Hjalm 1 year ago

Darling Buds So Close When your shuffled playlist brings back something you forgot you loved. From the Crawdaddy album released circa 1990.

Apple Music - Web Player

So Close by The Darling Buds on Apple Music

Song · 1990 · Duration 5:28

Hjalm 1 year ago

Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer’s stop motion animation was released 60 years ago. It feels like on of the few things left in popular culture that’s still older than me. Not by much, mind you. But still.

Hjalm 1 year ago

Ordered a pair of Shokz Openfit earbuds for work, based on the recommendation of a colleague. I’m impressed. I have an OpenRun bone conduction headset and these buds have better bass while not requiring anything in my ear. Great for surreptitious tunes while maintaining readiness for Teams calls.

Shokz

OpenFit

Discover Shokz OpenFit headphones, offering open-ear comfort, wireless convenience, and clear sound.

Hjalm 1 year ago

I was confused about how Plex orders files associated with TV series. A little searching lead me to find Plex sorts based on TMDB, which is similar to IMDB. Plex respects parts of your file names. If you name episodes based on TMDB, results are much better. SxxExx maps to TMDB season and episode.

Hjalm 1 year ago

In the CD Re-Rip Projects, I’ve finished the strict alpha portion with music artist by album. Now I have some classical CDs, soundtracks, and lots of compilations. Looking at how the music is shelved, I think I understand what I did, but I may have to re-engineer or re-organise.

Hjalm 1 year ago

Fun thing about the re-rip project is time travel. Put a CD in to be converted and I thought, did enhanced CDs exist when this was released? Sure enough, track 15 was a data track. Of course! Anavoog.com from 1998 included a video and pictures. The site is still live. She’s on Instagram.

anavoog

Hjalm 1 year ago

Happy Thanksgiving! Grateful for my family. Grateful for love. Enjoying a slow day listening to good music, drinking good coffee, and eating good food. Wishing you the best.

Hjalm 1 year ago

Cornflake Girl by Tori Amos

Apple Music - Web Player

Cornflake Girl (2015 Remastered) by Tori Amos on Apple Music

Song · 1994 · Duration 5:05

Hjalm 1 year ago

Stark examples of the benefits of vaccines: Battling Infectious Diseases in the 20th Century: The Impact of Vaccines

WSJ

Battling Infectious Diseases in the 20th Century: The Impact of Vaccines

The number of infected people, measured over 70-some years and across all 50 states and the District of Columbia, generally declined after vaccines...

Hjalm 1 year ago

Meanwhile, Gerry Rafferty’s Baker Street is now playing in the assortment of high-rated tracks I have running. Is anyone doing anything like that anymore?

Hjalm 1 year ago

I love the shoegaze and the _nu_gaze. When the guitar chords and loops get super dense in a wall-of-sound kind of way is when I love it most. The baseline and the drums carry me through. Someday if I have time and budget, I’d like to experiment with filters and reverb and a noise generator.

Hjalm 1 year ago

CD Re-Rip Discoveries: Folks have helped themselves to a few. Have found empty jewel cases and gaps. So much necessary clean-up. Lots of duplicate tracks stemming from a drive recovery several years ago I adore Sigur Rós so much that I had already ingested the CDs with a lossless conversion

Hjalm 1 year ago

If I had a small fortune, I’d buy a bunch of CD Jewel Cases, plus archival inner and outer album sleeves. In general, stuff ages well, but some stuff is still pretty fragile.

Hjalm 1 year ago

I alphabetize my music collections, by artist, then album title. This re-rip project also helps me correct “shelving” errors. Some were minor errors putting discs back. Others have been teaching moments. If I learn something new, it’s a good day.

Hjalm 1 year ago

Made it to “r” in the alphabet before finally deciding to go scortched-earth on the iTunes Re-Rip Project: Capture any ratings meta-data. Delete album. Rip fresh as lossless. Add rating data back. Correct album artwork. Far less frustration this way. Yes, and by iTunes, I do mean Apple Music.

Hjalm 1 year ago

I bet there are going to be a lot of meetings at Netflix after this.

Hjalm 1 year ago

Killed my Evernote account after 15 years. I’m not recommending it for others, mind you. For myself I have to say it was critical for my work style for a long time. I haven’t needed to use it the same way, or as much. I’m trying now to work inside of the base Apple tools, which continue to improve.

Hjalm 1 year ago

When your dog chooses specifically to curl up on you.

Hjalm 1 year ago

Street sweeper cleaning up leaves this morning on my street in St. Paul. Things one gets to notice on a quiet day off.

Hjalm 1 year ago

A shoutout to White Crane Remodelling, whose work on my home earned them a silver in the whole house remodelling category by NARI MN.

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White Crane Design:Build on Instagram: "We took home two great awards from the @naricaresmn's 28th Annual ROTY Awards Gala, being recognized for our South Minneapolis residential addition under $250,000 and a St. Paul whole house remodel for less than $500,000. Thank you to the clients, construction professionals, and designers who made this possible!"

29 likes, 2 comments - whitecraneremodeling on November 14, 2024: "We took home two great awards from the @naricaresmn's 28th Annual ROTY...