instead? It’s too old to run Garage Band. Or Audacity.

  • Could Garage Band run on Windows? Not without some emulators I don’t want to bother with.

  • Is my computer the problem causing the small waveforms? Recorded on it and immediately plugged the interface into another laptop running Audacity and… for some inexplicable reason, it’s not recording anything at all.

… so it’s all going swimmingly.

reay,
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Currently trying to install a trial of Adobe Audition to see if that’s any more successful at recording.

Kinda hoping it doesn’t, because as a stand-alone program, with taxes, a subscription to it costs about $32 CDN a month.

I mean… maybe if I actually start making some money doing voice over work, I’d consider that, but even so, ouch.

reay,
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Also: No idea what this image on the Audition installation page is supposed to be, but it’s putting impure thoughts in my head.

reay, to random
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Sure didn’t. But understandably you missed my deleting it.

reay, to random
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In ancient times,
hundreds of years before the dawn of history,
lived an ancient race of people.

The druids.

No one knows who they were
or what they were doing.

But their legacy remains,
hewn into the living rock

of Stonehenge.

—-

… can’t stop thinking about this scene recently.
So, so good.

fuzzyduck, to random

I don’t think I’m smart enough to understand why people struggle to use Mastodon

reay,
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@fuzzyduck @LeaBug I did find it a bit confusing to set up — not just signing up and being in the middle of everything fast like with Twitter and FB — but once I decided on an instance to sign on with, it’s been straight-forward, though time consuming:

Look on your Local feed (people on your same instance), follow people you’re interested in reading more from, see who they follow to expand your feed further…

1/2

reay,
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@fuzzyduck @LeaBug Also: interact.

Like the old saying with snail mail goes, you need to write letters to get letters.

It’s way easier to bring others into your orbit when you post and engage.

I’ve found that lends itself to more organic connections, as well. Twitter seemed more arm’s reach in a way, whereas here I’ve probably interacted at some point with the vast bulk of people I follow.

Hope you get more more comfortable soon.

/fin

reay,
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@jhonygutierrez @fuzzyduck It was borderline too much for me, and I was actively seeking an alternative to Twitter and FB.

I WANTED to be here and still found it a hard adjustment to make.

reay, to random
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New post up:

What I Read This Month

https://www.reayjespersen.com/blog-1/2023/04/28/what-i-read-this-month-38/

reay, to random
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New post up:

Exploring New Roads

https://www.reayjespersen.com/blog-1/2023/04/28/exploring-new-roads/

WillRobinson, to random

Please Reblog to get this to those who can use it.... Teens and young adults ages 13 to 26 living anywhere in the U.S. can access the entire collection of e-books and audiobooks from the Seattle Public Library. "We believe in your right to read what you want, discover yourself and form your own opinions." Fill out the form to get a Books Unbanned card.
https://www.spl.org/programs-and-services/teens/books-unbanned#GetaBooksUnbannedCard

reay,
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@WillRobinson I kind of like that people who ban books are so wilfully ignorant and blinded by their own self-importance that they don’t grasp that doing so literally has the exact opposite effect of what they’re trying to achieve.

reay, to random
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  • slept better than the night before, so woke up more refreshed
  • pay day
  • got more demo reel samples recorded
reay, to random
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Davie504 (fantastic bass player) plays Jack Black’s Peaches on bass.

https://youtu.be/O64QakuQYOg

reay, to random
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Hey, you know what’s not easy? Trying to get a clean take of voice over ads while they’re building a house across the street.

Record in a closet packed with clothes? Outside wall, Holmes. You can still hear the hammering.

Go to the basement and wrap yourself in cushions and a blanket?

It’s actually louder there, because of the side door.

And I could just wait until they’re done for the day, but by that point my wife and daughter will be back, being all social and talking, and stuff.

Gah.

reay, to random
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That sad time of day when you realize you've procrastinated out and really need to get some work done.

alexsexton_, to random

30ºC in April - I might need to move again.

reay,
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@alexsexton_ We had a couple of days that got close to that here in Toronto. Then a week and a half later it’s back to single digits and the odd hail storm. 🤷‍♂️

Valuemancer, to random

First post, can anyone see this?

reay,
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@Valuemancer Yes.
Welcome!

James205, to random

Hi, everyone.

reay,
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@James205 Hi, James.
Welcome!

jjbbllkk, to random

i have released a new EP of songs written on modular and then finished in ableton. all three have vocals and are on the darker / moodier side of electronic.

i hope you give it a listen and i hope you enjoy it.

get it / stream it here: https://fanlink.to/rmrboof

preview it here: https://youtube.com/shorts/NTbt4THA6aA?feature=share

reay,
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@jjbbllkk Good stuff. I particularly liked the first and third tracks.

For what it’s worth, the original fanlink.to playback didn’t work for me, but the Apple Music link within that page did. 🤷‍♂️

edequalsawesome, to random

This is really good and might break your brain for a while today so like make sure you don’t have a meeting right before reading/watching it or something.

https://people.com/health/clerks-director-kevin-smith-reveals-he-got-treatment-after-his-complete-break-from-reality-exclusive/

reay,
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@edequalsawesome Thanks for the link. I’m a fan of his and hadn’t known about any of this (though of course, that was the idea).

Great to hear he got the help he needed. Looking forward to him taking care of himself in the future, and to seeing what new creative doors it may open to him, should he decide to continue creating.

Honkbonkmann, to random

I've had it with Twitter...

Mastodon, yay! :)

reay,
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@Honkbonkmann Welcome!

funnymonkey, to random
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What type of morally bankrupt human claims that an interview that occurred publicly is a deepfake?

https://www.theverge.com/2023/4/27/23700339/tesla-autopilot-lawsuit-2018-elon-musk-claims-deepfakes

reay,
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@funnymonkey Unfortunately I suspect this will be how things go for a while.

“Oh, our candidate/CEO/rep said something totally asinine or offensive? Uh… uh… it was a deepfake! Yeah!”

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