From 0aa628b50708ee8972bfc772fbd0c587af953e99 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: plorbus <syrinx8311@proton.me>
Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2026 17:24:48 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fixing tags?

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-[{"content":"God I love smoking.\nBut lately it\u0026rsquo;s been getting old.\n","permalink":"//localhost:1313/posts/smoking/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eGod I love smoking.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut lately it\u0026rsquo;s been getting old.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Smoking"},{"content":"These are the wubs I made. I am capable of original thought (for the most part)!\nMeager The first original EDM composition I completed on FL Studio Mobile. It created a monster.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Ladybugs Named after the abundance of not-ladybugs-but-beetles that invade the house every year.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Massive I like that song \u0026ldquo;Teardrop\u0026rdquo; by Massive Attack quite a bit, I wanted to make a Massive Attack song. Don\u0026rsquo;t mind the weird aetherial videogame-choir in the middle.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Petrock Named after one of the objects living on my desk\nYour browser does not support the audio element. RaiseYourRipoff Not a blatant ripoff per-se, but definitely heavily inspired by the mau5. I\u0026rsquo;m attached to the outro, very NIN coded.\nPretty proud of this one.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Save the Riff I played a drop D guitar riff and thought it would sound good as the main riff of a wub. This is what followed.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. An Imperfect Rhombus The only of this crop to be done in Reaper, pretty sure the rest are done in FL Studio Mobile (They don\u0026rsquo;t sound as full as this one does IMHO)\nWe need more weird time signatures in techno\nYour browser does not support the audio element. ","permalink":"//localhost:1313/music/techno/originals/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eThese are the wubs I made. I am capable of original thought (for the most part)!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"meager\"\u003eMeager\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe first original EDM composition I completed on FL Studio Mobile. It created a monster.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cfigure\u003e\n    \u003caudio controls preload=\"metadata\" style=\"width: 100%;\"\u003e\n        \u003csource src=\"/audio/techno/original/Meager.mp3\" type=\"audio/mpeg\"\u003e\n        Your browser does not support the audio element.\n    \u003c/audio\u003e\n    \n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"ladybugs\"\u003eLadybugs\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNamed after the abundance of not-ladybugs-but-beetles that invade the house every year.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cfigure\u003e\n    \u003caudio controls preload=\"metadata\" style=\"width: 100%;\"\u003e\n        \u003csource src=\"/audio/techno/original/Ladybugs.mp3\" type=\"audio/mpeg\"\u003e\n        Your browser does not support the audio element.\n    \u003c/audio\u003e\n    \n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"massive\"\u003eMassive\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI like that song \u0026ldquo;Teardrop\u0026rdquo; by Massive Attack quite a bit, I wanted to make a Massive Attack song. Don\u0026rsquo;t mind the weird aetherial videogame-choir in the middle.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Originals"},{"content":"Some remixed tunes for your wubby pleasure\nRemixes ChixNRibz (lost) Unfortunately I can\u0026rsquo;t find this one right off, but chronologically it\u0026rsquo;s the first \u0026ldquo;remix\u0026rdquo; I did - Bridges and Rivers by The Chicken Street Band. What follows is a byproduct of that project, though.\nNumber One - Tophouse Technically the second remix I did. A great nerdy folk group, no shortage of LotR love at their shows (complete with live readings of passages from The Hobbit). I could hear the remix in my head on the first listen, this is what followed.\nBest described internally as \u0026ldquo;Topsmokers\u0026rdquo;\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Do You Like What I\u0026rsquo;m Sayin? - J. McFarlane\u0026rsquo;s Reality Guest A top notch weird band out of Australia. Henry Rollins played two of their songs on the brief run of \u0026ldquo;The Cool Quarantine\u0026rdquo; he did with KCRW back in 2020. Go check \u0026rsquo;em out\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Balto - Enter the Haggis Pretty proud of this one, tbh.\nThis band has meant a lot to me for a long time, it was only fitting to wub one of their tunes.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. No More Tears - Ozzy Osbourne Losing Ozzy hit me harder than I anticipated it would. I hadn\u0026rsquo;t cried like that since Neil Peart. This one never got finished, but I do like where it went. Maybe I\u0026rsquo;ll get back to it.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Whatsername - Green Day This one\u0026rsquo;s pretty basic compared to the others, they\u0026rsquo;re all just for fun, but I basically just wanted to hear the tune gamified. I think I succeeded. The back half is pretty fun and dancey.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. That\u0026rsquo;s it for now\u0026hellip;.\n","permalink":"//localhost:1313/music/techno/remixes/","summary":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSome remixed tunes for your wubby pleasure\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch1 id=\"remixes\"\u003eRemixes\u003c/h1\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"chixnribz-lost\"\u003eChixNRibz (lost)\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnfortunately I can\u0026rsquo;t find this one right off, but chronologically it\u0026rsquo;s the first \u0026ldquo;remix\u0026rdquo; I did - Bridges and Rivers by The Chicken Street Band. What follows is a byproduct of that project, though.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"number-one---tophouse\"\u003eNumber One - \u003ca href=\"https://tidal.com/artist/8994731\"\u003eTophouse\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTechnically the second remix I did. A great nerdy folk group, no shortage of LotR love at their shows (complete with live readings of passages from The Hobbit). I could hear the remix in my head on the first listen, this is what followed.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Remixes"},{"content":"The spiritual successor to The Chicken Street Band, rockifying and expanding the existing setlist\n\u0026ldquo;Need some Honey\u0026rdquo; by Nathaniel Rateliff \u0026amp; the Night Sweats, in a sweaty bar in Hallowell Your browser does not support the video tag. \u0026ldquo;The Hollow\u0026rdquo; by yours truly, one of my favorite performances of this tune Your browser does not support the video tag. \u0026ldquo;Up on Cripple Creek\u0026rdquo; by The Band ft. one of the best sound guys I\u0026rsquo;ve worked with Your browser does not support the video tag. ","permalink":"//localhost:1313/music/poultryhighway/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eThe spiritual successor to The Chicken Street Band, rockifying and expanding the existing setlist\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026ldquo;Need some Honey\u0026rdquo; by Nathaniel Rateliff \u0026amp; the Night Sweats, in a sweaty bar in Hallowell\n    \u003cdiv class=\"video-wrapper\" style=\"max-width: 50%; margin: 0 auto;\"\u003e\n  \u003cvideo src=\"/videos/poultry/needsomehoney.mp4\" controls style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\"\u003e\n    Your browser does not support the video tag.\n  \u003c/video\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026ldquo;The Hollow\u0026rdquo; by yours truly, one of my favorite performances of this tune\n    \u003cdiv class=\"video-wrapper\" style=\"max-width: 50%; margin: 0 auto;\"\u003e\n  \u003cvideo src=\"/videos/poultry/hollow.mp4\" controls style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\"\u003e\n    Your browser does not support the video tag.\n  \u003c/video\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Poultry Highway"},{"content":"When I was but a burgeoning console junkie cutting my teeth in Mint, my first few forays with mounting a new drive had proven to be a struggle. Sure - LLMs exist now, why bother writing this?\nWhy not.\nThis brief tutorial should be cross-flavor, meaning it should work on Debian-, Fedora-, and Arch-based systems alike. For today\u0026rsquo;s guide we\u0026rsquo;ll be using CachyOS, adjust for your package manager accordingly! :)\nSTOP TALKING AND GIVE ME INFO I\u0026rsquo;m assuming your drive is already installed. If not, To begin, if you don\u0026rsquo;t already have it, I like to use Gnome\u0026rsquo;s Disk Utility on most of my distributions. Install it with:\nsudo pacman -Syyu sudo pacman -S gnome-disk-utility Then we leave that terminal open to the side, and open up what we just installed. You can either search \u0026ldquo;Disks\u0026rdquo; in your app launcher, or run:\ngnome-disk-utility Ideally you\u0026rsquo;ll have Disks on one window, terminal on the other.\nNow. In Disks, you\u0026rsquo;ll want to format your disk from the 3-dot menu in the top right.\nOnce formatted, mount the sucker. Name it something you\u0026rsquo;ll remember, we\u0026rsquo;ll need it soon.\n(Quick note! If you plan to daily this drive in Linux, leave it as \u0026ldquo;ext4\u0026rdquo;. If you intend to dual boot, format to \u0026ldquo;fat32\u0026rdquo;)\nNow you\u0026rsquo;re formatted. You\u0026rsquo;ll notice a little string of numbers under the partition now, a field labeled \u0026ldquo;UUID\u0026rdquo;. We need that. Copy paste your UUID, and move over to the terminal\nIn your terminal, run\nsudo nano /etc/fstab ","permalink":"//localhost:1313/docs/fstab/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eWhen I was but a burgeoning console junkie cutting my teeth in Mint, my first few forays with mounting a new drive had proven to be a struggle.  Sure - LLMs exist now, why bother writing this?\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhy not.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis brief tutorial should be cross-flavor, meaning it should work on Debian-, Fedora-, and Arch-based systems alike. For today\u0026rsquo;s guide we\u0026rsquo;ll be using CachyOS, adjust for your package manager accordingly! :)\u003c/p\u003e","title":"fstab guide"},{"content":"\u0026ldquo;The Hollow\u0026rdquo;, with The Chicken Street Band at Roots Revival Fest 8/2/24\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Your browser does not support the audio element. ","permalink":"//localhost:1313/music/originals/","summary":"\u003cp\u003e\u0026ldquo;The Hollow\u0026rdquo;, with The Chicken Street Band at Roots Revival Fest 8/2/24\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"hahahugoshortcode328s0hbhb\"\u003e\u003cfigure\u003e\n    \u003caudio controls preload=\"metadata\" style=\"width: 100%;\"\u003e\n        \u003csource src=\"/audio/hollowroots.mp3\" type=\"audio/mpeg\"\u003e\n        Your browser does not support the audio element.\n    \u003c/audio\u003e\n    \n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cfigure\u003e\n    \u003caudio controls preload=\"metadata\" style=\"width: 100%;\"\u003e\n        \u003csource src=\"/audio/dragulatemp.mp3\" type=\"audio/mpeg\"\u003e\n        Your browser does not support the audio element.\n    \u003c/audio\u003e\n    \n\u003c/figure\u003e","title":"Songs I wrote!"},{"content":"The band Avenged Sevenfold – a critically acclaimed rock/metal outfit from California. Their first couple albums lent more of a hardcore sound, finding their way with tracks like “Second Heartbeat” and “Unholy Confessions” from the second record “Waking the Fallen”. What followed with City of Evil was a commercial success with songs like “Bat Country” and “Seize the Day” finding their way onto the radio. After which they put out another commercially successful self-titled offering. “Almost Easy” and “Afterlife” offering more radio play while “Little Piece of Heaven” was an absolutely GENIUS shock-rock piece allowing them to stretch their legs creatively.\nDespite losing their absolute creative force of a drummer – Jimmy “The Rev” Sullivan - in 2009, they still managed to knock it out of the park with “Nightmare” in 2010. Mike Portnoy from Dream Theater offered his talents to finish and tour the record.\nContext In the late 2000s to mid 2010s, I was finding my tastes as a burgeoning musician in middle/high school. We were given MacBooks to daily drive for assignments… and I absolutely abused the hell out of that thing. Ripped many a CD with the kids in class, anything we could get our hands on. I was listening to a lot of Green Day, Weezer, Rush, Metallica – as well as finding my way into EDM with the likes of deadmau5, Skrillex, Excision, Bassnectar (I would also find the masterpiece that is Enter the Haggis around this time, but that’s a story for a different day). I wanted it all. I was hungry.\nThere was one kid I ended up jiving with. His music taste was as weird as mine, just in WAY different directions. He’d made it down a few more rabbit holes than I had. He preferred bands like Sleeping with Sirens, Pierce the Veil, Black Veil Brides… There were exceptions to the rule like “King for a Day” (I heard it BEFORE TikTok made it cool!), but not many… until he showed me Avenged Sevenfold.\nThey wore the makeup and had the aesthetic same as those bands, but I saw something… different about them. They didn’t sound like the others. I had to know why. That kid gave me his copy of the self titled record to borrow - I copied it in class that day, gave him the CD back, and proceeded to have my mind blown for the next hour.\nSince then I’ve been there through the ups and downs, the ins and outs. The Call of Duty collabs (which were actually GREAT tunes), the non-actionable Guns \u0026amp; Roses/Metallica ripoffs when they wouldn’t let the new drummer show off at all, what we thought was gonna be one instance of a Daft Punk impression… I was there. I liked them and continue to. And now I get to be there for more Daft Punk impressions.\nContents I say that, but this project was at least a bit different than the stuff on Life is But a Dream.\nLIGHTS was shocking for an intro, though it served its purpose as the intro – it really kinda let us know what we’re in for. The first few seconds are almost Stage-coded, and I was settling in for “This is gonna take a couple listens”. Then the vocoder kicks in. “Oh, this is gonna take a couple MORE listens.”\nThen we have the title track STATICA. Overall, I don’t think this is a bad tune. It sounds like them, it drives, it’s ALMOST there. The commont theme for this project though, is the cardinal sin of too much fuckin’ vocoder – the vocal performance is good! If they insist on having it, leave it on the chorus, fine, it fit the vibe there – maybe even on the outro sequence. The verse could’ve used the punch of the clean vocal, in my opinion.\nNext up is REJOICE. Another solid tune overall, the melancholy drone with an odd time – I’m here for it. The vocoder is still there, but not as egregious through the entire thing. This one didn’t hit me as hard on the first listen like the last two did. I was vibing through the entire thing – unfortunately up til the synth at the end. There’s a few spots in the project where it really lends itself well, to the point that going forward I can see some synth integration in the older stuff. I’m for a weird noise. There’s just this feeling of “Zack got a synth at a garage sale and hasn’t quite figured it out yet”. Not unwelcome, just not crazy about the performance.\nASHES to close out the project. I remember on first listen that the chorus hit my ear a bit weird, something about the distortion wasn’t sitting right - but after listens 3 and 4 it has eased up on me. The feeling persists of Zacky not completely familiar with his instrument yet (if that’s even him). This one doesn’t sound as outlandish – they’ve always had a sense of theatrics, especially more present since The Stage – and that theatric sense is still there.\nConclusion Okay. Overall, yeah it’s weird. It’s a bold choice to do a bunch of acid and switch your rock band to a pseudo-techo-RnB project. It’s a bold choice to smother your new project in so much vocoder that we need a protocol droid to translate it. I can see that from the fan’s side.\nAt the same time, I’m all for a group doing new things. LIBAD wasn’t for everybody, this one won’t be either. If the production wasn\u0026rsquo;t so all over the place these songs could be stellar. The drums weren’t punching the same way, and the synth proficiency could use a little work if they’re gonna continue to put it on record.\nAND LESS FKN VOCODER\nThis is all coming from a fan with nothing but love. I like what they\u0026rsquo;re going for, but the execution could use a spit-polish\u0026hellip;\n\u0026hellip;and marginally less psychedelics.\n","permalink":"//localhost:1313/reviews/statica/","summary":"\u003ch2 id=\"the-band\"\u003eThe band\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAvenged Sevenfold – a critically acclaimed rock/metal outfit from California. Their first couple albums lent more of a hardcore sound, finding their way with tracks like “Second Heartbeat” and “Unholy Confessions” from the second record “Waking the Fallen”. What followed with City of Evil was a commercial success with songs like “Bat Country” and “Seize the Day” finding their way onto the radio. After which they put out another commercially successful self-titled offering. “Almost Easy” and “Afterlife” offering more radio play while “Little Piece of Heaven” was an absolutely GENIUS shock-rock piece allowing them to stretch their legs creatively.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Statica EP - Avenged Sevenfold"},{"content":"A collection of my favorite moments with these goons.\n207 Maine Your browser does not support the video tag. A cool opportunity, I think it was two songs? If I can track down the other one I\u0026rsquo;ll throw it up here. Rumor has it they still air.\nOpening for the Mallett Brothers at the Widowmaker (Sugarloaf) Your browser does not support the video tag. Such a fun show.\n","permalink":"//localhost:1313/music/207/","summary":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA collection of my favorite moments with these goons.\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"207-maine\"\u003e207 Maine\u003c/h2\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"video-wrapper\" style=\"max-width: 100%; margin: 0 auto;\"\u003e\n  \u003cvideo src=\"/videos/207.mp4\" controls style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\"\u003e\n    Your browser does not support the video tag.\n  \u003c/video\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA cool opportunity, I think it was two songs? If I can track down the other one I\u0026rsquo;ll throw it up here. Rumor has it they still air.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"opening-for-the-mallett-brothers-at-the-widowmaker-sugarloaf\"\u003eOpening for the Mallett Brothers at the Widowmaker (Sugarloaf)\u003c/h2\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"video-wrapper\" style=\"max-width: 100%; margin: 0 auto;\"\u003e\n  \u003cvideo src=\"/videos/wait.mp4\" controls style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\"\u003e\n    Your browser does not support the video tag.\n  \u003c/video\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSuch a fun show.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"The Chicken Street Band"},{"content":"The network\u0026rsquo;s in a cool spot right now.\nThe whole team The Gesellschaft TrueNAS on a 6th gen i7 with 32gb RAM\nServices here Frigate\nThis has been cool for storing footage from our IP cams, though I\u0026rsquo;m not too thrilled with the performance of our current setup. We use Tapo, and the small ones work fine - but the \u0026ldquo;good\u0026rdquo; one for the entryway doesn\u0026rsquo;t support local account setup. We bought them in a pinch and they\u0026rsquo;ve been effective, but I\u0026rsquo;m not crazy about them. Immich\nAn excellent tool that I haven\u0026rsquo;t given the time it deserves. It\u0026rsquo;s intended to be a \u0026ldquo;set and forget\u0026rdquo; image backup, which it\u0026rsquo;s served well as, though I would like to delve a bit deeper. Time is an illusion. Jellyfin\nWhat else can I say. A perfect tool for streaming (ahem) acquired media. A bit clunky for music, however. So we use instead\u0026hellip; Navidrome\nAnother perfect tool for interfacing with your media of the audio varitety. The metadata is only as good as YOU make it, but that\u0026rsquo;s a fun mindless task for when you wanna get stoned and data entry for a bit. (What, just me?) Memos\nA fun markdown-based tool for keeping notes, designed to look and function like a self-hosted Twitter. Sorts by tags, comes with a search integrated. Real fun to mess with, though I\u0026rsquo;ve since kinda abandoned it since building this. The Servbot Ubuntu 26.04 on a 4th Gen i5 with 16gb RAM\nA rugged little beast. Formerly part of a Proxmox cluster, running HA on three of these guys proved to be a bit much.\nServices here Nginx Proxy Manager\nSomething I started using early on, as soon as I bought the first domain. I know how to use it, it handles Cloudflare well, so far little complaints. Dockge\nHandy for deploying Docker stuff quickly. I like the interface Pinchflat\nFor archiving those important videos OpenSpeedTest\nshrugs Why not? Seerr\nBetter for requests than a Discord server Futo Notes\nI\u0026rsquo;d rather have my text files be my responsibility The Stack\nThe less said the better Gitea\nGetting familiar with that setup, but that\u0026rsquo;s been clunky The Router Running OPNSense on a decommissioned kiosk computer I nabbed from work. A 7th gen i3 with two NIC jacks in a compact form factor\u0026hellip; that had a locked bios. It booted legacy, though, and that\u0026rsquo;s all I needed.\n","permalink":"//localhost:1313/docs/currentlab/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eThe network\u0026rsquo;s in a cool spot right now.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cfigure\u003e\n    \u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" src=\"/images/lab.jpg\" width=\"600\"/\u003e \u003cfigcaption\u003e\n            The whole team\n        \u003c/figcaption\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch1 id=\"the-gesellschaft\"\u003eThe Gesellschaft\u003c/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTrueNAS on a 6th gen i7 with 32gb RAM\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"services-here\"\u003eServices here\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrigate\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThis has been cool for storing footage from our IP cams, though I\u0026rsquo;m not too thrilled with the performance of our current setup. We use Tapo, and the small ones work fine - but the \u0026ldquo;good\u0026rdquo; one for the entryway doesn\u0026rsquo;t support local account setup. We bought them in a pinch and they\u0026rsquo;ve been effective, but I\u0026rsquo;m not crazy about them.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eImmich\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","title":"What's in the lab right now?"},{"content":"Docs will go here!\n","permalink":"//localhost:1313/docs/docshere/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eDocs will go here!\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Docshere"},{"content":"","permalink":"//localhost:1313/main/","summary":"","title":"Main"},{"content":"But that can change!\nBook some noise for your occasion at:\nbwnoises@proton.me\nMake sure to put \u0026ldquo;Music\u0026rdquo; in the subject!\nIn the meantime\u0026hellip; Here\u0026rsquo;s some proof I do things! Your browser does not support the video tag. Your browser does not support the video tag. Your browser does not support the video tag. ","permalink":"//localhost:1313/shows/tba/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eBut that can change!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBook some noise for your occasion at:\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"mailto:bwnoises@proton.me\"\u003ebwnoises@proton.me\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMake sure to put \u0026ldquo;Music\u0026rdquo; in the subject!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"in-the-meantime-heres-some-proof-i-do-things\"\u003eIn the meantime\u0026hellip; Here\u0026rsquo;s some proof I do things!\u003c/h2\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"video-wrapper\" style=\"max-width: 100%; margin: 0 auto;\"\u003e\n  \u003cvideo src=\"/videos/solo/blackwater.mp4\" controls style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\"\u003e\n    Your browser does not support the video tag.\n  \u003c/video\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\n    \u003cdiv class=\"video-wrapper\" style=\"max-width: 100%; margin: 0 auto;\"\u003e\n  \u003cvideo src=\"/videos/solo/lionman.mp4\" controls style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\"\u003e\n    Your browser does not support the video tag.\n  \u003c/video\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\n    \u003cdiv class=\"video-wrapper\" style=\"max-width: 100%; margin: 0 auto;\"\u003e\n  \u003cvideo src=\"/videos/solo/recovery.mp4\" controls style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\"\u003e\n    Your browser does not support the video tag.\n  \u003c/video\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e","title":"It's a little empty right now..."},{"content":"God I love smoking.\nBut lately it\u0026rsquo;s been getting old.\n","permalink":"//localhost:1313/posts/smoking/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eGod I love smoking.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut lately it\u0026rsquo;s been getting old.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Smoking"},{"content":"These are the wubs I made. I am capable of original thought (for the most part)!\nMeager The first original EDM composition I completed on FL Studio Mobile. It created a monster.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Ladybugs Named after the abundance of not-ladybugs-but-beetles that invade the house every year.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Massive I like that song \u0026ldquo;Teardrop\u0026rdquo; by Massive Attack quite a bit, I wanted to make a Massive Attack song. Don\u0026rsquo;t mind the weird aetherial videogame-choir in the middle.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Petrock Named after one of the objects living on my desk\nYour browser does not support the audio element. RaiseYourRipoff Not a blatant ripoff per-se, but definitely heavily inspired by the mau5. I\u0026rsquo;m attached to the outro, very NIN coded.\nPretty proud of this one.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Save the Riff I played a drop D guitar riff and thought it would sound good as the main riff of a wub. This is what followed.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. An Imperfect Rhombus The only of this crop to be done in Reaper, pretty sure the rest are done in FL Studio Mobile (They don\u0026rsquo;t sound as full as this one does IMHO)\nWe need more weird time signatures in techno\nYour browser does not support the audio element. ","permalink":"//localhost:1313/music/techno/originals/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eThese are the wubs I made. I am capable of original thought (for the most part)!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"meager\"\u003eMeager\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe first original EDM composition I completed on FL Studio Mobile. It created a monster.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cfigure\u003e\n    \u003caudio controls preload=\"metadata\" style=\"width: 100%;\"\u003e\n        \u003csource src=\"/audio/techno/original/Meager.mp3\" type=\"audio/mpeg\"\u003e\n        Your browser does not support the audio element.\n    \u003c/audio\u003e\n    \n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"ladybugs\"\u003eLadybugs\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNamed after the abundance of not-ladybugs-but-beetles that invade the house every year.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cfigure\u003e\n    \u003caudio controls preload=\"metadata\" style=\"width: 100%;\"\u003e\n        \u003csource src=\"/audio/techno/original/Ladybugs.mp3\" type=\"audio/mpeg\"\u003e\n        Your browser does not support the audio element.\n    \u003c/audio\u003e\n    \n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"massive\"\u003eMassive\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI like that song \u0026ldquo;Teardrop\u0026rdquo; by Massive Attack quite a bit, I wanted to make a Massive Attack song. Don\u0026rsquo;t mind the weird aetherial videogame-choir in the middle.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Originals"},{"content":"Some remixed tunes for your wubby pleasure\nRemixes ChixNRibz (lost) Unfortunately I can\u0026rsquo;t find this one right off, but chronologically it\u0026rsquo;s the first \u0026ldquo;remix\u0026rdquo; I did - Bridges and Rivers by The Chicken Street Band. What follows is a byproduct of that project, though.\nNumber One - Tophouse Technically the second remix I did. A great nerdy folk group, no shortage of LotR love at their shows (complete with live readings of passages from The Hobbit). I could hear the remix in my head on the first listen, this is what followed.\nBest described internally as \u0026ldquo;Topsmokers\u0026rdquo;\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Do You Like What I\u0026rsquo;m Sayin? - J. McFarlane\u0026rsquo;s Reality Guest A top notch weird band out of Australia. Henry Rollins played two of their songs on the brief run of \u0026ldquo;The Cool Quarantine\u0026rdquo; he did with KCRW back in 2020. Go check \u0026rsquo;em out\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Balto - Enter the Haggis Pretty proud of this one, tbh.\nThis band has meant a lot to me for a long time, it was only fitting to wub one of their tunes.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. No More Tears - Ozzy Osbourne Losing Ozzy hit me harder than I anticipated it would. I hadn\u0026rsquo;t cried like that since Neil Peart. This one never got finished, but I do like where it went. Maybe I\u0026rsquo;ll get back to it.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Whatsername - Green Day This one\u0026rsquo;s pretty basic compared to the others, they\u0026rsquo;re all just for fun, but I basically just wanted to hear the tune gamified. I think I succeeded. The back half is pretty fun and dancey.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. That\u0026rsquo;s it for now\u0026hellip;.\n","permalink":"//localhost:1313/music/techno/remixes/","summary":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSome remixed tunes for your wubby pleasure\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch1 id=\"remixes\"\u003eRemixes\u003c/h1\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"chixnribz-lost\"\u003eChixNRibz (lost)\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnfortunately I can\u0026rsquo;t find this one right off, but chronologically it\u0026rsquo;s the first \u0026ldquo;remix\u0026rdquo; I did - Bridges and Rivers by The Chicken Street Band. What follows is a byproduct of that project, though.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"number-one---tophouse\"\u003eNumber One - \u003ca href=\"https://tidal.com/artist/8994731\"\u003eTophouse\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTechnically the second remix I did. A great nerdy folk group, no shortage of LotR love at their shows (complete with live readings of passages from The Hobbit). I could hear the remix in my head on the first listen, this is what followed.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Remixes"},{"content":"The spiritual successor to The Chicken Street Band, rockifying and expanding the existing setlist\n\u0026ldquo;Need some Honey\u0026rdquo; by Nathaniel Rateliff \u0026amp; the Night Sweats, in a sweaty bar in Hallowell Your browser does not support the video tag. \u0026ldquo;The Hollow\u0026rdquo; by yours truly, one of my favorite performances of this tune Your browser does not support the video tag. \u0026ldquo;Up on Cripple Creek\u0026rdquo; by The Band ft. one of the best sound guys I\u0026rsquo;ve worked with Your browser does not support the video tag. ","permalink":"//localhost:1313/music/poultryhighway/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eThe spiritual successor to The Chicken Street Band, rockifying and expanding the existing setlist\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026ldquo;Need some Honey\u0026rdquo; by Nathaniel Rateliff \u0026amp; the Night Sweats, in a sweaty bar in Hallowell\n    \u003cdiv class=\"video-wrapper\" style=\"max-width: 50%; margin: 0 auto;\"\u003e\n  \u003cvideo src=\"/videos/poultry/needsomehoney.mp4\" controls style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\"\u003e\n    Your browser does not support the video tag.\n  \u003c/video\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026ldquo;The Hollow\u0026rdquo; by yours truly, one of my favorite performances of this tune\n    \u003cdiv class=\"video-wrapper\" style=\"max-width: 50%; margin: 0 auto;\"\u003e\n  \u003cvideo src=\"/videos/poultry/hollow.mp4\" controls style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\"\u003e\n    Your browser does not support the video tag.\n  \u003c/video\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Poultry Highway"},{"content":"When I was but a burgeoning console junkie cutting my teeth in Mint, my first few forays with mounting a new drive had proven to be a struggle. Sure - LLMs exist now, why bother writing this?\nWhy not.\nThis brief tutorial should be cross-flavor, meaning it should work on Debian-, Fedora-, and Arch-based systems alike. For today\u0026rsquo;s guide we\u0026rsquo;ll be using CachyOS, adjust for your package manager accordingly! :)\nSTOP TALKING AND GIVE ME INFO I\u0026rsquo;m assuming your drive is already installed. If not, To begin, if you don\u0026rsquo;t already have it, I like to use Gnome\u0026rsquo;s Disk Utility on most of my distributions. Install it with:\nsudo pacman -Syyu sudo pacman -S gnome-disk-utility Then we leave that terminal open to the side, and open up what we just installed. You can either search \u0026ldquo;Disks\u0026rdquo; in your app launcher, or run:\ngnome-disk-utility Ideally you\u0026rsquo;ll have Disks on one window, terminal on the other.\nNow. In Disks, you\u0026rsquo;ll want to format your disk from the 3-dot menu in the top right.\nOnce formatted, mount the sucker. Name it something you\u0026rsquo;ll remember, we\u0026rsquo;ll need it soon.\n(Quick note! If you plan to daily this drive in Linux, leave it as \u0026ldquo;ext4\u0026rdquo;. If you intend to dual boot, format to \u0026ldquo;fat32\u0026rdquo;)\nNow you\u0026rsquo;re formatted. You\u0026rsquo;ll notice a little string of numbers under the partition now, a field labeled \u0026ldquo;UUID\u0026rdquo;. We need that. Copy paste your UUID, and move over to the terminal\nIn your terminal, run\nsudo nano /etc/fstab ","permalink":"//localhost:1313/docs/fstab/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eWhen I was but a burgeoning console junkie cutting my teeth in Mint, my first few forays with mounting a new drive had proven to be a struggle.  Sure - LLMs exist now, why bother writing this?\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhy not.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis brief tutorial should be cross-flavor, meaning it should work on Debian-, Fedora-, and Arch-based systems alike. For today\u0026rsquo;s guide we\u0026rsquo;ll be using CachyOS, adjust for your package manager accordingly! :)\u003c/p\u003e","title":"fstab guide"},{"content":"\u0026ldquo;The Hollow\u0026rdquo;, with The Chicken Street Band at Roots Revival Fest 8/2/24\nYour browser does not support the audio element. ","permalink":"//localhost:1313/music/originals/","summary":"\u003cp\u003e\u0026ldquo;The Hollow\u0026rdquo;, with The Chicken Street Band at Roots Revival Fest 8/2/24\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"hahahugoshortcode345s0hbhb\"\u003e\u003cfigure\u003e\n    \u003caudio controls preload=\"metadata\" style=\"width: 100%;\"\u003e\n        \u003csource src=\"/audio/hollowroots.mp3\" type=\"audio/mpeg\"\u003e\n        Your browser does not support the audio element.\n    \u003c/audio\u003e\n    \n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\u003c/h2\u003e","title":"Songs I wrote!"},{"content":"The band Avenged Sevenfold – a critically acclaimed rock/metal outfit from California. Their first couple albums lent more of a hardcore sound, finding their way with tracks like “Second Heartbeat” and “Unholy Confessions” from the second record “Waking the Fallen”. What followed with City of Evil was a commercial success with songs like “Bat Country” and “Seize the Day” finding their way onto the radio. After which they put out another commercially successful self-titled offering. “Almost Easy” and “Afterlife” offering more radio play while “Little Piece of Heaven” was an absolutely GENIUS shock-rock piece allowing them to stretch their legs creatively.\nDespite losing their absolute creative force of a drummer – Jimmy “The Rev” Sullivan - in 2009, they still managed to knock it out of the park with “Nightmare” in 2010. Mike Portnoy from Dream Theater offered his talents to finish and tour the record.\nContext In the late 2000s to mid 2010s, I was finding my tastes as a burgeoning musician in middle/high school. We were given MacBooks to daily drive for assignments… and I absolutely abused the hell out of that thing. Ripped many a CD with the kids in class, anything we could get our hands on. I was listening to a lot of Green Day, Weezer, Rush, Metallica – as well as finding my way into EDM with the likes of deadmau5, Skrillex, Excision, Bassnectar (I would also find the masterpiece that is Enter the Haggis around this time, but that’s a story for a different day). I wanted it all. I was hungry.\nThere was one kid I ended up jiving with. His music taste was as weird as mine, just in WAY different directions. He’d made it down a few more rabbit holes than I had. He preferred bands like Sleeping with Sirens, Pierce the Veil, Black Veil Brides… There were exceptions to the rule like “King for a Day” (I heard it BEFORE TikTok made it cool!), but not many… until he showed me Avenged Sevenfold.\nThey wore the makeup and had the aesthetic same as those bands, but I saw something… different about them. They didn’t sound like the others. I had to know why. That kid gave me his copy of the self titled record to borrow - I copied it in class that day, gave him the CD back, and proceeded to have my mind blown for the next hour.\nSince then I’ve been there through the ups and downs, the ins and outs. The Call of Duty collabs (which were actually GREAT tunes), the non-actionable Guns \u0026amp; Roses/Metallica ripoffs when they wouldn’t let the new drummer show off at all, what we thought was gonna be one instance of a Daft Punk impression… I was there. I liked them and continue to. And now I get to be there for more Daft Punk impressions.\nContents I say that, but this project was at least a bit different than the stuff on Life is But a Dream.\nLIGHTS was shocking for an intro, though it served its purpose as the intro – it really kinda let us know what we’re in for. The first few seconds are almost Stage-coded, and I was settling in for “This is gonna take a couple listens”. Then the vocoder kicks in. “Oh, this is gonna take a couple MORE listens.”\nThen we have the title track STATICA. Overall, I don’t think this is a bad tune. It sounds like them, it drives, it’s ALMOST there. The commont theme for this project though, is the cardinal sin of too much fuckin’ vocoder – the vocal performance is good! If they insist on having it, leave it on the chorus, fine, it fit the vibe there – maybe even on the outro sequence. The verse could’ve used the punch of the clean vocal, in my opinion.\nNext up is REJOICE. Another solid tune overall, the melancholy drone with an odd time – I’m here for it. The vocoder is still there, but not as egregious through the entire thing. This one didn’t hit me as hard on the first listen like the last two did. I was vibing through the entire thing – unfortunately up til the synth at the end. There’s a few spots in the project where it really lends itself well, to the point that going forward I can see some synth integration in the older stuff. I’m for a weird noise. There’s just this feeling of “Zack got a synth at a garage sale and hasn’t quite figured it out yet”. Not unwelcome, just not crazy about the performance.\nASHES to close out the project. I remember on first listen that the chorus hit my ear a bit weird, something about the distortion wasn’t sitting right - but after listens 3 and 4 it has eased up on me. The feeling persists of Zacky not completely familiar with his instrument yet (if that’s even him). This one doesn’t sound as outlandish – they’ve always had a sense of theatrics, especially more present since The Stage – and that theatric sense is still there.\nConclusion Okay. Overall, yeah it’s weird. It’s a bold choice to do a bunch of acid and switch your rock band to a pseudo-techo-RnB project. It’s a bold choice to smother your new project in so much vocoder that we need a protocol droid to translate it. I can see that from the fan’s side.\nAt the same time, I’m all for a group doing new things. LIBAD wasn’t for everybody, this one won’t be either. If the production wasn\u0026rsquo;t so all over the place these songs could be stellar. The drums weren’t punching the same way, and the synth proficiency could use a little work if they’re gonna continue to put it on record.\nAND LESS FKN VOCODER\nThis is all coming from a fan with nothing but love. I like what they\u0026rsquo;re going for, but the execution could use a spit-polish\u0026hellip;\n\u0026hellip;and marginally less psychedelics.\n","permalink":"//localhost:1313/reviews/statica/","summary":"\u003ch2 id=\"the-band\"\u003eThe band\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAvenged Sevenfold – a critically acclaimed rock/metal outfit from California. Their first couple albums lent more of a hardcore sound, finding their way with tracks like “Second Heartbeat” and “Unholy Confessions” from the second record “Waking the Fallen”. What followed with City of Evil was a commercial success with songs like “Bat Country” and “Seize the Day” finding their way onto the radio. After which they put out another commercially successful self-titled offering. “Almost Easy” and “Afterlife” offering more radio play while “Little Piece of Heaven” was an absolutely GENIUS shock-rock piece allowing them to stretch their legs creatively.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Statica EP - Avenged Sevenfold"},{"content":"A collection of my favorite moments with these goons.\n207 Maine Your browser does not support the video tag. A cool opportunity, I think it was two songs? If I can track down the other one I\u0026rsquo;ll throw it up here. Rumor has it they still air.\nOpening for the Mallett Brothers at the Widowmaker (Sugarloaf) Your browser does not support the video tag. Such a fun show.\n","permalink":"//localhost:1313/music/207/","summary":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA collection of my favorite moments with these goons.\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"207-maine\"\u003e207 Maine\u003c/h2\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"video-wrapper\" style=\"max-width: 100%; margin: 0 auto;\"\u003e\n  \u003cvideo src=\"/videos/207.mp4\" controls style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\"\u003e\n    Your browser does not support the video tag.\n  \u003c/video\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA cool opportunity, I think it was two songs? If I can track down the other one I\u0026rsquo;ll throw it up here. Rumor has it they still air.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"opening-for-the-mallett-brothers-at-the-widowmaker-sugarloaf\"\u003eOpening for the Mallett Brothers at the Widowmaker (Sugarloaf)\u003c/h2\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"video-wrapper\" style=\"max-width: 100%; margin: 0 auto;\"\u003e\n  \u003cvideo src=\"/videos/wait.mp4\" controls style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\"\u003e\n    Your browser does not support the video tag.\n  \u003c/video\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSuch a fun show.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"The Chicken Street Band"},{"content":"The network\u0026rsquo;s in a cool spot right now.\nThe whole team The Gesellschaft TrueNAS on a 6th gen i7 with 32gb RAM\nServices here Frigate\nThis has been cool for storing footage from our IP cams, though I\u0026rsquo;m not too thrilled with the performance of our current setup. We use Tapo, and the small ones work fine - but the \u0026ldquo;good\u0026rdquo; one for the entryway doesn\u0026rsquo;t support local account setup. We bought them in a pinch and they\u0026rsquo;ve been effective, but I\u0026rsquo;m not crazy about them. Immich\nAn excellent tool that I haven\u0026rsquo;t given the time it deserves. It\u0026rsquo;s intended to be a \u0026ldquo;set and forget\u0026rdquo; image backup, which it\u0026rsquo;s served well as, though I would like to delve a bit deeper. Time is an illusion. Jellyfin\nWhat else can I say. A perfect tool for streaming (ahem) acquired media. A bit clunky for music, however. So we use instead\u0026hellip; Navidrome\nAnother perfect tool for interfacing with your media of the audio varitety. The metadata is only as good as YOU make it, but that\u0026rsquo;s a fun mindless task for when you wanna get stoned and data entry for a bit. (What, just me?) Memos\nA fun markdown-based tool for keeping notes, designed to look and function like a self-hosted Twitter. Sorts by tags, comes with a search integrated. Real fun to mess with, though I\u0026rsquo;ve since kinda abandoned it since building this. The Servbot Ubuntu 26.04 on a 4th Gen i5 with 16gb RAM\nA rugged little beast. Formerly part of a Proxmox cluster, running HA on three of these guys proved to be a bit much.\nServices here Nginx Proxy Manager\nSomething I started using early on, as soon as I bought the first domain. I know how to use it, it handles Cloudflare well, so far little complaints. Dockge\nHandy for deploying Docker stuff quickly. I like the interface Pinchflat\nFor archiving those important videos OpenSpeedTest\nshrugs Why not? Seerr\nBetter for requests than a Discord server Futo Notes\nI\u0026rsquo;d rather have my text files be my responsibility The Stack\nThe less said the better Gitea\nGetting familiar with that setup, but that\u0026rsquo;s been clunky The Router Running OPNSense on a decommissioned kiosk computer I nabbed from work. A 7th gen i3 with two NIC jacks in a compact form factor\u0026hellip; that had a locked bios. It booted legacy, though, and that\u0026rsquo;s all I needed.\n","permalink":"//localhost:1313/docs/currentlab/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eThe network\u0026rsquo;s in a cool spot right now.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cfigure\u003e\n    \u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" src=\"/images/lab.jpg\" width=\"600\"/\u003e \u003cfigcaption\u003e\n            The whole team\n        \u003c/figcaption\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch1 id=\"the-gesellschaft\"\u003eThe Gesellschaft\u003c/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTrueNAS on a 6th gen i7 with 32gb RAM\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"services-here\"\u003eServices here\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrigate\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThis has been cool for storing footage from our IP cams, though I\u0026rsquo;m not too thrilled with the performance of our current setup. We use Tapo, and the small ones work fine - but the \u0026ldquo;good\u0026rdquo; one for the entryway doesn\u0026rsquo;t support local account setup. We bought them in a pinch and they\u0026rsquo;ve been effective, but I\u0026rsquo;m not crazy about them.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eImmich\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","title":"What's in the lab right now?"},{"content":"Docs will go here!\n","permalink":"//localhost:1313/docs/docshere/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eDocs will go here!\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Docshere"},{"content":"","permalink":"//localhost:1313/main/","summary":"","title":"Main"},{"content":"But that can change!\nBook some noise for your occasion at:\nbwnoises@proton.me\nMake sure to put \u0026ldquo;Music\u0026rdquo; in the subject!\nIn the meantime\u0026hellip; Here\u0026rsquo;s some proof I do things! Your browser does not support the video tag. Your browser does not support the video tag. Your browser does not support the video tag. ","permalink":"//localhost:1313/shows/tba/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eBut that can change!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBook some noise for your occasion at:\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"mailto:bwnoises@proton.me\"\u003ebwnoises@proton.me\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMake sure to put \u0026ldquo;Music\u0026rdquo; in the subject!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"in-the-meantime-heres-some-proof-i-do-things\"\u003eIn the meantime\u0026hellip; Here\u0026rsquo;s some proof I do things!\u003c/h2\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"video-wrapper\" style=\"max-width: 100%; margin: 0 auto;\"\u003e\n  \u003cvideo src=\"/videos/solo/blackwater.mp4\" controls style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\"\u003e\n    Your browser does not support the video tag.\n  \u003c/video\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\n    \u003cdiv class=\"video-wrapper\" style=\"max-width: 100%; margin: 0 auto;\"\u003e\n  \u003cvideo src=\"/videos/solo/lionman.mp4\" controls style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\"\u003e\n    Your browser does not support the video tag.\n  \u003c/video\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\n    \u003cdiv class=\"video-wrapper\" style=\"max-width: 100%; margin: 0 auto;\"\u003e\n  \u003cvideo src=\"/videos/solo/recovery.mp4\" controls style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\"\u003e\n    Your browser does not support the video tag.\n  \u003c/video\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e","title":"It's a little empty right now..."},{"content":"God I love smoking.\nBut lately it\u0026rsquo;s been getting old.\n","permalink":"//localhost:1313/posts/smoking/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eGod I love smoking.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut lately it\u0026rsquo;s been getting old.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Smoking"},{"content":"These are the wubs I made. I am capable of original thought (for the most part)!\nMeager The first original EDM composition I completed on FL Studio Mobile. It created a monster.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Ladybugs Named after the abundance of not-ladybugs-but-beetles that invade the house every year.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Massive I like that song \u0026ldquo;Teardrop\u0026rdquo; by Massive Attack quite a bit, I wanted to make a Massive Attack song. Don\u0026rsquo;t mind the weird aetherial videogame-choir in the middle.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Petrock Named after one of the objects living on my desk\nYour browser does not support the audio element. RaiseYourRipoff Not a blatant ripoff per-se, but definitely heavily inspired by the mau5. I\u0026rsquo;m attached to the outro, very NIN coded.\nPretty proud of this one.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Save the Riff I played a drop D guitar riff and thought it would sound good as the main riff of a wub. This is what followed.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. An Imperfect Rhombus The only of this crop to be done in Reaper, pretty sure the rest are done in FL Studio Mobile (They don\u0026rsquo;t sound as full as this one does IMHO)\nWe need more weird time signatures in techno\nYour browser does not support the audio element. ","permalink":"//localhost:1313/music/techno/originals/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eThese are the wubs I made. I am capable of original thought (for the most part)!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"meager\"\u003eMeager\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe first original EDM composition I completed on FL Studio Mobile. It created a monster.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cfigure\u003e\n    \u003caudio controls preload=\"metadata\" style=\"width: 100%;\"\u003e\n        \u003csource src=\"/audio/techno/original/Meager.mp3\" type=\"audio/mpeg\"\u003e\n        Your browser does not support the audio element.\n    \u003c/audio\u003e\n    \n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"ladybugs\"\u003eLadybugs\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNamed after the abundance of not-ladybugs-but-beetles that invade the house every year.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cfigure\u003e\n    \u003caudio controls preload=\"metadata\" style=\"width: 100%;\"\u003e\n        \u003csource src=\"/audio/techno/original/Ladybugs.mp3\" type=\"audio/mpeg\"\u003e\n        Your browser does not support the audio element.\n    \u003c/audio\u003e\n    \n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"massive\"\u003eMassive\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI like that song \u0026ldquo;Teardrop\u0026rdquo; by Massive Attack quite a bit, I wanted to make a Massive Attack song. Don\u0026rsquo;t mind the weird aetherial videogame-choir in the middle.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Originals"},{"content":"Some remixed tunes for your wubby pleasure\nRemixes ChixNRibz (lost) Unfortunately I can\u0026rsquo;t find this one right off, but chronologically it\u0026rsquo;s the first \u0026ldquo;remix\u0026rdquo; I did - Bridges and Rivers by The Chicken Street Band. What follows is a byproduct of that project, though.\nNumber One - Tophouse Technically the second remix I did. A great nerdy folk group, no shortage of LotR love at their shows (complete with live readings of passages from The Hobbit). I could hear the remix in my head on the first listen, this is what followed.\nBest described internally as \u0026ldquo;Topsmokers\u0026rdquo;\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Do You Like What I\u0026rsquo;m Sayin? - J. McFarlane\u0026rsquo;s Reality Guest A top notch weird band out of Australia. Henry Rollins played two of their songs on the brief run of \u0026ldquo;The Cool Quarantine\u0026rdquo; he did with KCRW back in 2020. Go check \u0026rsquo;em out\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Balto - Enter the Haggis Pretty proud of this one, tbh.\nThis band has meant a lot to me for a long time, it was only fitting to wub one of their tunes.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. No More Tears - Ozzy Osbourne Losing Ozzy hit me harder than I anticipated it would. I hadn\u0026rsquo;t cried like that since Neil Peart. This one never got finished, but I do like where it went. Maybe I\u0026rsquo;ll get back to it.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Whatsername - Green Day This one\u0026rsquo;s pretty basic compared to the others, they\u0026rsquo;re all just for fun, but I basically just wanted to hear the tune gamified. I think I succeeded. The back half is pretty fun and dancey.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. That\u0026rsquo;s it for now\u0026hellip;.\n","permalink":"//localhost:1313/music/techno/remixes/","summary":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSome remixed tunes for your wubby pleasure\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch1 id=\"remixes\"\u003eRemixes\u003c/h1\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"chixnribz-lost\"\u003eChixNRibz (lost)\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnfortunately I can\u0026rsquo;t find this one right off, but chronologically it\u0026rsquo;s the first \u0026ldquo;remix\u0026rdquo; I did - Bridges and Rivers by The Chicken Street Band. What follows is a byproduct of that project, though.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"number-one---tophouse\"\u003eNumber One - \u003ca href=\"https://tidal.com/artist/8994731\"\u003eTophouse\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTechnically the second remix I did. A great nerdy folk group, no shortage of LotR love at their shows (complete with live readings of passages from The Hobbit). I could hear the remix in my head on the first listen, this is what followed.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Remixes"},{"content":"The spiritual successor to The Chicken Street Band, rockifying and expanding the existing setlist\n\u0026ldquo;Need some Honey\u0026rdquo; by Nathaniel Rateliff \u0026amp; the Night Sweats, in a sweaty bar in Hallowell Your browser does not support the video tag. \u0026ldquo;The Hollow\u0026rdquo; by yours truly, one of my favorite performances of this tune Your browser does not support the video tag. \u0026ldquo;Up on Cripple Creek\u0026rdquo; by The Band ft. one of the best sound guys I\u0026rsquo;ve worked with Your browser does not support the video tag. ","permalink":"//localhost:1313/music/poultryhighway/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eThe spiritual successor to The Chicken Street Band, rockifying and expanding the existing setlist\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026ldquo;Need some Honey\u0026rdquo; by Nathaniel Rateliff \u0026amp; the Night Sweats, in a sweaty bar in Hallowell\n    \u003cdiv class=\"video-wrapper\" style=\"max-width: 50%; margin: 0 auto;\"\u003e\n  \u003cvideo src=\"/videos/poultry/needsomehoney.mp4\" controls style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\"\u003e\n    Your browser does not support the video tag.\n  \u003c/video\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026ldquo;The Hollow\u0026rdquo; by yours truly, one of my favorite performances of this tune\n    \u003cdiv class=\"video-wrapper\" style=\"max-width: 50%; margin: 0 auto;\"\u003e\n  \u003cvideo src=\"/videos/poultry/hollow.mp4\" controls style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\"\u003e\n    Your browser does not support the video tag.\n  \u003c/video\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Poultry Highway"},{"content":"When I was but a burgeoning console junkie cutting my teeth in Mint, my first few forays with mounting a new drive had proven to be a struggle. Sure - LLMs exist now, why bother writing this?\nWhy not.\nThis brief tutorial should be cross-flavor, meaning it should work on Debian-, Fedora-, and Arch-based systems alike. For today\u0026rsquo;s guide we\u0026rsquo;ll be using CachyOS, adjust for your package manager accordingly! :)\nSTOP TALKING AND GIVE ME INFO I\u0026rsquo;m assuming your drive is already installed. If not, To begin, if you don\u0026rsquo;t already have it, I like to use Gnome\u0026rsquo;s Disk Utility on most of my distributions. Install it with:\nsudo pacman -Syyu sudo pacman -S gnome-disk-utility Then we leave that terminal open to the side, and open up what we just installed. You can either search \u0026ldquo;Disks\u0026rdquo; in your app launcher, or run:\ngnome-disk-utility Ideally you\u0026rsquo;ll have Disks on one window, terminal on the other.\nNow. In Disks, you\u0026rsquo;ll want to format your disk from the 3-dot menu in the top right.\nOnce formatted, mount the sucker. Name it something you\u0026rsquo;ll remember, we\u0026rsquo;ll need it soon.\n(Quick note! If you plan to daily this drive in Linux, leave it as \u0026ldquo;ext4\u0026rdquo;. If you intend to dual boot, format to \u0026ldquo;fat32\u0026rdquo;)\nNow you\u0026rsquo;re formatted. You\u0026rsquo;ll notice a little string of numbers under the partition now, a field labeled \u0026ldquo;UUID\u0026rdquo;. We need that. Copy paste your UUID, and move over to the terminal\nIn your terminal, run\nsudo nano /etc/fstab ","permalink":"//localhost:1313/docs/fstab/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eWhen I was but a burgeoning console junkie cutting my teeth in Mint, my first few forays with mounting a new drive had proven to be a struggle.  Sure - LLMs exist now, why bother writing this?\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhy not.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis brief tutorial should be cross-flavor, meaning it should work on Debian-, Fedora-, and Arch-based systems alike. For today\u0026rsquo;s guide we\u0026rsquo;ll be using CachyOS, adjust for your package manager accordingly! :)\u003c/p\u003e","title":"fstab guide"},{"content":"\u0026ldquo;The Hollow\u0026rdquo;, with The Chicken Street Band at Roots Revival Fest 8/2/24\nYour browser does not support the audio element. ","permalink":"//localhost:1313/music/originals/","summary":"\u003cp\u003e\u0026ldquo;The Hollow\u0026rdquo;, with The Chicken Street Band at Roots Revival Fest 8/2/24\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"hahahugoshortcode345s0hbhb\"\u003e\u003cfigure\u003e\n    \u003caudio controls preload=\"metadata\" style=\"width: 100%;\"\u003e\n        \u003csource src=\"/audio/hollowroots.mp3\" type=\"audio/mpeg\"\u003e\n        Your browser does not support the audio element.\n    \u003c/audio\u003e\n    \n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\u003c/h2\u003e","title":"Songs I wrote!"},{"content":"The band Avenged Sevenfold – a critically acclaimed rock/metal outfit from California. Their first couple albums lent more of a hardcore sound, finding their way with tracks like “Second Heartbeat” and “Unholy Confessions” from the second record “Waking the Fallen”. What followed with City of Evil was a commercial success with songs like “Bat Country” and “Seize the Day” finding their way onto the radio. After which they put out another commercially successful self-titled offering. “Almost Easy” and “Afterlife” offering more radio play while “Little Piece of Heaven” was an absolutely GENIUS shock-rock piece allowing them to stretch their legs creatively.\nDespite losing their absolute creative force of a drummer – Jimmy “The Rev” Sullivan - in 2009, they still managed to knock it out of the park with “Nightmare” in 2010. Mike Portnoy from Dream Theater offered his talents to finish and tour the record.\nContext In the late 2000s to mid 2010s, I was finding my tastes as a burgeoning musician in middle/high school. We were given MacBooks to daily drive for assignments… and I absolutely abused the hell out of that thing. Ripped many a CD with the kids in class, anything we could get our hands on. I was listening to a lot of Green Day, Weezer, Rush, Metallica – as well as finding my way into EDM with the likes of deadmau5, Skrillex, Excision, Bassnectar (I would also find the masterpiece that is Enter the Haggis around this time, but that’s a story for a different day). I wanted it all. I was hungry.\nThere was one kid I ended up jiving with. His music taste was as weird as mine, just in WAY different directions. He’d made it down a few more rabbit holes than I had. He preferred bands like Sleeping with Sirens, Pierce the Veil, Black Veil Brides… There were exceptions to the rule like “King for a Day” (I heard it BEFORE TikTok made it cool!), but not many… until he showed me Avenged Sevenfold.\nThey wore the makeup and had the aesthetic same as those bands, but I saw something… different about them. They didn’t sound like the others. I had to know why. That kid gave me his copy of the self titled record to borrow - I copied it in class that day, gave him the CD back, and proceeded to have my mind blown for the next hour.\nSince then I’ve been there through the ups and downs, the ins and outs. The Call of Duty collabs (which were actually GREAT tunes), the non-actionable Guns \u0026amp; Roses/Metallica ripoffs when they wouldn’t let the new drummer show off at all, what we thought was gonna be one instance of a Daft Punk impression… I was there. I liked them and continue to. And now I get to be there for more Daft Punk impressions.\nContents I say that, but this project was at least a bit different than the stuff on Life is But a Dream.\nLIGHTS was shocking for an intro, though it served its purpose as the intro – it really kinda let us know what we’re in for. The first few seconds are almost Stage-coded, and I was settling in for “This is gonna take a couple listens”. Then the vocoder kicks in. “Oh, this is gonna take a couple MORE listens.”\nThen we have the title track STATICA. Overall, I don’t think this is a bad tune. It sounds like them, it drives, it’s ALMOST there. The commont theme for this project though, is the cardinal sin of too much fuckin’ vocoder – the vocal performance is good! If they insist on having it, leave it on the chorus, fine, it fit the vibe there – maybe even on the outro sequence. The verse could’ve used the punch of the clean vocal, in my opinion.\nNext up is REJOICE. Another solid tune overall, the melancholy drone with an odd time – I’m here for it. The vocoder is still there, but not as egregious through the entire thing. This one didn’t hit me as hard on the first listen like the last two did. I was vibing through the entire thing – unfortunately up til the synth at the end. There’s a few spots in the project where it really lends itself well, to the point that going forward I can see some synth integration in the older stuff. I’m for a weird noise. There’s just this feeling of “Zack got a synth at a garage sale and hasn’t quite figured it out yet”. Not unwelcome, just not crazy about the performance.\nASHES to close out the project. I remember on first listen that the chorus hit my ear a bit weird, something about the distortion wasn’t sitting right - but after listens 3 and 4 it has eased up on me. The feeling persists of Zacky not completely familiar with his instrument yet (if that’s even him). This one doesn’t sound as outlandish – they’ve always had a sense of theatrics, especially more present since The Stage – and that theatric sense is still there.\nConclusion Okay. Overall, yeah it’s weird. It’s a bold choice to do a bunch of acid and switch your rock band to a pseudo-techo-RnB project. It’s a bold choice to smother your new project in so much vocoder that we need a protocol droid to translate it. I can see that from the fan’s side.\nAt the same time, I’m all for a group doing new things. LIBAD wasn’t for everybody, this one won’t be either. If the production wasn\u0026rsquo;t so all over the place these songs could be stellar. The drums weren’t punching the same way, and the synth proficiency could use a little work if they’re gonna continue to put it on record.\nAND LESS FKN VOCODER\nThis is all coming from a fan with nothing but love. I like what they\u0026rsquo;re going for, but the execution could use a spit-polish\u0026hellip;\n\u0026hellip;and marginally less psychedelics.\n","permalink":"//localhost:1313/reviews/statica/","summary":"\u003ch2 id=\"the-band\"\u003eThe band\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAvenged Sevenfold – a critically acclaimed rock/metal outfit from California. Their first couple albums lent more of a hardcore sound, finding their way with tracks like “Second Heartbeat” and “Unholy Confessions” from the second record “Waking the Fallen”. What followed with City of Evil was a commercial success with songs like “Bat Country” and “Seize the Day” finding their way onto the radio. After which they put out another commercially successful self-titled offering. “Almost Easy” and “Afterlife” offering more radio play while “Little Piece of Heaven” was an absolutely GENIUS shock-rock piece allowing them to stretch their legs creatively.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Statica EP - Avenged Sevenfold"},{"content":"A collection of my favorite moments with these goons.\n207 Maine Your browser does not support the video tag. A cool opportunity, I think it was two songs? If I can track down the other one I\u0026rsquo;ll throw it up here. Rumor has it they still air.\nOpening for the Mallett Brothers at the Widowmaker (Sugarloaf) Your browser does not support the video tag. Such a fun show.\n","permalink":"//localhost:1313/music/207/","summary":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA collection of my favorite moments with these goons.\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"207-maine\"\u003e207 Maine\u003c/h2\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"video-wrapper\" style=\"max-width: 100%; margin: 0 auto;\"\u003e\n  \u003cvideo src=\"/videos/207.mp4\" controls style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\"\u003e\n    Your browser does not support the video tag.\n  \u003c/video\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA cool opportunity, I think it was two songs? If I can track down the other one I\u0026rsquo;ll throw it up here. Rumor has it they still air.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"opening-for-the-mallett-brothers-at-the-widowmaker-sugarloaf\"\u003eOpening for the Mallett Brothers at the Widowmaker (Sugarloaf)\u003c/h2\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"video-wrapper\" style=\"max-width: 100%; margin: 0 auto;\"\u003e\n  \u003cvideo src=\"/videos/wait.mp4\" controls style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\"\u003e\n    Your browser does not support the video tag.\n  \u003c/video\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSuch a fun show.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"The Chicken Street Band"},{"content":"The network\u0026rsquo;s in a cool spot right now.\nThe whole team The Gesellschaft TrueNAS on a 6th gen i7 with 32gb RAM\nServices here Frigate\nThis has been cool for storing footage from our IP cams, though I\u0026rsquo;m not too thrilled with the performance of our current setup. We use Tapo, and the small ones work fine - but the \u0026ldquo;good\u0026rdquo; one for the entryway doesn\u0026rsquo;t support local account setup. We bought them in a pinch and they\u0026rsquo;ve been effective, but I\u0026rsquo;m not crazy about them. Immich\nAn excellent tool that I haven\u0026rsquo;t given the time it deserves. It\u0026rsquo;s intended to be a \u0026ldquo;set and forget\u0026rdquo; image backup, which it\u0026rsquo;s served well as, though I would like to delve a bit deeper. Time is an illusion. Jellyfin\nWhat else can I say. A perfect tool for streaming (ahem) acquired media. A bit clunky for music, however. So we use instead\u0026hellip; Navidrome\nAnother perfect tool for interfacing with your media of the audio varitety. The metadata is only as good as YOU make it, but that\u0026rsquo;s a fun mindless task for when you wanna get stoned and data entry for a bit. (What, just me?) Memos\nA fun markdown-based tool for keeping notes, designed to look and function like a self-hosted Twitter. Sorts by tags, comes with a search integrated. Real fun to mess with, though I\u0026rsquo;ve since kinda abandoned it since building this. The Servbot Ubuntu 26.04 on a 4th Gen i5 with 16gb RAM\nA rugged little beast. Formerly part of a Proxmox cluster, running HA on three of these guys proved to be a bit much.\nServices here Nginx Proxy Manager\nSomething I started using early on, as soon as I bought the first domain. I know how to use it, it handles Cloudflare well, so far little complaints. Dockge\nHandy for deploying Docker stuff quickly. I like the interface Pinchflat\nFor archiving those important videos OpenSpeedTest\nshrugs Why not? Seerr\nBetter for requests than a Discord server Futo Notes\nI\u0026rsquo;d rather have my text files be my responsibility The Stack\nThe less said the better Gitea\nGetting familiar with that setup, but that\u0026rsquo;s been clunky The Router Running OPNSense on a decommissioned kiosk computer I nabbed from work. A 7th gen i3 with two NIC jacks in a compact form factor\u0026hellip; that had a locked bios. It booted legacy, though, and that\u0026rsquo;s all I needed.\n","permalink":"//localhost:1313/docs/currentlab/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eThe network\u0026rsquo;s in a cool spot right now.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cfigure\u003e\n    \u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" src=\"/images/lab.jpg\" width=\"600\"/\u003e \u003cfigcaption\u003e\n            The whole team\n        \u003c/figcaption\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch1 id=\"the-gesellschaft\"\u003eThe Gesellschaft\u003c/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTrueNAS on a 6th gen i7 with 32gb RAM\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"services-here\"\u003eServices here\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrigate\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThis has been cool for storing footage from our IP cams, though I\u0026rsquo;m not too thrilled with the performance of our current setup. We use Tapo, and the small ones work fine - but the \u0026ldquo;good\u0026rdquo; one for the entryway doesn\u0026rsquo;t support local account setup. We bought them in a pinch and they\u0026rsquo;ve been effective, but I\u0026rsquo;m not crazy about them.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eImmich\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","title":"What's in the lab right now?"},{"content":"Docs will go here!\n","permalink":"//localhost:1313/docs/docshere/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eDocs will go here!\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Docshere"},{"content":"","permalink":"//localhost:1313/main/","summary":"","title":"Main"},{"content":"But that can change!\nBook some noise for your occasion at:\nbwnoises@proton.me\nMake sure to put \u0026ldquo;Music\u0026rdquo; in the subject!\nIn the meantime\u0026hellip; Here\u0026rsquo;s some proof I do things! Your browser does not support the video tag. Your browser does not support the video tag. Your browser does not support the video tag. ","permalink":"//localhost:1313/shows/tba/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eBut that can change!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBook some noise for your occasion at:\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"mailto:bwnoises@proton.me\"\u003ebwnoises@proton.me\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMake sure to put \u0026ldquo;Music\u0026rdquo; in the subject!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"in-the-meantime-heres-some-proof-i-do-things\"\u003eIn the meantime\u0026hellip; Here\u0026rsquo;s some proof I do things!\u003c/h2\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"video-wrapper\" style=\"max-width: 100%; margin: 0 auto;\"\u003e\n  \u003cvideo src=\"/videos/solo/blackwater.mp4\" controls style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\"\u003e\n    Your browser does not support the video tag.\n  \u003c/video\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\n    \u003cdiv class=\"video-wrapper\" style=\"max-width: 100%; margin: 0 auto;\"\u003e\n  \u003cvideo src=\"/videos/solo/lionman.mp4\" controls style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\"\u003e\n    Your browser does not support the video tag.\n  \u003c/video\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\n    \u003cdiv class=\"video-wrapper\" style=\"max-width: 100%; margin: 0 auto;\"\u003e\n  \u003cvideo src=\"/videos/solo/recovery.mp4\" controls style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\"\u003e\n    Your browser does not support the video tag.\n  \u003c/video\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e","title":"It's a little empty right now..."},{"content":"God I love smoking.\nBut lately it\u0026rsquo;s been getting old.\n","permalink":"//localhost:1313/posts/smoking/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eGod I love smoking.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut lately it\u0026rsquo;s been getting old.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Smoking"},{"content":"These are the wubs I made. I am capable of original thought (for the most part)!\nMeager The first original EDM composition I completed on FL Studio Mobile. It created a monster.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Ladybugs Named after the abundance of not-ladybugs-but-beetles that invade the house every year.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Massive I like that song \u0026ldquo;Teardrop\u0026rdquo; by Massive Attack quite a bit, I wanted to make a Massive Attack song. Don\u0026rsquo;t mind the weird aetherial videogame-choir in the middle.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Petrock Named after one of the objects living on my desk\nYour browser does not support the audio element. RaiseYourRipoff Not a blatant ripoff per-se, but definitely heavily inspired by the mau5. I\u0026rsquo;m attached to the outro, very NIN coded.\nPretty proud of this one.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Save the Riff I played a drop D guitar riff and thought it would sound good as the main riff of a wub. This is what followed.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. An Imperfect Rhombus The only of this crop to be done in Reaper, pretty sure the rest are done in FL Studio Mobile (They don\u0026rsquo;t sound as full as this one does IMHO)\nWe need more weird time signatures in techno\nYour browser does not support the audio element. ","permalink":"//localhost:1313/music/techno/originals/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eThese are the wubs I made. I am capable of original thought (for the most part)!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"meager\"\u003eMeager\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe first original EDM composition I completed on FL Studio Mobile. It created a monster.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cfigure\u003e\n    \u003caudio controls preload=\"metadata\" style=\"width: 100%;\"\u003e\n        \u003csource src=\"/audio/techno/original/Meager.mp3\" type=\"audio/mpeg\"\u003e\n        Your browser does not support the audio element.\n    \u003c/audio\u003e\n    \n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"ladybugs\"\u003eLadybugs\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNamed after the abundance of not-ladybugs-but-beetles that invade the house every year.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cfigure\u003e\n    \u003caudio controls preload=\"metadata\" style=\"width: 100%;\"\u003e\n        \u003csource src=\"/audio/techno/original/Ladybugs.mp3\" type=\"audio/mpeg\"\u003e\n        Your browser does not support the audio element.\n    \u003c/audio\u003e\n    \n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"massive\"\u003eMassive\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI like that song \u0026ldquo;Teardrop\u0026rdquo; by Massive Attack quite a bit, I wanted to make a Massive Attack song. Don\u0026rsquo;t mind the weird aetherial videogame-choir in the middle.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Originals"},{"content":"Some remixed tunes for your wubby pleasure\nRemixes ChixNRibz (lost) Unfortunately I can\u0026rsquo;t find this one right off, but chronologically it\u0026rsquo;s the first \u0026ldquo;remix\u0026rdquo; I did - Bridges and Rivers by The Chicken Street Band. What follows is a byproduct of that project, though.\nNumber One - Tophouse Technically the second remix I did. A great nerdy folk group, no shortage of LotR love at their shows (complete with live readings of passages from The Hobbit). I could hear the remix in my head on the first listen, this is what followed.\nBest described internally as \u0026ldquo;Topsmokers\u0026rdquo;\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Do You Like What I\u0026rsquo;m Sayin? - J. McFarlane\u0026rsquo;s Reality Guest A top notch weird band out of Australia. Henry Rollins played two of their songs on the brief run of \u0026ldquo;The Cool Quarantine\u0026rdquo; he did with KCRW back in 2020. Go check \u0026rsquo;em out\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Balto - Enter the Haggis Pretty proud of this one, tbh.\nThis band has meant a lot to me for a long time, it was only fitting to wub one of their tunes.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. No More Tears - Ozzy Osbourne Losing Ozzy hit me harder than I anticipated it would. I hadn\u0026rsquo;t cried like that since Neil Peart. This one never got finished, but I do like where it went. Maybe I\u0026rsquo;ll get back to it.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Whatsername - Green Day This one\u0026rsquo;s pretty basic compared to the others, they\u0026rsquo;re all just for fun, but I basically just wanted to hear the tune gamified. I think I succeeded. The back half is pretty fun and dancey.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. That\u0026rsquo;s it for now\u0026hellip;.\n","permalink":"//localhost:1313/music/techno/remixes/","summary":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSome remixed tunes for your wubby pleasure\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch1 id=\"remixes\"\u003eRemixes\u003c/h1\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"chixnribz-lost\"\u003eChixNRibz (lost)\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnfortunately I can\u0026rsquo;t find this one right off, but chronologically it\u0026rsquo;s the first \u0026ldquo;remix\u0026rdquo; I did - Bridges and Rivers by The Chicken Street Band. What follows is a byproduct of that project, though.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"number-one---tophouse\"\u003eNumber One - \u003ca href=\"https://tidal.com/artist/8994731\"\u003eTophouse\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTechnically the second remix I did. A great nerdy folk group, no shortage of LotR love at their shows (complete with live readings of passages from The Hobbit). I could hear the remix in my head on the first listen, this is what followed.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Remixes"},{"content":"The spiritual successor to The Chicken Street Band, rockifying and expanding the existing setlist\n\u0026ldquo;Need some Honey\u0026rdquo; by Nathaniel Rateliff \u0026amp; the Night Sweats, in a sweaty bar in Hallowell Your browser does not support the video tag. \u0026ldquo;The Hollow\u0026rdquo; by yours truly, one of my favorite performances of this tune Your browser does not support the video tag. \u0026ldquo;Up on Cripple Creek\u0026rdquo; by The Band ft. one of the best sound guys I\u0026rsquo;ve worked with Your browser does not support the video tag. ","permalink":"//localhost:1313/music/poultryhighway/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eThe spiritual successor to The Chicken Street Band, rockifying and expanding the existing setlist\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026ldquo;Need some Honey\u0026rdquo; by Nathaniel Rateliff \u0026amp; the Night Sweats, in a sweaty bar in Hallowell\n    \u003cdiv class=\"video-wrapper\" style=\"max-width: 50%; margin: 0 auto;\"\u003e\n  \u003cvideo src=\"/videos/poultry/needsomehoney.mp4\" controls style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\"\u003e\n    Your browser does not support the video tag.\n  \u003c/video\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026ldquo;The Hollow\u0026rdquo; by yours truly, one of my favorite performances of this tune\n    \u003cdiv class=\"video-wrapper\" style=\"max-width: 50%; margin: 0 auto;\"\u003e\n  \u003cvideo src=\"/videos/poultry/hollow.mp4\" controls style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\"\u003e\n    Your browser does not support the video tag.\n  \u003c/video\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Poultry Highway"},{"content":"When I was but a burgeoning console junkie cutting my teeth in Mint, my first few forays with mounting a new drive had proven to be a struggle. Sure - LLMs exist now, why bother writing this?\nWhy not.\nThis brief tutorial should be cross-flavor, meaning it should work on Debian-, Fedora-, and Arch-based systems alike. For today\u0026rsquo;s guide we\u0026rsquo;ll be using CachyOS, adjust for your package manager accordingly! :)\nSTOP TALKING AND GIVE ME INFO I\u0026rsquo;m assuming your drive is already installed. If not, To begin, if you don\u0026rsquo;t already have it, I like to use Gnome\u0026rsquo;s Disk Utility on most of my distributions. Install it with:\nsudo pacman -Syyu sudo pacman -S gnome-disk-utility Then we leave that terminal open to the side, and open up what we just installed. You can either search \u0026ldquo;Disks\u0026rdquo; in your app launcher, or run:\ngnome-disk-utility Ideally you\u0026rsquo;ll have Disks on one window, terminal on the other.\nNow. In Disks, you\u0026rsquo;ll want to format your disk from the 3-dot menu in the top right.\nOnce formatted, mount the sucker. Name it something you\u0026rsquo;ll remember, we\u0026rsquo;ll need it soon.\n(Quick note! If you plan to daily this drive in Linux, leave it as \u0026ldquo;ext4\u0026rdquo;. If you intend to dual boot, format to \u0026ldquo;fat32\u0026rdquo;)\nNow you\u0026rsquo;re formatted. You\u0026rsquo;ll notice a little string of numbers under the partition now, a field labeled \u0026ldquo;UUID\u0026rdquo;. We need that. Copy paste your UUID, and move over to the terminal\nIn your terminal, run\nsudo nano /etc/fstab ","permalink":"//localhost:1313/docs/fstab/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eWhen I was but a burgeoning console junkie cutting my teeth in Mint, my first few forays with mounting a new drive had proven to be a struggle.  Sure - LLMs exist now, why bother writing this?\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhy not.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis brief tutorial should be cross-flavor, meaning it should work on Debian-, Fedora-, and Arch-based systems alike. For today\u0026rsquo;s guide we\u0026rsquo;ll be using CachyOS, adjust for your package manager accordingly! :)\u003c/p\u003e","title":"fstab guide"},{"content":"\u0026ldquo;The Hollow\u0026rdquo;, with The Chicken Street Band at Roots Revival Fest 8/2/24\nYour browser does not support the audio element. ","permalink":"//localhost:1313/music/originals/","summary":"\u003cp\u003e\u0026ldquo;The Hollow\u0026rdquo;, with The Chicken Street Band at Roots Revival Fest 8/2/24\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"hahahugoshortcode345s0hbhb\"\u003e\u003cfigure\u003e\n    \u003caudio controls preload=\"metadata\" style=\"width: 100%;\"\u003e\n        \u003csource src=\"/audio/hollowroots.mp3\" type=\"audio/mpeg\"\u003e\n        Your browser does not support the audio element.\n    \u003c/audio\u003e\n    \n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\u003c/h2\u003e","title":"Songs I wrote!"},{"content":"The band Avenged Sevenfold – a critically acclaimed rock/metal outfit from California. Their first couple albums lent more of a hardcore sound, finding their way with tracks like “Second Heartbeat” and “Unholy Confessions” from the second record “Waking the Fallen”. What followed with City of Evil was a commercial success with songs like “Bat Country” and “Seize the Day” finding their way onto the radio. After which they put out another commercially successful self-titled offering. “Almost Easy” and “Afterlife” offering more radio play while “Little Piece of Heaven” was an absolutely GENIUS shock-rock piece allowing them to stretch their legs creatively.\nDespite losing their absolute creative force of a drummer – Jimmy “The Rev” Sullivan - in 2009, they still managed to knock it out of the park with “Nightmare” in 2010. Mike Portnoy from Dream Theater offered his talents to finish and tour the record.\nContext In the late 2000s to mid 2010s, I was finding my tastes as a burgeoning musician in middle/high school. We were given MacBooks to daily drive for assignments… and I absolutely abused the hell out of that thing. Ripped many a CD with the kids in class, anything we could get our hands on. I was listening to a lot of Green Day, Weezer, Rush, Metallica – as well as finding my way into EDM with the likes of deadmau5, Skrillex, Excision, Bassnectar (I would also find the masterpiece that is Enter the Haggis around this time, but that’s a story for a different day). I wanted it all. I was hungry.\nThere was one kid I ended up jiving with. His music taste was as weird as mine, just in WAY different directions. He’d made it down a few more rabbit holes than I had. He preferred bands like Sleeping with Sirens, Pierce the Veil, Black Veil Brides… There were exceptions to the rule like “King for a Day” (I heard it BEFORE TikTok made it cool!), but not many… until he showed me Avenged Sevenfold.\nThey wore the makeup and had the aesthetic same as those bands, but I saw something… different about them. They didn’t sound like the others. I had to know why. That kid gave me his copy of the self titled record to borrow - I copied it in class that day, gave him the CD back, and proceeded to have my mind blown for the next hour.\nSince then I’ve been there through the ups and downs, the ins and outs. The Call of Duty collabs (which were actually GREAT tunes), the non-actionable Guns \u0026amp; Roses/Metallica ripoffs when they wouldn’t let the new drummer show off at all, what we thought was gonna be one instance of a Daft Punk impression… I was there. I liked them and continue to. And now I get to be there for more Daft Punk impressions.\nContents I say that, but this project was at least a bit different than the stuff on Life is But a Dream.\nLIGHTS was shocking for an intro, though it served its purpose as the intro – it really kinda let us know what we’re in for. The first few seconds are almost Stage-coded, and I was settling in for “This is gonna take a couple listens”. Then the vocoder kicks in. “Oh, this is gonna take a couple MORE listens.”\nThen we have the title track STATICA. Overall, I don’t think this is a bad tune. It sounds like them, it drives, it’s ALMOST there. The commont theme for this project though, is the cardinal sin of too much fuckin’ vocoder – the vocal performance is good! If they insist on having it, leave it on the chorus, fine, it fit the vibe there – maybe even on the outro sequence. The verse could’ve used the punch of the clean vocal, in my opinion.\nNext up is REJOICE. Another solid tune overall, the melancholy drone with an odd time – I’m here for it. The vocoder is still there, but not as egregious through the entire thing. This one didn’t hit me as hard on the first listen like the last two did. I was vibing through the entire thing – unfortunately up til the synth at the end. There’s a few spots in the project where it really lends itself well, to the point that going forward I can see some synth integration in the older stuff. I’m for a weird noise. There’s just this feeling of “Zack got a synth at a garage sale and hasn’t quite figured it out yet”. Not unwelcome, just not crazy about the performance.\nASHES to close out the project. I remember on first listen that the chorus hit my ear a bit weird, something about the distortion wasn’t sitting right - but after listens 3 and 4 it has eased up on me. The feeling persists of Zacky not completely familiar with his instrument yet (if that’s even him). This one doesn’t sound as outlandish – they’ve always had a sense of theatrics, especially more present since The Stage – and that theatric sense is still there.\nConclusion Okay. Overall, yeah it’s weird. It’s a bold choice to do a bunch of acid and switch your rock band to a pseudo-techo-RnB project. It’s a bold choice to smother your new project in so much vocoder that we need a protocol droid to translate it. I can see that from the fan’s side.\nAt the same time, I’m all for a group doing new things. LIBAD wasn’t for everybody, this one won’t be either. If the production wasn\u0026rsquo;t so all over the place these songs could be stellar. The drums weren’t punching the same way, and the synth proficiency could use a little work if they’re gonna continue to put it on record.\nAND LESS FKN VOCODER\nThis is all coming from a fan with nothing but love. I like what they\u0026rsquo;re going for, but the execution could use a spit-polish\u0026hellip;\n\u0026hellip;and marginally less psychedelics.\n","permalink":"//localhost:1313/reviews/statica/","summary":"\u003ch2 id=\"the-band\"\u003eThe band\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAvenged Sevenfold – a critically acclaimed rock/metal outfit from California. Their first couple albums lent more of a hardcore sound, finding their way with tracks like “Second Heartbeat” and “Unholy Confessions” from the second record “Waking the Fallen”. What followed with City of Evil was a commercial success with songs like “Bat Country” and “Seize the Day” finding their way onto the radio. After which they put out another commercially successful self-titled offering. “Almost Easy” and “Afterlife” offering more radio play while “Little Piece of Heaven” was an absolutely GENIUS shock-rock piece allowing them to stretch their legs creatively.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Statica EP - Avenged Sevenfold"},{"content":"A collection of my favorite moments with these goons.\n207 Maine Your browser does not support the video tag. A cool opportunity, I think it was two songs? If I can track down the other one I\u0026rsquo;ll throw it up here. Rumor has it they still air.\nOpening for the Mallett Brothers at the Widowmaker (Sugarloaf) Your browser does not support the video tag. Such a fun show.\n","permalink":"//localhost:1313/music/207/","summary":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA collection of my favorite moments with these goons.\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"207-maine\"\u003e207 Maine\u003c/h2\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"video-wrapper\" style=\"max-width: 100%; margin: 0 auto;\"\u003e\n  \u003cvideo src=\"/videos/207.mp4\" controls style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\"\u003e\n    Your browser does not support the video tag.\n  \u003c/video\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA cool opportunity, I think it was two songs? If I can track down the other one I\u0026rsquo;ll throw it up here. Rumor has it they still air.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"opening-for-the-mallett-brothers-at-the-widowmaker-sugarloaf\"\u003eOpening for the Mallett Brothers at the Widowmaker (Sugarloaf)\u003c/h2\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"video-wrapper\" style=\"max-width: 100%; margin: 0 auto;\"\u003e\n  \u003cvideo src=\"/videos/wait.mp4\" controls style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\"\u003e\n    Your browser does not support the video tag.\n  \u003c/video\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSuch a fun show.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"The Chicken Street Band"},{"content":"The network\u0026rsquo;s in a cool spot right now.\nThe whole team The Gesellschaft TrueNAS on a 6th gen i7 with 32gb RAM\nServices here Frigate\nThis has been cool for storing footage from our IP cams, though I\u0026rsquo;m not too thrilled with the performance of our current setup. We use Tapo, and the small ones work fine - but the \u0026ldquo;good\u0026rdquo; one for the entryway doesn\u0026rsquo;t support local account setup. We bought them in a pinch and they\u0026rsquo;ve been effective, but I\u0026rsquo;m not crazy about them. Immich\nAn excellent tool that I haven\u0026rsquo;t given the time it deserves. It\u0026rsquo;s intended to be a \u0026ldquo;set and forget\u0026rdquo; image backup, which it\u0026rsquo;s served well as, though I would like to delve a bit deeper. Time is an illusion. Jellyfin\nWhat else can I say. A perfect tool for streaming (ahem) acquired media. A bit clunky for music, however. So we use instead\u0026hellip; Navidrome\nAnother perfect tool for interfacing with your media of the audio varitety. The metadata is only as good as YOU make it, but that\u0026rsquo;s a fun mindless task for when you wanna get stoned and data entry for a bit. (What, just me?) Memos\nA fun markdown-based tool for keeping notes, designed to look and function like a self-hosted Twitter. Sorts by tags, comes with a search integrated. Real fun to mess with, though I\u0026rsquo;ve since kinda abandoned it since building this. The Servbot Ubuntu 26.04 on a 4th Gen i5 with 16gb RAM\nA rugged little beast. Formerly part of a Proxmox cluster, running HA on three of these guys proved to be a bit much.\nServices here Nginx Proxy Manager\nSomething I started using early on, as soon as I bought the first domain. I know how to use it, it handles Cloudflare well, so far little complaints. Dockge\nHandy for deploying Docker stuff quickly. I like the interface Pinchflat\nFor archiving those important videos OpenSpeedTest\nshrugs Why not? Seerr\nBetter for requests than a Discord server Futo Notes\nI\u0026rsquo;d rather have my text files be my responsibility The Stack\nThe less said the better Gitea\nGetting familiar with that setup, but that\u0026rsquo;s been clunky The Router Running OPNSense on a decommissioned kiosk computer I nabbed from work. A 7th gen i3 with two NIC jacks in a compact form factor\u0026hellip; that had a locked bios. It booted legacy, though, and that\u0026rsquo;s all I needed.\n","permalink":"//localhost:1313/docs/currentlab/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eThe network\u0026rsquo;s in a cool spot right now.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cfigure\u003e\n    \u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" src=\"/images/lab.jpg\" width=\"600\"/\u003e \u003cfigcaption\u003e\n            The whole team\n        \u003c/figcaption\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch1 id=\"the-gesellschaft\"\u003eThe Gesellschaft\u003c/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTrueNAS on a 6th gen i7 with 32gb RAM\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"services-here\"\u003eServices here\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrigate\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThis has been cool for storing footage from our IP cams, though I\u0026rsquo;m not too thrilled with the performance of our current setup. We use Tapo, and the small ones work fine - but the \u0026ldquo;good\u0026rdquo; one for the entryway doesn\u0026rsquo;t support local account setup. We bought them in a pinch and they\u0026rsquo;ve been effective, but I\u0026rsquo;m not crazy about them.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eImmich\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","title":"What's in the lab right now?"},{"content":"Docs will go here!\n","permalink":"//localhost:1313/docs/docshere/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eDocs will go here!\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Docshere"},{"content":"","permalink":"//localhost:1313/main/","summary":"","title":"Main"},{"content":"But that can change!\nBook some noise for your occasion at:\nbwnoises@proton.me\nMake sure to put \u0026ldquo;Music\u0026rdquo; in the subject!\nIn the meantime\u0026hellip; Here\u0026rsquo;s some proof I do things! Your browser does not support the video tag. Your browser does not support the video tag. Your browser does not support the video tag. ","permalink":"//localhost:1313/shows/tba/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eBut that can change!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBook some noise for your occasion at:\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"mailto:bwnoises@proton.me\"\u003ebwnoises@proton.me\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMake sure to put \u0026ldquo;Music\u0026rdquo; in the subject!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"in-the-meantime-heres-some-proof-i-do-things\"\u003eIn the meantime\u0026hellip; Here\u0026rsquo;s some proof I do things!\u003c/h2\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"video-wrapper\" style=\"max-width: 100%; margin: 0 auto;\"\u003e\n  \u003cvideo src=\"/videos/solo/blackwater.mp4\" controls style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\"\u003e\n    Your browser does not support the video tag.\n  \u003c/video\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\n    \u003cdiv class=\"video-wrapper\" style=\"max-width: 100%; margin: 0 auto;\"\u003e\n  \u003cvideo src=\"/videos/solo/lionman.mp4\" controls style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\"\u003e\n    Your browser does not support the video tag.\n  \u003c/video\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\n    \u003cdiv class=\"video-wrapper\" style=\"max-width: 100%; margin: 0 auto;\"\u003e\n  \u003cvideo src=\"/videos/solo/recovery.mp4\" controls style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\"\u003e\n    Your browser does not support the video tag.\n  \u003c/video\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e","title":"It's a little empty right now..."},{"content":"God I love smoking.\nBut lately it\u0026rsquo;s been getting old.\n","permalink":"//localhost:1313/posts/smoking/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eGod I love smoking.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut lately it\u0026rsquo;s been getting old.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Smoking"},{"content":"These are the wubs I made. I am capable of original thought (for the most part)!\nMeager The first original EDM composition I completed on FL Studio Mobile. It created a monster.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Ladybugs Named after the abundance of not-ladybugs-but-beetles that invade the house every year.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Massive I like that song \u0026ldquo;Teardrop\u0026rdquo; by Massive Attack quite a bit, I wanted to make a Massive Attack song. Don\u0026rsquo;t mind the weird aetherial videogame-choir in the middle.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Petrock Named after one of the objects living on my desk\nYour browser does not support the audio element. RaiseYourRipoff Not a blatant ripoff per-se, but definitely heavily inspired by the mau5. I\u0026rsquo;m attached to the outro, very NIN coded.\nPretty proud of this one.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Save the Riff I played a drop D guitar riff and thought it would sound good as the main riff of a wub. This is what followed.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. An Imperfect Rhombus The only of this crop to be done in Reaper, pretty sure the rest are done in FL Studio Mobile (They don\u0026rsquo;t sound as full as this one does IMHO)\nWe need more weird time signatures in techno\nYour browser does not support the audio element. ","permalink":"//localhost:1313/music/techno/originals/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eThese are the wubs I made. I am capable of original thought (for the most part)!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"meager\"\u003eMeager\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe first original EDM composition I completed on FL Studio Mobile. It created a monster.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cfigure\u003e\n    \u003caudio controls preload=\"metadata\" style=\"width: 100%;\"\u003e\n        \u003csource src=\"/audio/techno/original/Meager.mp3\" type=\"audio/mpeg\"\u003e\n        Your browser does not support the audio element.\n    \u003c/audio\u003e\n    \n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"ladybugs\"\u003eLadybugs\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNamed after the abundance of not-ladybugs-but-beetles that invade the house every year.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cfigure\u003e\n    \u003caudio controls preload=\"metadata\" style=\"width: 100%;\"\u003e\n        \u003csource src=\"/audio/techno/original/Ladybugs.mp3\" type=\"audio/mpeg\"\u003e\n        Your browser does not support the audio element.\n    \u003c/audio\u003e\n    \n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"massive\"\u003eMassive\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI like that song \u0026ldquo;Teardrop\u0026rdquo; by Massive Attack quite a bit, I wanted to make a Massive Attack song. Don\u0026rsquo;t mind the weird aetherial videogame-choir in the middle.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Originals"},{"content":"Some remixed tunes for your wubby pleasure\nRemixes ChixNRibz (lost) Unfortunately I can\u0026rsquo;t find this one right off, but chronologically it\u0026rsquo;s the first \u0026ldquo;remix\u0026rdquo; I did - Bridges and Rivers by The Chicken Street Band. What follows is a byproduct of that project, though.\nNumber One - Tophouse Technically the second remix I did. A great nerdy folk group, no shortage of LotR love at their shows (complete with live readings of passages from The Hobbit). I could hear the remix in my head on the first listen, this is what followed.\nBest described internally as \u0026ldquo;Topsmokers\u0026rdquo;\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Do You Like What I\u0026rsquo;m Sayin? - J. McFarlane\u0026rsquo;s Reality Guest A top notch weird band out of Australia. Henry Rollins played two of their songs on the brief run of \u0026ldquo;The Cool Quarantine\u0026rdquo; he did with KCRW back in 2020. Go check \u0026rsquo;em out\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Balto - Enter the Haggis Pretty proud of this one, tbh.\nThis band has meant a lot to me for a long time, it was only fitting to wub one of their tunes.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. No More Tears - Ozzy Osbourne Losing Ozzy hit me harder than I anticipated it would. I hadn\u0026rsquo;t cried like that since Neil Peart. This one never got finished, but I do like where it went. Maybe I\u0026rsquo;ll get back to it.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Whatsername - Green Day This one\u0026rsquo;s pretty basic compared to the others, they\u0026rsquo;re all just for fun, but I basically just wanted to hear the tune gamified. I think I succeeded. The back half is pretty fun and dancey.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. That\u0026rsquo;s it for now\u0026hellip;.\n","permalink":"//localhost:1313/music/techno/remixes/","summary":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSome remixed tunes for your wubby pleasure\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch1 id=\"remixes\"\u003eRemixes\u003c/h1\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"chixnribz-lost\"\u003eChixNRibz (lost)\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnfortunately I can\u0026rsquo;t find this one right off, but chronologically it\u0026rsquo;s the first \u0026ldquo;remix\u0026rdquo; I did - Bridges and Rivers by The Chicken Street Band. What follows is a byproduct of that project, though.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"number-one---tophouse\"\u003eNumber One - \u003ca href=\"https://tidal.com/artist/8994731\"\u003eTophouse\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTechnically the second remix I did. A great nerdy folk group, no shortage of LotR love at their shows (complete with live readings of passages from The Hobbit). I could hear the remix in my head on the first listen, this is what followed.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Remixes"},{"content":"The spiritual successor to The Chicken Street Band, rockifying and expanding the existing setlist\n\u0026ldquo;Need some Honey\u0026rdquo; by Nathaniel Rateliff \u0026amp; the Night Sweats, in a sweaty bar in Hallowell Your browser does not support the video tag. \u0026ldquo;The Hollow\u0026rdquo; by yours truly, one of my favorite performances of this tune Your browser does not support the video tag. \u0026ldquo;Up on Cripple Creek\u0026rdquo; by The Band ft. one of the best sound guys I\u0026rsquo;ve worked with Your browser does not support the video tag. ","permalink":"//localhost:1313/music/poultryhighway/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eThe spiritual successor to The Chicken Street Band, rockifying and expanding the existing setlist\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026ldquo;Need some Honey\u0026rdquo; by Nathaniel Rateliff \u0026amp; the Night Sweats, in a sweaty bar in Hallowell\n    \u003cdiv class=\"video-wrapper\" style=\"max-width: 50%; margin: 0 auto;\"\u003e\n  \u003cvideo src=\"/videos/poultry/needsomehoney.mp4\" controls style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\"\u003e\n    Your browser does not support the video tag.\n  \u003c/video\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026ldquo;The Hollow\u0026rdquo; by yours truly, one of my favorite performances of this tune\n    \u003cdiv class=\"video-wrapper\" style=\"max-width: 50%; margin: 0 auto;\"\u003e\n  \u003cvideo src=\"/videos/poultry/hollow.mp4\" controls style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\"\u003e\n    Your browser does not support the video tag.\n  \u003c/video\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Poultry Highway"},{"content":"When I was but a burgeoning console junkie cutting my teeth in Mint, my first few forays with mounting a new drive had proven to be a struggle. Sure - LLMs exist now, why bother writing this?\nWhy not.\nThis brief tutorial should be cross-flavor, meaning it should work on Debian-, Fedora-, and Arch-based systems alike. For today\u0026rsquo;s guide we\u0026rsquo;ll be using CachyOS, adjust for your package manager accordingly! :)\nSTOP TALKING AND GIVE ME INFO I\u0026rsquo;m assuming your drive is already installed. If not, To begin, if you don\u0026rsquo;t already have it, I like to use Gnome\u0026rsquo;s Disk Utility on most of my distributions. Install it with:\nsudo pacman -Syyu sudo pacman -S gnome-disk-utility Then we leave that terminal open to the side, and open up what we just installed. You can either search \u0026ldquo;Disks\u0026rdquo; in your app launcher, or run:\ngnome-disk-utility Ideally you\u0026rsquo;ll have Disks on one window, terminal on the other.\nNow. In Disks, you\u0026rsquo;ll want to format your disk from the 3-dot menu in the top right.\nOnce formatted, mount the sucker. Name it something you\u0026rsquo;ll remember, we\u0026rsquo;ll need it soon.\n(Quick note! If you plan to daily this drive in Linux, leave it as \u0026ldquo;ext4\u0026rdquo;. If you intend to dual boot, format to \u0026ldquo;fat32\u0026rdquo;)\nNow you\u0026rsquo;re formatted. You\u0026rsquo;ll notice a little string of numbers under the partition now, a field labeled \u0026ldquo;UUID\u0026rdquo;. We need that. Copy paste your UUID, and move over to the terminal\nIn your terminal, run\nsudo nano /etc/fstab ","permalink":"//localhost:1313/docs/fstab/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eWhen I was but a burgeoning console junkie cutting my teeth in Mint, my first few forays with mounting a new drive had proven to be a struggle.  Sure - LLMs exist now, why bother writing this?\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhy not.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis brief tutorial should be cross-flavor, meaning it should work on Debian-, Fedora-, and Arch-based systems alike. For today\u0026rsquo;s guide we\u0026rsquo;ll be using CachyOS, adjust for your package manager accordingly! :)\u003c/p\u003e","title":"fstab guide"},{"content":"\u0026ldquo;The Hollow\u0026rdquo;, with The Chicken Street Band at Roots Revival Fest 8/2/24\nYour browser does not support the audio element. ","permalink":"//localhost:1313/music/originals/","summary":"\u003cp\u003e\u0026ldquo;The Hollow\u0026rdquo;, with The Chicken Street Band at Roots Revival Fest 8/2/24\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"hahahugoshortcode345s0hbhb\"\u003e\u003cfigure\u003e\n    \u003caudio controls preload=\"metadata\" style=\"width: 100%;\"\u003e\n        \u003csource src=\"/audio/hollowroots.mp3\" type=\"audio/mpeg\"\u003e\n        Your browser does not support the audio element.\n    \u003c/audio\u003e\n    \n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\u003c/h2\u003e","title":"Songs I wrote!"},{"content":"The band Avenged Sevenfold – a critically acclaimed rock/metal outfit from California. Their first couple albums lent more of a hardcore sound, finding their way with tracks like “Second Heartbeat” and “Unholy Confessions” from the second record “Waking the Fallen”. What followed with City of Evil was a commercial success with songs like “Bat Country” and “Seize the Day” finding their way onto the radio. After which they put out another commercially successful self-titled offering. “Almost Easy” and “Afterlife” offering more radio play while “Little Piece of Heaven” was an absolutely GENIUS shock-rock piece allowing them to stretch their legs creatively.\nDespite losing their absolute creative force of a drummer – Jimmy “The Rev” Sullivan - in 2009, they still managed to knock it out of the park with “Nightmare” in 2010. Mike Portnoy from Dream Theater offered his talents to finish and tour the record.\nContext In the late 2000s to mid 2010s, I was finding my tastes as a burgeoning musician in middle/high school. We were given MacBooks to daily drive for assignments… and I absolutely abused the hell out of that thing. Ripped many a CD with the kids in class, anything we could get our hands on. I was listening to a lot of Green Day, Weezer, Rush, Metallica – as well as finding my way into EDM with the likes of deadmau5, Skrillex, Excision, Bassnectar (I would also find the masterpiece that is Enter the Haggis around this time, but that’s a story for a different day). I wanted it all. I was hungry.\nThere was one kid I ended up jiving with. His music taste was as weird as mine, just in WAY different directions. He’d made it down a few more rabbit holes than I had. He preferred bands like Sleeping with Sirens, Pierce the Veil, Black Veil Brides… There were exceptions to the rule like “King for a Day” (I heard it BEFORE TikTok made it cool!), but not many… until he showed me Avenged Sevenfold.\nThey wore the makeup and had the aesthetic same as those bands, but I saw something… different about them. They didn’t sound like the others. I had to know why. That kid gave me his copy of the self titled record to borrow - I copied it in class that day, gave him the CD back, and proceeded to have my mind blown for the next hour.\nSince then I’ve been there through the ups and downs, the ins and outs. The Call of Duty collabs (which were actually GREAT tunes), the non-actionable Guns \u0026amp; Roses/Metallica ripoffs when they wouldn’t let the new drummer show off at all, what we thought was gonna be one instance of a Daft Punk impression… I was there. I liked them and continue to. And now I get to be there for more Daft Punk impressions.\nContents I say that, but this project was at least a bit different than the stuff on Life is But a Dream.\nLIGHTS was shocking for an intro, though it served its purpose as the intro – it really kinda let us know what we’re in for. The first few seconds are almost Stage-coded, and I was settling in for “This is gonna take a couple listens”. Then the vocoder kicks in. “Oh, this is gonna take a couple MORE listens.”\nThen we have the title track STATICA. Overall, I don’t think this is a bad tune. It sounds like them, it drives, it’s ALMOST there. The commont theme for this project though, is the cardinal sin of too much fuckin’ vocoder – the vocal performance is good! If they insist on having it, leave it on the chorus, fine, it fit the vibe there – maybe even on the outro sequence. The verse could’ve used the punch of the clean vocal, in my opinion.\nNext up is REJOICE. Another solid tune overall, the melancholy drone with an odd time – I’m here for it. The vocoder is still there, but not as egregious through the entire thing. This one didn’t hit me as hard on the first listen like the last two did. I was vibing through the entire thing – unfortunately up til the synth at the end. There’s a few spots in the project where it really lends itself well, to the point that going forward I can see some synth integration in the older stuff. I’m for a weird noise. There’s just this feeling of “Zack got a synth at a garage sale and hasn’t quite figured it out yet”. Not unwelcome, just not crazy about the performance.\nASHES to close out the project. I remember on first listen that the chorus hit my ear a bit weird, something about the distortion wasn’t sitting right - but after listens 3 and 4 it has eased up on me. The feeling persists of Zacky not completely familiar with his instrument yet (if that’s even him). This one doesn’t sound as outlandish – they’ve always had a sense of theatrics, especially more present since The Stage – and that theatric sense is still there.\nConclusion Okay. Overall, yeah it’s weird. It’s a bold choice to do a bunch of acid and switch your rock band to a pseudo-techo-RnB project. It’s a bold choice to smother your new project in so much vocoder that we need a protocol droid to translate it. I can see that from the fan’s side.\nAt the same time, I’m all for a group doing new things. LIBAD wasn’t for everybody, this one won’t be either. If the production wasn\u0026rsquo;t so all over the place these songs could be stellar. The drums weren’t punching the same way, and the synth proficiency could use a little work if they’re gonna continue to put it on record.\nAND LESS FKN VOCODER\nThis is all coming from a fan with nothing but love. I like what they\u0026rsquo;re going for, but the execution could use a spit-polish\u0026hellip;\n\u0026hellip;and marginally less psychedelics.\n","permalink":"//localhost:1313/reviews/statica/","summary":"\u003ch2 id=\"the-band\"\u003eThe band\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAvenged Sevenfold – a critically acclaimed rock/metal outfit from California. Their first couple albums lent more of a hardcore sound, finding their way with tracks like “Second Heartbeat” and “Unholy Confessions” from the second record “Waking the Fallen”. What followed with City of Evil was a commercial success with songs like “Bat Country” and “Seize the Day” finding their way onto the radio. After which they put out another commercially successful self-titled offering. “Almost Easy” and “Afterlife” offering more radio play while “Little Piece of Heaven” was an absolutely GENIUS shock-rock piece allowing them to stretch their legs creatively.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Statica EP - Avenged Sevenfold"},{"content":"A collection of my favorite moments with these goons.\n207 Maine Your browser does not support the video tag. A cool opportunity, I think it was two songs? If I can track down the other one I\u0026rsquo;ll throw it up here. Rumor has it they still air.\nOpening for the Mallett Brothers at the Widowmaker (Sugarloaf) Your browser does not support the video tag. Such a fun show.\n","permalink":"//localhost:1313/music/207/","summary":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA collection of my favorite moments with these goons.\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"207-maine\"\u003e207 Maine\u003c/h2\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"video-wrapper\" style=\"max-width: 100%; margin: 0 auto;\"\u003e\n  \u003cvideo src=\"/videos/207.mp4\" controls style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\"\u003e\n    Your browser does not support the video tag.\n  \u003c/video\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA cool opportunity, I think it was two songs? If I can track down the other one I\u0026rsquo;ll throw it up here. Rumor has it they still air.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"opening-for-the-mallett-brothers-at-the-widowmaker-sugarloaf\"\u003eOpening for the Mallett Brothers at the Widowmaker (Sugarloaf)\u003c/h2\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"video-wrapper\" style=\"max-width: 100%; margin: 0 auto;\"\u003e\n  \u003cvideo src=\"/videos/wait.mp4\" controls style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\"\u003e\n    Your browser does not support the video tag.\n  \u003c/video\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSuch a fun show.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"The Chicken Street Band"},{"content":"The network\u0026rsquo;s in a cool spot right now.\nThe whole team The Gesellschaft TrueNAS on a 6th gen i7 with 32gb RAM\nServices here Frigate\nThis has been cool for storing footage from our IP cams, though I\u0026rsquo;m not too thrilled with the performance of our current setup. We use Tapo, and the small ones work fine - but the \u0026ldquo;good\u0026rdquo; one for the entryway doesn\u0026rsquo;t support local account setup. We bought them in a pinch and they\u0026rsquo;ve been effective, but I\u0026rsquo;m not crazy about them. Immich\nAn excellent tool that I haven\u0026rsquo;t given the time it deserves. It\u0026rsquo;s intended to be a \u0026ldquo;set and forget\u0026rdquo; image backup, which it\u0026rsquo;s served well as, though I would like to delve a bit deeper. Time is an illusion. Jellyfin\nWhat else can I say. A perfect tool for streaming (ahem) acquired media. A bit clunky for music, however. So we use instead\u0026hellip; Navidrome\nAnother perfect tool for interfacing with your media of the audio varitety. The metadata is only as good as YOU make it, but that\u0026rsquo;s a fun mindless task for when you wanna get stoned and data entry for a bit. (What, just me?) Memos\nA fun markdown-based tool for keeping notes, designed to look and function like a self-hosted Twitter. Sorts by tags, comes with a search integrated. Real fun to mess with, though I\u0026rsquo;ve since kinda abandoned it since building this. The Servbot Ubuntu 26.04 on a 4th Gen i5 with 16gb RAM\nA rugged little beast. Formerly part of a Proxmox cluster, running HA on three of these guys proved to be a bit much.\nServices here Nginx Proxy Manager\nSomething I started using early on, as soon as I bought the first domain. I know how to use it, it handles Cloudflare well, so far little complaints. Dockge\nHandy for deploying Docker stuff quickly. I like the interface Pinchflat\nFor archiving those important videos OpenSpeedTest\nshrugs Why not? Seerr\nBetter for requests than a Discord server Futo Notes\nI\u0026rsquo;d rather have my text files be my responsibility The Stack\nThe less said the better Gitea\nGetting familiar with that setup, but that\u0026rsquo;s been clunky The Router Running OPNSense on a decommissioned kiosk computer I nabbed from work. A 7th gen i3 with two NIC jacks in a compact form factor\u0026hellip; that had a locked bios. It booted legacy, though, and that\u0026rsquo;s all I needed.\n","permalink":"//localhost:1313/docs/currentlab/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eThe network\u0026rsquo;s in a cool spot right now.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cfigure\u003e\n    \u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" src=\"/images/lab.jpg\" width=\"600\"/\u003e \u003cfigcaption\u003e\n            The whole team\n        \u003c/figcaption\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch1 id=\"the-gesellschaft\"\u003eThe Gesellschaft\u003c/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTrueNAS on a 6th gen i7 with 32gb RAM\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"services-here\"\u003eServices here\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrigate\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThis has been cool for storing footage from our IP cams, though I\u0026rsquo;m not too thrilled with the performance of our current setup. We use Tapo, and the small ones work fine - but the \u0026ldquo;good\u0026rdquo; one for the entryway doesn\u0026rsquo;t support local account setup. We bought them in a pinch and they\u0026rsquo;ve been effective, but I\u0026rsquo;m not crazy about them.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eImmich\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","title":"What's in the lab right now?"},{"content":"Docs will go here!\n","permalink":"//localhost:1313/docs/docshere/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eDocs will go here!\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Docshere"},{"content":"","permalink":"//localhost:1313/main/","summary":"","title":"Main"},{"content":"But that can change!\nBook some noise for your occasion at:\nbwnoises@proton.me\nMake sure to put \u0026ldquo;Music\u0026rdquo; in the subject!\nIn the meantime\u0026hellip; Here\u0026rsquo;s some proof I do things! Your browser does not support the video tag. Your browser does not support the video tag. Your browser does not support the video tag. ","permalink":"//localhost:1313/shows/tba/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eBut that can change!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBook some noise for your occasion at:\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"mailto:bwnoises@proton.me\"\u003ebwnoises@proton.me\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMake sure to put \u0026ldquo;Music\u0026rdquo; in the subject!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"in-the-meantime-heres-some-proof-i-do-things\"\u003eIn the meantime\u0026hellip; Here\u0026rsquo;s some proof I do things!\u003c/h2\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"video-wrapper\" style=\"max-width: 100%; margin: 0 auto;\"\u003e\n  \u003cvideo src=\"/videos/solo/blackwater.mp4\" controls style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\"\u003e\n    Your browser does not support the video tag.\n  \u003c/video\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\n    \u003cdiv class=\"video-wrapper\" style=\"max-width: 100%; margin: 0 auto;\"\u003e\n  \u003cvideo src=\"/videos/solo/lionman.mp4\" controls style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\"\u003e\n    Your browser does not support the video tag.\n  \u003c/video\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\n    \u003cdiv class=\"video-wrapper\" style=\"max-width: 100%; margin: 0 auto;\"\u003e\n  \u003cvideo src=\"/videos/solo/recovery.mp4\" controls style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\"\u003e\n    Your browser does not support the video tag.\n  \u003c/video\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e","title":"It's a little empty right now..."},{"content":"God I love smoking.\nBut lately it\u0026rsquo;s been getting old.\n","permalink":"//localhost:1313/posts/smoking/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eGod I love smoking.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut lately it\u0026rsquo;s been getting old.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Smoking"},{"content":"These are the wubs I made. I am capable of original thought (for the most part)!\nMeager The first original EDM composition I completed on FL Studio Mobile. It created a monster.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Ladybugs Named after the abundance of not-ladybugs-but-beetles that invade the house every year.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Massive I like that song \u0026ldquo;Teardrop\u0026rdquo; by Massive Attack quite a bit, I wanted to make a Massive Attack song. Don\u0026rsquo;t mind the weird aetherial videogame-choir in the middle.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Petrock Named after one of the objects living on my desk\nYour browser does not support the audio element. RaiseYourRipoff Not a blatant ripoff per-se, but definitely heavily inspired by the mau5. I\u0026rsquo;m attached to the outro, very NIN coded.\nPretty proud of this one.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Save the Riff I played a drop D guitar riff and thought it would sound good as the main riff of a wub. This is what followed.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. An Imperfect Rhombus The only of this crop to be done in Reaper, pretty sure the rest are done in FL Studio Mobile (They don\u0026rsquo;t sound as full as this one does IMHO)\nWe need more weird time signatures in techno\nYour browser does not support the audio element. ","permalink":"//localhost:1313/music/techno/originals/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eThese are the wubs I made. I am capable of original thought (for the most part)!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"meager\"\u003eMeager\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe first original EDM composition I completed on FL Studio Mobile. It created a monster.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cfigure\u003e\n    \u003caudio controls preload=\"metadata\" style=\"width: 100%;\"\u003e\n        \u003csource src=\"/audio/techno/original/Meager.mp3\" type=\"audio/mpeg\"\u003e\n        Your browser does not support the audio element.\n    \u003c/audio\u003e\n    \n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"ladybugs\"\u003eLadybugs\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNamed after the abundance of not-ladybugs-but-beetles that invade the house every year.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cfigure\u003e\n    \u003caudio controls preload=\"metadata\" style=\"width: 100%;\"\u003e\n        \u003csource src=\"/audio/techno/original/Ladybugs.mp3\" type=\"audio/mpeg\"\u003e\n        Your browser does not support the audio element.\n    \u003c/audio\u003e\n    \n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"massive\"\u003eMassive\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI like that song \u0026ldquo;Teardrop\u0026rdquo; by Massive Attack quite a bit, I wanted to make a Massive Attack song. Don\u0026rsquo;t mind the weird aetherial videogame-choir in the middle.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Originals"},{"content":"Some remixed tunes for your wubby pleasure\nRemixes ChixNRibz (lost) Unfortunately I can\u0026rsquo;t find this one right off, but chronologically it\u0026rsquo;s the first \u0026ldquo;remix\u0026rdquo; I did - Bridges and Rivers by The Chicken Street Band. What follows is a byproduct of that project, though.\nNumber One - Tophouse Technically the second remix I did. A great nerdy folk group, no shortage of LotR love at their shows (complete with live readings of passages from The Hobbit). I could hear the remix in my head on the first listen, this is what followed.\nBest described internally as \u0026ldquo;Topsmokers\u0026rdquo;\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Do You Like What I\u0026rsquo;m Sayin? - J. McFarlane\u0026rsquo;s Reality Guest A top notch weird band out of Australia. Henry Rollins played two of their songs on the brief run of \u0026ldquo;The Cool Quarantine\u0026rdquo; he did with KCRW back in 2020. Go check \u0026rsquo;em out\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Balto - Enter the Haggis Pretty proud of this one, tbh.\nThis band has meant a lot to me for a long time, it was only fitting to wub one of their tunes.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. No More Tears - Ozzy Osbourne Losing Ozzy hit me harder than I anticipated it would. I hadn\u0026rsquo;t cried like that since Neil Peart. This one never got finished, but I do like where it went. Maybe I\u0026rsquo;ll get back to it.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Whatsername - Green Day This one\u0026rsquo;s pretty basic compared to the others, they\u0026rsquo;re all just for fun, but I basically just wanted to hear the tune gamified. I think I succeeded. The back half is pretty fun and dancey.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. That\u0026rsquo;s it for now\u0026hellip;.\n","permalink":"//localhost:1313/music/techno/remixes/","summary":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSome remixed tunes for your wubby pleasure\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch1 id=\"remixes\"\u003eRemixes\u003c/h1\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"chixnribz-lost\"\u003eChixNRibz (lost)\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnfortunately I can\u0026rsquo;t find this one right off, but chronologically it\u0026rsquo;s the first \u0026ldquo;remix\u0026rdquo; I did - Bridges and Rivers by The Chicken Street Band. What follows is a byproduct of that project, though.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"number-one---tophouse\"\u003eNumber One - \u003ca href=\"https://tidal.com/artist/8994731\"\u003eTophouse\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTechnically the second remix I did. A great nerdy folk group, no shortage of LotR love at their shows (complete with live readings of passages from The Hobbit). I could hear the remix in my head on the first listen, this is what followed.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Remixes"},{"content":"The spiritual successor to The Chicken Street Band, rockifying and expanding the existing setlist\n\u0026ldquo;Need some Honey\u0026rdquo; by Nathaniel Rateliff \u0026amp; the Night Sweats, in a sweaty bar in Hallowell Your browser does not support the video tag. \u0026ldquo;The Hollow\u0026rdquo; by yours truly, one of my favorite performances of this tune Your browser does not support the video tag. \u0026ldquo;Up on Cripple Creek\u0026rdquo; by The Band ft. one of the best sound guys I\u0026rsquo;ve worked with Your browser does not support the video tag. ","permalink":"//localhost:1313/music/poultryhighway/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eThe spiritual successor to The Chicken Street Band, rockifying and expanding the existing setlist\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026ldquo;Need some Honey\u0026rdquo; by Nathaniel Rateliff \u0026amp; the Night Sweats, in a sweaty bar in Hallowell\n    \u003cdiv class=\"video-wrapper\" style=\"max-width: 50%; margin: 0 auto;\"\u003e\n  \u003cvideo src=\"/videos/poultry/needsomehoney.mp4\" controls style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\"\u003e\n    Your browser does not support the video tag.\n  \u003c/video\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026ldquo;The Hollow\u0026rdquo; by yours truly, one of my favorite performances of this tune\n    \u003cdiv class=\"video-wrapper\" style=\"max-width: 50%; margin: 0 auto;\"\u003e\n  \u003cvideo src=\"/videos/poultry/hollow.mp4\" controls style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\"\u003e\n    Your browser does not support the video tag.\n  \u003c/video\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Poultry Highway"},{"content":"When I was but a burgeoning console junkie cutting my teeth in Mint, my first few forays with mounting a new drive had proven to be a struggle. Sure - LLMs exist now, why bother writing this?\nWhy not.\nThis brief tutorial should be cross-flavor, meaning it should work on Debian-, Fedora-, and Arch-based systems alike. For today\u0026rsquo;s guide we\u0026rsquo;ll be using CachyOS, adjust for your package manager accordingly! :)\nSTOP TALKING AND GIVE ME INFO I\u0026rsquo;m assuming your drive is already installed. If not, To begin, if you don\u0026rsquo;t already have it, I like to use Gnome\u0026rsquo;s Disk Utility on most of my distributions. Install it with:\nsudo pacman -Syyu sudo pacman -S gnome-disk-utility Then we leave that terminal open to the side, and open up what we just installed. You can either search \u0026ldquo;Disks\u0026rdquo; in your app launcher, or run:\ngnome-disk-utility Ideally you\u0026rsquo;ll have Disks on one window, terminal on the other.\nNow. In Disks, you\u0026rsquo;ll want to format your disk from the 3-dot menu in the top right.\nOnce formatted, mount the sucker. Name it something you\u0026rsquo;ll remember, we\u0026rsquo;ll need it soon.\n(Quick note! If you plan to daily this drive in Linux, leave it as \u0026ldquo;ext4\u0026rdquo;. If you intend to dual boot, format to \u0026ldquo;fat32\u0026rdquo;)\nNow you\u0026rsquo;re formatted. You\u0026rsquo;ll notice a little string of numbers under the partition now, a field labeled \u0026ldquo;UUID\u0026rdquo;. We need that. Copy paste your UUID, and move over to the terminal\nIn your terminal, run\nsudo nano /etc/fstab ","permalink":"//localhost:1313/docs/fstab/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eWhen I was but a burgeoning console junkie cutting my teeth in Mint, my first few forays with mounting a new drive had proven to be a struggle.  Sure - LLMs exist now, why bother writing this?\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhy not.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis brief tutorial should be cross-flavor, meaning it should work on Debian-, Fedora-, and Arch-based systems alike. For today\u0026rsquo;s guide we\u0026rsquo;ll be using CachyOS, adjust for your package manager accordingly! :)\u003c/p\u003e","title":"fstab guide"},{"content":"\u0026ldquo;The Hollow\u0026rdquo;, with The Chicken Street Band at Roots Revival Fest 8/2/24\nYour browser does not support the audio element. ","permalink":"//localhost:1313/music/originals/","summary":"\u003cp\u003e\u0026ldquo;The Hollow\u0026rdquo;, with The Chicken Street Band at Roots Revival Fest 8/2/24\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"hahahugoshortcode345s0hbhb\"\u003e\u003cfigure\u003e\n    \u003caudio controls preload=\"metadata\" style=\"width: 100%;\"\u003e\n        \u003csource src=\"/audio/hollowroots.mp3\" type=\"audio/mpeg\"\u003e\n        Your browser does not support the audio element.\n    \u003c/audio\u003e\n    \n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\u003c/h2\u003e","title":"Songs I wrote!"},{"content":"The band Avenged Sevenfold – a critically acclaimed rock/metal outfit from California. Their first couple albums lent more of a hardcore sound, finding their way with tracks like “Second Heartbeat” and “Unholy Confessions” from the second record “Waking the Fallen”. What followed with City of Evil was a commercial success with songs like “Bat Country” and “Seize the Day” finding their way onto the radio. After which they put out another commercially successful self-titled offering. “Almost Easy” and “Afterlife” offering more radio play while “Little Piece of Heaven” was an absolutely GENIUS shock-rock piece allowing them to stretch their legs creatively.\nDespite losing their absolute creative force of a drummer – Jimmy “The Rev” Sullivan - in 2009, they still managed to knock it out of the park with “Nightmare” in 2010. Mike Portnoy from Dream Theater offered his talents to finish and tour the record.\nContext In the late 2000s to mid 2010s, I was finding my tastes as a burgeoning musician in middle/high school. We were given MacBooks to daily drive for assignments… and I absolutely abused the hell out of that thing. Ripped many a CD with the kids in class, anything we could get our hands on. I was listening to a lot of Green Day, Weezer, Rush, Metallica – as well as finding my way into EDM with the likes of deadmau5, Skrillex, Excision, Bassnectar (I would also find the masterpiece that is Enter the Haggis around this time, but that’s a story for a different day). I wanted it all. I was hungry.\nThere was one kid I ended up jiving with. His music taste was as weird as mine, just in WAY different directions. He’d made it down a few more rabbit holes than I had. He preferred bands like Sleeping with Sirens, Pierce the Veil, Black Veil Brides… There were exceptions to the rule like “King for a Day” (I heard it BEFORE TikTok made it cool!), but not many… until he showed me Avenged Sevenfold.\nThey wore the makeup and had the aesthetic same as those bands, but I saw something… different about them. They didn’t sound like the others. I had to know why. That kid gave me his copy of the self titled record to borrow - I copied it in class that day, gave him the CD back, and proceeded to have my mind blown for the next hour.\nSince then I’ve been there through the ups and downs, the ins and outs. The Call of Duty collabs (which were actually GREAT tunes), the non-actionable Guns \u0026amp; Roses/Metallica ripoffs when they wouldn’t let the new drummer show off at all, what we thought was gonna be one instance of a Daft Punk impression… I was there. I liked them and continue to. And now I get to be there for more Daft Punk impressions.\nContents I say that, but this project was at least a bit different than the stuff on Life is But a Dream.\nLIGHTS was shocking for an intro, though it served its purpose as the intro – it really kinda let us know what we’re in for. The first few seconds are almost Stage-coded, and I was settling in for “This is gonna take a couple listens”. Then the vocoder kicks in. “Oh, this is gonna take a couple MORE listens.”\nThen we have the title track STATICA. Overall, I don’t think this is a bad tune. It sounds like them, it drives, it’s ALMOST there. The commont theme for this project though, is the cardinal sin of too much fuckin’ vocoder – the vocal performance is good! If they insist on having it, leave it on the chorus, fine, it fit the vibe there – maybe even on the outro sequence. The verse could’ve used the punch of the clean vocal, in my opinion.\nNext up is REJOICE. Another solid tune overall, the melancholy drone with an odd time – I’m here for it. The vocoder is still there, but not as egregious through the entire thing. This one didn’t hit me as hard on the first listen like the last two did. I was vibing through the entire thing – unfortunately up til the synth at the end. There’s a few spots in the project where it really lends itself well, to the point that going forward I can see some synth integration in the older stuff. I’m for a weird noise. There’s just this feeling of “Zack got a synth at a garage sale and hasn’t quite figured it out yet”. Not unwelcome, just not crazy about the performance.\nASHES to close out the project. I remember on first listen that the chorus hit my ear a bit weird, something about the distortion wasn’t sitting right - but after listens 3 and 4 it has eased up on me. The feeling persists of Zacky not completely familiar with his instrument yet (if that’s even him). This one doesn’t sound as outlandish – they’ve always had a sense of theatrics, especially more present since The Stage – and that theatric sense is still there.\nConclusion Okay. Overall, yeah it’s weird. It’s a bold choice to do a bunch of acid and switch your rock band to a pseudo-techo-RnB project. It’s a bold choice to smother your new project in so much vocoder that we need a protocol droid to translate it. I can see that from the fan’s side.\nAt the same time, I’m all for a group doing new things. LIBAD wasn’t for everybody, this one won’t be either. If the production wasn\u0026rsquo;t so all over the place these songs could be stellar. The drums weren’t punching the same way, and the synth proficiency could use a little work if they’re gonna continue to put it on record.\nAND LESS FKN VOCODER\nThis is all coming from a fan with nothing but love. I like what they\u0026rsquo;re going for, but the execution could use a spit-polish\u0026hellip;\n\u0026hellip;and marginally less psychedelics.\n","permalink":"//localhost:1313/reviews/statica/","summary":"\u003ch2 id=\"the-band\"\u003eThe band\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAvenged Sevenfold – a critically acclaimed rock/metal outfit from California. Their first couple albums lent more of a hardcore sound, finding their way with tracks like “Second Heartbeat” and “Unholy Confessions” from the second record “Waking the Fallen”. What followed with City of Evil was a commercial success with songs like “Bat Country” and “Seize the Day” finding their way onto the radio. After which they put out another commercially successful self-titled offering. “Almost Easy” and “Afterlife” offering more radio play while “Little Piece of Heaven” was an absolutely GENIUS shock-rock piece allowing them to stretch their legs creatively.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Statica EP - Avenged Sevenfold"},{"content":"A collection of my favorite moments with these goons.\n207 Maine Your browser does not support the video tag. A cool opportunity, I think it was two songs? If I can track down the other one I\u0026rsquo;ll throw it up here. Rumor has it they still air.\nOpening for the Mallett Brothers at the Widowmaker (Sugarloaf) Your browser does not support the video tag. Such a fun show.\n","permalink":"//localhost:1313/music/207/","summary":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA collection of my favorite moments with these goons.\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"207-maine\"\u003e207 Maine\u003c/h2\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"video-wrapper\" style=\"max-width: 100%; margin: 0 auto;\"\u003e\n  \u003cvideo src=\"/videos/207.mp4\" controls style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\"\u003e\n    Your browser does not support the video tag.\n  \u003c/video\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA cool opportunity, I think it was two songs? If I can track down the other one I\u0026rsquo;ll throw it up here. Rumor has it they still air.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"opening-for-the-mallett-brothers-at-the-widowmaker-sugarloaf\"\u003eOpening for the Mallett Brothers at the Widowmaker (Sugarloaf)\u003c/h2\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"video-wrapper\" style=\"max-width: 100%; margin: 0 auto;\"\u003e\n  \u003cvideo src=\"/videos/wait.mp4\" controls style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\"\u003e\n    Your browser does not support the video tag.\n  \u003c/video\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSuch a fun show.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"The Chicken Street Band"},{"content":"The network\u0026rsquo;s in a cool spot right now.\nThe whole team The Gesellschaft TrueNAS on a 6th gen i7 with 32gb RAM\nServices here Frigate\nThis has been cool for storing footage from our IP cams, though I\u0026rsquo;m not too thrilled with the performance of our current setup. We use Tapo, and the small ones work fine - but the \u0026ldquo;good\u0026rdquo; one for the entryway doesn\u0026rsquo;t support local account setup. We bought them in a pinch and they\u0026rsquo;ve been effective, but I\u0026rsquo;m not crazy about them. Immich\nAn excellent tool that I haven\u0026rsquo;t given the time it deserves. It\u0026rsquo;s intended to be a \u0026ldquo;set and forget\u0026rdquo; image backup, which it\u0026rsquo;s served well as, though I would like to delve a bit deeper. Time is an illusion. Jellyfin\nWhat else can I say. A perfect tool for streaming (ahem) acquired media. A bit clunky for music, however. So we use instead\u0026hellip; Navidrome\nAnother perfect tool for interfacing with your media of the audio varitety. The metadata is only as good as YOU make it, but that\u0026rsquo;s a fun mindless task for when you wanna get stoned and data entry for a bit. (What, just me?) Memos\nA fun markdown-based tool for keeping notes, designed to look and function like a self-hosted Twitter. Sorts by tags, comes with a search integrated. Real fun to mess with, though I\u0026rsquo;ve since kinda abandoned it since building this. The Servbot Ubuntu 26.04 on a 4th Gen i5 with 16gb RAM\nA rugged little beast. Formerly part of a Proxmox cluster, running HA on three of these guys proved to be a bit much.\nServices here Nginx Proxy Manager\nSomething I started using early on, as soon as I bought the first domain. I know how to use it, it handles Cloudflare well, so far little complaints. Dockge\nHandy for deploying Docker stuff quickly. I like the interface Pinchflat\nFor archiving those important videos OpenSpeedTest\nshrugs Why not? Seerr\nBetter for requests than a Discord server Futo Notes\nI\u0026rsquo;d rather have my text files be my responsibility The Stack\nThe less said the better Gitea\nGetting familiar with that setup, but that\u0026rsquo;s been clunky The Router Running OPNSense on a decommissioned kiosk computer I nabbed from work. A 7th gen i3 with two NIC jacks in a compact form factor\u0026hellip; that had a locked bios. It booted legacy, though, and that\u0026rsquo;s all I needed.\n","permalink":"//localhost:1313/docs/currentlab/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eThe network\u0026rsquo;s in a cool spot right now.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cfigure\u003e\n    \u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" src=\"/images/lab.jpg\" width=\"600\"/\u003e \u003cfigcaption\u003e\n            The whole team\n        \u003c/figcaption\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch1 id=\"the-gesellschaft\"\u003eThe Gesellschaft\u003c/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTrueNAS on a 6th gen i7 with 32gb RAM\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"services-here\"\u003eServices here\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrigate\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThis has been cool for storing footage from our IP cams, though I\u0026rsquo;m not too thrilled with the performance of our current setup. We use Tapo, and the small ones work fine - but the \u0026ldquo;good\u0026rdquo; one for the entryway doesn\u0026rsquo;t support local account setup. We bought them in a pinch and they\u0026rsquo;ve been effective, but I\u0026rsquo;m not crazy about them.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eImmich\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","title":"What's in the lab right now?"},{"content":"Docs will go here!\n","permalink":"//localhost:1313/docs/docshere/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eDocs will go here!\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Docshere"},{"content":"","permalink":"//localhost:1313/main/","summary":"","title":"Main"},{"content":"But that can change!\nBook some noise for your occasion at:\nbwnoises@proton.me\nMake sure to put \u0026ldquo;Music\u0026rdquo; in the subject!\nIn the meantime\u0026hellip; Here\u0026rsquo;s some proof I do things! Your browser does not support the video tag. Your browser does not support the video tag. Your browser does not support the video tag. ","permalink":"//localhost:1313/shows/tba/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eBut that can change!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBook some noise for your occasion at:\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"mailto:bwnoises@proton.me\"\u003ebwnoises@proton.me\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMake sure to put \u0026ldquo;Music\u0026rdquo; in the subject!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"in-the-meantime-heres-some-proof-i-do-things\"\u003eIn the meantime\u0026hellip; Here\u0026rsquo;s some proof I do things!\u003c/h2\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"video-wrapper\" style=\"max-width: 100%; margin: 0 auto;\"\u003e\n  \u003cvideo src=\"/videos/solo/blackwater.mp4\" controls style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\"\u003e\n    Your browser does not support the video tag.\n  \u003c/video\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\n    \u003cdiv class=\"video-wrapper\" style=\"max-width: 100%; margin: 0 auto;\"\u003e\n  \u003cvideo src=\"/videos/solo/lionman.mp4\" controls style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\"\u003e\n    Your browser does not support the video tag.\n  \u003c/video\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\n    \u003cdiv class=\"video-wrapper\" style=\"max-width: 100%; margin: 0 auto;\"\u003e\n  \u003cvideo src=\"/videos/solo/recovery.mp4\" controls style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\"\u003e\n    Your browser does not support the video tag.\n  \u003c/video\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e","title":"It's a little empty right now..."},{"content":"God I love smoking.\nBut lately it\u0026rsquo;s been getting old.\n","permalink":"//localhost:1313/posts/smoking/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eGod I love smoking.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut lately it\u0026rsquo;s been getting old.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Smoking"},{"content":"These are the wubs I made. I am capable of original thought (for the most part)!\nMeager The first original EDM composition I completed on FL Studio Mobile. It created a monster.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Ladybugs Named after the abundance of not-ladybugs-but-beetles that invade the house every year.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Massive I like that song \u0026ldquo;Teardrop\u0026rdquo; by Massive Attack quite a bit, I wanted to make a Massive Attack song. Don\u0026rsquo;t mind the weird aetherial videogame-choir in the middle.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Petrock Named after one of the objects living on my desk\nYour browser does not support the audio element. RaiseYourRipoff Not a blatant ripoff per-se, but definitely heavily inspired by the mau5. I\u0026rsquo;m attached to the outro, very NIN coded.\nPretty proud of this one.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Save the Riff I played a drop D guitar riff and thought it would sound good as the main riff of a wub. This is what followed.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. An Imperfect Rhombus The only of this crop to be done in Reaper, pretty sure the rest are done in FL Studio Mobile (They don\u0026rsquo;t sound as full as this one does IMHO)\nWe need more weird time signatures in techno\nYour browser does not support the audio element. ","permalink":"//localhost:1313/music/techno/originals/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eThese are the wubs I made. I am capable of original thought (for the most part)!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"meager\"\u003eMeager\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe first original EDM composition I completed on FL Studio Mobile. It created a monster.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cfigure\u003e\n    \u003caudio controls preload=\"metadata\" style=\"width: 100%;\"\u003e\n        \u003csource src=\"/audio/techno/original/Meager.mp3\" type=\"audio/mpeg\"\u003e\n        Your browser does not support the audio element.\n    \u003c/audio\u003e\n    \n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"ladybugs\"\u003eLadybugs\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNamed after the abundance of not-ladybugs-but-beetles that invade the house every year.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cfigure\u003e\n    \u003caudio controls preload=\"metadata\" style=\"width: 100%;\"\u003e\n        \u003csource src=\"/audio/techno/original/Ladybugs.mp3\" type=\"audio/mpeg\"\u003e\n        Your browser does not support the audio element.\n    \u003c/audio\u003e\n    \n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"massive\"\u003eMassive\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI like that song \u0026ldquo;Teardrop\u0026rdquo; by Massive Attack quite a bit, I wanted to make a Massive Attack song. Don\u0026rsquo;t mind the weird aetherial videogame-choir in the middle.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Originals"},{"content":"Some remixed tunes for your wubby pleasure\nRemixes ChixNRibz (lost) Unfortunately I can\u0026rsquo;t find this one right off, but chronologically it\u0026rsquo;s the first \u0026ldquo;remix\u0026rdquo; I did - Bridges and Rivers by The Chicken Street Band. What follows is a byproduct of that project, though.\nNumber One - Tophouse Technically the second remix I did. A great nerdy folk group, no shortage of LotR love at their shows (complete with live readings of passages from The Hobbit). I could hear the remix in my head on the first listen, this is what followed.\nBest described internally as \u0026ldquo;Topsmokers\u0026rdquo;\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Do You Like What I\u0026rsquo;m Sayin? - J. McFarlane\u0026rsquo;s Reality Guest A top notch weird band out of Australia. Henry Rollins played two of their songs on the brief run of \u0026ldquo;The Cool Quarantine\u0026rdquo; he did with KCRW back in 2020. Go check \u0026rsquo;em out\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Balto - Enter the Haggis Pretty proud of this one, tbh.\nThis band has meant a lot to me for a long time, it was only fitting to wub one of their tunes.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. No More Tears - Ozzy Osbourne Losing Ozzy hit me harder than I anticipated it would. I hadn\u0026rsquo;t cried like that since Neil Peart. This one never got finished, but I do like where it went. Maybe I\u0026rsquo;ll get back to it.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Whatsername - Green Day This one\u0026rsquo;s pretty basic compared to the others, they\u0026rsquo;re all just for fun, but I basically just wanted to hear the tune gamified. I think I succeeded. The back half is pretty fun and dancey.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. That\u0026rsquo;s it for now\u0026hellip;.\n","permalink":"//localhost:1313/music/techno/remixes/","summary":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSome remixed tunes for your wubby pleasure\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch1 id=\"remixes\"\u003eRemixes\u003c/h1\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"chixnribz-lost\"\u003eChixNRibz (lost)\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnfortunately I can\u0026rsquo;t find this one right off, but chronologically it\u0026rsquo;s the first \u0026ldquo;remix\u0026rdquo; I did - Bridges and Rivers by The Chicken Street Band. What follows is a byproduct of that project, though.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"number-one---tophouse\"\u003eNumber One - \u003ca href=\"https://tidal.com/artist/8994731\"\u003eTophouse\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTechnically the second remix I did. A great nerdy folk group, no shortage of LotR love at their shows (complete with live readings of passages from The Hobbit). I could hear the remix in my head on the first listen, this is what followed.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Remixes"},{"content":"The spiritual successor to The Chicken Street Band, rockifying and expanding the existing setlist\n\u0026ldquo;Need some Honey\u0026rdquo; by Nathaniel Rateliff \u0026amp; the Night Sweats, in a sweaty bar in Hallowell Your browser does not support the video tag. \u0026ldquo;The Hollow\u0026rdquo; by yours truly, one of my favorite performances of this tune Your browser does not support the video tag. \u0026ldquo;Up on Cripple Creek\u0026rdquo; by The Band ft. one of the best sound guys I\u0026rsquo;ve worked with Your browser does not support the video tag. ","permalink":"//localhost:1313/music/poultryhighway/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eThe spiritual successor to The Chicken Street Band, rockifying and expanding the existing setlist\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026ldquo;Need some Honey\u0026rdquo; by Nathaniel Rateliff \u0026amp; the Night Sweats, in a sweaty bar in Hallowell\n    \u003cdiv class=\"video-wrapper\" style=\"max-width: 50%; margin: 0 auto;\"\u003e\n  \u003cvideo src=\"/videos/poultry/needsomehoney.mp4\" controls style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\"\u003e\n    Your browser does not support the video tag.\n  \u003c/video\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026ldquo;The Hollow\u0026rdquo; by yours truly, one of my favorite performances of this tune\n    \u003cdiv class=\"video-wrapper\" style=\"max-width: 50%; margin: 0 auto;\"\u003e\n  \u003cvideo src=\"/videos/poultry/hollow.mp4\" controls style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\"\u003e\n    Your browser does not support the video tag.\n  \u003c/video\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Poultry Highway"},{"content":"When I was but a burgeoning console junkie cutting my teeth in Mint, my first few forays with mounting a new drive had proven to be a struggle. Sure - LLMs exist now, why bother writing this?\nWhy not.\nThis brief tutorial should be cross-flavor, meaning it should work on Debian-, Fedora-, and Arch-based systems alike. For today\u0026rsquo;s guide we\u0026rsquo;ll be using CachyOS, adjust for your package manager accordingly! :)\nSTOP TALKING AND GIVE ME INFO I\u0026rsquo;m assuming your drive is already installed. If not, To begin, if you don\u0026rsquo;t already have it, I like to use Gnome\u0026rsquo;s Disk Utility on most of my distributions. Install it with:\nsudo pacman -Syyu sudo pacman -S gnome-disk-utility Then we leave that terminal open to the side, and open up what we just installed. You can either search \u0026ldquo;Disks\u0026rdquo; in your app launcher, or run:\ngnome-disk-utility Ideally you\u0026rsquo;ll have Disks on one window, terminal on the other.\nNow. In Disks, you\u0026rsquo;ll want to format your disk from the 3-dot menu in the top right.\nOnce formatted, mount the sucker. Name it something you\u0026rsquo;ll remember, we\u0026rsquo;ll need it soon.\n(Quick note! If you plan to daily this drive in Linux, leave it as \u0026ldquo;ext4\u0026rdquo;. If you intend to dual boot, format to \u0026ldquo;fat32\u0026rdquo;)\nNow you\u0026rsquo;re formatted. You\u0026rsquo;ll notice a little string of numbers under the partition now, a field labeled \u0026ldquo;UUID\u0026rdquo;. We need that. Copy paste your UUID, and move over to the terminal\nIn your terminal, run\nsudo nano /etc/fstab ","permalink":"//localhost:1313/docs/fstab/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eWhen I was but a burgeoning console junkie cutting my teeth in Mint, my first few forays with mounting a new drive had proven to be a struggle.  Sure - LLMs exist now, why bother writing this?\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhy not.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis brief tutorial should be cross-flavor, meaning it should work on Debian-, Fedora-, and Arch-based systems alike. For today\u0026rsquo;s guide we\u0026rsquo;ll be using CachyOS, adjust for your package manager accordingly! :)\u003c/p\u003e","title":"fstab guide"},{"content":"\u0026ldquo;The Hollow\u0026rdquo;, with The Chicken Street Band at Roots Revival Fest 8/2/24\nYour browser does not support the audio element. ","permalink":"//localhost:1313/music/originals/","summary":"\u003cp\u003e\u0026ldquo;The Hollow\u0026rdquo;, with The Chicken Street Band at Roots Revival Fest 8/2/24\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"hahahugoshortcode345s0hbhb\"\u003e\u003cfigure\u003e\n    \u003caudio controls preload=\"metadata\" style=\"width: 100%;\"\u003e\n        \u003csource src=\"/audio/hollowroots.mp3\" type=\"audio/mpeg\"\u003e\n        Your browser does not support the audio element.\n    \u003c/audio\u003e\n    \n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\u003c/h2\u003e","title":"Songs I wrote!"},{"content":"The band Avenged Sevenfold – a critically acclaimed rock/metal outfit from California. Their first couple albums lent more of a hardcore sound, finding their way with tracks like “Second Heartbeat” and “Unholy Confessions” from the second record “Waking the Fallen”. What followed with City of Evil was a commercial success with songs like “Bat Country” and “Seize the Day” finding their way onto the radio. After which they put out another commercially successful self-titled offering. “Almost Easy” and “Afterlife” offering more radio play while “Little Piece of Heaven” was an absolutely GENIUS shock-rock piece allowing them to stretch their legs creatively.\nDespite losing their absolute creative force of a drummer – Jimmy “The Rev” Sullivan - in 2009, they still managed to knock it out of the park with “Nightmare” in 2010. Mike Portnoy from Dream Theater offered his talents to finish and tour the record.\nContext In the late 2000s to mid 2010s, I was finding my tastes as a burgeoning musician in middle/high school. We were given MacBooks to daily drive for assignments… and I absolutely abused the hell out of that thing. Ripped many a CD with the kids in class, anything we could get our hands on. I was listening to a lot of Green Day, Weezer, Rush, Metallica – as well as finding my way into EDM with the likes of deadmau5, Skrillex, Excision, Bassnectar (I would also find the masterpiece that is Enter the Haggis around this time, but that’s a story for a different day). I wanted it all. I was hungry.\nThere was one kid I ended up jiving with. His music taste was as weird as mine, just in WAY different directions. He’d made it down a few more rabbit holes than I had. He preferred bands like Sleeping with Sirens, Pierce the Veil, Black Veil Brides… There were exceptions to the rule like “King for a Day” (I heard it BEFORE TikTok made it cool!), but not many… until he showed me Avenged Sevenfold.\nThey wore the makeup and had the aesthetic same as those bands, but I saw something… different about them. They didn’t sound like the others. I had to know why. That kid gave me his copy of the self titled record to borrow - I copied it in class that day, gave him the CD back, and proceeded to have my mind blown for the next hour.\nSince then I’ve been there through the ups and downs, the ins and outs. The Call of Duty collabs (which were actually GREAT tunes), the non-actionable Guns \u0026amp; Roses/Metallica ripoffs when they wouldn’t let the new drummer show off at all, what we thought was gonna be one instance of a Daft Punk impression… I was there. I liked them and continue to. And now I get to be there for more Daft Punk impressions.\nContents I say that, but this project was at least a bit different than the stuff on Life is But a Dream.\nLIGHTS was shocking for an intro, though it served its purpose as the intro – it really kinda let us know what we’re in for. The first few seconds are almost Stage-coded, and I was settling in for “This is gonna take a couple listens”. Then the vocoder kicks in. “Oh, this is gonna take a couple MORE listens.”\nThen we have the title track STATICA. Overall, I don’t think this is a bad tune. It sounds like them, it drives, it’s ALMOST there. The commont theme for this project though, is the cardinal sin of too much fuckin’ vocoder – the vocal performance is good! If they insist on having it, leave it on the chorus, fine, it fit the vibe there – maybe even on the outro sequence. The verse could’ve used the punch of the clean vocal, in my opinion.\nNext up is REJOICE. Another solid tune overall, the melancholy drone with an odd time – I’m here for it. The vocoder is still there, but not as egregious through the entire thing. This one didn’t hit me as hard on the first listen like the last two did. I was vibing through the entire thing – unfortunately up til the synth at the end. There’s a few spots in the project where it really lends itself well, to the point that going forward I can see some synth integration in the older stuff. I’m for a weird noise. There’s just this feeling of “Zack got a synth at a garage sale and hasn’t quite figured it out yet”. Not unwelcome, just not crazy about the performance.\nASHES to close out the project. I remember on first listen that the chorus hit my ear a bit weird, something about the distortion wasn’t sitting right - but after listens 3 and 4 it has eased up on me. The feeling persists of Zacky not completely familiar with his instrument yet (if that’s even him). This one doesn’t sound as outlandish – they’ve always had a sense of theatrics, especially more present since The Stage – and that theatric sense is still there.\nConclusion Okay. Overall, yeah it’s weird. It’s a bold choice to do a bunch of acid and switch your rock band to a pseudo-techo-RnB project. It’s a bold choice to smother your new project in so much vocoder that we need a protocol droid to translate it. I can see that from the fan’s side.\nAt the same time, I’m all for a group doing new things. LIBAD wasn’t for everybody, this one won’t be either. If the production wasn\u0026rsquo;t so all over the place these songs could be stellar. The drums weren’t punching the same way, and the synth proficiency could use a little work if they’re gonna continue to put it on record.\nAND LESS FKN VOCODER\nThis is all coming from a fan with nothing but love. I like what they\u0026rsquo;re going for, but the execution could use a spit-polish\u0026hellip;\n\u0026hellip;and marginally less psychedelics.\n","permalink":"//localhost:1313/reviews/statica/","summary":"\u003ch2 id=\"the-band\"\u003eThe band\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAvenged Sevenfold – a critically acclaimed rock/metal outfit from California. Their first couple albums lent more of a hardcore sound, finding their way with tracks like “Second Heartbeat” and “Unholy Confessions” from the second record “Waking the Fallen”. What followed with City of Evil was a commercial success with songs like “Bat Country” and “Seize the Day” finding their way onto the radio. After which they put out another commercially successful self-titled offering. “Almost Easy” and “Afterlife” offering more radio play while “Little Piece of Heaven” was an absolutely GENIUS shock-rock piece allowing them to stretch their legs creatively.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Statica EP - Avenged Sevenfold"},{"content":"A collection of my favorite moments with these goons.\n207 Maine Your browser does not support the video tag. A cool opportunity, I think it was two songs? If I can track down the other one I\u0026rsquo;ll throw it up here. Rumor has it they still air.\nOpening for the Mallett Brothers at the Widowmaker (Sugarloaf) Your browser does not support the video tag. Such a fun show.\n","permalink":"//localhost:1313/music/207/","summary":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA collection of my favorite moments with these goons.\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"207-maine\"\u003e207 Maine\u003c/h2\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"video-wrapper\" style=\"max-width: 100%; margin: 0 auto;\"\u003e\n  \u003cvideo src=\"/videos/207.mp4\" controls style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\"\u003e\n    Your browser does not support the video tag.\n  \u003c/video\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA cool opportunity, I think it was two songs? If I can track down the other one I\u0026rsquo;ll throw it up here. Rumor has it they still air.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"opening-for-the-mallett-brothers-at-the-widowmaker-sugarloaf\"\u003eOpening for the Mallett Brothers at the Widowmaker (Sugarloaf)\u003c/h2\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"video-wrapper\" style=\"max-width: 100%; margin: 0 auto;\"\u003e\n  \u003cvideo src=\"/videos/wait.mp4\" controls style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\"\u003e\n    Your browser does not support the video tag.\n  \u003c/video\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSuch a fun show.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"The Chicken Street Band"},{"content":"The network\u0026rsquo;s in a cool spot right now.\nThe whole team The Gesellschaft TrueNAS on a 6th gen i7 with 32gb RAM\nServices here Frigate\nThis has been cool for storing footage from our IP cams, though I\u0026rsquo;m not too thrilled with the performance of our current setup. We use Tapo, and the small ones work fine - but the \u0026ldquo;good\u0026rdquo; one for the entryway doesn\u0026rsquo;t support local account setup. We bought them in a pinch and they\u0026rsquo;ve been effective, but I\u0026rsquo;m not crazy about them. Immich\nAn excellent tool that I haven\u0026rsquo;t given the time it deserves. It\u0026rsquo;s intended to be a \u0026ldquo;set and forget\u0026rdquo; image backup, which it\u0026rsquo;s served well as, though I would like to delve a bit deeper. Time is an illusion. Jellyfin\nWhat else can I say. A perfect tool for streaming (ahem) acquired media. A bit clunky for music, however. So we use instead\u0026hellip; Navidrome\nAnother perfect tool for interfacing with your media of the audio varitety. The metadata is only as good as YOU make it, but that\u0026rsquo;s a fun mindless task for when you wanna get stoned and data entry for a bit. (What, just me?) Memos\nA fun markdown-based tool for keeping notes, designed to look and function like a self-hosted Twitter. Sorts by tags, comes with a search integrated. Real fun to mess with, though I\u0026rsquo;ve since kinda abandoned it since building this. The Servbot Ubuntu 26.04 on a 4th Gen i5 with 16gb RAM\nA rugged little beast. Formerly part of a Proxmox cluster, running HA on three of these guys proved to be a bit much.\nServices here Nginx Proxy Manager\nSomething I started using early on, as soon as I bought the first domain. I know how to use it, it handles Cloudflare well, so far little complaints. Dockge\nHandy for deploying Docker stuff quickly. I like the interface Pinchflat\nFor archiving those important videos OpenSpeedTest\nshrugs Why not? Seerr\nBetter for requests than a Discord server Futo Notes\nI\u0026rsquo;d rather have my text files be my responsibility The Stack\nThe less said the better Gitea\nGetting familiar with that setup, but that\u0026rsquo;s been clunky The Router Running OPNSense on a decommissioned kiosk computer I nabbed from work. A 7th gen i3 with two NIC jacks in a compact form factor\u0026hellip; that had a locked bios. It booted legacy, though, and that\u0026rsquo;s all I needed.\n","permalink":"//localhost:1313/docs/currentlab/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eThe network\u0026rsquo;s in a cool spot right now.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cfigure\u003e\n    \u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" src=\"/images/lab.jpg\" width=\"600\"/\u003e \u003cfigcaption\u003e\n            The whole team\n        \u003c/figcaption\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch1 id=\"the-gesellschaft\"\u003eThe Gesellschaft\u003c/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTrueNAS on a 6th gen i7 with 32gb RAM\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"services-here\"\u003eServices here\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrigate\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThis has been cool for storing footage from our IP cams, though I\u0026rsquo;m not too thrilled with the performance of our current setup. We use Tapo, and the small ones work fine - but the \u0026ldquo;good\u0026rdquo; one for the entryway doesn\u0026rsquo;t support local account setup. We bought them in a pinch and they\u0026rsquo;ve been effective, but I\u0026rsquo;m not crazy about them.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eImmich\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","title":"What's in the lab right now?"},{"content":"Docs will go here!\n","permalink":"//localhost:1313/docs/docshere/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eDocs will go here!\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Docshere"},{"content":"","permalink":"//localhost:1313/main/","summary":"","title":"Main"},{"content":"But that can change!\nBook some noise for your occasion at:\nbwnoises@proton.me\nMake sure to put \u0026ldquo;Music\u0026rdquo; in the subject!\nIn the meantime\u0026hellip; Here\u0026rsquo;s some proof I do things! Your browser does not support the video tag. Your browser does not support the video tag. Your browser does not support the video tag. ","permalink":"//localhost:1313/shows/tba/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eBut that can change!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBook some noise for your occasion at:\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"mailto:bwnoises@proton.me\"\u003ebwnoises@proton.me\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMake sure to put \u0026ldquo;Music\u0026rdquo; in the subject!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"in-the-meantime-heres-some-proof-i-do-things\"\u003eIn the meantime\u0026hellip; Here\u0026rsquo;s some proof I do things!\u003c/h2\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"video-wrapper\" style=\"max-width: 100%; margin: 0 auto;\"\u003e\n  \u003cvideo src=\"/videos/solo/blackwater.mp4\" controls style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\"\u003e\n    Your browser does not support the video tag.\n  \u003c/video\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\n    \u003cdiv class=\"video-wrapper\" style=\"max-width: 100%; margin: 0 auto;\"\u003e\n  \u003cvideo src=\"/videos/solo/lionman.mp4\" controls style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\"\u003e\n    Your browser does not support the video tag.\n  \u003c/video\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\n    \u003cdiv class=\"video-wrapper\" style=\"max-width: 100%; margin: 0 auto;\"\u003e\n  \u003cvideo src=\"/videos/solo/recovery.mp4\" controls style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\"\u003e\n    Your browser does not support the video tag.\n  \u003c/video\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e","title":"It's a little empty right now..."},{"content":"God I love smoking.\nBut lately it\u0026rsquo;s been getting old.\n","permalink":"//localhost:1313/posts/smoking/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eGod I love smoking.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut lately it\u0026rsquo;s been getting old.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Smoking"},{"content":"These are the wubs I made. I am capable of original thought (for the most part)!\nMeager The first original EDM composition I completed on FL Studio Mobile. It created a monster.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Ladybugs Named after the abundance of not-ladybugs-but-beetles that invade the house every year.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Massive I like that song \u0026ldquo;Teardrop\u0026rdquo; by Massive Attack quite a bit, I wanted to make a Massive Attack song. Don\u0026rsquo;t mind the weird aetherial videogame-choir in the middle.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Petrock Named after one of the objects living on my desk\nYour browser does not support the audio element. RaiseYourRipoff Not a blatant ripoff per-se, but definitely heavily inspired by the mau5. I\u0026rsquo;m attached to the outro, very NIN coded.\nPretty proud of this one.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Save the Riff I played a drop D guitar riff and thought it would sound good as the main riff of a wub. This is what followed.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. An Imperfect Rhombus The only of this crop to be done in Reaper, pretty sure the rest are done in FL Studio Mobile (They don\u0026rsquo;t sound as full as this one does IMHO)\nWe need more weird time signatures in techno\nYour browser does not support the audio element. ","permalink":"//localhost:1313/music/techno/originals/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eThese are the wubs I made. I am capable of original thought (for the most part)!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"meager\"\u003eMeager\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe first original EDM composition I completed on FL Studio Mobile. It created a monster.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cfigure\u003e\n    \u003caudio controls preload=\"metadata\" style=\"width: 100%;\"\u003e\n        \u003csource src=\"/audio/techno/original/Meager.mp3\" type=\"audio/mpeg\"\u003e\n        Your browser does not support the audio element.\n    \u003c/audio\u003e\n    \n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"ladybugs\"\u003eLadybugs\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNamed after the abundance of not-ladybugs-but-beetles that invade the house every year.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cfigure\u003e\n    \u003caudio controls preload=\"metadata\" style=\"width: 100%;\"\u003e\n        \u003csource src=\"/audio/techno/original/Ladybugs.mp3\" type=\"audio/mpeg\"\u003e\n        Your browser does not support the audio element.\n    \u003c/audio\u003e\n    \n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"massive\"\u003eMassive\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI like that song \u0026ldquo;Teardrop\u0026rdquo; by Massive Attack quite a bit, I wanted to make a Massive Attack song. Don\u0026rsquo;t mind the weird aetherial videogame-choir in the middle.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Originals"},{"content":"Some remixed tunes for your wubby pleasure\nRemixes ChixNRibz (lost) Unfortunately I can\u0026rsquo;t find this one right off, but chronologically it\u0026rsquo;s the first \u0026ldquo;remix\u0026rdquo; I did - Bridges and Rivers by The Chicken Street Band. What follows is a byproduct of that project, though.\nNumber One - Tophouse Technically the second remix I did. A great nerdy folk group, no shortage of LotR love at their shows (complete with live readings of passages from The Hobbit). I could hear the remix in my head on the first listen, this is what followed.\nBest described internally as \u0026ldquo;Topsmokers\u0026rdquo;\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Do You Like What I\u0026rsquo;m Sayin? - J. McFarlane\u0026rsquo;s Reality Guest A top notch weird band out of Australia. Henry Rollins played two of their songs on the brief run of \u0026ldquo;The Cool Quarantine\u0026rdquo; he did with KCRW back in 2020. Go check \u0026rsquo;em out\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Balto - Enter the Haggis Pretty proud of this one, tbh.\nThis band has meant a lot to me for a long time, it was only fitting to wub one of their tunes.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. No More Tears - Ozzy Osbourne Losing Ozzy hit me harder than I anticipated it would. I hadn\u0026rsquo;t cried like that since Neil Peart. This one never got finished, but I do like where it went. Maybe I\u0026rsquo;ll get back to it.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Whatsername - Green Day This one\u0026rsquo;s pretty basic compared to the others, they\u0026rsquo;re all just for fun, but I basically just wanted to hear the tune gamified. I think I succeeded. The back half is pretty fun and dancey.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. That\u0026rsquo;s it for now\u0026hellip;.\n","permalink":"//localhost:1313/music/techno/remixes/","summary":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSome remixed tunes for your wubby pleasure\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch1 id=\"remixes\"\u003eRemixes\u003c/h1\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"chixnribz-lost\"\u003eChixNRibz (lost)\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnfortunately I can\u0026rsquo;t find this one right off, but chronologically it\u0026rsquo;s the first \u0026ldquo;remix\u0026rdquo; I did - Bridges and Rivers by The Chicken Street Band. What follows is a byproduct of that project, though.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"number-one---tophouse\"\u003eNumber One - \u003ca href=\"https://tidal.com/artist/8994731\"\u003eTophouse\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTechnically the second remix I did. A great nerdy folk group, no shortage of LotR love at their shows (complete with live readings of passages from The Hobbit). I could hear the remix in my head on the first listen, this is what followed.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Remixes"},{"content":"The spiritual successor to The Chicken Street Band, rockifying and expanding the existing setlist\n\u0026ldquo;Need some Honey\u0026rdquo; by Nathaniel Rateliff \u0026amp; the Night Sweats, in a sweaty bar in Hallowell Your browser does not support the video tag. \u0026ldquo;The Hollow\u0026rdquo; by yours truly, one of my favorite performances of this tune Your browser does not support the video tag. \u0026ldquo;Up on Cripple Creek\u0026rdquo; by The Band ft. one of the best sound guys I\u0026rsquo;ve worked with Your browser does not support the video tag. ","permalink":"//localhost:1313/music/poultryhighway/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eThe spiritual successor to The Chicken Street Band, rockifying and expanding the existing setlist\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026ldquo;Need some Honey\u0026rdquo; by Nathaniel Rateliff \u0026amp; the Night Sweats, in a sweaty bar in Hallowell\n    \u003cdiv class=\"video-wrapper\" style=\"max-width: 50%; margin: 0 auto;\"\u003e\n  \u003cvideo src=\"/videos/poultry/needsomehoney.mp4\" controls style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\"\u003e\n    Your browser does not support the video tag.\n  \u003c/video\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026ldquo;The Hollow\u0026rdquo; by yours truly, one of my favorite performances of this tune\n    \u003cdiv class=\"video-wrapper\" style=\"max-width: 50%; margin: 0 auto;\"\u003e\n  \u003cvideo src=\"/videos/poultry/hollow.mp4\" controls style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\"\u003e\n    Your browser does not support the video tag.\n  \u003c/video\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Poultry Highway"},{"content":"When I was but a burgeoning console junkie cutting my teeth in Mint, my first few forays with mounting a new drive had proven to be a struggle. Sure - LLMs exist now, why bother writing this?\nWhy not.\nThis brief tutorial should be cross-flavor, meaning it should work on Debian-, Fedora-, and Arch-based systems alike. For today\u0026rsquo;s guide we\u0026rsquo;ll be using CachyOS, adjust for your package manager accordingly! :)\nSTOP TALKING AND GIVE ME INFO I\u0026rsquo;m assuming your drive is already installed. If not, To begin, if you don\u0026rsquo;t already have it, I like to use Gnome\u0026rsquo;s Disk Utility on most of my distributions. Install it with:\nsudo pacman -Syyu sudo pacman -S gnome-disk-utility Then we leave that terminal open to the side, and open up what we just installed. You can either search \u0026ldquo;Disks\u0026rdquo; in your app launcher, or run:\ngnome-disk-utility Ideally you\u0026rsquo;ll have Disks on one window, terminal on the other.\nNow. In Disks, you\u0026rsquo;ll want to format your disk from the 3-dot menu in the top right.\nOnce formatted, mount the sucker. Name it something you\u0026rsquo;ll remember, we\u0026rsquo;ll need it soon.\n(Quick note! If you plan to daily this drive in Linux, leave it as \u0026ldquo;ext4\u0026rdquo;. If you intend to dual boot, format to \u0026ldquo;fat32\u0026rdquo;)\nNow you\u0026rsquo;re formatted. You\u0026rsquo;ll notice a little string of numbers under the partition now, a field labeled \u0026ldquo;UUID\u0026rdquo;. We need that. Copy paste your UUID, and move over to the terminal\nIn your terminal, run\nsudo nano /etc/fstab ","permalink":"//localhost:1313/docs/fstab/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eWhen I was but a burgeoning console junkie cutting my teeth in Mint, my first few forays with mounting a new drive had proven to be a struggle.  Sure - LLMs exist now, why bother writing this?\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhy not.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis brief tutorial should be cross-flavor, meaning it should work on Debian-, Fedora-, and Arch-based systems alike. For today\u0026rsquo;s guide we\u0026rsquo;ll be using CachyOS, adjust for your package manager accordingly! :)\u003c/p\u003e","title":"fstab guide"},{"content":"\u0026ldquo;The Hollow\u0026rdquo;, with The Chicken Street Band at Roots Revival Fest 8/2/24\nYour browser does not support the audio element. ","permalink":"//localhost:1313/music/originals/","summary":"\u003cp\u003e\u0026ldquo;The Hollow\u0026rdquo;, with The Chicken Street Band at Roots Revival Fest 8/2/24\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"hahahugoshortcode345s0hbhb\"\u003e\u003cfigure\u003e\n    \u003caudio controls preload=\"metadata\" style=\"width: 100%;\"\u003e\n        \u003csource src=\"/audio/hollowroots.mp3\" type=\"audio/mpeg\"\u003e\n        Your browser does not support the audio element.\n    \u003c/audio\u003e\n    \n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\u003c/h2\u003e","title":"Songs I wrote!"},{"content":"The band Avenged Sevenfold – a critically acclaimed rock/metal outfit from California. Their first couple albums lent more of a hardcore sound, finding their way with tracks like “Second Heartbeat” and “Unholy Confessions” from the second record “Waking the Fallen”. What followed with City of Evil was a commercial success with songs like “Bat Country” and “Seize the Day” finding their way onto the radio. After which they put out another commercially successful self-titled offering. “Almost Easy” and “Afterlife” offering more radio play while “Little Piece of Heaven” was an absolutely GENIUS shock-rock piece allowing them to stretch their legs creatively.\nDespite losing their absolute creative force of a drummer – Jimmy “The Rev” Sullivan - in 2009, they still managed to knock it out of the park with “Nightmare” in 2010. Mike Portnoy from Dream Theater offered his talents to finish and tour the record.\nContext In the late 2000s to mid 2010s, I was finding my tastes as a burgeoning musician in middle/high school. We were given MacBooks to daily drive for assignments… and I absolutely abused the hell out of that thing. Ripped many a CD with the kids in class, anything we could get our hands on. I was listening to a lot of Green Day, Weezer, Rush, Metallica – as well as finding my way into EDM with the likes of deadmau5, Skrillex, Excision, Bassnectar (I would also find the masterpiece that is Enter the Haggis around this time, but that’s a story for a different day). I wanted it all. I was hungry.\nThere was one kid I ended up jiving with. His music taste was as weird as mine, just in WAY different directions. He’d made it down a few more rabbit holes than I had. He preferred bands like Sleeping with Sirens, Pierce the Veil, Black Veil Brides… There were exceptions to the rule like “King for a Day” (I heard it BEFORE TikTok made it cool!), but not many… until he showed me Avenged Sevenfold.\nThey wore the makeup and had the aesthetic same as those bands, but I saw something… different about them. They didn’t sound like the others. I had to know why. That kid gave me his copy of the self titled record to borrow - I copied it in class that day, gave him the CD back, and proceeded to have my mind blown for the next hour.\nSince then I’ve been there through the ups and downs, the ins and outs. The Call of Duty collabs (which were actually GREAT tunes), the non-actionable Guns \u0026amp; Roses/Metallica ripoffs when they wouldn’t let the new drummer show off at all, what we thought was gonna be one instance of a Daft Punk impression… I was there. I liked them and continue to. And now I get to be there for more Daft Punk impressions.\nContents I say that, but this project was at least a bit different than the stuff on Life is But a Dream.\nLIGHTS was shocking for an intro, though it served its purpose as the intro – it really kinda let us know what we’re in for. The first few seconds are almost Stage-coded, and I was settling in for “This is gonna take a couple listens”. Then the vocoder kicks in. “Oh, this is gonna take a couple MORE listens.”\nThen we have the title track STATICA. Overall, I don’t think this is a bad tune. It sounds like them, it drives, it’s ALMOST there. The commont theme for this project though, is the cardinal sin of too much fuckin’ vocoder – the vocal performance is good! If they insist on having it, leave it on the chorus, fine, it fit the vibe there – maybe even on the outro sequence. The verse could’ve used the punch of the clean vocal, in my opinion.\nNext up is REJOICE. Another solid tune overall, the melancholy drone with an odd time – I’m here for it. The vocoder is still there, but not as egregious through the entire thing. This one didn’t hit me as hard on the first listen like the last two did. I was vibing through the entire thing – unfortunately up til the synth at the end. There’s a few spots in the project where it really lends itself well, to the point that going forward I can see some synth integration in the older stuff. I’m for a weird noise. There’s just this feeling of “Zack got a synth at a garage sale and hasn’t quite figured it out yet”. Not unwelcome, just not crazy about the performance.\nASHES to close out the project. I remember on first listen that the chorus hit my ear a bit weird, something about the distortion wasn’t sitting right - but after listens 3 and 4 it has eased up on me. The feeling persists of Zacky not completely familiar with his instrument yet (if that’s even him). This one doesn’t sound as outlandish – they’ve always had a sense of theatrics, especially more present since The Stage – and that theatric sense is still there.\nConclusion Okay. Overall, yeah it’s weird. It’s a bold choice to do a bunch of acid and switch your rock band to a pseudo-techo-RnB project. It’s a bold choice to smother your new project in so much vocoder that we need a protocol droid to translate it. I can see that from the fan’s side.\nAt the same time, I’m all for a group doing new things. LIBAD wasn’t for everybody, this one won’t be either. If the production wasn\u0026rsquo;t so all over the place these songs could be stellar. The drums weren’t punching the same way, and the synth proficiency could use a little work if they’re gonna continue to put it on record.\nAND LESS FKN VOCODER\nThis is all coming from a fan with nothing but love. I like what they\u0026rsquo;re going for, but the execution could use a spit-polish\u0026hellip;\n\u0026hellip;and marginally less psychedelics.\n","permalink":"//localhost:1313/reviews/statica/","summary":"\u003ch2 id=\"the-band\"\u003eThe band\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAvenged Sevenfold – a critically acclaimed rock/metal outfit from California. Their first couple albums lent more of a hardcore sound, finding their way with tracks like “Second Heartbeat” and “Unholy Confessions” from the second record “Waking the Fallen”. What followed with City of Evil was a commercial success with songs like “Bat Country” and “Seize the Day” finding their way onto the radio. After which they put out another commercially successful self-titled offering. “Almost Easy” and “Afterlife” offering more radio play while “Little Piece of Heaven” was an absolutely GENIUS shock-rock piece allowing them to stretch their legs creatively.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Statica EP - Avenged Sevenfold"},{"content":"A collection of my favorite moments with these goons.\n207 Maine Your browser does not support the video tag. A cool opportunity, I think it was two songs? If I can track down the other one I\u0026rsquo;ll throw it up here. Rumor has it they still air.\nOpening for the Mallett Brothers at the Widowmaker (Sugarloaf) Your browser does not support the video tag. Such a fun show.\n","permalink":"//localhost:1313/music/207/","summary":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA collection of my favorite moments with these goons.\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"207-maine\"\u003e207 Maine\u003c/h2\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"video-wrapper\" style=\"max-width: 100%; margin: 0 auto;\"\u003e\n  \u003cvideo src=\"/videos/207.mp4\" controls style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\"\u003e\n    Your browser does not support the video tag.\n  \u003c/video\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA cool opportunity, I think it was two songs? If I can track down the other one I\u0026rsquo;ll throw it up here. Rumor has it they still air.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"opening-for-the-mallett-brothers-at-the-widowmaker-sugarloaf\"\u003eOpening for the Mallett Brothers at the Widowmaker (Sugarloaf)\u003c/h2\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"video-wrapper\" style=\"max-width: 100%; margin: 0 auto;\"\u003e\n  \u003cvideo src=\"/videos/wait.mp4\" controls style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\"\u003e\n    Your browser does not support the video tag.\n  \u003c/video\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSuch a fun show.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"The Chicken Street Band"},{"content":"The network\u0026rsquo;s in a cool spot right now.\nThe whole team The Gesellschaft TrueNAS on a 6th gen i7 with 32gb RAM\nServices here Frigate\nThis has been cool for storing footage from our IP cams, though I\u0026rsquo;m not too thrilled with the performance of our current setup. We use Tapo, and the small ones work fine - but the \u0026ldquo;good\u0026rdquo; one for the entryway doesn\u0026rsquo;t support local account setup. We bought them in a pinch and they\u0026rsquo;ve been effective, but I\u0026rsquo;m not crazy about them. Immich\nAn excellent tool that I haven\u0026rsquo;t given the time it deserves. It\u0026rsquo;s intended to be a \u0026ldquo;set and forget\u0026rdquo; image backup, which it\u0026rsquo;s served well as, though I would like to delve a bit deeper. Time is an illusion. Jellyfin\nWhat else can I say. A perfect tool for streaming (ahem) acquired media. A bit clunky for music, however. So we use instead\u0026hellip; Navidrome\nAnother perfect tool for interfacing with your media of the audio varitety. The metadata is only as good as YOU make it, but that\u0026rsquo;s a fun mindless task for when you wanna get stoned and data entry for a bit. (What, just me?) Memos\nA fun markdown-based tool for keeping notes, designed to look and function like a self-hosted Twitter. Sorts by tags, comes with a search integrated. Real fun to mess with, though I\u0026rsquo;ve since kinda abandoned it since building this. The Servbot Ubuntu 26.04 on a 4th Gen i5 with 16gb RAM\nA rugged little beast. Formerly part of a Proxmox cluster, running HA on three of these guys proved to be a bit much.\nServices here Nginx Proxy Manager\nSomething I started using early on, as soon as I bought the first domain. I know how to use it, it handles Cloudflare well, so far little complaints. Dockge\nHandy for deploying Docker stuff quickly. I like the interface Pinchflat\nFor archiving those important videos OpenSpeedTest\nshrugs Why not? Seerr\nBetter for requests than a Discord server Futo Notes\nI\u0026rsquo;d rather have my text files be my responsibility The Stack\nThe less said the better Gitea\nGetting familiar with that setup, but that\u0026rsquo;s been clunky The Router Running OPNSense on a decommissioned kiosk computer I nabbed from work. A 7th gen i3 with two NIC jacks in a compact form factor\u0026hellip; that had a locked bios. It booted legacy, though, and that\u0026rsquo;s all I needed.\n","permalink":"//localhost:1313/docs/currentlab/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eThe network\u0026rsquo;s in a cool spot right now.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cfigure\u003e\n    \u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" src=\"/images/lab.jpg\" width=\"600\"/\u003e \u003cfigcaption\u003e\n            The whole team\n        \u003c/figcaption\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch1 id=\"the-gesellschaft\"\u003eThe Gesellschaft\u003c/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTrueNAS on a 6th gen i7 with 32gb RAM\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"services-here\"\u003eServices here\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrigate\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThis has been cool for storing footage from our IP cams, though I\u0026rsquo;m not too thrilled with the performance of our current setup. We use Tapo, and the small ones work fine - but the \u0026ldquo;good\u0026rdquo; one for the entryway doesn\u0026rsquo;t support local account setup. We bought them in a pinch and they\u0026rsquo;ve been effective, but I\u0026rsquo;m not crazy about them.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eImmich\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","title":"What's in the lab right now?"},{"content":"Docs will go here!\n","permalink":"//localhost:1313/docs/docshere/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eDocs will go here!\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Docshere"},{"content":"","permalink":"//localhost:1313/main/","summary":"","title":"Main"},{"content":"But that can change!\nBook some noise for your occasion at:\nbwnoises@proton.me\nMake sure to put \u0026ldquo;Music\u0026rdquo; in the subject!\nIn the meantime\u0026hellip; Here\u0026rsquo;s some proof I do things! Your browser does not support the video tag. Your browser does not support the video tag. Your browser does not support the video tag. ","permalink":"//localhost:1313/shows/tba/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eBut that can change!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBook some noise for your occasion at:\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"mailto:bwnoises@proton.me\"\u003ebwnoises@proton.me\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMake sure to put \u0026ldquo;Music\u0026rdquo; in the subject!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"in-the-meantime-heres-some-proof-i-do-things\"\u003eIn the meantime\u0026hellip; Here\u0026rsquo;s some proof I do things!\u003c/h2\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"video-wrapper\" style=\"max-width: 100%; margin: 0 auto;\"\u003e\n  \u003cvideo src=\"/videos/solo/blackwater.mp4\" controls style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\"\u003e\n    Your browser does not support the video tag.\n  \u003c/video\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\n    \u003cdiv class=\"video-wrapper\" style=\"max-width: 100%; margin: 0 auto;\"\u003e\n  \u003cvideo src=\"/videos/solo/lionman.mp4\" controls style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\"\u003e\n    Your browser does not support the video tag.\n  \u003c/video\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\n    \u003cdiv class=\"video-wrapper\" style=\"max-width: 100%; margin: 0 auto;\"\u003e\n  \u003cvideo src=\"/videos/solo/recovery.mp4\" controls style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\"\u003e\n    Your browser does not support the video tag.\n  \u003c/video\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e","title":"It's a little empty right now..."},{"content":"God I love smoking.\nBut lately it\u0026rsquo;s been getting old.\n","permalink":"//localhost:1313/posts/smoking/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eGod I love smoking.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut lately it\u0026rsquo;s been getting old.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Smoking"},{"content":"These are the wubs I made. I am capable of original thought (for the most part)!\nMeager The first original EDM composition I completed on FL Studio Mobile. It created a monster.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Ladybugs Named after the abundance of not-ladybugs-but-beetles that invade the house every year.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Massive I like that song \u0026ldquo;Teardrop\u0026rdquo; by Massive Attack quite a bit, I wanted to make a Massive Attack song. Don\u0026rsquo;t mind the weird aetherial videogame-choir in the middle.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Petrock Named after one of the objects living on my desk\nYour browser does not support the audio element. RaiseYourRipoff Not a blatant ripoff per-se, but definitely heavily inspired by the mau5. I\u0026rsquo;m attached to the outro, very NIN coded.\nPretty proud of this one.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Save the Riff I played a drop D guitar riff and thought it would sound good as the main riff of a wub. This is what followed.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. An Imperfect Rhombus The only of this crop to be done in Reaper, pretty sure the rest are done in FL Studio Mobile (They don\u0026rsquo;t sound as full as this one does IMHO)\nWe need more weird time signatures in techno\nYour browser does not support the audio element. ","permalink":"//localhost:1313/music/techno/originals/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eThese are the wubs I made. I am capable of original thought (for the most part)!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"meager\"\u003eMeager\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe first original EDM composition I completed on FL Studio Mobile. It created a monster.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cfigure\u003e\n    \u003caudio controls preload=\"metadata\" style=\"width: 100%;\"\u003e\n        \u003csource src=\"/audio/techno/original/Meager.mp3\" type=\"audio/mpeg\"\u003e\n        Your browser does not support the audio element.\n    \u003c/audio\u003e\n    \n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"ladybugs\"\u003eLadybugs\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNamed after the abundance of not-ladybugs-but-beetles that invade the house every year.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cfigure\u003e\n    \u003caudio controls preload=\"metadata\" style=\"width: 100%;\"\u003e\n        \u003csource src=\"/audio/techno/original/Ladybugs.mp3\" type=\"audio/mpeg\"\u003e\n        Your browser does not support the audio element.\n    \u003c/audio\u003e\n    \n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"massive\"\u003eMassive\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI like that song \u0026ldquo;Teardrop\u0026rdquo; by Massive Attack quite a bit, I wanted to make a Massive Attack song. Don\u0026rsquo;t mind the weird aetherial videogame-choir in the middle.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Originals"},{"content":"Some remixed tunes for your wubby pleasure\nRemixes ChixNRibz (lost) Unfortunately I can\u0026rsquo;t find this one right off, but chronologically it\u0026rsquo;s the first \u0026ldquo;remix\u0026rdquo; I did - Bridges and Rivers by The Chicken Street Band. What follows is a byproduct of that project, though.\nNumber One - Tophouse Technically the second remix I did. A great nerdy folk group, no shortage of LotR love at their shows (complete with live readings of passages from The Hobbit). I could hear the remix in my head on the first listen, this is what followed.\nBest described internally as \u0026ldquo;Topsmokers\u0026rdquo;\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Do You Like What I\u0026rsquo;m Sayin? - J. McFarlane\u0026rsquo;s Reality Guest A top notch weird band out of Australia. Henry Rollins played two of their songs on the brief run of \u0026ldquo;The Cool Quarantine\u0026rdquo; he did with KCRW back in 2020. Go check \u0026rsquo;em out\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Balto - Enter the Haggis Pretty proud of this one, tbh.\nThis band has meant a lot to me for a long time, it was only fitting to wub one of their tunes.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. No More Tears - Ozzy Osbourne Losing Ozzy hit me harder than I anticipated it would. I hadn\u0026rsquo;t cried like that since Neil Peart. This one never got finished, but I do like where it went. Maybe I\u0026rsquo;ll get back to it.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Whatsername - Green Day This one\u0026rsquo;s pretty basic compared to the others, they\u0026rsquo;re all just for fun, but I basically just wanted to hear the tune gamified. I think I succeeded. The back half is pretty fun and dancey.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. That\u0026rsquo;s it for now\u0026hellip;.\n","permalink":"//localhost:1313/music/techno/remixes/","summary":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSome remixed tunes for your wubby pleasure\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch1 id=\"remixes\"\u003eRemixes\u003c/h1\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"chixnribz-lost\"\u003eChixNRibz (lost)\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnfortunately I can\u0026rsquo;t find this one right off, but chronologically it\u0026rsquo;s the first \u0026ldquo;remix\u0026rdquo; I did - Bridges and Rivers by The Chicken Street Band. What follows is a byproduct of that project, though.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"number-one---tophouse\"\u003eNumber One - \u003ca href=\"https://tidal.com/artist/8994731\"\u003eTophouse\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTechnically the second remix I did. A great nerdy folk group, no shortage of LotR love at their shows (complete with live readings of passages from The Hobbit). I could hear the remix in my head on the first listen, this is what followed.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Remixes"},{"content":"The spiritual successor to The Chicken Street Band, rockifying and expanding the existing setlist\n\u0026ldquo;Need some Honey\u0026rdquo; by Nathaniel Rateliff \u0026amp; the Night Sweats, in a sweaty bar in Hallowell Your browser does not support the video tag. \u0026ldquo;The Hollow\u0026rdquo; by yours truly, one of my favorite performances of this tune Your browser does not support the video tag. \u0026ldquo;Up on Cripple Creek\u0026rdquo; by The Band ft. one of the best sound guys I\u0026rsquo;ve worked with Your browser does not support the video tag. ","permalink":"//localhost:1313/music/poultryhighway/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eThe spiritual successor to The Chicken Street Band, rockifying and expanding the existing setlist\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026ldquo;Need some Honey\u0026rdquo; by Nathaniel Rateliff \u0026amp; the Night Sweats, in a sweaty bar in Hallowell\n    \u003cdiv class=\"video-wrapper\" style=\"max-width: 50%; margin: 0 auto;\"\u003e\n  \u003cvideo src=\"/videos/poultry/needsomehoney.mp4\" controls style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\"\u003e\n    Your browser does not support the video tag.\n  \u003c/video\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026ldquo;The Hollow\u0026rdquo; by yours truly, one of my favorite performances of this tune\n    \u003cdiv class=\"video-wrapper\" style=\"max-width: 50%; margin: 0 auto;\"\u003e\n  \u003cvideo src=\"/videos/poultry/hollow.mp4\" controls style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\"\u003e\n    Your browser does not support the video tag.\n  \u003c/video\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Poultry Highway"},{"content":"When I was but a burgeoning penguin cutting my teeth in Mint, my first few forays with mounting a new drive had proven to be a struggle. Sure - LLMs exist now, why bother writing this?\nWhy not.\nThis brief tutorial should be cross-flavor, meaning it should work on Debian-, Fedora-, and Arch-based systems alike. For today\u0026rsquo;s guide we\u0026rsquo;ll be using CachyOS, adjust for your package manager accordingly! :)\nSTOP TALKING AND GIVE ME INFO Installing Gnome Disks I\u0026rsquo;m assuming your drive is already installed in the machine.\nTo begin, if you don\u0026rsquo;t already have it, I like to use Gnome\u0026rsquo;s Disk Utility on most of my distributions - it is handy for our use case.\nInstall it with:\nsudo pacman -Syyu sudo pacman -S gnome-disk-utility Then we leave that terminal open to the side, and open up what we just installed. You can either search \u0026ldquo;Disks\u0026rdquo; in your app launcher, or run:\ngnome-disk-utility Ideally you\u0026rsquo;ll have Disks on one window, terminal on the other.\nFormatting Now. In Disks, you\u0026rsquo;ll want to format your disk from the 3-dot menu in the top right.\nOnce formatted, mount the sucker. Name it something you\u0026rsquo;ll remember, we\u0026rsquo;ll need it soon.\n(Quick note! If you plan to daily this drive in Linux, leave it as \u0026ldquo;ext4\u0026rdquo;. If you intend to dual boot, format to \u0026ldquo;fat32\u0026rdquo;)\nMaking a Directory Now you\u0026rsquo;re formatted. You\u0026rsquo;ll notice a little string of numbers under the partition now, a field labeled \u0026ldquo;UUID\u0026rdquo;. We need that. Copy paste your UUID, and move over to the terminal\nNow it\u0026rsquo;s time to make a directory - so the computer knows where to dump the available storage. In your terminal:\nsudo mkdir -p /mnt/YourDriveName Name the directory whatever you decided earlier.\n/etc/fstab sudo nano /etc/fstab Use the DOWN key to go to the bottom of the file. Once there, insert:\nUUID=[uuid from Gnome Disk Util] /mnt/ ","permalink":"//localhost:1313/docs/fstab/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eWhen I was but a burgeoning penguin cutting my teeth in Mint, my first few forays with mounting a new drive had proven to be a struggle.  Sure - LLMs exist now, why bother writing this?\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhy not.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis brief tutorial should be cross-flavor, meaning it should work on Debian-, Fedora-, and Arch-based systems alike. For today\u0026rsquo;s guide we\u0026rsquo;ll be using CachyOS, adjust for your package manager accordingly! :)\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"stop-talking-and-give-me-info\"\u003eSTOP TALKING AND GIVE ME INFO\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"installing-gnome-disks\"\u003eInstalling Gnome Disks\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI\u0026rsquo;m assuming your drive is already installed in the machine.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"fstab guide"},{"content":"\u0026ldquo;The Hollow\u0026rdquo;, with The Chicken Street Band at Roots Revival Fest 8/2/24\nYour browser does not support the audio element. ","permalink":"//localhost:1313/music/originals/","summary":"\u003cp\u003e\u0026ldquo;The Hollow\u0026rdquo;, with The Chicken Street Band at Roots Revival Fest 8/2/24\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"hahahugoshortcode345s0hbhb\"\u003e\u003cfigure\u003e\n    \u003caudio controls preload=\"metadata\" style=\"width: 100%;\"\u003e\n        \u003csource src=\"/audio/hollowroots.mp3\" type=\"audio/mpeg\"\u003e\n        Your browser does not support the audio element.\n    \u003c/audio\u003e\n    \n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\u003c/h2\u003e","title":"Songs I wrote!"},{"content":"The band Avenged Sevenfold – a critically acclaimed rock/metal outfit from California. Their first couple albums lent more of a hardcore sound, finding their way with tracks like “Second Heartbeat” and “Unholy Confessions” from the second record “Waking the Fallen”. What followed with City of Evil was a commercial success with songs like “Bat Country” and “Seize the Day” finding their way onto the radio. After which they put out another commercially successful self-titled offering. “Almost Easy” and “Afterlife” offering more radio play while “Little Piece of Heaven” was an absolutely GENIUS shock-rock piece allowing them to stretch their legs creatively.\nDespite losing their absolute creative force of a drummer – Jimmy “The Rev” Sullivan - in 2009, they still managed to knock it out of the park with “Nightmare” in 2010. Mike Portnoy from Dream Theater offered his talents to finish and tour the record.\nContext In the late 2000s to mid 2010s, I was finding my tastes as a burgeoning musician in middle/high school. We were given MacBooks to daily drive for assignments… and I absolutely abused the hell out of that thing. Ripped many a CD with the kids in class, anything we could get our hands on. I was listening to a lot of Green Day, Weezer, Rush, Metallica – as well as finding my way into EDM with the likes of deadmau5, Skrillex, Excision, Bassnectar (I would also find the masterpiece that is Enter the Haggis around this time, but that’s a story for a different day). I wanted it all. I was hungry.\nThere was one kid I ended up jiving with. His music taste was as weird as mine, just in WAY different directions. He’d made it down a few more rabbit holes than I had. He preferred bands like Sleeping with Sirens, Pierce the Veil, Black Veil Brides… There were exceptions to the rule like “King for a Day” (I heard it BEFORE TikTok made it cool!), but not many… until he showed me Avenged Sevenfold.\nThey wore the makeup and had the aesthetic same as those bands, but I saw something… different about them. They didn’t sound like the others. I had to know why. That kid gave me his copy of the self titled record to borrow - I copied it in class that day, gave him the CD back, and proceeded to have my mind blown for the next hour.\nSince then I’ve been there through the ups and downs, the ins and outs. The Call of Duty collabs (which were actually GREAT tunes), the non-actionable Guns \u0026amp; Roses/Metallica ripoffs when they wouldn’t let the new drummer show off at all, what we thought was gonna be one instance of a Daft Punk impression… I was there. I liked them and continue to. And now I get to be there for more Daft Punk impressions.\nContents I say that, but this project was at least a bit different than the stuff on Life is But a Dream.\nLIGHTS was shocking for an intro, though it served its purpose as the intro – it really kinda let us know what we’re in for. The first few seconds are almost Stage-coded, and I was settling in for “This is gonna take a couple listens”. Then the vocoder kicks in. “Oh, this is gonna take a couple MORE listens.”\nThen we have the title track STATICA. Overall, I don’t think this is a bad tune. It sounds like them, it drives, it’s ALMOST there. The commont theme for this project though, is the cardinal sin of too much fuckin’ vocoder – the vocal performance is good! If they insist on having it, leave it on the chorus, fine, it fit the vibe there – maybe even on the outro sequence. The verse could’ve used the punch of the clean vocal, in my opinion.\nNext up is REJOICE. Another solid tune overall, the melancholy drone with an odd time – I’m here for it. The vocoder is still there, but not as egregious through the entire thing. This one didn’t hit me as hard on the first listen like the last two did. I was vibing through the entire thing – unfortunately up til the synth at the end. There’s a few spots in the project where it really lends itself well, to the point that going forward I can see some synth integration in the older stuff. I’m for a weird noise. There’s just this feeling of “Zack got a synth at a garage sale and hasn’t quite figured it out yet”. Not unwelcome, just not crazy about the performance.\nASHES to close out the project. I remember on first listen that the chorus hit my ear a bit weird, something about the distortion wasn’t sitting right - but after listens 3 and 4 it has eased up on me. The feeling persists of Zacky not completely familiar with his instrument yet (if that’s even him). This one doesn’t sound as outlandish – they’ve always had a sense of theatrics, especially more present since The Stage – and that theatric sense is still there.\nConclusion Okay. Overall, yeah it’s weird. It’s a bold choice to do a bunch of acid and switch your rock band to a pseudo-techo-RnB project. It’s a bold choice to smother your new project in so much vocoder that we need a protocol droid to translate it. I can see that from the fan’s side.\nAt the same time, I’m all for a group doing new things. LIBAD wasn’t for everybody, this one won’t be either. If the production wasn\u0026rsquo;t so all over the place these songs could be stellar. The drums weren’t punching the same way, and the synth proficiency could use a little work if they’re gonna continue to put it on record.\nAND LESS FKN VOCODER\nThis is all coming from a fan with nothing but love. I like what they\u0026rsquo;re going for, but the execution could use a spit-polish\u0026hellip;\n\u0026hellip;and marginally less psychedelics.\n","permalink":"//localhost:1313/reviews/statica/","summary":"\u003ch2 id=\"the-band\"\u003eThe band\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAvenged Sevenfold – a critically acclaimed rock/metal outfit from California. Their first couple albums lent more of a hardcore sound, finding their way with tracks like “Second Heartbeat” and “Unholy Confessions” from the second record “Waking the Fallen”. What followed with City of Evil was a commercial success with songs like “Bat Country” and “Seize the Day” finding their way onto the radio. After which they put out another commercially successful self-titled offering. “Almost Easy” and “Afterlife” offering more radio play while “Little Piece of Heaven” was an absolutely GENIUS shock-rock piece allowing them to stretch their legs creatively.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Statica EP - Avenged Sevenfold"},{"content":"A collection of my favorite moments with these goons.\n207 Maine Your browser does not support the video tag. A cool opportunity, I think it was two songs? If I can track down the other one I\u0026rsquo;ll throw it up here. Rumor has it they still air.\nOpening for the Mallett Brothers at the Widowmaker (Sugarloaf) Your browser does not support the video tag. Such a fun show.\n","permalink":"//localhost:1313/music/207/","summary":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA collection of my favorite moments with these goons.\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"207-maine\"\u003e207 Maine\u003c/h2\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"video-wrapper\" style=\"max-width: 100%; margin: 0 auto;\"\u003e\n  \u003cvideo src=\"/videos/207.mp4\" controls style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\"\u003e\n    Your browser does not support the video tag.\n  \u003c/video\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA cool opportunity, I think it was two songs? If I can track down the other one I\u0026rsquo;ll throw it up here. Rumor has it they still air.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"opening-for-the-mallett-brothers-at-the-widowmaker-sugarloaf\"\u003eOpening for the Mallett Brothers at the Widowmaker (Sugarloaf)\u003c/h2\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"video-wrapper\" style=\"max-width: 100%; margin: 0 auto;\"\u003e\n  \u003cvideo src=\"/videos/wait.mp4\" controls style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\"\u003e\n    Your browser does not support the video tag.\n  \u003c/video\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSuch a fun show.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"The Chicken Street Band"},{"content":"The network\u0026rsquo;s in a cool spot right now.\nThe whole team The Gesellschaft TrueNAS on a 6th gen i7 with 32gb RAM\nServices here Frigate\nThis has been cool for storing footage from our IP cams, though I\u0026rsquo;m not too thrilled with the performance of our current setup. We use Tapo, and the small ones work fine - but the \u0026ldquo;good\u0026rdquo; one for the entryway doesn\u0026rsquo;t support local account setup. We bought them in a pinch and they\u0026rsquo;ve been effective, but I\u0026rsquo;m not crazy about them. Immich\nAn excellent tool that I haven\u0026rsquo;t given the time it deserves. It\u0026rsquo;s intended to be a \u0026ldquo;set and forget\u0026rdquo; image backup, which it\u0026rsquo;s served well as, though I would like to delve a bit deeper. Time is an illusion. Jellyfin\nWhat else can I say. A perfect tool for streaming (ahem) acquired media. A bit clunky for music, however. So we use instead\u0026hellip; Navidrome\nAnother perfect tool for interfacing with your media of the audio varitety. The metadata is only as good as YOU make it, but that\u0026rsquo;s a fun mindless task for when you wanna get stoned and data entry for a bit. (What, just me?) Memos\nA fun markdown-based tool for keeping notes, designed to look and function like a self-hosted Twitter. Sorts by tags, comes with a search integrated. Real fun to mess with, though I\u0026rsquo;ve since kinda abandoned it since building this. The Servbot Ubuntu 26.04 on a 4th Gen i5 with 16gb RAM\nA rugged little beast. Formerly part of a Proxmox cluster, running HA on three of these guys proved to be a bit much.\nServices here Nginx Proxy Manager\nSomething I started using early on, as soon as I bought the first domain. I know how to use it, it handles Cloudflare well, so far little complaints. Dockge\nHandy for deploying Docker stuff quickly. I like the interface Pinchflat\nFor archiving those important videos OpenSpeedTest\nshrugs Why not? Seerr\nBetter for requests than a Discord server Futo Notes\nI\u0026rsquo;d rather have my text files be my responsibility The Stack\nThe less said the better Gitea\nGetting familiar with that setup, but that\u0026rsquo;s been clunky The Router Running OPNSense on a decommissioned kiosk computer I nabbed from work. A 7th gen i3 with two NIC jacks in a compact form factor\u0026hellip; that had a locked bios. It booted legacy, though, and that\u0026rsquo;s all I needed.\n","permalink":"//localhost:1313/docs/currentlab/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eThe network\u0026rsquo;s in a cool spot right now.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cfigure\u003e\n    \u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" src=\"/images/lab.jpg\" width=\"600\"/\u003e \u003cfigcaption\u003e\n            The whole team\n        \u003c/figcaption\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch1 id=\"the-gesellschaft\"\u003eThe Gesellschaft\u003c/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTrueNAS on a 6th gen i7 with 32gb RAM\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"services-here\"\u003eServices here\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrigate\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThis has been cool for storing footage from our IP cams, though I\u0026rsquo;m not too thrilled with the performance of our current setup. We use Tapo, and the small ones work fine - but the \u0026ldquo;good\u0026rdquo; one for the entryway doesn\u0026rsquo;t support local account setup. We bought them in a pinch and they\u0026rsquo;ve been effective, but I\u0026rsquo;m not crazy about them.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eImmich\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","title":"What's in the lab right now?"},{"content":"","permalink":"//localhost:1313/main/","summary":"","title":"Main"},{"content":"But that can change!\nBook some noise for your occasion at:\nbwnoises@proton.me\nMake sure to put \u0026ldquo;Music\u0026rdquo; in the subject!\nIn the meantime\u0026hellip; Here\u0026rsquo;s some proof I do things! Your browser does not support the video tag. Your browser does not support the video tag. Your browser does not support the video tag. ","permalink":"//localhost:1313/shows/tba/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eBut that can change!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBook some noise for your occasion at:\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"mailto:bwnoises@proton.me\"\u003ebwnoises@proton.me\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMake sure to put \u0026ldquo;Music\u0026rdquo; in the subject!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"in-the-meantime-heres-some-proof-i-do-things\"\u003eIn the meantime\u0026hellip; Here\u0026rsquo;s some proof I do things!\u003c/h2\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"video-wrapper\" style=\"max-width: 100%; margin: 0 auto;\"\u003e\n  \u003cvideo src=\"/videos/solo/blackwater.mp4\" controls style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\"\u003e\n    Your browser does not support the video tag.\n  \u003c/video\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\n    \u003cdiv class=\"video-wrapper\" style=\"max-width: 100%; margin: 0 auto;\"\u003e\n  \u003cvideo src=\"/videos/solo/lionman.mp4\" controls style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\"\u003e\n    Your browser does not support the video tag.\n  \u003c/video\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\n    \u003cdiv class=\"video-wrapper\" style=\"max-width: 100%; margin: 0 auto;\"\u003e\n  \u003cvideo src=\"/videos/solo/recovery.mp4\" controls style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\"\u003e\n    Your browser does not support the video tag.\n  \u003c/video\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e","title":"It's a little empty right now..."},{"content":"God I love smoking.\nBut lately it\u0026rsquo;s been getting old.\n","permalink":"//localhost:1313/posts/smoking/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eGod I love smoking.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut lately it\u0026rsquo;s been getting old.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Smoking"},{"content":"These are the wubs I made. I am capable of original thought (for the most part)!\nMeager The first original EDM composition I completed on FL Studio Mobile. It created a monster.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Ladybugs Named after the abundance of not-ladybugs-but-beetles that invade the house every year.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Massive I like that song \u0026ldquo;Teardrop\u0026rdquo; by Massive Attack quite a bit, I wanted to make a Massive Attack song. Don\u0026rsquo;t mind the weird aetherial videogame-choir in the middle.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Petrock Named after one of the objects living on my desk\nYour browser does not support the audio element. RaiseYourRipoff Not a blatant ripoff per-se, but definitely heavily inspired by the mau5. I\u0026rsquo;m attached to the outro, very NIN coded.\nPretty proud of this one.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Save the Riff I played a drop D guitar riff and thought it would sound good as the main riff of a wub. This is what followed.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. An Imperfect Rhombus The only of this crop to be done in Reaper, pretty sure the rest are done in FL Studio Mobile (They don\u0026rsquo;t sound as full as this one does IMHO)\nWe need more weird time signatures in techno\nYour browser does not support the audio element. ","permalink":"//localhost:1313/music/techno/originals/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eThese are the wubs I made. I am capable of original thought (for the most part)!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"meager\"\u003eMeager\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe first original EDM composition I completed on FL Studio Mobile. It created a monster.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cfigure\u003e\n    \u003caudio controls preload=\"metadata\" style=\"width: 100%;\"\u003e\n        \u003csource src=\"/audio/techno/original/Meager.mp3\" type=\"audio/mpeg\"\u003e\n        Your browser does not support the audio element.\n    \u003c/audio\u003e\n    \n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"ladybugs\"\u003eLadybugs\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNamed after the abundance of not-ladybugs-but-beetles that invade the house every year.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cfigure\u003e\n    \u003caudio controls preload=\"metadata\" style=\"width: 100%;\"\u003e\n        \u003csource src=\"/audio/techno/original/Ladybugs.mp3\" type=\"audio/mpeg\"\u003e\n        Your browser does not support the audio element.\n    \u003c/audio\u003e\n    \n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"massive\"\u003eMassive\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI like that song \u0026ldquo;Teardrop\u0026rdquo; by Massive Attack quite a bit, I wanted to make a Massive Attack song. Don\u0026rsquo;t mind the weird aetherial videogame-choir in the middle.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Originals"},{"content":"Some remixed tunes for your wubby pleasure\nRemixes ChixNRibz (lost) Unfortunately I can\u0026rsquo;t find this one right off, but chronologically it\u0026rsquo;s the first \u0026ldquo;remix\u0026rdquo; I did - Bridges and Rivers by The Chicken Street Band. What follows is a byproduct of that project, though.\nNumber One - Tophouse Technically the second remix I did. A great nerdy folk group, no shortage of LotR love at their shows (complete with live readings of passages from The Hobbit). I could hear the remix in my head on the first listen, this is what followed.\nBest described internally as \u0026ldquo;Topsmokers\u0026rdquo;\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Do You Like What I\u0026rsquo;m Sayin? - J. McFarlane\u0026rsquo;s Reality Guest A top notch weird band out of Australia. Henry Rollins played two of their songs on the brief run of \u0026ldquo;The Cool Quarantine\u0026rdquo; he did with KCRW back in 2020. Go check \u0026rsquo;em out\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Balto - Enter the Haggis Pretty proud of this one, tbh.\nThis band has meant a lot to me for a long time, it was only fitting to wub one of their tunes.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. No More Tears - Ozzy Osbourne Losing Ozzy hit me harder than I anticipated it would. I hadn\u0026rsquo;t cried like that since Neil Peart. This one never got finished, but I do like where it went. Maybe I\u0026rsquo;ll get back to it.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Whatsername - Green Day This one\u0026rsquo;s pretty basic compared to the others, they\u0026rsquo;re all just for fun, but I basically just wanted to hear the tune gamified. I think I succeeded. The back half is pretty fun and dancey.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. That\u0026rsquo;s it for now\u0026hellip;.\n","permalink":"//localhost:1313/music/techno/remixes/","summary":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSome remixed tunes for your wubby pleasure\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch1 id=\"remixes\"\u003eRemixes\u003c/h1\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"chixnribz-lost\"\u003eChixNRibz (lost)\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnfortunately I can\u0026rsquo;t find this one right off, but chronologically it\u0026rsquo;s the first \u0026ldquo;remix\u0026rdquo; I did - Bridges and Rivers by The Chicken Street Band. What follows is a byproduct of that project, though.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"number-one---tophouse\"\u003eNumber One - \u003ca href=\"https://tidal.com/artist/8994731\"\u003eTophouse\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTechnically the second remix I did. A great nerdy folk group, no shortage of LotR love at their shows (complete with live readings of passages from The Hobbit). I could hear the remix in my head on the first listen, this is what followed.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Remixes"},{"content":"The spiritual successor to The Chicken Street Band, rockifying and expanding the existing setlist\n\u0026ldquo;Need some Honey\u0026rdquo; by Nathaniel Rateliff \u0026amp; the Night Sweats, in a sweaty bar in Hallowell Your browser does not support the video tag. \u0026ldquo;The Hollow\u0026rdquo; by yours truly, one of my favorite performances of this tune Your browser does not support the video tag. \u0026ldquo;Up on Cripple Creek\u0026rdquo; by The Band ft. one of the best sound guys I\u0026rsquo;ve worked with Your browser does not support the video tag. ","permalink":"//localhost:1313/music/poultryhighway/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eThe spiritual successor to The Chicken Street Band, rockifying and expanding the existing setlist\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026ldquo;Need some Honey\u0026rdquo; by Nathaniel Rateliff \u0026amp; the Night Sweats, in a sweaty bar in Hallowell\n    \u003cdiv class=\"video-wrapper\" style=\"max-width: 50%; margin: 0 auto;\"\u003e\n  \u003cvideo src=\"/videos/poultry/needsomehoney.mp4\" controls style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\"\u003e\n    Your browser does not support the video tag.\n  \u003c/video\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026ldquo;The Hollow\u0026rdquo; by yours truly, one of my favorite performances of this tune\n    \u003cdiv class=\"video-wrapper\" style=\"max-width: 50%; margin: 0 auto;\"\u003e\n  \u003cvideo src=\"/videos/poultry/hollow.mp4\" controls style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\"\u003e\n    Your browser does not support the video tag.\n  \u003c/video\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Poultry Highway"},{"content":"When I was but a burgeoning penguin cutting my teeth in Mint, my first few forays with mounting a new drive had proven to be a struggle. Sure - LLMs exist now, why bother writing this?\nWhy not.\nThis brief tutorial should be cross-flavor, meaning it should work on Debian-, Fedora-, and Arch-based systems alike. For today\u0026rsquo;s guide we\u0026rsquo;ll be using CachyOS, adjust for your package manager accordingly! :)\nSTOP TALKING AND GIVE ME INFO Installing Gnome Disks I\u0026rsquo;m assuming your drive is already installed in the machine.\nTo begin, if you don\u0026rsquo;t already have it, I like to use Gnome\u0026rsquo;s Disk Utility on most of my distributions - it is handy for our use case.\nInstall it with:\nsudo pacman -Syyu sudo pacman -S gnome-disk-utility Then we leave that terminal open to the side, and open up what we just installed. You can either search \u0026ldquo;Disks\u0026rdquo; in your app launcher, or run:\ngnome-disk-utility Ideally you\u0026rsquo;ll have Disks on one window, terminal on the other.\nFormatting Now. In Disks, you\u0026rsquo;ll want to format your disk from the 3-dot menu in the top right.\nOnce formatted, mount the sucker. Name it something you\u0026rsquo;ll remember, we\u0026rsquo;ll need it soon.\n(Quick note! If you plan to daily this drive in Linux, leave it as \u0026ldquo;ext4\u0026rdquo;. If you intend to dual boot, format to \u0026ldquo;fat32\u0026rdquo;)\nMaking a Directory Now you\u0026rsquo;re formatted. You\u0026rsquo;ll notice a little string of numbers under the partition now, a field labeled \u0026ldquo;UUID\u0026rdquo;. We need that. Copy paste your UUID, and move over to the terminal\nNow it\u0026rsquo;s time to make a directory - so the computer knows where to dump the available storage. In your terminal:\nsudo mkdir -p /mnt/YourDriveName Name the directory whatever you decided earlier.\n/etc/fstab sudo nano /etc/fstab Use the DOWN key to go to the bottom of the file. Once there, insert:\nUUID=[uuid from Gnome Disk Util] /mnt/ ","permalink":"//localhost:1313/docs/fstab/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eWhen I was but a burgeoning penguin cutting my teeth in Mint, my first few forays with mounting a new drive had proven to be a struggle.  Sure - LLMs exist now, why bother writing this?\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhy not.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis brief tutorial should be cross-flavor, meaning it should work on Debian-, Fedora-, and Arch-based systems alike. For today\u0026rsquo;s guide we\u0026rsquo;ll be using CachyOS, adjust for your package manager accordingly! :)\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"stop-talking-and-give-me-info\"\u003eSTOP TALKING AND GIVE ME INFO\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"installing-gnome-disks\"\u003eInstalling Gnome Disks\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI\u0026rsquo;m assuming your drive is already installed in the machine.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"fstab guide"},{"content":"\u0026ldquo;The Hollow\u0026rdquo;, with The Chicken Street Band at Roots Revival Fest 8/2/24\nYour browser does not support the audio element. ","permalink":"//localhost:1313/music/originals/","summary":"\u003cp\u003e\u0026ldquo;The Hollow\u0026rdquo;, with The Chicken Street Band at Roots Revival Fest 8/2/24\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"hahahugoshortcode345s0hbhb\"\u003e\u003cfigure\u003e\n    \u003caudio controls preload=\"metadata\" style=\"width: 100%;\"\u003e\n        \u003csource src=\"/audio/hollowroots.mp3\" type=\"audio/mpeg\"\u003e\n        Your browser does not support the audio element.\n    \u003c/audio\u003e\n    \n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\u003c/h2\u003e","title":"Songs I wrote!"},{"content":"The band Avenged Sevenfold – a critically acclaimed rock/metal outfit from California. Their first couple albums lent more of a hardcore sound, finding their way with tracks like “Second Heartbeat” and “Unholy Confessions” from the second record “Waking the Fallen”. What followed with City of Evil was a commercial success with songs like “Bat Country” and “Seize the Day” finding their way onto the radio. After which they put out another commercially successful self-titled offering. “Almost Easy” and “Afterlife” offering more radio play while “Little Piece of Heaven” was an absolutely GENIUS shock-rock piece allowing them to stretch their legs creatively.\nDespite losing their absolute creative force of a drummer – Jimmy “The Rev” Sullivan - in 2009, they still managed to knock it out of the park with “Nightmare” in 2010. Mike Portnoy from Dream Theater offered his talents to finish and tour the record.\nContext In the late 2000s to mid 2010s, I was finding my tastes as a burgeoning musician in middle/high school. We were given MacBooks to daily drive for assignments… and I absolutely abused the hell out of that thing. Ripped many a CD with the kids in class, anything we could get our hands on. I was listening to a lot of Green Day, Weezer, Rush, Metallica – as well as finding my way into EDM with the likes of deadmau5, Skrillex, Excision, Bassnectar (I would also find the masterpiece that is Enter the Haggis around this time, but that’s a story for a different day). I wanted it all. I was hungry.\nThere was one kid I ended up jiving with. His music taste was as weird as mine, just in WAY different directions. He’d made it down a few more rabbit holes than I had. He preferred bands like Sleeping with Sirens, Pierce the Veil, Black Veil Brides… There were exceptions to the rule like “King for a Day” (I heard it BEFORE TikTok made it cool!), but not many… until he showed me Avenged Sevenfold.\nThey wore the makeup and had the aesthetic same as those bands, but I saw something… different about them. They didn’t sound like the others. I had to know why. That kid gave me his copy of the self titled record to borrow - I copied it in class that day, gave him the CD back, and proceeded to have my mind blown for the next hour.\nSince then I’ve been there through the ups and downs, the ins and outs. The Call of Duty collabs (which were actually GREAT tunes), the non-actionable Guns \u0026amp; Roses/Metallica ripoffs when they wouldn’t let the new drummer show off at all, what we thought was gonna be one instance of a Daft Punk impression… I was there. I liked them and continue to. And now I get to be there for more Daft Punk impressions.\nContents I say that, but this project was at least a bit different than the stuff on Life is But a Dream.\nLIGHTS was shocking for an intro, though it served its purpose as the intro – it really kinda let us know what we’re in for. The first few seconds are almost Stage-coded, and I was settling in for “This is gonna take a couple listens”. Then the vocoder kicks in. “Oh, this is gonna take a couple MORE listens.”\nThen we have the title track STATICA. Overall, I don’t think this is a bad tune. It sounds like them, it drives, it’s ALMOST there. The commont theme for this project though, is the cardinal sin of too much fuckin’ vocoder – the vocal performance is good! If they insist on having it, leave it on the chorus, fine, it fit the vibe there – maybe even on the outro sequence. The verse could’ve used the punch of the clean vocal, in my opinion.\nNext up is REJOICE. Another solid tune overall, the melancholy drone with an odd time – I’m here for it. The vocoder is still there, but not as egregious through the entire thing. This one didn’t hit me as hard on the first listen like the last two did. I was vibing through the entire thing – unfortunately up til the synth at the end. There’s a few spots in the project where it really lends itself well, to the point that going forward I can see some synth integration in the older stuff. I’m for a weird noise. There’s just this feeling of “Zack got a synth at a garage sale and hasn’t quite figured it out yet”. Not unwelcome, just not crazy about the performance.\nASHES to close out the project. I remember on first listen that the chorus hit my ear a bit weird, something about the distortion wasn’t sitting right - but after listens 3 and 4 it has eased up on me. The feeling persists of Zacky not completely familiar with his instrument yet (if that’s even him). This one doesn’t sound as outlandish – they’ve always had a sense of theatrics, especially more present since The Stage – and that theatric sense is still there.\nConclusion Okay. Overall, yeah it’s weird. It’s a bold choice to do a bunch of acid and switch your rock band to a pseudo-techo-RnB project. It’s a bold choice to smother your new project in so much vocoder that we need a protocol droid to translate it. I can see that from the fan’s side.\nAt the same time, I’m all for a group doing new things. LIBAD wasn’t for everybody, this one won’t be either. If the production wasn\u0026rsquo;t so all over the place these songs could be stellar. The drums weren’t punching the same way, and the synth proficiency could use a little work if they’re gonna continue to put it on record.\nAND LESS FKN VOCODER\nThis is all coming from a fan with nothing but love. I like what they\u0026rsquo;re going for, but the execution could use a spit-polish\u0026hellip;\n\u0026hellip;and marginally less psychedelics.\n","permalink":"//localhost:1313/reviews/statica/","summary":"\u003ch2 id=\"the-band\"\u003eThe band\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAvenged Sevenfold – a critically acclaimed rock/metal outfit from California. Their first couple albums lent more of a hardcore sound, finding their way with tracks like “Second Heartbeat” and “Unholy Confessions” from the second record “Waking the Fallen”. What followed with City of Evil was a commercial success with songs like “Bat Country” and “Seize the Day” finding their way onto the radio. After which they put out another commercially successful self-titled offering. “Almost Easy” and “Afterlife” offering more radio play while “Little Piece of Heaven” was an absolutely GENIUS shock-rock piece allowing them to stretch their legs creatively.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Statica EP - Avenged Sevenfold"},{"content":"A collection of my favorite moments with these goons.\n207 Maine Your browser does not support the video tag. A cool opportunity, I think it was two songs? If I can track down the other one I\u0026rsquo;ll throw it up here. Rumor has it they still air.\nOpening for the Mallett Brothers at the Widowmaker (Sugarloaf) Your browser does not support the video tag. Such a fun show.\n","permalink":"//localhost:1313/music/207/","summary":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA collection of my favorite moments with these goons.\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"207-maine\"\u003e207 Maine\u003c/h2\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"video-wrapper\" style=\"max-width: 100%; margin: 0 auto;\"\u003e\n  \u003cvideo src=\"/videos/207.mp4\" controls style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\"\u003e\n    Your browser does not support the video tag.\n  \u003c/video\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA cool opportunity, I think it was two songs? If I can track down the other one I\u0026rsquo;ll throw it up here. Rumor has it they still air.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"opening-for-the-mallett-brothers-at-the-widowmaker-sugarloaf\"\u003eOpening for the Mallett Brothers at the Widowmaker (Sugarloaf)\u003c/h2\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"video-wrapper\" style=\"max-width: 100%; margin: 0 auto;\"\u003e\n  \u003cvideo src=\"/videos/wait.mp4\" controls style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\"\u003e\n    Your browser does not support the video tag.\n  \u003c/video\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSuch a fun show.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"The Chicken Street Band"},{"content":"The network\u0026rsquo;s in a cool spot right now.\nThe whole team The Gesellschaft TrueNAS on a 6th gen i7 with 32gb RAM\nServices here Frigate\nThis has been cool for storing footage from our IP cams, though I\u0026rsquo;m not too thrilled with the performance of our current setup. We use Tapo, and the small ones work fine - but the \u0026ldquo;good\u0026rdquo; one for the entryway doesn\u0026rsquo;t support local account setup. We bought them in a pinch and they\u0026rsquo;ve been effective, but I\u0026rsquo;m not crazy about them. Immich\nAn excellent tool that I haven\u0026rsquo;t given the time it deserves. It\u0026rsquo;s intended to be a \u0026ldquo;set and forget\u0026rdquo; image backup, which it\u0026rsquo;s served well as, though I would like to delve a bit deeper. Time is an illusion. Jellyfin\nWhat else can I say. A perfect tool for streaming (ahem) acquired media. A bit clunky for music, however. So we use instead\u0026hellip; Navidrome\nAnother perfect tool for interfacing with your media of the audio varitety. The metadata is only as good as YOU make it, but that\u0026rsquo;s a fun mindless task for when you wanna get stoned and data entry for a bit. (What, just me?) Memos\nA fun markdown-based tool for keeping notes, designed to look and function like a self-hosted Twitter. Sorts by tags, comes with a search integrated. Real fun to mess with, though I\u0026rsquo;ve since kinda abandoned it since building this. The Servbot Ubuntu 26.04 on a 4th Gen i5 with 16gb RAM\nA rugged little beast. Formerly part of a Proxmox cluster, running HA on three of these guys proved to be a bit much.\nServices here Nginx Proxy Manager\nSomething I started using early on, as soon as I bought the first domain. I know how to use it, it handles Cloudflare well, so far little complaints. Dockge\nHandy for deploying Docker stuff quickly. I like the interface Pinchflat\nFor archiving those important videos OpenSpeedTest\nshrugs Why not? Seerr\nBetter for requests than a Discord server Futo Notes\nI\u0026rsquo;d rather have my text files be my responsibility The Stack\nThe less said the better Gitea\nGetting familiar with that setup, but that\u0026rsquo;s been clunky The Router Running OPNSense on a decommissioned kiosk computer I nabbed from work. A 7th gen i3 with two NIC jacks in a compact form factor\u0026hellip; that had a locked bios. It booted legacy, though, and that\u0026rsquo;s all I needed.\n","permalink":"//localhost:1313/docs/currentlab/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eThe network\u0026rsquo;s in a cool spot right now.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cfigure\u003e\n    \u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" src=\"/images/lab.jpg\" width=\"600\"/\u003e \u003cfigcaption\u003e\n            The whole team\n        \u003c/figcaption\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch1 id=\"the-gesellschaft\"\u003eThe Gesellschaft\u003c/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTrueNAS on a 6th gen i7 with 32gb RAM\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"services-here\"\u003eServices here\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrigate\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThis has been cool for storing footage from our IP cams, though I\u0026rsquo;m not too thrilled with the performance of our current setup. We use Tapo, and the small ones work fine - but the \u0026ldquo;good\u0026rdquo; one for the entryway doesn\u0026rsquo;t support local account setup. We bought them in a pinch and they\u0026rsquo;ve been effective, but I\u0026rsquo;m not crazy about them.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eImmich\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","title":"What's in the lab right now?"},{"content":"","permalink":"//localhost:1313/main/","summary":"","title":"Main"},{"content":"But that can change!\nBook some noise for your occasion at:\nbwnoises@proton.me\nMake sure to put \u0026ldquo;Music\u0026rdquo; in the subject!\nIn the meantime\u0026hellip; Here\u0026rsquo;s some proof I do things! Your browser does not support the video tag. Your browser does not support the video tag. Your browser does not support the video tag. ","permalink":"//localhost:1313/shows/tba/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eBut that can change!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBook some noise for your occasion at:\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"mailto:bwnoises@proton.me\"\u003ebwnoises@proton.me\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMake sure to put \u0026ldquo;Music\u0026rdquo; in the subject!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"in-the-meantime-heres-some-proof-i-do-things\"\u003eIn the meantime\u0026hellip; Here\u0026rsquo;s some proof I do things!\u003c/h2\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"video-wrapper\" style=\"max-width: 100%; margin: 0 auto;\"\u003e\n  \u003cvideo src=\"/videos/solo/blackwater.mp4\" controls style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\"\u003e\n    Your browser does not support the video tag.\n  \u003c/video\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\n    \u003cdiv class=\"video-wrapper\" style=\"max-width: 100%; margin: 0 auto;\"\u003e\n  \u003cvideo src=\"/videos/solo/lionman.mp4\" controls style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\"\u003e\n    Your browser does not support the video tag.\n  \u003c/video\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\n    \u003cdiv class=\"video-wrapper\" style=\"max-width: 100%; margin: 0 auto;\"\u003e\n  \u003cvideo src=\"/videos/solo/recovery.mp4\" controls style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\"\u003e\n    Your browser does not support the video tag.\n  \u003c/video\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e","title":"It's a little empty right now..."},{"content":"God I love smoking.\nBut lately it\u0026rsquo;s been getting old.\n","permalink":"//localhost:1313/posts/smoking/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eGod I love smoking.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut lately it\u0026rsquo;s been getting old.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Smoking"},{"content":"These are the wubs I made. I am capable of original thought (for the most part)!\nMeager The first original EDM composition I completed on FL Studio Mobile. It created a monster.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Ladybugs Named after the abundance of not-ladybugs-but-beetles that invade the house every year.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Massive I like that song \u0026ldquo;Teardrop\u0026rdquo; by Massive Attack quite a bit, I wanted to make a Massive Attack song. Don\u0026rsquo;t mind the weird aetherial videogame-choir in the middle.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Petrock Named after one of the objects living on my desk\nYour browser does not support the audio element. RaiseYourRipoff Not a blatant ripoff per-se, but definitely heavily inspired by the mau5. I\u0026rsquo;m attached to the outro, very NIN coded.\nPretty proud of this one.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Save the Riff I played a drop D guitar riff and thought it would sound good as the main riff of a wub. This is what followed.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. An Imperfect Rhombus The only of this crop to be done in Reaper, pretty sure the rest are done in FL Studio Mobile (They don\u0026rsquo;t sound as full as this one does IMHO)\nWe need more weird time signatures in techno\nYour browser does not support the audio element. ","permalink":"//localhost:1313/music/techno/originals/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eThese are the wubs I made. I am capable of original thought (for the most part)!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"meager\"\u003eMeager\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe first original EDM composition I completed on FL Studio Mobile. It created a monster.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cfigure\u003e\n    \u003caudio controls preload=\"metadata\" style=\"width: 100%;\"\u003e\n        \u003csource src=\"/audio/techno/original/Meager.mp3\" type=\"audio/mpeg\"\u003e\n        Your browser does not support the audio element.\n    \u003c/audio\u003e\n    \n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"ladybugs\"\u003eLadybugs\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNamed after the abundance of not-ladybugs-but-beetles that invade the house every year.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cfigure\u003e\n    \u003caudio controls preload=\"metadata\" style=\"width: 100%;\"\u003e\n        \u003csource src=\"/audio/techno/original/Ladybugs.mp3\" type=\"audio/mpeg\"\u003e\n        Your browser does not support the audio element.\n    \u003c/audio\u003e\n    \n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"massive\"\u003eMassive\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI like that song \u0026ldquo;Teardrop\u0026rdquo; by Massive Attack quite a bit, I wanted to make a Massive Attack song. Don\u0026rsquo;t mind the weird aetherial videogame-choir in the middle.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Originals"},{"content":"Some remixed tunes for your wubby pleasure\nRemixes ChixNRibz (lost) Unfortunately I can\u0026rsquo;t find this one right off, but chronologically it\u0026rsquo;s the first \u0026ldquo;remix\u0026rdquo; I did - Bridges and Rivers by The Chicken Street Band. What follows is a byproduct of that project, though.\nNumber One - Tophouse Technically the second remix I did. A great nerdy folk group, no shortage of LotR love at their shows (complete with live readings of passages from The Hobbit). I could hear the remix in my head on the first listen, this is what followed.\nBest described internally as \u0026ldquo;Topsmokers\u0026rdquo;\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Do You Like What I\u0026rsquo;m Sayin? - J. McFarlane\u0026rsquo;s Reality Guest A top notch weird band out of Australia. Henry Rollins played two of their songs on the brief run of \u0026ldquo;The Cool Quarantine\u0026rdquo; he did with KCRW back in 2020. Go check \u0026rsquo;em out\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Balto - Enter the Haggis Pretty proud of this one, tbh.\nThis band has meant a lot to me for a long time, it was only fitting to wub one of their tunes.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. No More Tears - Ozzy Osbourne Losing Ozzy hit me harder than I anticipated it would. I hadn\u0026rsquo;t cried like that since Neil Peart. This one never got finished, but I do like where it went. Maybe I\u0026rsquo;ll get back to it.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Whatsername - Green Day This one\u0026rsquo;s pretty basic compared to the others, they\u0026rsquo;re all just for fun, but I basically just wanted to hear the tune gamified. I think I succeeded. The back half is pretty fun and dancey.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. That\u0026rsquo;s it for now\u0026hellip;.\n","permalink":"//localhost:1313/music/techno/remixes/","summary":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSome remixed tunes for your wubby pleasure\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch1 id=\"remixes\"\u003eRemixes\u003c/h1\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"chixnribz-lost\"\u003eChixNRibz (lost)\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnfortunately I can\u0026rsquo;t find this one right off, but chronologically it\u0026rsquo;s the first \u0026ldquo;remix\u0026rdquo; I did - Bridges and Rivers by The Chicken Street Band. What follows is a byproduct of that project, though.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"number-one---tophouse\"\u003eNumber One - \u003ca href=\"https://tidal.com/artist/8994731\"\u003eTophouse\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTechnically the second remix I did. A great nerdy folk group, no shortage of LotR love at their shows (complete with live readings of passages from The Hobbit). I could hear the remix in my head on the first listen, this is what followed.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Remixes"},{"content":"The spiritual successor to The Chicken Street Band, rockifying and expanding the existing setlist\n\u0026ldquo;Need some Honey\u0026rdquo; by Nathaniel Rateliff \u0026amp; the Night Sweats, in a sweaty bar in Hallowell Your browser does not support the video tag. \u0026ldquo;The Hollow\u0026rdquo; by yours truly, one of my favorite performances of this tune Your browser does not support the video tag. \u0026ldquo;Up on Cripple Creek\u0026rdquo; by The Band ft. one of the best sound guys I\u0026rsquo;ve worked with Your browser does not support the video tag. ","permalink":"//localhost:1313/music/poultryhighway/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eThe spiritual successor to The Chicken Street Band, rockifying and expanding the existing setlist\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026ldquo;Need some Honey\u0026rdquo; by Nathaniel Rateliff \u0026amp; the Night Sweats, in a sweaty bar in Hallowell\n    \u003cdiv class=\"video-wrapper\" style=\"max-width: 50%; margin: 0 auto;\"\u003e\n  \u003cvideo src=\"/videos/poultry/needsomehoney.mp4\" controls style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\"\u003e\n    Your browser does not support the video tag.\n  \u003c/video\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026ldquo;The Hollow\u0026rdquo; by yours truly, one of my favorite performances of this tune\n    \u003cdiv class=\"video-wrapper\" style=\"max-width: 50%; margin: 0 auto;\"\u003e\n  \u003cvideo src=\"/videos/poultry/hollow.mp4\" controls style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\"\u003e\n    Your browser does not support the video tag.\n  \u003c/video\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Poultry Highway"},{"content":"When I was but a burgeoning penguin cutting my teeth in Mint, my first few forays with mounting a new drive had proven to be a struggle. Sure - LLMs exist now, why bother writing this?\nWhy not.\nThis brief tutorial should be cross-flavor, meaning it should work on Debian-, Fedora-, and Arch-based systems alike. For today\u0026rsquo;s guide we\u0026rsquo;ll be using CachyOS, adjust for your package manager accordingly! :)\nSTOP TALKING AND GIVE ME INFO Installing Gnome Disks I\u0026rsquo;m assuming your drive is already installed in the machine.\nTo begin, if you don\u0026rsquo;t already have it, I like to use Gnome\u0026rsquo;s Disk Utility on most of my distributions - it is handy for our use case.\nInstall it with:\nsudo pacman -Syyu sudo pacman -S gnome-disk-utility Then we leave that terminal open to the side, and open up what we just installed. You can either search \u0026ldquo;Disks\u0026rdquo; in your app launcher, or run:\ngnome-disk-utility Ideally you\u0026rsquo;ll have Disks on one window, terminal on the other.\nFormatting Now. In Disks, you\u0026rsquo;ll want to format your disk from the 3-dot menu in the top right.\nOnce formatted, mount the sucker. Name it something you\u0026rsquo;ll remember, we\u0026rsquo;ll need it soon.\n(Quick note! If you plan to daily this drive in Linux, leave it as \u0026ldquo;ext4\u0026rdquo;. If you intend to dual boot, format to \u0026ldquo;fat32\u0026rdquo;)\nMaking a Directory Now you\u0026rsquo;re formatted. You\u0026rsquo;ll notice a little string of numbers under the partition now, a field labeled \u0026ldquo;UUID\u0026rdquo;. We need that. Copy paste your UUID, and move over to the terminal\nNow it\u0026rsquo;s time to make a directory - so the computer knows where to dump the available storage. In your terminal:\nsudo mkdir -p /mnt/YourDriveName Name the directory whatever you decided earlier.\n/etc/fstab sudo nano /etc/fstab Use the DOWN key to go to the bottom of the file. Once there, insert:\nUUID=[uuid from Gnome Disk Util] /mnt/ ","permalink":"//localhost:1313/docs/fstab/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eWhen I was but a burgeoning penguin cutting my teeth in Mint, my first few forays with mounting a new drive had proven to be a struggle.  Sure - LLMs exist now, why bother writing this?\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhy not.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis brief tutorial should be cross-flavor, meaning it should work on Debian-, Fedora-, and Arch-based systems alike. For today\u0026rsquo;s guide we\u0026rsquo;ll be using CachyOS, adjust for your package manager accordingly! :)\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"stop-talking-and-give-me-info\"\u003eSTOP TALKING AND GIVE ME INFO\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"installing-gnome-disks\"\u003eInstalling Gnome Disks\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI\u0026rsquo;m assuming your drive is already installed in the machine.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"fstab guide"},{"content":"\u0026ldquo;The Hollow\u0026rdquo;, with The Chicken Street Band at Roots Revival Fest 8/2/24\nYour browser does not support the audio element. ","permalink":"//localhost:1313/music/originals/","summary":"\u003cp\u003e\u0026ldquo;The Hollow\u0026rdquo;, with The Chicken Street Band at Roots Revival Fest 8/2/24\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"hahahugoshortcode345s0hbhb\"\u003e\u003cfigure\u003e\n    \u003caudio controls preload=\"metadata\" style=\"width: 100%;\"\u003e\n        \u003csource src=\"/audio/hollowroots.mp3\" type=\"audio/mpeg\"\u003e\n        Your browser does not support the audio element.\n    \u003c/audio\u003e\n    \n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\u003c/h2\u003e","title":"Songs I wrote!"},{"content":"Context In the late 2000s to mid 2010s, I was finding my tastes as a burgeoning musician in middle/high school. We were given MacBooks to daily drive for assignments… and I absolutely abused the hell out of that thing. Ripped many a CD with the kids in class, anything we could get our hands on. I was listening to a lot of Green Day, Weezer, Rush, Metallica – as well as finding my way into EDM with the likes of deadmau5, Skrillex, Excision, Bassnectar (I would also find the masterpiece that is Enter the Haggis around this time, but that’s a story for a different day). I wanted it all. I was hungry.\nThere was one kid I ended up jiving with. His music taste was as weird as mine, just in WAY different directions. He’d made it down a few more rabbit holes than I had. He preferred bands like Sleeping with Sirens, Pierce the Veil, Black Veil Brides… There were exceptions to the rule like “King for a Day” (I heard it BEFORE TikTok made it cool!), but not many… until he showed me Avenged Sevenfold.\nThey wore the makeup and had the aesthetic same as those bands, but I saw something… different about them. They didn’t sound like the others. I had to know why. That kid gave me his copy of the self titled record to borrow - I copied it in class that day, gave him the CD back, and proceeded to have my mind blown for the next hour.\nSince then I’ve been there through the ups and downs, the ins and outs. The Call of Duty collabs (which were actually GREAT tunes), the non-actionable Guns \u0026amp; Roses/Metallica ripoffs when they wouldn’t let the new drummer show off at all, what we thought was gonna be one instance of a Daft Punk impression… I was there. I liked them and continue to. And now I get to be there for more Daft Punk impressions.\nContents I say that, but this project was at least a bit different than the stuff on Life is But a Dream.\nLIGHTS was shocking for an intro, though it served its purpose as the intro – it really kinda let us know what we’re in for. The first few seconds are almost Stage-coded, and I was settling in for “This is gonna take a couple listens”. Then the vocoder kicks in. “Oh, this is gonna take a couple MORE listens.”\nThen we have the title track STATICA. Overall, I don’t think this is a bad tune. It sounds like them, it drives, it’s ALMOST there. The commont theme for this project though, is the cardinal sin of too much fuckin’ vocoder – the vocal performance is good! If they insist on having it, leave it on the chorus, fine, it fit the vibe there – maybe even on the outro sequence. The verse could’ve used the punch of the clean vocal, in my opinion.\nNext up is REJOICE. Another solid tune overall, the melancholy drone with an odd time – I’m here for it. The vocoder is still there, but not as egregious through the entire thing. This one didn’t hit me as hard on the first listen like the last two did. I was vibing through the entire thing – unfortunately up til the synth at the end. There’s a few spots in the project where it really lends itself well, to the point that going forward I can see some synth integration in the older stuff. I’m for a weird noise. There’s just this feeling of “Zack got a synth at a garage sale and hasn’t quite figured it out yet”. Not unwelcome, just not crazy about the performance.\nASHES to close out the project. I remember on first listen that the chorus hit my ear a bit weird, something about the distortion wasn’t sitting right - but after listens 3 and 4 it has eased up on me. The feeling persists of Zacky not completely familiar with his instrument yet (if that’s even him). This one doesn’t sound as outlandish – they’ve always had a sense of theatrics, especially more present since The Stage – and that theatric sense is still there.\nConclusion Okay. Overall, yeah it’s weird. It’s a bold choice to do a bunch of acid and switch your rock band to a pseudo-techo-RnB project. It’s a bold choice to smother your new project in so much vocoder that we need a protocol droid to translate it. I can see that from the fan’s side.\nAt the same time, I’m all for a group doing new things. LIBAD wasn’t for everybody, this one won’t be either. If the production wasn\u0026rsquo;t so all over the place these songs could be stellar. The drums weren’t punching the same way, and the synth proficiency could use a little work if they’re gonna continue to put it on record.\nAND LESS FKN VOCODER\nThis is all coming from a fan with nothing but love. I like what they\u0026rsquo;re going for, but the execution could use a spit-polish\u0026hellip;\n\u0026hellip;and marginally less psychedelics.\n","permalink":"//localhost:1313/reviews/statica/","summary":"\u003ch2 id=\"context\"\u003eContext\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the late 2000s to mid 2010s, I was finding my tastes as a burgeoning musician in middle/high school. We were given MacBooks to daily drive for assignments… and I absolutely abused the hell out of that thing. Ripped many a CD with the kids in class, anything we could get our hands on. I was listening to a lot of Green Day, Weezer, Rush, Metallica – as well as finding my way into EDM with the likes of deadmau5, Skrillex, Excision, Bassnectar (I would also find the masterpiece that is Enter the Haggis around this time, but that’s a story for a different day). I wanted it all. I was hungry.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Statica EP - Avenged Sevenfold"},{"content":"A collection of my favorite moments with these goons.\n207 Maine Your browser does not support the video tag. A cool opportunity, I think it was two songs? If I can track down the other one I\u0026rsquo;ll throw it up here. Rumor has it they still air.\nOpening for the Mallett Brothers at the Widowmaker (Sugarloaf) Your browser does not support the video tag. Such a fun show.\n","permalink":"//localhost:1313/music/207/","summary":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA collection of my favorite moments with these goons.\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"207-maine\"\u003e207 Maine\u003c/h2\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"video-wrapper\" style=\"max-width: 100%; margin: 0 auto;\"\u003e\n  \u003cvideo src=\"/videos/207.mp4\" controls style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\"\u003e\n    Your browser does not support the video tag.\n  \u003c/video\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA cool opportunity, I think it was two songs? If I can track down the other one I\u0026rsquo;ll throw it up here. Rumor has it they still air.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"opening-for-the-mallett-brothers-at-the-widowmaker-sugarloaf\"\u003eOpening for the Mallett Brothers at the Widowmaker (Sugarloaf)\u003c/h2\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"video-wrapper\" style=\"max-width: 100%; margin: 0 auto;\"\u003e\n  \u003cvideo src=\"/videos/wait.mp4\" controls style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\"\u003e\n    Your browser does not support the video tag.\n  \u003c/video\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSuch a fun show.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"The Chicken Street Band"},{"content":"The network\u0026rsquo;s in a cool spot right now.\nThe whole team The Gesellschaft TrueNAS on a 6th gen i7 with 32gb RAM\nServices here Frigate\nThis has been cool for storing footage from our IP cams, though I\u0026rsquo;m not too thrilled with the performance of our current setup. We use Tapo, and the small ones work fine - but the \u0026ldquo;good\u0026rdquo; one for the entryway doesn\u0026rsquo;t support local account setup. We bought them in a pinch and they\u0026rsquo;ve been effective, but I\u0026rsquo;m not crazy about them. Immich\nAn excellent tool that I haven\u0026rsquo;t given the time it deserves. It\u0026rsquo;s intended to be a \u0026ldquo;set and forget\u0026rdquo; image backup, which it\u0026rsquo;s served well as, though I would like to delve a bit deeper. Time is an illusion. Jellyfin\nWhat else can I say. A perfect tool for streaming (ahem) acquired media. A bit clunky for music, however. So we use instead\u0026hellip; Navidrome\nAnother perfect tool for interfacing with your media of the audio varitety. The metadata is only as good as YOU make it, but that\u0026rsquo;s a fun mindless task for when you wanna get stoned and data entry for a bit. (What, just me?) Memos\nA fun markdown-based tool for keeping notes, designed to look and function like a self-hosted Twitter. Sorts by tags, comes with a search integrated. Real fun to mess with, though I\u0026rsquo;ve since kinda abandoned it since building this. The Servbot Ubuntu 26.04 on a 4th Gen i5 with 16gb RAM\nA rugged little beast. Formerly part of a Proxmox cluster, running HA on three of these guys proved to be a bit much.\nServices here Nginx Proxy Manager\nSomething I started using early on, as soon as I bought the first domain. I know how to use it, it handles Cloudflare well, so far little complaints. Dockge\nHandy for deploying Docker stuff quickly. I like the interface Pinchflat\nFor archiving those important videos OpenSpeedTest\nshrugs Why not? Seerr\nBetter for requests than a Discord server Futo Notes\nI\u0026rsquo;d rather have my text files be my responsibility The Stack\nThe less said the better Gitea\nGetting familiar with that setup, but that\u0026rsquo;s been clunky The Router Running OPNSense on a decommissioned kiosk computer I nabbed from work. A 7th gen i3 with two NIC jacks in a compact form factor\u0026hellip; that had a locked bios. It booted legacy, though, and that\u0026rsquo;s all I needed.\n","permalink":"//localhost:1313/docs/currentlab/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eThe network\u0026rsquo;s in a cool spot right now.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cfigure\u003e\n    \u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" src=\"/images/lab.jpg\" width=\"600\"/\u003e \u003cfigcaption\u003e\n            The whole team\n        \u003c/figcaption\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch1 id=\"the-gesellschaft\"\u003eThe Gesellschaft\u003c/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTrueNAS on a 6th gen i7 with 32gb RAM\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"services-here\"\u003eServices here\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrigate\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThis has been cool for storing footage from our IP cams, though I\u0026rsquo;m not too thrilled with the performance of our current setup. We use Tapo, and the small ones work fine - but the \u0026ldquo;good\u0026rdquo; one for the entryway doesn\u0026rsquo;t support local account setup. We bought them in a pinch and they\u0026rsquo;ve been effective, but I\u0026rsquo;m not crazy about them.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eImmich\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","title":"What's in the lab right now?"},{"content":"","permalink":"//localhost:1313/main/","summary":"","title":"Main"},{"content":"But that can change!\nBook some noise for your occasion at:\nbwnoises@proton.me\nMake sure to put \u0026ldquo;Music\u0026rdquo; in the subject!\nIn the meantime\u0026hellip; Here\u0026rsquo;s some proof I do things! Your browser does not support the video tag. Your browser does not support the video tag. Your browser does not support the video tag. ","permalink":"//localhost:1313/shows/tba/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eBut that can change!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBook some noise for your occasion at:\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"mailto:bwnoises@proton.me\"\u003ebwnoises@proton.me\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMake sure to put \u0026ldquo;Music\u0026rdquo; in the subject!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"in-the-meantime-heres-some-proof-i-do-things\"\u003eIn the meantime\u0026hellip; Here\u0026rsquo;s some proof I do things!\u003c/h2\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"video-wrapper\" style=\"max-width: 100%; margin: 0 auto;\"\u003e\n  \u003cvideo src=\"/videos/solo/blackwater.mp4\" controls style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\"\u003e\n    Your browser does not support the video tag.\n  \u003c/video\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\n    \u003cdiv class=\"video-wrapper\" style=\"max-width: 100%; margin: 0 auto;\"\u003e\n  \u003cvideo src=\"/videos/solo/lionman.mp4\" controls style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\"\u003e\n    Your browser does not support the video tag.\n  \u003c/video\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\n    \u003cdiv class=\"video-wrapper\" style=\"max-width: 100%; margin: 0 auto;\"\u003e\n  \u003cvideo src=\"/videos/solo/recovery.mp4\" controls style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\"\u003e\n    Your browser does not support the video tag.\n  \u003c/video\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e","title":"It's a little empty right now..."},{"content":"God I love smoking.\nBut lately it\u0026rsquo;s been getting old.\n","permalink":"//localhost:1313/posts/smoking/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eGod I love smoking.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut lately it\u0026rsquo;s been getting old.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Smoking"},{"content":"These are the wubs I made. I am capable of original thought (for the most part)!\nMeager The first original EDM composition I completed on FL Studio Mobile. It created a monster.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Ladybugs Named after the abundance of not-ladybugs-but-beetles that invade the house every year.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Massive I like that song \u0026ldquo;Teardrop\u0026rdquo; by Massive Attack quite a bit, I wanted to make a Massive Attack song. Don\u0026rsquo;t mind the weird aetherial videogame-choir in the middle.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Petrock Named after one of the objects living on my desk\nYour browser does not support the audio element. RaiseYourRipoff Not a blatant ripoff per-se, but definitely heavily inspired by the mau5. I\u0026rsquo;m attached to the outro, very NIN coded.\nPretty proud of this one.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Save the Riff I played a drop D guitar riff and thought it would sound good as the main riff of a wub. This is what followed.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. An Imperfect Rhombus The only of this crop to be done in Reaper, pretty sure the rest are done in FL Studio Mobile (They don\u0026rsquo;t sound as full as this one does IMHO)\nWe need more weird time signatures in techno\nYour browser does not support the audio element. ","permalink":"//localhost:1313/music/techno/originals/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eThese are the wubs I made. I am capable of original thought (for the most part)!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"meager\"\u003eMeager\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe first original EDM composition I completed on FL Studio Mobile. It created a monster.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cfigure\u003e\n    \u003caudio controls preload=\"metadata\" style=\"width: 100%;\"\u003e\n        \u003csource src=\"/audio/techno/original/Meager.mp3\" type=\"audio/mpeg\"\u003e\n        Your browser does not support the audio element.\n    \u003c/audio\u003e\n    \n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"ladybugs\"\u003eLadybugs\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNamed after the abundance of not-ladybugs-but-beetles that invade the house every year.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cfigure\u003e\n    \u003caudio controls preload=\"metadata\" style=\"width: 100%;\"\u003e\n        \u003csource src=\"/audio/techno/original/Ladybugs.mp3\" type=\"audio/mpeg\"\u003e\n        Your browser does not support the audio element.\n    \u003c/audio\u003e\n    \n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"massive\"\u003eMassive\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI like that song \u0026ldquo;Teardrop\u0026rdquo; by Massive Attack quite a bit, I wanted to make a Massive Attack song. Don\u0026rsquo;t mind the weird aetherial videogame-choir in the middle.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Originals"},{"content":"Some remixed tunes for your wubby pleasure\nRemixes ChixNRibz (lost) Unfortunately I can\u0026rsquo;t find this one right off, but chronologically it\u0026rsquo;s the first \u0026ldquo;remix\u0026rdquo; I did - Bridges and Rivers by The Chicken Street Band. What follows is a byproduct of that project, though.\nNumber One - Tophouse Technically the second remix I did. A great nerdy folk group, no shortage of LotR love at their shows (complete with live readings of passages from The Hobbit). I could hear the remix in my head on the first listen, this is what followed.\nBest described internally as \u0026ldquo;Topsmokers\u0026rdquo;\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Do You Like What I\u0026rsquo;m Sayin? - J. McFarlane\u0026rsquo;s Reality Guest A top notch weird band out of Australia. Henry Rollins played two of their songs on the brief run of \u0026ldquo;The Cool Quarantine\u0026rdquo; he did with KCRW back in 2020. Go check \u0026rsquo;em out\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Balto - Enter the Haggis Pretty proud of this one, tbh.\nThis band has meant a lot to me for a long time, it was only fitting to wub one of their tunes.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. No More Tears - Ozzy Osbourne Losing Ozzy hit me harder than I anticipated it would. I hadn\u0026rsquo;t cried like that since Neil Peart. This one never got finished, but I do like where it went. Maybe I\u0026rsquo;ll get back to it.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Whatsername - Green Day This one\u0026rsquo;s pretty basic compared to the others, they\u0026rsquo;re all just for fun, but I basically just wanted to hear the tune gamified. I think I succeeded. The back half is pretty fun and dancey.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. That\u0026rsquo;s it for now\u0026hellip;.\n","permalink":"//localhost:1313/music/techno/remixes/","summary":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSome remixed tunes for your wubby pleasure\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch1 id=\"remixes\"\u003eRemixes\u003c/h1\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"chixnribz-lost\"\u003eChixNRibz (lost)\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnfortunately I can\u0026rsquo;t find this one right off, but chronologically it\u0026rsquo;s the first \u0026ldquo;remix\u0026rdquo; I did - Bridges and Rivers by The Chicken Street Band. What follows is a byproduct of that project, though.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"number-one---tophouse\"\u003eNumber One - \u003ca href=\"https://tidal.com/artist/8994731\"\u003eTophouse\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTechnically the second remix I did. A great nerdy folk group, no shortage of LotR love at their shows (complete with live readings of passages from The Hobbit). I could hear the remix in my head on the first listen, this is what followed.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Remixes"},{"content":"The spiritual successor to The Chicken Street Band, rockifying and expanding the existing setlist\n\u0026ldquo;Need some Honey\u0026rdquo; by Nathaniel Rateliff \u0026amp; the Night Sweats, in a sweaty bar in Hallowell Your browser does not support the video tag. \u0026ldquo;The Hollow\u0026rdquo; by yours truly, one of my favorite performances of this tune Your browser does not support the video tag. \u0026ldquo;Up on Cripple Creek\u0026rdquo; by The Band ft. one of the best sound guys I\u0026rsquo;ve worked with Your browser does not support the video tag. ","permalink":"//localhost:1313/music/poultryhighway/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eThe spiritual successor to The Chicken Street Band, rockifying and expanding the existing setlist\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026ldquo;Need some Honey\u0026rdquo; by Nathaniel Rateliff \u0026amp; the Night Sweats, in a sweaty bar in Hallowell\n    \u003cdiv class=\"video-wrapper\" style=\"max-width: 50%; margin: 0 auto;\"\u003e\n  \u003cvideo src=\"/videos/poultry/needsomehoney.mp4\" controls style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\"\u003e\n    Your browser does not support the video tag.\n  \u003c/video\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026ldquo;The Hollow\u0026rdquo; by yours truly, one of my favorite performances of this tune\n    \u003cdiv class=\"video-wrapper\" style=\"max-width: 50%; margin: 0 auto;\"\u003e\n  \u003cvideo src=\"/videos/poultry/hollow.mp4\" controls style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\"\u003e\n    Your browser does not support the video tag.\n  \u003c/video\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Poultry Highway"},{"content":"When I was but a burgeoning penguin cutting my teeth in Mint, my first few forays with mounting a new drive had proven to be a struggle. Sure - LLMs exist now, why bother writing this?\nWhy not.\nThis brief tutorial should be cross-flavor, meaning it should work on Debian-, Fedora-, and Arch-based systems alike. For today\u0026rsquo;s guide we\u0026rsquo;ll be using CachyOS, adjust for your package manager accordingly! :)\nSTOP TALKING AND GIVE ME INFO Installing Gnome Disks I\u0026rsquo;m assuming your drive is already installed in the machine.\nTo begin, if you don\u0026rsquo;t already have it, I like to use Gnome\u0026rsquo;s Disk Utility on most of my distributions - it is handy for our use case.\nInstall it with:\nsudo pacman -Syyu sudo pacman -S gnome-disk-utility Then we leave that terminal open to the side, and open up what we just installed. You can either search \u0026ldquo;Disks\u0026rdquo; in your app launcher, or run:\ngnome-disk-utility Ideally you\u0026rsquo;ll have Disks on one window, terminal on the other.\nFormatting Now. In Disks, you\u0026rsquo;ll want to format your disk from the 3-dot menu in the top right.\nOnce formatted, mount the sucker. Name it something you\u0026rsquo;ll remember, we\u0026rsquo;ll need it soon.\n(Quick note! If you plan to daily this drive in Linux, leave it as \u0026ldquo;ext4\u0026rdquo;. If you intend to dual boot, format to \u0026ldquo;fat32\u0026rdquo;)\nMaking a Directory Now you\u0026rsquo;re formatted. You\u0026rsquo;ll notice a little string of numbers under the partition now, a field labeled \u0026ldquo;UUID\u0026rdquo;. We need that. Copy paste your UUID, and move over to the terminal\nNow it\u0026rsquo;s time to make a directory - so the computer knows where to dump the available storage. In your terminal:\nsudo mkdir -p /mnt/YourDriveName Name the directory whatever you decided earlier.\n/etc/fstab sudo nano /etc/fstab Use the DOWN key to go to the bottom of the file. Once there, insert:\nUUID=[uuid from Gnome Disk Util] /mnt/ ","permalink":"//localhost:1313/docs/fstab/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eWhen I was but a burgeoning penguin cutting my teeth in Mint, my first few forays with mounting a new drive had proven to be a struggle.  Sure - LLMs exist now, why bother writing this?\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhy not.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis brief tutorial should be cross-flavor, meaning it should work on Debian-, Fedora-, and Arch-based systems alike. For today\u0026rsquo;s guide we\u0026rsquo;ll be using CachyOS, adjust for your package manager accordingly! :)\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"stop-talking-and-give-me-info\"\u003eSTOP TALKING AND GIVE ME INFO\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"installing-gnome-disks\"\u003eInstalling Gnome Disks\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI\u0026rsquo;m assuming your drive is already installed in the machine.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"fstab guide"},{"content":"\u0026ldquo;The Hollow\u0026rdquo;, with The Chicken Street Band at Roots Revival Fest 8/2/24\nYour browser does not support the audio element. ","permalink":"//localhost:1313/music/originals/","summary":"\u003cp\u003e\u0026ldquo;The Hollow\u0026rdquo;, with The Chicken Street Band at Roots Revival Fest 8/2/24\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"hahahugoshortcode345s0hbhb\"\u003e\u003cfigure\u003e\n    \u003caudio controls preload=\"metadata\" style=\"width: 100%;\"\u003e\n        \u003csource src=\"/audio/hollowroots.mp3\" type=\"audio/mpeg\"\u003e\n        Your browser does not support the audio element.\n    \u003c/audio\u003e\n    \n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\u003c/h2\u003e","title":"Songs I wrote!"},{"content":"Context In the late 2000s to mid 2010s, I was finding my tastes as a burgeoning musician in middle/high school. We were given MacBooks to daily drive for assignments… and I absolutely abused the hell out of that thing. Ripped many a CD with the kids in class, anything we could get our hands on. I was listening to a lot of Green Day, Weezer, Rush, Metallica – as well as finding my way into EDM with the likes of deadmau5, Skrillex, Excision, Bassnectar (I would also find the masterpiece that is Enter the Haggis around this time, but that’s a story for a different day). I wanted it all. I was hungry.\nThere was one kid I ended up jiving with. His music taste was as weird as mine, just in WAY different directions. He’d made it down a few more rabbit holes than I had. He preferred bands like Sleeping with Sirens, Pierce the Veil, Black Veil Brides… There were exceptions to the rule like “King for a Day” (I heard it BEFORE TikTok made it cool!), but not many… until he showed me Avenged Sevenfold.\nThey wore the makeup and had the aesthetic same as those bands, but I saw something… different about them. They didn’t sound like the others. I had to know why. That kid gave me his copy of the self titled record to borrow - I copied it in class that day, gave him the CD back, and proceeded to have my mind blown for the next hour.\nSince then I’ve been there through the ups and downs, the ins and outs. The Call of Duty collabs (which were actually GREAT tunes), the non-actionable Guns \u0026amp; Roses/Metallica ripoffs when they wouldn’t let the new drummer show off at all, what we thought was gonna be one instance of a Daft Punk impression… I was there. I liked them and continue to. And now I get to be there for more Daft Punk impressions.\nContents I say that, but this project was at least a bit different than the stuff on Life is But a Dream.\nLIGHTS was shocking for an intro, though it served its purpose as the intro – it really kinda let us know what we’re in for. The first few seconds are almost Stage-coded, and I was settling in for “This is gonna take a couple listens”. Then the vocoder kicks in. “Oh, this is gonna take a couple MORE listens.”\nThen we have the title track STATICA. Overall, I don’t think this is a bad tune. It sounds like them, it drives, it’s ALMOST there. The commont theme for this project though, is the cardinal sin of too much fuckin’ vocoder – the vocal performance is good! If they insist on having it, leave it on the chorus, fine, it fit the vibe there – maybe even on the outro sequence. The verse could’ve used the punch of the clean vocal, in my opinion.\nNext up is REJOICE. Another solid tune overall, the melancholy drone with an odd time – I’m here for it. The vocoder is still there, but not as egregious through the entire thing. This one didn’t hit me as hard on the first listen like the last two did. I was vibing through the entire thing – unfortunately up til the synth at the end. There’s a few spots in the project where it really lends itself well, to the point that going forward I can see some synth integration in the older stuff. I’m for a weird noise. There’s just this feeling of “Zack got a synth at a garage sale and hasn’t quite figured it out yet”. Not unwelcome, just not crazy about the performance.\nASHES to close out the project. I remember on first listen that the chorus hit my ear a bit weird, something about the distortion wasn’t sitting right - but after listens 3 and 4 it has eased up on me. The feeling persists of Zacky not completely familiar with his instrument yet (if that’s even him). This one doesn’t sound as outlandish – they’ve always had a sense of theatrics, especially more present since The Stage – and that theatric sense is still there.\nConclusion Okay. Overall, yeah it’s weird. It’s a bold choice to do a bunch of acid and switch your rock band to a pseudo-techo-RnB project. It’s a bold choice to smother your new project in so much vocoder that we need a protocol droid to translate it. I can see that from the fan’s side.\nAt the same time, I’m all for a group doing new things. LIBAD wasn’t for everybody, this one won’t be either. If the production wasn\u0026rsquo;t so all over the place these songs could be stellar. The drums weren’t punching the same way, and the synth proficiency could use a little work if they’re gonna continue to put it on record.\nAND LESS FKN VOCODER\nThis is all coming from a fan with nothing but love. I like what they\u0026rsquo;re going for, but the execution could use a spit-polish\u0026hellip;\n\u0026hellip;and marginally less psychedelics.\n","permalink":"//localhost:1313/reviews/statica/","summary":"\u003ch2 id=\"context\"\u003eContext\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the late 2000s to mid 2010s, I was finding my tastes as a burgeoning musician in middle/high school. We were given MacBooks to daily drive for assignments… and I absolutely abused the hell out of that thing. Ripped many a CD with the kids in class, anything we could get our hands on. I was listening to a lot of Green Day, Weezer, Rush, Metallica – as well as finding my way into EDM with the likes of deadmau5, Skrillex, Excision, Bassnectar (I would also find the masterpiece that is Enter the Haggis around this time, but that’s a story for a different day). I wanted it all. I was hungry.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Statica EP - Avenged Sevenfold"},{"content":"A collection of my favorite moments with these goons.\n207 Maine Your browser does not support the video tag. A cool opportunity, I think it was two songs? If I can track down the other one I\u0026rsquo;ll throw it up here. Rumor has it they still air.\nOpening for the Mallett Brothers at the Widowmaker (Sugarloaf) Your browser does not support the video tag. Such a fun show.\n","permalink":"//localhost:1313/music/207/","summary":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA collection of my favorite moments with these goons.\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"207-maine\"\u003e207 Maine\u003c/h2\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"video-wrapper\" style=\"max-width: 100%; margin: 0 auto;\"\u003e\n  \u003cvideo src=\"/videos/207.mp4\" controls style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\"\u003e\n    Your browser does not support the video tag.\n  \u003c/video\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA cool opportunity, I think it was two songs? If I can track down the other one I\u0026rsquo;ll throw it up here. Rumor has it they still air.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"opening-for-the-mallett-brothers-at-the-widowmaker-sugarloaf\"\u003eOpening for the Mallett Brothers at the Widowmaker (Sugarloaf)\u003c/h2\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"video-wrapper\" style=\"max-width: 100%; margin: 0 auto;\"\u003e\n  \u003cvideo src=\"/videos/wait.mp4\" controls style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\"\u003e\n    Your browser does not support the video tag.\n  \u003c/video\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSuch a fun show.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"The Chicken Street Band"},{"content":"The network\u0026rsquo;s in a cool spot right now.\nThe whole team The Gesellschaft TrueNAS on a 6th gen i7 with 32gb RAM\nServices here Frigate\nThis has been cool for storing footage from our IP cams, though I\u0026rsquo;m not too thrilled with the performance of our current setup. We use Tapo, and the small ones work fine - but the \u0026ldquo;good\u0026rdquo; one for the entryway doesn\u0026rsquo;t support local account setup. We bought them in a pinch and they\u0026rsquo;ve been effective, but I\u0026rsquo;m not crazy about them. Immich\nAn excellent tool that I haven\u0026rsquo;t given the time it deserves. It\u0026rsquo;s intended to be a \u0026ldquo;set and forget\u0026rdquo; image backup, which it\u0026rsquo;s served well as, though I would like to delve a bit deeper. Time is an illusion. Jellyfin\nWhat else can I say. A perfect tool for streaming (ahem) acquired media. A bit clunky for music, however. So we use instead\u0026hellip; Navidrome\nAnother perfect tool for interfacing with your media of the audio varitety. The metadata is only as good as YOU make it, but that\u0026rsquo;s a fun mindless task for when you wanna get stoned and data entry for a bit. (What, just me?) Memos\nA fun markdown-based tool for keeping notes, designed to look and function like a self-hosted Twitter. Sorts by tags, comes with a search integrated. Real fun to mess with, though I\u0026rsquo;ve since kinda abandoned it since building this. The Servbot Ubuntu 26.04 on a 4th Gen i5 with 16gb RAM\nA rugged little beast. Formerly part of a Proxmox cluster, running HA on three of these guys proved to be a bit much.\nServices here Nginx Proxy Manager\nSomething I started using early on, as soon as I bought the first domain. I know how to use it, it handles Cloudflare well, so far little complaints. Dockge\nHandy for deploying Docker stuff quickly. I like the interface Pinchflat\nFor archiving those important videos OpenSpeedTest\nshrugs Why not? Seerr\nBetter for requests than a Discord server Futo Notes\nI\u0026rsquo;d rather have my text files be my responsibility The Stack\nThe less said the better Gitea\nGetting familiar with that setup, but that\u0026rsquo;s been clunky The Router Running OPNSense on a decommissioned kiosk computer I nabbed from work. A 7th gen i3 with two NIC jacks in a compact form factor\u0026hellip; that had a locked bios. It booted legacy, though, and that\u0026rsquo;s all I needed.\n","permalink":"//localhost:1313/docs/currentlab/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eThe network\u0026rsquo;s in a cool spot right now.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cfigure\u003e\n    \u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" src=\"/images/lab.jpg\" width=\"600\"/\u003e \u003cfigcaption\u003e\n            The whole team\n        \u003c/figcaption\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch1 id=\"the-gesellschaft\"\u003eThe Gesellschaft\u003c/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTrueNAS on a 6th gen i7 with 32gb RAM\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"services-here\"\u003eServices here\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrigate\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThis has been cool for storing footage from our IP cams, though I\u0026rsquo;m not too thrilled with the performance of our current setup. We use Tapo, and the small ones work fine - but the \u0026ldquo;good\u0026rdquo; one for the entryway doesn\u0026rsquo;t support local account setup. We bought them in a pinch and they\u0026rsquo;ve been effective, but I\u0026rsquo;m not crazy about them.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eImmich\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","title":"What's in the lab right now?"},{"content":"","permalink":"//localhost:1313/main/","summary":"","title":"Main"},{"content":"But that can change!\nBook some noise for your occasion at:\nbwnoises@proton.me\nMake sure to put \u0026ldquo;Music\u0026rdquo; in the subject!\nIn the meantime\u0026hellip; Here\u0026rsquo;s some proof I do things! Your browser does not support the video tag. Your browser does not support the video tag. Your browser does not support the video tag. ","permalink":"//localhost:1313/shows/tba/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eBut that can change!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBook some noise for your occasion at:\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"mailto:bwnoises@proton.me\"\u003ebwnoises@proton.me\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMake sure to put \u0026ldquo;Music\u0026rdquo; in the subject!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"in-the-meantime-heres-some-proof-i-do-things\"\u003eIn the meantime\u0026hellip; Here\u0026rsquo;s some proof I do things!\u003c/h2\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"video-wrapper\" style=\"max-width: 100%; margin: 0 auto;\"\u003e\n  \u003cvideo src=\"/videos/solo/blackwater.mp4\" controls style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\"\u003e\n    Your browser does not support the video tag.\n  \u003c/video\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\n    \u003cdiv class=\"video-wrapper\" style=\"max-width: 100%; margin: 0 auto;\"\u003e\n  \u003cvideo src=\"/videos/solo/lionman.mp4\" controls style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\"\u003e\n    Your browser does not support the video tag.\n  \u003c/video\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\n    \u003cdiv class=\"video-wrapper\" style=\"max-width: 100%; margin: 0 auto;\"\u003e\n  \u003cvideo src=\"/videos/solo/recovery.mp4\" controls style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\"\u003e\n    Your browser does not support the video tag.\n  \u003c/video\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e","title":"It's a little empty right now..."},{"content":"God I love smoking.\nBut lately it\u0026rsquo;s been getting old.\n","permalink":"//localhost:1313/posts/smoking/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eGod I love smoking.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut lately it\u0026rsquo;s been getting old.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Smoking"},{"content":"These are the wubs I made. I am capable of original thought (for the most part)!\nMeager The first original EDM composition I completed on FL Studio Mobile. It created a monster.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Ladybugs Named after the abundance of not-ladybugs-but-beetles that invade the house every year.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Massive I like that song \u0026ldquo;Teardrop\u0026rdquo; by Massive Attack quite a bit, I wanted to make a Massive Attack song. Don\u0026rsquo;t mind the weird aetherial videogame-choir in the middle.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Petrock Named after one of the objects living on my desk\nYour browser does not support the audio element. RaiseYourRipoff Not a blatant ripoff per-se, but definitely heavily inspired by the mau5. I\u0026rsquo;m attached to the outro, very NIN coded.\nPretty proud of this one.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Save the Riff I played a drop D guitar riff and thought it would sound good as the main riff of a wub. This is what followed.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. An Imperfect Rhombus The only of this crop to be done in Reaper, pretty sure the rest are done in FL Studio Mobile (They don\u0026rsquo;t sound as full as this one does IMHO)\nWe need more weird time signatures in techno\nYour browser does not support the audio element. ","permalink":"//localhost:1313/music/techno/originals/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eThese are the wubs I made. I am capable of original thought (for the most part)!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"meager\"\u003eMeager\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe first original EDM composition I completed on FL Studio Mobile. It created a monster.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cfigure\u003e\n    \u003caudio controls preload=\"metadata\" style=\"width: 100%;\"\u003e\n        \u003csource src=\"/audio/techno/original/Meager.mp3\" type=\"audio/mpeg\"\u003e\n        Your browser does not support the audio element.\n    \u003c/audio\u003e\n    \n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"ladybugs\"\u003eLadybugs\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNamed after the abundance of not-ladybugs-but-beetles that invade the house every year.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cfigure\u003e\n    \u003caudio controls preload=\"metadata\" style=\"width: 100%;\"\u003e\n        \u003csource src=\"/audio/techno/original/Ladybugs.mp3\" type=\"audio/mpeg\"\u003e\n        Your browser does not support the audio element.\n    \u003c/audio\u003e\n    \n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"massive\"\u003eMassive\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI like that song \u0026ldquo;Teardrop\u0026rdquo; by Massive Attack quite a bit, I wanted to make a Massive Attack song. Don\u0026rsquo;t mind the weird aetherial videogame-choir in the middle.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Originals"},{"content":"Some remixed tunes for your wubby pleasure\nRemixes ChixNRibz (lost) Unfortunately I can\u0026rsquo;t find this one right off, but chronologically it\u0026rsquo;s the first \u0026ldquo;remix\u0026rdquo; I did - Bridges and Rivers by The Chicken Street Band. What follows is a byproduct of that project, though.\nNumber One - Tophouse Technically the second remix I did. A great nerdy folk group, no shortage of LotR love at their shows (complete with live readings of passages from The Hobbit). I could hear the remix in my head on the first listen, this is what followed.\nBest described internally as \u0026ldquo;Topsmokers\u0026rdquo;\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Do You Like What I\u0026rsquo;m Sayin? - J. McFarlane\u0026rsquo;s Reality Guest A top notch weird band out of Australia. Henry Rollins played two of their songs on the brief run of \u0026ldquo;The Cool Quarantine\u0026rdquo; he did with KCRW back in 2020. Go check \u0026rsquo;em out\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Balto - Enter the Haggis Pretty proud of this one, tbh.\nThis band has meant a lot to me for a long time, it was only fitting to wub one of their tunes.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. No More Tears - Ozzy Osbourne Losing Ozzy hit me harder than I anticipated it would. I hadn\u0026rsquo;t cried like that since Neil Peart. This one never got finished, but I do like where it went. Maybe I\u0026rsquo;ll get back to it.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Whatsername - Green Day This one\u0026rsquo;s pretty basic compared to the others, they\u0026rsquo;re all just for fun, but I basically just wanted to hear the tune gamified. I think I succeeded. The back half is pretty fun and dancey.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. That\u0026rsquo;s it for now\u0026hellip;.\n","permalink":"//localhost:1313/music/techno/remixes/","summary":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSome remixed tunes for your wubby pleasure\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch1 id=\"remixes\"\u003eRemixes\u003c/h1\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"chixnribz-lost\"\u003eChixNRibz (lost)\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnfortunately I can\u0026rsquo;t find this one right off, but chronologically it\u0026rsquo;s the first \u0026ldquo;remix\u0026rdquo; I did - Bridges and Rivers by The Chicken Street Band. What follows is a byproduct of that project, though.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"number-one---tophouse\"\u003eNumber One - \u003ca href=\"https://tidal.com/artist/8994731\"\u003eTophouse\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTechnically the second remix I did. A great nerdy folk group, no shortage of LotR love at their shows (complete with live readings of passages from The Hobbit). I could hear the remix in my head on the first listen, this is what followed.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Remixes"},{"content":"The spiritual successor to The Chicken Street Band, rockifying and expanding the existing setlist\n\u0026ldquo;Need some Honey\u0026rdquo; by Nathaniel Rateliff \u0026amp; the Night Sweats, in a sweaty bar in Hallowell Your browser does not support the video tag. \u0026ldquo;The Hollow\u0026rdquo; by yours truly, one of my favorite performances of this tune Your browser does not support the video tag. \u0026ldquo;Up on Cripple Creek\u0026rdquo; by The Band ft. one of the best sound guys I\u0026rsquo;ve worked with Your browser does not support the video tag. ","permalink":"//localhost:1313/music/poultryhighway/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eThe spiritual successor to The Chicken Street Band, rockifying and expanding the existing setlist\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026ldquo;Need some Honey\u0026rdquo; by Nathaniel Rateliff \u0026amp; the Night Sweats, in a sweaty bar in Hallowell\n    \u003cdiv class=\"video-wrapper\" style=\"max-width: 50%; margin: 0 auto;\"\u003e\n  \u003cvideo src=\"/videos/poultry/needsomehoney.mp4\" controls style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\"\u003e\n    Your browser does not support the video tag.\n  \u003c/video\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026ldquo;The Hollow\u0026rdquo; by yours truly, one of my favorite performances of this tune\n    \u003cdiv class=\"video-wrapper\" style=\"max-width: 50%; margin: 0 auto;\"\u003e\n  \u003cvideo src=\"/videos/poultry/hollow.mp4\" controls style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\"\u003e\n    Your browser does not support the video tag.\n  \u003c/video\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Poultry Highway"},{"content":"When I was but a burgeoning penguin cutting my teeth in Mint, my first few forays with mounting a new drive had proven to be a struggle. Sure - LLMs exist now, why bother writing this?\nWhy not.\nThis brief tutorial should be cross-flavor, meaning it should work on Debian-, Fedora-, and Arch-based systems alike. For today\u0026rsquo;s guide we\u0026rsquo;ll be using CachyOS, adjust for your package manager accordingly! :)\nSTOP TALKING AND GIVE ME INFO Installing Gnome Disks I\u0026rsquo;m assuming your drive is already installed in the machine.\nTo begin, if you don\u0026rsquo;t already have it, I like to use Gnome\u0026rsquo;s Disk Utility on most of my distributions - it is handy for our use case.\nInstall it with:\nsudo pacman -Syyu sudo pacman -S gnome-disk-utility Then we leave that terminal open to the side, and open up what we just installed. You can either search \u0026ldquo;Disks\u0026rdquo; in your app launcher, or run:\ngnome-disk-utility Ideally you\u0026rsquo;ll have Disks on one window, terminal on the other.\nFormatting Now. In Disks, you\u0026rsquo;ll want to format your disk from the 3-dot menu in the top right.\nOnce formatted, mount the sucker. Name it something you\u0026rsquo;ll remember, we\u0026rsquo;ll need it soon.\n(Quick note! If you plan to daily this drive in Linux, leave it as \u0026ldquo;ext4\u0026rdquo;. If you intend to dual boot, format to \u0026ldquo;fat32\u0026rdquo;)\nMaking a Directory Now you\u0026rsquo;re formatted. You\u0026rsquo;ll notice a little string of numbers under the partition now, a field labeled \u0026ldquo;UUID\u0026rdquo;. We need that. Copy paste your UUID, and move over to the terminal\nNow it\u0026rsquo;s time to make a directory - so the computer knows where to dump the available storage. In your terminal:\nsudo mkdir -p /mnt/YourDriveName Name the directory whatever you decided earlier.\n/etc/fstab sudo nano /etc/fstab Use the DOWN key to go to the bottom of the file. Once there, insert:\nUUID=[uuid from Gnome Disk Util] /mnt/ ","permalink":"//localhost:1313/docs/fstab/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eWhen I was but a burgeoning penguin cutting my teeth in Mint, my first few forays with mounting a new drive had proven to be a struggle.  Sure - LLMs exist now, why bother writing this?\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhy not.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis brief tutorial should be cross-flavor, meaning it should work on Debian-, Fedora-, and Arch-based systems alike. For today\u0026rsquo;s guide we\u0026rsquo;ll be using CachyOS, adjust for your package manager accordingly! :)\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"stop-talking-and-give-me-info\"\u003eSTOP TALKING AND GIVE ME INFO\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"installing-gnome-disks\"\u003eInstalling Gnome Disks\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI\u0026rsquo;m assuming your drive is already installed in the machine.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"fstab guide"},{"content":"\u0026ldquo;The Hollow\u0026rdquo;, with The Chicken Street Band at Roots Revival Fest 8/2/24\nYour browser does not support the audio element. ","permalink":"//localhost:1313/music/originals/","summary":"\u003cp\u003e\u0026ldquo;The Hollow\u0026rdquo;, with The Chicken Street Band at Roots Revival Fest 8/2/24\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"hahahugoshortcode345s0hbhb\"\u003e\u003cfigure\u003e\n    \u003caudio controls preload=\"metadata\" style=\"width: 100%;\"\u003e\n        \u003csource src=\"/audio/hollowroots.mp3\" type=\"audio/mpeg\"\u003e\n        Your browser does not support the audio element.\n    \u003c/audio\u003e\n    \n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\u003c/h2\u003e","title":"Songs I wrote!"},{"content":"Context In the late 2000s to mid 2010s, I was finding my tastes as a burgeoning musician in middle/high school. We were given MacBooks to daily drive for assignments… and I absolutely abused the hell out of that thing. Ripped many a CD with the kids in class, anything we could get our hands on. I was listening to a lot of Green Day, Weezer, Rush, Metallica – as well as finding my way into EDM with the likes of deadmau5, Skrillex, Excision, Bassnectar (I would also find the masterpiece that is Enter the Haggis around this time, but that’s a story for a different day). I wanted it all. I was hungry.\nThere was one kid I ended up jiving with. His music taste was as weird as mine, just in WAY different directions. He’d made it down a few more rabbit holes than I had. He preferred bands like Sleeping with Sirens, Pierce the Veil, Black Veil Brides… There were exceptions to the rule like “King for a Day” (I heard it BEFORE TikTok made it cool!), but not many… until he showed me Avenged Sevenfold.\nThey wore the makeup and had the aesthetic same as those bands, but I saw something… different about them. They didn’t sound like the others. I had to know why. That kid gave me his copy of the self titled record to borrow - I copied it in class that day, gave him the CD back, and proceeded to have my mind blown for the next hour.\nSince then I’ve been there through the ups and downs, the ins and outs. The Call of Duty collabs (which were actually GREAT tunes), the non-actionable Guns \u0026amp; Roses/Metallica ripoffs when they wouldn’t let the new drummer show off at all, what we thought was gonna be one instance of a Daft Punk impression… I was there. I liked them and continue to. And now I get to be there for more Daft Punk impressions.\nContents I say that, but this project was at least a bit different than the stuff on Life is But a Dream.\nLIGHTS was shocking for an intro, though it served its purpose as the intro – it really kinda let us know what we’re in for. The first few seconds are almost Stage-coded, and I was settling in for “This is gonna take a couple listens”. Then the vocoder kicks in. “Oh, this is gonna take a couple MORE listens.”\nThen we have the title track STATICA. Overall, I don’t think this is a bad tune. It sounds like them, it drives, it’s ALMOST there. The commont theme for this project though, is the cardinal sin of too much fuckin’ vocoder – the vocal performance is good! If they insist on having it, leave it on the chorus, fine, it fit the vibe there – maybe even on the outro sequence. The verse could’ve used the punch of the clean vocal, in my opinion.\nNext up is REJOICE. Another solid tune overall, the melancholy drone with an odd time – I’m here for it. The vocoder is still there, but not as egregious through the entire thing. This one didn’t hit me as hard on the first listen like the last two did. I was vibing through the entire thing – unfortunately up til the synth at the end. There’s a few spots in the project where it really lends itself well, to the point that going forward I can see some synth integration in the older stuff. I’m for a weird noise. There’s just this feeling of “Zack got a synth at a garage sale and hasn’t quite figured it out yet”. Not unwelcome, just not crazy about the performance.\nASHES to close out the project. I remember on first listen that the chorus hit my ear a bit weird, something about the distortion wasn’t sitting right - but after listens 3 and 4 it has eased up on me. The feeling persists of Zacky not completely familiar with his instrument yet (if that’s even him). This one doesn’t sound as outlandish – they’ve always had a sense of theatrics, especially more present since The Stage – and that theatric sense is still there.\nConclusion Okay. Overall, yeah it’s weird. It’s a bold choice to do a bunch of acid and switch your rock band to a pseudo-techo-RnB project. It’s a bold choice to smother your new project in so much vocoder that we need a protocol droid to translate it. I can see that from the fan’s side.\nAt the same time, I’m all for a group doing new things. LIBAD wasn’t for everybody, this one won’t be either. If the production wasn\u0026rsquo;t so all over the place these songs could be stellar. The drums weren’t punching the same way, and the synth proficiency could use a little work if they’re gonna continue to put it on record.\nAND LESS FKN VOCODER\nThis is all coming from a fan with nothing but love. I like what they\u0026rsquo;re going for, but the execution could use a spit-polish\u0026hellip;\n\u0026hellip;and marginally less psychedelics.\n","permalink":"//localhost:1313/reviews/statica/","summary":"\u003ch2 id=\"context\"\u003eContext\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the late 2000s to mid 2010s, I was finding my tastes as a burgeoning musician in middle/high school. We were given MacBooks to daily drive for assignments… and I absolutely abused the hell out of that thing. Ripped many a CD with the kids in class, anything we could get our hands on. I was listening to a lot of Green Day, Weezer, Rush, Metallica – as well as finding my way into EDM with the likes of deadmau5, Skrillex, Excision, Bassnectar (I would also find the masterpiece that is Enter the Haggis around this time, but that’s a story for a different day). I wanted it all. I was hungry.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Statica EP - Avenged Sevenfold"},{"content":"A collection of my favorite moments with these goons.\n207 Maine Your browser does not support the video tag. A cool opportunity, I think it was two songs? If I can track down the other one I\u0026rsquo;ll throw it up here. Rumor has it they still air.\nOpening for the Mallett Brothers at the Widowmaker (Sugarloaf) Your browser does not support the video tag. Such a fun show.\n","permalink":"//localhost:1313/music/207/","summary":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA collection of my favorite moments with these goons.\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"207-maine\"\u003e207 Maine\u003c/h2\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"video-wrapper\" style=\"max-width: 100%; margin: 0 auto;\"\u003e\n  \u003cvideo src=\"/videos/207.mp4\" controls style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\"\u003e\n    Your browser does not support the video tag.\n  \u003c/video\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA cool opportunity, I think it was two songs? If I can track down the other one I\u0026rsquo;ll throw it up here. Rumor has it they still air.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"opening-for-the-mallett-brothers-at-the-widowmaker-sugarloaf\"\u003eOpening for the Mallett Brothers at the Widowmaker (Sugarloaf)\u003c/h2\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"video-wrapper\" style=\"max-width: 100%; margin: 0 auto;\"\u003e\n  \u003cvideo src=\"/videos/wait.mp4\" controls style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\"\u003e\n    Your browser does not support the video tag.\n  \u003c/video\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSuch a fun show.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"The Chicken Street Band"},{"content":"The network\u0026rsquo;s in a cool spot right now.\nThe whole team The Gesellschaft TrueNAS on a 6th gen i7 with 32gb RAM\nServices here Frigate\nThis has been cool for storing footage from our IP cams, though I\u0026rsquo;m not too thrilled with the performance of our current setup. We use Tapo, and the small ones work fine - but the \u0026ldquo;good\u0026rdquo; one for the entryway doesn\u0026rsquo;t support local account setup. We bought them in a pinch and they\u0026rsquo;ve been effective, but I\u0026rsquo;m not crazy about them. Immich\nAn excellent tool that I haven\u0026rsquo;t given the time it deserves. It\u0026rsquo;s intended to be a \u0026ldquo;set and forget\u0026rdquo; image backup, which it\u0026rsquo;s served well as, though I would like to delve a bit deeper. Time is an illusion. Jellyfin\nWhat else can I say. A perfect tool for streaming (ahem) acquired media. A bit clunky for music, however. So we use instead\u0026hellip; Navidrome\nAnother perfect tool for interfacing with your media of the audio varitety. The metadata is only as good as YOU make it, but that\u0026rsquo;s a fun mindless task for when you wanna get stoned and data entry for a bit. (What, just me?) Memos\nA fun markdown-based tool for keeping notes, designed to look and function like a self-hosted Twitter. Sorts by tags, comes with a search integrated. Real fun to mess with, though I\u0026rsquo;ve since kinda abandoned it since building this. The Servbot Ubuntu 26.04 on a 4th Gen i5 with 16gb RAM\nA rugged little beast. Formerly part of a Proxmox cluster, running HA on three of these guys proved to be a bit much.\nServices here Nginx Proxy Manager\nSomething I started using early on, as soon as I bought the first domain. I know how to use it, it handles Cloudflare well, so far little complaints. Dockge\nHandy for deploying Docker stuff quickly. I like the interface Pinchflat\nFor archiving those important videos OpenSpeedTest\nshrugs Why not? Seerr\nBetter for requests than a Discord server Futo Notes\nI\u0026rsquo;d rather have my text files be my responsibility The Stack\nThe less said the better Gitea\nGetting familiar with that setup, but that\u0026rsquo;s been clunky The Router Running OPNSense on a decommissioned kiosk computer I nabbed from work. A 7th gen i3 with two NIC jacks in a compact form factor\u0026hellip; that had a locked bios. It booted legacy, though, and that\u0026rsquo;s all I needed.\n","permalink":"//localhost:1313/docs/currentlab/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eThe network\u0026rsquo;s in a cool spot right now.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cfigure\u003e\n    \u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" src=\"/images/lab.jpg\" width=\"600\"/\u003e \u003cfigcaption\u003e\n            The whole team\n        \u003c/figcaption\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch1 id=\"the-gesellschaft\"\u003eThe Gesellschaft\u003c/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTrueNAS on a 6th gen i7 with 32gb RAM\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"services-here\"\u003eServices here\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrigate\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThis has been cool for storing footage from our IP cams, though I\u0026rsquo;m not too thrilled with the performance of our current setup. We use Tapo, and the small ones work fine - but the \u0026ldquo;good\u0026rdquo; one for the entryway doesn\u0026rsquo;t support local account setup. We bought them in a pinch and they\u0026rsquo;ve been effective, but I\u0026rsquo;m not crazy about them.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eImmich\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","title":"What's in the lab right now?"},{"content":"","permalink":"//localhost:1313/main/","summary":"","title":"Main"},{"content":"But that can change!\nBook some noise for your occasion at:\nbwnoises@proton.me\nMake sure to put \u0026ldquo;Music\u0026rdquo; in the subject!\nIn the meantime\u0026hellip; Here\u0026rsquo;s some proof I do things! Your browser does not support the video tag. Your browser does not support the video tag. Your browser does not support the video tag. ","permalink":"//localhost:1313/shows/tba/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eBut that can change!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBook some noise for your occasion at:\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"mailto:bwnoises@proton.me\"\u003ebwnoises@proton.me\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMake sure to put \u0026ldquo;Music\u0026rdquo; in the subject!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"in-the-meantime-heres-some-proof-i-do-things\"\u003eIn the meantime\u0026hellip; Here\u0026rsquo;s some proof I do things!\u003c/h2\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"video-wrapper\" style=\"max-width: 100%; margin: 0 auto;\"\u003e\n  \u003cvideo src=\"/videos/solo/blackwater.mp4\" controls style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\"\u003e\n    Your browser does not support the video tag.\n  \u003c/video\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\n    \u003cdiv class=\"video-wrapper\" style=\"max-width: 100%; margin: 0 auto;\"\u003e\n  \u003cvideo src=\"/videos/solo/lionman.mp4\" controls style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\"\u003e\n    Your browser does not support the video tag.\n  \u003c/video\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\n    \u003cdiv class=\"video-wrapper\" style=\"max-width: 100%; margin: 0 auto;\"\u003e\n  \u003cvideo src=\"/videos/solo/recovery.mp4\" controls style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\"\u003e\n    Your browser does not support the video tag.\n  \u003c/video\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e","title":"It's a little empty right now..."},{"content":"God I love smoking.\nBut lately it\u0026rsquo;s been getting old.\n","permalink":"//localhost:1313/posts/smoking/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eGod I love smoking.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut lately it\u0026rsquo;s been getting old.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Smoking"},{"content":"These are the wubs I made. I am capable of original thought (for the most part)!\nMeager The first original EDM composition I completed on FL Studio Mobile. It created a monster.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Ladybugs Named after the abundance of not-ladybugs-but-beetles that invade the house every year.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Massive I like that song \u0026ldquo;Teardrop\u0026rdquo; by Massive Attack quite a bit, I wanted to make a Massive Attack song. Don\u0026rsquo;t mind the weird aetherial videogame-choir in the middle.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Petrock Named after one of the objects living on my desk\nYour browser does not support the audio element. RaiseYourRipoff Not a blatant ripoff per-se, but definitely heavily inspired by the mau5. I\u0026rsquo;m attached to the outro, very NIN coded.\nPretty proud of this one.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Save the Riff I played a drop D guitar riff and thought it would sound good as the main riff of a wub. This is what followed.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. An Imperfect Rhombus The only of this crop to be done in Reaper, pretty sure the rest are done in FL Studio Mobile (They don\u0026rsquo;t sound as full as this one does IMHO)\nWe need more weird time signatures in techno\nYour browser does not support the audio element. ","permalink":"//localhost:1313/music/techno/originals/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eThese are the wubs I made. I am capable of original thought (for the most part)!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"meager\"\u003eMeager\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe first original EDM composition I completed on FL Studio Mobile. It created a monster.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cfigure\u003e\n    \u003caudio controls preload=\"metadata\" style=\"width: 100%;\"\u003e\n        \u003csource src=\"/audio/techno/original/Meager.mp3\" type=\"audio/mpeg\"\u003e\n        Your browser does not support the audio element.\n    \u003c/audio\u003e\n    \n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"ladybugs\"\u003eLadybugs\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNamed after the abundance of not-ladybugs-but-beetles that invade the house every year.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cfigure\u003e\n    \u003caudio controls preload=\"metadata\" style=\"width: 100%;\"\u003e\n        \u003csource src=\"/audio/techno/original/Ladybugs.mp3\" type=\"audio/mpeg\"\u003e\n        Your browser does not support the audio element.\n    \u003c/audio\u003e\n    \n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"massive\"\u003eMassive\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI like that song \u0026ldquo;Teardrop\u0026rdquo; by Massive Attack quite a bit, I wanted to make a Massive Attack song. Don\u0026rsquo;t mind the weird aetherial videogame-choir in the middle.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Originals"},{"content":"Some remixed tunes for your wubby pleasure\nRemixes ChixNRibz (lost) Unfortunately I can\u0026rsquo;t find this one right off, but chronologically it\u0026rsquo;s the first \u0026ldquo;remix\u0026rdquo; I did - Bridges and Rivers by The Chicken Street Band. What follows is a byproduct of that project, though.\nNumber One - Tophouse Technically the second remix I did. A great nerdy folk group, no shortage of LotR love at their shows (complete with live readings of passages from The Hobbit). I could hear the remix in my head on the first listen, this is what followed.\nBest described internally as \u0026ldquo;Topsmokers\u0026rdquo;\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Do You Like What I\u0026rsquo;m Sayin? - J. McFarlane\u0026rsquo;s Reality Guest A top notch weird band out of Australia. Henry Rollins played two of their songs on the brief run of \u0026ldquo;The Cool Quarantine\u0026rdquo; he did with KCRW back in 2020. Go check \u0026rsquo;em out\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Balto - Enter the Haggis Pretty proud of this one, tbh.\nThis band has meant a lot to me for a long time, it was only fitting to wub one of their tunes.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. No More Tears - Ozzy Osbourne Losing Ozzy hit me harder than I anticipated it would. I hadn\u0026rsquo;t cried like that since Neil Peart. This one never got finished, but I do like where it went. Maybe I\u0026rsquo;ll get back to it.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Whatsername - Green Day This one\u0026rsquo;s pretty basic compared to the others, they\u0026rsquo;re all just for fun, but I basically just wanted to hear the tune gamified. I think I succeeded. The back half is pretty fun and dancey.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. That\u0026rsquo;s it for now\u0026hellip;.\n","permalink":"//localhost:1313/music/techno/remixes/","summary":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSome remixed tunes for your wubby pleasure\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch1 id=\"remixes\"\u003eRemixes\u003c/h1\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"chixnribz-lost\"\u003eChixNRibz (lost)\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnfortunately I can\u0026rsquo;t find this one right off, but chronologically it\u0026rsquo;s the first \u0026ldquo;remix\u0026rdquo; I did - Bridges and Rivers by The Chicken Street Band. What follows is a byproduct of that project, though.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"number-one---tophouse\"\u003eNumber One - \u003ca href=\"https://tidal.com/artist/8994731\"\u003eTophouse\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTechnically the second remix I did. A great nerdy folk group, no shortage of LotR love at their shows (complete with live readings of passages from The Hobbit). I could hear the remix in my head on the first listen, this is what followed.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Remixes"},{"content":"The spiritual successor to The Chicken Street Band, rockifying and expanding the existing setlist\n\u0026ldquo;Need some Honey\u0026rdquo; by Nathaniel Rateliff \u0026amp; the Night Sweats, in a sweaty bar in Hallowell Your browser does not support the video tag. \u0026ldquo;The Hollow\u0026rdquo; by yours truly, one of my favorite performances of this tune Your browser does not support the video tag. \u0026ldquo;Up on Cripple Creek\u0026rdquo; by The Band ft. one of the best sound guys I\u0026rsquo;ve worked with Your browser does not support the video tag. ","permalink":"//localhost:1313/music/poultryhighway/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eThe spiritual successor to The Chicken Street Band, rockifying and expanding the existing setlist\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026ldquo;Need some Honey\u0026rdquo; by Nathaniel Rateliff \u0026amp; the Night Sweats, in a sweaty bar in Hallowell\n    \u003cdiv class=\"video-wrapper\" style=\"max-width: 50%; margin: 0 auto;\"\u003e\n  \u003cvideo src=\"/videos/poultry/needsomehoney.mp4\" controls style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\"\u003e\n    Your browser does not support the video tag.\n  \u003c/video\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026ldquo;The Hollow\u0026rdquo; by yours truly, one of my favorite performances of this tune\n    \u003cdiv class=\"video-wrapper\" style=\"max-width: 50%; margin: 0 auto;\"\u003e\n  \u003cvideo src=\"/videos/poultry/hollow.mp4\" controls style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\"\u003e\n    Your browser does not support the video tag.\n  \u003c/video\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Poultry Highway"},{"content":"When I was but a burgeoning penguin cutting my teeth in Mint, my first few forays with mounting a new drive had proven to be a struggle. Sure - LLMs exist now, why bother writing this?\nWhy not.\nThis brief tutorial should be cross-flavor, meaning it should work on Debian-, Fedora-, and Arch-based systems alike. For today\u0026rsquo;s guide we\u0026rsquo;ll be using CachyOS, adjust for your package manager accordingly! :)\nSTOP TALKING AND GIVE ME INFO Installing Gnome Disks I\u0026rsquo;m assuming your drive is already installed in the machine.\nTo begin, if you don\u0026rsquo;t already have it, I like to use Gnome\u0026rsquo;s Disk Utility on most of my distributions - it is handy for our use case.\nInstall it with:\nsudo pacman -Syyu sudo pacman -S gnome-disk-utility Then we leave that terminal open to the side, and open up what we just installed. You can either search \u0026ldquo;Disks\u0026rdquo; in your app launcher, or run:\ngnome-disk-utility Ideally you\u0026rsquo;ll have Disks on one window, terminal on the other.\nFormatting Now. In Disks, you\u0026rsquo;ll want to format your disk from the 3-dot menu in the top right.\nOnce formatted, mount the sucker. Name it something you\u0026rsquo;ll remember, we\u0026rsquo;ll need it soon.\n(Quick note! If you plan to daily this drive in Linux, leave it as \u0026ldquo;ext4\u0026rdquo;. If you intend to dual boot, format to \u0026ldquo;fat32\u0026rdquo;)\nMaking a Directory Now you\u0026rsquo;re formatted. You\u0026rsquo;ll notice a little string of numbers under the partition now, a field labeled \u0026ldquo;UUID\u0026rdquo;. We need that. Copy paste your UUID, and move over to the terminal\nNow it\u0026rsquo;s time to make a directory - so the computer knows where to dump the available storage. In your terminal:\nsudo mkdir -p /mnt/YourDriveName Name the directory whatever you decided earlier.\n/etc/fstab sudo nano /etc/fstab Use the DOWN key to go to the bottom of the file. Once there, insert:\nUUID=[uuid from Gnome Disk Util] /mnt/ ","permalink":"//localhost:1313/docs/fstab/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eWhen I was but a burgeoning penguin cutting my teeth in Mint, my first few forays with mounting a new drive had proven to be a struggle.  Sure - LLMs exist now, why bother writing this?\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhy not.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis brief tutorial should be cross-flavor, meaning it should work on Debian-, Fedora-, and Arch-based systems alike. For today\u0026rsquo;s guide we\u0026rsquo;ll be using CachyOS, adjust for your package manager accordingly! :)\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"stop-talking-and-give-me-info\"\u003eSTOP TALKING AND GIVE ME INFO\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"installing-gnome-disks\"\u003eInstalling Gnome Disks\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI\u0026rsquo;m assuming your drive is already installed in the machine.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"fstab guide"},{"content":"\u0026ldquo;The Hollow\u0026rdquo;, with The Chicken Street Band at Roots Revival Fest 8/2/24\nYour browser does not support the audio element. ","permalink":"//localhost:1313/music/originals/","summary":"\u003cp\u003e\u0026ldquo;The Hollow\u0026rdquo;, with The Chicken Street Band at Roots Revival Fest 8/2/24\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"hahahugoshortcode345s0hbhb\"\u003e\u003cfigure\u003e\n    \u003caudio controls preload=\"metadata\" style=\"width: 100%;\"\u003e\n        \u003csource src=\"/audio/hollowroots.mp3\" type=\"audio/mpeg\"\u003e\n        Your browser does not support the audio element.\n    \u003c/audio\u003e\n    \n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\u003c/h2\u003e","title":"Songs I wrote!"},{"content":"Context In the late 2000s to mid 2010s, I was finding my tastes as a burgeoning musician in middle/high school. We were given MacBooks to daily drive for assignments… and I absolutely abused the hell out of that thing. Ripped many a CD with the kids in class, anything we could get our hands on. I was listening to a lot of Green Day, Weezer, Rush, Metallica – as well as finding my way into EDM with the likes of deadmau5, Skrillex, Excision, Bassnectar (I would also find the masterpiece that is Enter the Haggis around this time, but that’s a story for a different day). I wanted it all. I was hungry.\nThere was one kid I ended up jiving with. His music taste was as weird as mine, just in WAY different directions. He’d made it down a few more rabbit holes than I had. He preferred bands like Sleeping with Sirens, Pierce the Veil, Black Veil Brides… There were exceptions to the rule like “King for a Day” (I heard it BEFORE TikTok made it cool!), but not many… until he showed me Avenged Sevenfold.\nThey wore the makeup and had the aesthetic same as those bands, but I saw something… different about them. They didn’t sound like the others. I had to know why. That kid gave me his copy of the self titled record to borrow - I copied it in class that day, gave him the CD back, and proceeded to have my mind blown for the next hour.\nSince then I’ve been there through the ups and downs, the ins and outs. The Call of Duty collabs (which were actually GREAT tunes), the non-actionable Guns \u0026amp; Roses/Metallica ripoffs when they wouldn’t let the new drummer show off at all, what we thought was gonna be one instance of a Daft Punk impression… I was there. I liked them and continue to. And now I get to be there for more Daft Punk impressions.\nContents I say that, but this project was at least a bit different than the stuff on Life is But a Dream.\nLIGHTS was shocking for an intro, though it served its purpose as the intro – it really kinda let us know what we’re in for. The first few seconds are almost Stage-coded, and I was settling in for “This is gonna take a couple listens”. Then the vocoder kicks in. “Oh, this is gonna take a couple MORE listens.”\nThen we have the title track STATICA. Overall, I don’t think this is a bad tune. It sounds like them, it drives, it’s ALMOST there. The commont theme for this project though, is the cardinal sin of too much fuckin’ vocoder – the vocal performance is good! If they insist on having it, leave it on the chorus, fine, it fit the vibe there – maybe even on the outro sequence. The verse could’ve used the punch of the clean vocal, in my opinion.\nNext up is REJOICE. Another solid tune overall, the melancholy drone with an odd time – I’m here for it. The vocoder is still there, but not as egregious through the entire thing. This one didn’t hit me as hard on the first listen like the last two did. I was vibing through the entire thing – unfortunately up til the synth at the end. There’s a few spots in the project where it really lends itself well, to the point that going forward I can see some synth integration in the older stuff. I’m for a weird noise. There’s just this feeling of “Zack got a synth at a garage sale and hasn’t quite figured it out yet”. Not unwelcome, just not crazy about the performance.\nASHES to close out the project. I remember on first listen that the chorus hit my ear a bit weird, something about the distortion wasn’t sitting right - but after listens 3 and 4 it has eased up on me. The feeling persists of Zacky not completely familiar with his instrument yet (if that’s even him). This one doesn’t sound as outlandish – they’ve always had a sense of theatrics, especially more present since The Stage – and that theatric sense is still there.\nConclusion Okay. Overall, yeah it’s weird. It’s a bold choice to do a bunch of acid and switch your rock band to a pseudo-techo-RnB project. It’s a bold choice to smother your new project in so much vocoder that we need a protocol droid to translate it. I can see that from the fan’s side.\nAt the same time, I’m all for a group doing new things. LIBAD wasn’t for everybody, this one won’t be either. If the production wasn\u0026rsquo;t so all over the place these songs could be stellar. The drums weren’t punching the same way, and the synth proficiency could use a little work if they’re gonna continue to put it on record.\nAND LESS FKN VOCODER\nThis is all coming from a fan with nothing but love. I like what they\u0026rsquo;re going for, but the execution could use a spit-polish\u0026hellip;\n\u0026hellip;and marginally less psychedelics.\n","permalink":"//localhost:1313/reviews/statica/","summary":"\u003ch2 id=\"context\"\u003eContext\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the late 2000s to mid 2010s, I was finding my tastes as a burgeoning musician in middle/high school. We were given MacBooks to daily drive for assignments… and I absolutely abused the hell out of that thing. Ripped many a CD with the kids in class, anything we could get our hands on. I was listening to a lot of Green Day, Weezer, Rush, Metallica – as well as finding my way into EDM with the likes of deadmau5, Skrillex, Excision, Bassnectar (I would also find the masterpiece that is Enter the Haggis around this time, but that’s a story for a different day). I wanted it all. I was hungry.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Statica EP - Avenged Sevenfold"},{"content":"A collection of my favorite moments with these goons.\n207 Maine Your browser does not support the video tag. A cool opportunity, I think it was two songs? If I can track down the other one I\u0026rsquo;ll throw it up here. Rumor has it they still air.\nOpening for the Mallett Brothers at the Widowmaker (Sugarloaf) Your browser does not support the video tag. Such a fun show.\n","permalink":"//localhost:1313/music/207/","summary":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA collection of my favorite moments with these goons.\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"207-maine\"\u003e207 Maine\u003c/h2\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"video-wrapper\" style=\"max-width: 100%; margin: 0 auto;\"\u003e\n  \u003cvideo src=\"/videos/207.mp4\" controls style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\"\u003e\n    Your browser does not support the video tag.\n  \u003c/video\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA cool opportunity, I think it was two songs? If I can track down the other one I\u0026rsquo;ll throw it up here. Rumor has it they still air.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"opening-for-the-mallett-brothers-at-the-widowmaker-sugarloaf\"\u003eOpening for the Mallett Brothers at the Widowmaker (Sugarloaf)\u003c/h2\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"video-wrapper\" style=\"max-width: 100%; margin: 0 auto;\"\u003e\n  \u003cvideo src=\"/videos/wait.mp4\" controls style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\"\u003e\n    Your browser does not support the video tag.\n  \u003c/video\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSuch a fun show.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"The Chicken Street Band"},{"content":"The network\u0026rsquo;s in a cool spot right now.\nThe whole team The Gesellschaft TrueNAS on a 6th gen i7 with 32gb RAM\nServices here Frigate\nThis has been cool for storing footage from our IP cams, though I\u0026rsquo;m not too thrilled with the performance of our current setup. We use Tapo, and the small ones work fine - but the \u0026ldquo;good\u0026rdquo; one for the entryway doesn\u0026rsquo;t support local account setup. We bought them in a pinch and they\u0026rsquo;ve been effective, but I\u0026rsquo;m not crazy about them. Immich\nAn excellent tool that I haven\u0026rsquo;t given the time it deserves. It\u0026rsquo;s intended to be a \u0026ldquo;set and forget\u0026rdquo; image backup, which it\u0026rsquo;s served well as, though I would like to delve a bit deeper. Time is an illusion. Jellyfin\nWhat else can I say. A perfect tool for streaming (ahem) acquired media. A bit clunky for music, however. So we use instead\u0026hellip; Navidrome\nAnother perfect tool for interfacing with your media of the audio varitety. The metadata is only as good as YOU make it, but that\u0026rsquo;s a fun mindless task for when you wanna get stoned and data entry for a bit. (What, just me?) Memos\nA fun markdown-based tool for keeping notes, designed to look and function like a self-hosted Twitter. Sorts by tags, comes with a search integrated. Real fun to mess with, though I\u0026rsquo;ve since kinda abandoned it since building this. The Servbot Ubuntu 26.04 on a 4th Gen i5 with 16gb RAM\nA rugged little beast. Formerly part of a Proxmox cluster, running HA on three of these guys proved to be a bit much.\nServices here Nginx Proxy Manager\nSomething I started using early on, as soon as I bought the first domain. I know how to use it, it handles Cloudflare well, so far little complaints. Dockge\nHandy for deploying Docker stuff quickly. I like the interface Pinchflat\nFor archiving those important videos OpenSpeedTest\nshrugs Why not? Seerr\nBetter for requests than a Discord server Futo Notes\nI\u0026rsquo;d rather have my text files be my responsibility The Stack\nThe less said the better Gitea\nGetting familiar with that setup, but that\u0026rsquo;s been clunky The Router Running OPNSense on a decommissioned kiosk computer I nabbed from work. A 7th gen i3 with two NIC jacks in a compact form factor\u0026hellip; that had a locked bios. It booted legacy, though, and that\u0026rsquo;s all I needed.\n","permalink":"//localhost:1313/docs/currentlab/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eThe network\u0026rsquo;s in a cool spot right now.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cfigure\u003e\n    \u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" src=\"/images/lab.jpg\" width=\"600\"/\u003e \u003cfigcaption\u003e\n            The whole team\n        \u003c/figcaption\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch1 id=\"the-gesellschaft\"\u003eThe Gesellschaft\u003c/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTrueNAS on a 6th gen i7 with 32gb RAM\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"services-here\"\u003eServices here\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrigate\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThis has been cool for storing footage from our IP cams, though I\u0026rsquo;m not too thrilled with the performance of our current setup. We use Tapo, and the small ones work fine - but the \u0026ldquo;good\u0026rdquo; one for the entryway doesn\u0026rsquo;t support local account setup. We bought them in a pinch and they\u0026rsquo;ve been effective, but I\u0026rsquo;m not crazy about them.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eImmich\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","title":"What's in the lab right now?"},{"content":"","permalink":"//localhost:1313/main/","summary":"","title":"Main"},{"content":"But that can change!\nBook some noise for your occasion at:\nbwnoises@proton.me\nMake sure to put \u0026ldquo;Music\u0026rdquo; in the subject!\nIn the meantime\u0026hellip; Here\u0026rsquo;s some proof I do things! Your browser does not support the video tag. Your browser does not support the video tag. Your browser does not support the video tag. ","permalink":"//localhost:1313/shows/tba/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eBut that can change!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBook some noise for your occasion at:\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"mailto:bwnoises@proton.me\"\u003ebwnoises@proton.me\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMake sure to put \u0026ldquo;Music\u0026rdquo; in the subject!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"in-the-meantime-heres-some-proof-i-do-things\"\u003eIn the meantime\u0026hellip; Here\u0026rsquo;s some proof I do things!\u003c/h2\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"video-wrapper\" style=\"max-width: 100%; margin: 0 auto;\"\u003e\n  \u003cvideo src=\"/videos/solo/blackwater.mp4\" controls style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\"\u003e\n    Your browser does not support the video tag.\n  \u003c/video\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\n    \u003cdiv class=\"video-wrapper\" style=\"max-width: 100%; margin: 0 auto;\"\u003e\n  \u003cvideo src=\"/videos/solo/lionman.mp4\" controls style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\"\u003e\n    Your browser does not support the video tag.\n  \u003c/video\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\n    \u003cdiv class=\"video-wrapper\" style=\"max-width: 100%; margin: 0 auto;\"\u003e\n  \u003cvideo src=\"/videos/solo/recovery.mp4\" controls style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\"\u003e\n    Your browser does not support the video tag.\n  \u003c/video\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e","title":"It's a little empty right now..."},{"content":"God I love smoking.\nBut lately it\u0026rsquo;s been getting old.\n","permalink":"//localhost:1313/posts/smoking/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eGod I love smoking.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut lately it\u0026rsquo;s been getting old.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Smoking"},{"content":"These are the wubs I made. I am capable of original thought (for the most part)!\nMeager The first original EDM composition I completed on FL Studio Mobile. It created a monster.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Ladybugs Named after the abundance of not-ladybugs-but-beetles that invade the house every year.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Massive I like that song \u0026ldquo;Teardrop\u0026rdquo; by Massive Attack quite a bit, I wanted to make a Massive Attack song. Don\u0026rsquo;t mind the weird aetherial videogame-choir in the middle.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Petrock Named after one of the objects living on my desk\nYour browser does not support the audio element. RaiseYourRipoff Not a blatant ripoff per-se, but definitely heavily inspired by the mau5. I\u0026rsquo;m attached to the outro, very NIN coded.\nPretty proud of this one.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Save the Riff I played a drop D guitar riff and thought it would sound good as the main riff of a wub. This is what followed.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. An Imperfect Rhombus The only of this crop to be done in Reaper, pretty sure the rest are done in FL Studio Mobile (They don\u0026rsquo;t sound as full as this one does IMHO)\nWe need more weird time signatures in techno\nYour browser does not support the audio element. ","permalink":"//localhost:1313/music/techno/originals/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eThese are the wubs I made. I am capable of original thought (for the most part)!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"meager\"\u003eMeager\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe first original EDM composition I completed on FL Studio Mobile. It created a monster.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cfigure\u003e\n    \u003caudio controls preload=\"metadata\" style=\"width: 100%;\"\u003e\n        \u003csource src=\"/audio/techno/original/Meager.mp3\" type=\"audio/mpeg\"\u003e\n        Your browser does not support the audio element.\n    \u003c/audio\u003e\n    \n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"ladybugs\"\u003eLadybugs\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNamed after the abundance of not-ladybugs-but-beetles that invade the house every year.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cfigure\u003e\n    \u003caudio controls preload=\"metadata\" style=\"width: 100%;\"\u003e\n        \u003csource src=\"/audio/techno/original/Ladybugs.mp3\" type=\"audio/mpeg\"\u003e\n        Your browser does not support the audio element.\n    \u003c/audio\u003e\n    \n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"massive\"\u003eMassive\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI like that song \u0026ldquo;Teardrop\u0026rdquo; by Massive Attack quite a bit, I wanted to make a Massive Attack song. Don\u0026rsquo;t mind the weird aetherial videogame-choir in the middle.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Originals"},{"content":"Some remixed tunes for your wubby pleasure\nRemixes ChixNRibz (lost) Unfortunately I can\u0026rsquo;t find this one right off, but chronologically it\u0026rsquo;s the first \u0026ldquo;remix\u0026rdquo; I did - Bridges and Rivers by The Chicken Street Band. What follows is a byproduct of that project, though.\nNumber One - Tophouse Technically the second remix I did. A great nerdy folk group, no shortage of LotR love at their shows (complete with live readings of passages from The Hobbit). I could hear the remix in my head on the first listen, this is what followed.\nBest described internally as \u0026ldquo;Topsmokers\u0026rdquo;\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Do You Like What I\u0026rsquo;m Sayin? - J. McFarlane\u0026rsquo;s Reality Guest A top notch weird band out of Australia. Henry Rollins played two of their songs on the brief run of \u0026ldquo;The Cool Quarantine\u0026rdquo; he did with KCRW back in 2020. Go check \u0026rsquo;em out\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Balto - Enter the Haggis Pretty proud of this one, tbh.\nThis band has meant a lot to me for a long time, it was only fitting to wub one of their tunes.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. No More Tears - Ozzy Osbourne Losing Ozzy hit me harder than I anticipated it would. I hadn\u0026rsquo;t cried like that since Neil Peart. This one never got finished, but I do like where it went. Maybe I\u0026rsquo;ll get back to it.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Whatsername - Green Day This one\u0026rsquo;s pretty basic compared to the others, they\u0026rsquo;re all just for fun, but I basically just wanted to hear the tune gamified. I think I succeeded. The back half is pretty fun and dancey.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. That\u0026rsquo;s it for now\u0026hellip;.\n","permalink":"//localhost:1313/music/techno/remixes/","summary":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSome remixed tunes for your wubby pleasure\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch1 id=\"remixes\"\u003eRemixes\u003c/h1\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"chixnribz-lost\"\u003eChixNRibz (lost)\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnfortunately I can\u0026rsquo;t find this one right off, but chronologically it\u0026rsquo;s the first \u0026ldquo;remix\u0026rdquo; I did - Bridges and Rivers by The Chicken Street Band. What follows is a byproduct of that project, though.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"number-one---tophouse\"\u003eNumber One - \u003ca href=\"https://tidal.com/artist/8994731\"\u003eTophouse\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTechnically the second remix I did. A great nerdy folk group, no shortage of LotR love at their shows (complete with live readings of passages from The Hobbit). I could hear the remix in my head on the first listen, this is what followed.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Remixes"},{"content":"The spiritual successor to The Chicken Street Band, rockifying and expanding the existing setlist\n\u0026ldquo;Need some Honey\u0026rdquo; by Nathaniel Rateliff \u0026amp; the Night Sweats, in a sweaty bar in Hallowell Your browser does not support the video tag. \u0026ldquo;The Hollow\u0026rdquo; by yours truly, one of my favorite performances of this tune Your browser does not support the video tag. \u0026ldquo;Up on Cripple Creek\u0026rdquo; by The Band ft. one of the best sound guys I\u0026rsquo;ve worked with Your browser does not support the video tag. ","permalink":"//localhost:1313/music/poultryhighway/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eThe spiritual successor to The Chicken Street Band, rockifying and expanding the existing setlist\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026ldquo;Need some Honey\u0026rdquo; by Nathaniel Rateliff \u0026amp; the Night Sweats, in a sweaty bar in Hallowell\n    \u003cdiv class=\"video-wrapper\" style=\"max-width: 50%; margin: 0 auto;\"\u003e\n  \u003cvideo src=\"/videos/poultry/needsomehoney.mp4\" controls style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\"\u003e\n    Your browser does not support the video tag.\n  \u003c/video\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026ldquo;The Hollow\u0026rdquo; by yours truly, one of my favorite performances of this tune\n    \u003cdiv class=\"video-wrapper\" style=\"max-width: 50%; margin: 0 auto;\"\u003e\n  \u003cvideo src=\"/videos/poultry/hollow.mp4\" controls style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\"\u003e\n    Your browser does not support the video tag.\n  \u003c/video\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Poultry Highway"},{"content":"When I was but a burgeoning penguin cutting my teeth in Mint, my first few forays with mounting a new drive had proven to be a struggle. Sure - LLMs exist now, why bother writing this?\nWhy not.\nThis brief tutorial should be cross-flavor, meaning it should work on Debian-, Fedora-, and Arch-based systems alike. For today\u0026rsquo;s guide we\u0026rsquo;ll be using CachyOS, adjust for your package manager accordingly! :)\nSTOP TALKING AND GIVE ME INFO Installing Gnome Disks I\u0026rsquo;m assuming your drive is already installed in the machine.\nTo begin, if you don\u0026rsquo;t already have it, I like to use Gnome\u0026rsquo;s Disk Utility on most of my distributions - it is handy for our use case.\nInstall it with:\nsudo pacman -Syyu sudo pacman -S gnome-disk-utility Then we leave that terminal open to the side, and open up what we just installed. You can either search \u0026ldquo;Disks\u0026rdquo; in your app launcher, or run:\ngnome-disk-utility Ideally you\u0026rsquo;ll have Disks on one window, terminal on the other.\nFormatting Now. In Disks, you\u0026rsquo;ll want to format your disk from the 3-dot menu in the top right.\nOnce formatted, mount the sucker. Name it something you\u0026rsquo;ll remember, we\u0026rsquo;ll need it soon.\n(Quick note! If you plan to daily this drive in Linux, leave it as \u0026ldquo;ext4\u0026rdquo;. If you intend to dual boot, format to \u0026ldquo;fat32\u0026rdquo;)\nMaking a Directory Now you\u0026rsquo;re formatted. You\u0026rsquo;ll notice a little string of numbers under the partition now, a field labeled \u0026ldquo;UUID\u0026rdquo;. We need that. Copy paste your UUID, and move over to the terminal\nNow it\u0026rsquo;s time to make a directory - so the computer knows where to dump the available storage. In your terminal:\nsudo mkdir -p /mnt/YourDriveName Name the directory whatever you decided earlier.\n/etc/fstab sudo nano /etc/fstab Use the DOWN key to go to the bottom of the file. Once there, insert:\nUUID=[uuid from Gnome Disk Util] /mnt/ ","permalink":"//localhost:1313/docs/fstab/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eWhen I was but a burgeoning penguin cutting my teeth in Mint, my first few forays with mounting a new drive had proven to be a struggle.  Sure - LLMs exist now, why bother writing this?\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhy not.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis brief tutorial should be cross-flavor, meaning it should work on Debian-, Fedora-, and Arch-based systems alike. For today\u0026rsquo;s guide we\u0026rsquo;ll be using CachyOS, adjust for your package manager accordingly! :)\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"stop-talking-and-give-me-info\"\u003eSTOP TALKING AND GIVE ME INFO\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"installing-gnome-disks\"\u003eInstalling Gnome Disks\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI\u0026rsquo;m assuming your drive is already installed in the machine.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"fstab guide"},{"content":"\u0026ldquo;The Hollow\u0026rdquo;, with The Chicken Street Band at Roots Revival Fest 8/2/24\nYour browser does not support the audio element. ","permalink":"//localhost:1313/music/originals/","summary":"\u003cp\u003e\u0026ldquo;The Hollow\u0026rdquo;, with The Chicken Street Band at Roots Revival Fest 8/2/24\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"hahahugoshortcode345s0hbhb\"\u003e\u003cfigure\u003e\n    \u003caudio controls preload=\"metadata\" style=\"width: 100%;\"\u003e\n        \u003csource src=\"/audio/hollowroots.mp3\" type=\"audio/mpeg\"\u003e\n        Your browser does not support the audio element.\n    \u003c/audio\u003e\n    \n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\u003c/h2\u003e","title":"Songs I wrote!"},{"content":"Context In the late 2000s to mid 2010s, I was finding my tastes as a burgeoning musician in middle/high school. We were given MacBooks to daily drive for assignments… and I absolutely abused the hell out of that thing. Ripped many a CD with the kids in class, anything we could get our hands on. I was listening to a lot of Green Day, Weezer, Rush, Metallica – as well as finding my way into EDM with the likes of deadmau5, Skrillex, Excision, Bassnectar (I would also find the masterpiece that is Enter the Haggis around this time, but that’s a story for a different day). I wanted it all. I was hungry.\nThere was one kid I ended up jiving with. His music taste was as weird as mine, just in WAY different directions. He’d made it down a few more rabbit holes than I had. He preferred bands like Sleeping with Sirens, Pierce the Veil, Black Veil Brides… There were exceptions to the rule like “King for a Day” (I heard it BEFORE TikTok made it cool!), but not many… until he showed me Avenged Sevenfold.\nThey wore the makeup and had the aesthetic same as those bands, but I saw something… different about them. They didn’t sound like the others. I had to know why. That kid gave me his copy of the self titled record to borrow - I copied it in class that day, gave him the CD back, and proceeded to have my mind blown for the next hour.\nSince then I’ve been there through the ups and downs, the ins and outs. The Call of Duty collabs (which were actually GREAT tunes), the non-actionable Guns \u0026amp; Roses/Metallica ripoffs when they wouldn’t let the new drummer show off at all, what we thought was gonna be one instance of a Daft Punk impression… I was there. I liked them and continue to. And now I get to be there for more Daft Punk impressions.\nContents I say that, but this project was at least a bit different than the stuff on Life is But a Dream.\nLIGHTS was shocking for an intro, though it served its purpose as the intro – it really kinda let us know what we’re in for. The first few seconds are almost Stage-coded, and I was settling in for “This is gonna take a couple listens”. Then the vocoder kicks in. “Oh, this is gonna take a couple MORE listens.”\nThen we have the title track STATICA. Overall, I don’t think this is a bad tune. It sounds like them, it drives, it’s ALMOST there. The commont theme for this project though, is the cardinal sin of too much fuckin’ vocoder – the vocal performance is good! If they insist on having it, leave it on the chorus, fine, it fit the vibe there – maybe even on the outro sequence. The verse could’ve used the punch of the clean vocal, in my opinion.\nNext up is REJOICE. Another solid tune overall, the melancholy drone with an odd time – I’m here for it. The vocoder is still there, but not as egregious through the entire thing. This one didn’t hit me as hard on the first listen like the last two did. I was vibing through the entire thing – unfortunately up til the synth at the end. There’s a few spots in the project where it really lends itself well, to the point that going forward I can see some synth integration in the older stuff. I’m for a weird noise. There’s just this feeling of “Zack got a synth at a garage sale and hasn’t quite figured it out yet”. Not unwelcome, just not crazy about the performance.\nASHES to close out the project. I remember on first listen that the chorus hit my ear a bit weird, something about the distortion wasn’t sitting right - but after listens 3 and 4 it has eased up on me. The feeling persists of Zacky not completely familiar with his instrument yet (if that’s even him). This one doesn’t sound as outlandish – they’ve always had a sense of theatrics, especially more present since The Stage – and that theatric sense is still there.\nConclusion Okay. Overall, yeah it’s weird. It’s a bold choice to do a bunch of acid and switch your rock band to a pseudo-techo-RnB project. It’s a bold choice to smother your new project in so much vocoder that we need a protocol droid to translate it. I can see that from the fan’s side.\nAt the same time, I’m all for a group doing new things. LIBAD wasn’t for everybody, this one won’t be either. If the production wasn\u0026rsquo;t so all over the place these songs could be stellar. The drums weren’t punching the same way, and the synth proficiency could use a little work if they’re gonna continue to put it on record.\nAND LESS FKN VOCODER\nThis is all coming from a fan with nothing but love. I like what they\u0026rsquo;re going for, but the execution could use a spit-polish\u0026hellip;\n\u0026hellip;and marginally less psychedelics.\n","permalink":"//localhost:1313/reviews/statica/","summary":"\u003ch2 id=\"context\"\u003eContext\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the late 2000s to mid 2010s, I was finding my tastes as a burgeoning musician in middle/high school. We were given MacBooks to daily drive for assignments… and I absolutely abused the hell out of that thing. Ripped many a CD with the kids in class, anything we could get our hands on. I was listening to a lot of Green Day, Weezer, Rush, Metallica – as well as finding my way into EDM with the likes of deadmau5, Skrillex, Excision, Bassnectar (I would also find the masterpiece that is Enter the Haggis around this time, but that’s a story for a different day). I wanted it all. I was hungry.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Statica EP - Avenged Sevenfold"},{"content":"A collection of my favorite moments with these goons.\n207 Maine Your browser does not support the video tag. A cool opportunity, I think it was two songs? If I can track down the other one I\u0026rsquo;ll throw it up here. Rumor has it they still air.\nOpening for the Mallett Brothers at the Widowmaker (Sugarloaf) Your browser does not support the video tag. Such a fun show.\n","permalink":"//localhost:1313/music/207/","summary":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA collection of my favorite moments with these goons.\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"207-maine\"\u003e207 Maine\u003c/h2\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"video-wrapper\" style=\"max-width: 100%; margin: 0 auto;\"\u003e\n  \u003cvideo src=\"/videos/207.mp4\" controls style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\"\u003e\n    Your browser does not support the video tag.\n  \u003c/video\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA cool opportunity, I think it was two songs? If I can track down the other one I\u0026rsquo;ll throw it up here. Rumor has it they still air.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"opening-for-the-mallett-brothers-at-the-widowmaker-sugarloaf\"\u003eOpening for the Mallett Brothers at the Widowmaker (Sugarloaf)\u003c/h2\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"video-wrapper\" style=\"max-width: 100%; margin: 0 auto;\"\u003e\n  \u003cvideo src=\"/videos/wait.mp4\" controls style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\"\u003e\n    Your browser does not support the video tag.\n  \u003c/video\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSuch a fun show.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"The Chicken Street Band"},{"content":"The network\u0026rsquo;s in a cool spot right now.\nThe whole team The Gesellschaft TrueNAS on a 6th gen i7 with 32gb RAM\nServices here Frigate\nThis has been cool for storing footage from our IP cams, though I\u0026rsquo;m not too thrilled with the performance of our current setup. We use Tapo, and the small ones work fine - but the \u0026ldquo;good\u0026rdquo; one for the entryway doesn\u0026rsquo;t support local account setup. We bought them in a pinch and they\u0026rsquo;ve been effective, but I\u0026rsquo;m not crazy about them. Immich\nAn excellent tool that I haven\u0026rsquo;t given the time it deserves. It\u0026rsquo;s intended to be a \u0026ldquo;set and forget\u0026rdquo; image backup, which it\u0026rsquo;s served well as, though I would like to delve a bit deeper. Time is an illusion. Jellyfin\nWhat else can I say. A perfect tool for streaming (ahem) acquired media. A bit clunky for music, however. So we use instead\u0026hellip; Navidrome\nAnother perfect tool for interfacing with your media of the audio varitety. The metadata is only as good as YOU make it, but that\u0026rsquo;s a fun mindless task for when you wanna get stoned and data entry for a bit. (What, just me?) Memos\nA fun markdown-based tool for keeping notes, designed to look and function like a self-hosted Twitter. Sorts by tags, comes with a search integrated. Real fun to mess with, though I\u0026rsquo;ve since kinda abandoned it since building this. The Servbot Ubuntu 26.04 on a 4th Gen i5 with 16gb RAM\nA rugged little beast. Formerly part of a Proxmox cluster, running HA on three of these guys proved to be a bit much.\nServices here Nginx Proxy Manager\nSomething I started using early on, as soon as I bought the first domain. I know how to use it, it handles Cloudflare well, so far little complaints. Dockge\nHandy for deploying Docker stuff quickly. I like the interface Pinchflat\nFor archiving those important videos OpenSpeedTest\nshrugs Why not? Seerr\nBetter for requests than a Discord server Futo Notes\nI\u0026rsquo;d rather have my text files be my responsibility The Stack\nThe less said the better Gitea\nGetting familiar with that setup, but that\u0026rsquo;s been clunky The Router Running OPNSense on a decommissioned kiosk computer I nabbed from work. A 7th gen i3 with two NIC jacks in a compact form factor\u0026hellip; that had a locked bios. It booted legacy, though, and that\u0026rsquo;s all I needed.\n","permalink":"//localhost:1313/docs/currentlab/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eThe network\u0026rsquo;s in a cool spot right now.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cfigure\u003e\n    \u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" src=\"/images/lab.jpg\" width=\"600\"/\u003e \u003cfigcaption\u003e\n            The whole team\n        \u003c/figcaption\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch1 id=\"the-gesellschaft\"\u003eThe Gesellschaft\u003c/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTrueNAS on a 6th gen i7 with 32gb RAM\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"services-here\"\u003eServices here\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrigate\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThis has been cool for storing footage from our IP cams, though I\u0026rsquo;m not too thrilled with the performance of our current setup. We use Tapo, and the small ones work fine - but the \u0026ldquo;good\u0026rdquo; one for the entryway doesn\u0026rsquo;t support local account setup. We bought them in a pinch and they\u0026rsquo;ve been effective, but I\u0026rsquo;m not crazy about them.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eImmich\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","title":"What's in the lab right now?"},{"content":"","permalink":"//localhost:1313/main/","summary":"","title":"Main"},{"content":"But that can change!\nBook some noise for your occasion at:\nbwnoises@proton.me\nMake sure to put \u0026ldquo;Music\u0026rdquo; in the subject!\nIn the meantime\u0026hellip; Here\u0026rsquo;s some proof I do things! Your browser does not support the video tag. Your browser does not support the video tag. Your browser does not support the video tag. ","permalink":"//localhost:1313/shows/tba/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eBut that can change!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBook some noise for your occasion at:\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"mailto:bwnoises@proton.me\"\u003ebwnoises@proton.me\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMake sure to put \u0026ldquo;Music\u0026rdquo; in the subject!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"in-the-meantime-heres-some-proof-i-do-things\"\u003eIn the meantime\u0026hellip; Here\u0026rsquo;s some proof I do things!\u003c/h2\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"video-wrapper\" style=\"max-width: 100%; margin: 0 auto;\"\u003e\n  \u003cvideo src=\"/videos/solo/blackwater.mp4\" controls style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\"\u003e\n    Your browser does not support the video tag.\n  \u003c/video\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\n    \u003cdiv class=\"video-wrapper\" style=\"max-width: 100%; margin: 0 auto;\"\u003e\n  \u003cvideo src=\"/videos/solo/lionman.mp4\" controls style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\"\u003e\n    Your browser does not support the video tag.\n  \u003c/video\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\n    \u003cdiv class=\"video-wrapper\" style=\"max-width: 100%; margin: 0 auto;\"\u003e\n  \u003cvideo src=\"/videos/solo/recovery.mp4\" controls style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\"\u003e\n    Your browser does not support the video tag.\n  \u003c/video\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e","title":"It's a little empty right now..."}]
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+[{"content":"God I love smoking.\nBut lately it\u0026rsquo;s been getting old.\n","permalink":"//localhost:1313/posts/smoking/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eGod I love smoking.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut lately it\u0026rsquo;s been getting old.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Smoking"},{"content":"These are the wubs I made. I am capable of original thought (for the most part)!\nMeager The first original EDM composition I completed on FL Studio Mobile. It created a monster.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Ladybugs Named after the abundance of not-ladybugs-but-beetles that invade the house every year.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Massive I like that song \u0026ldquo;Teardrop\u0026rdquo; by Massive Attack quite a bit, I wanted to make a Massive Attack song. Don\u0026rsquo;t mind the weird aetherial videogame-choir in the middle.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Petrock Named after one of the objects living on my desk\nYour browser does not support the audio element. RaiseYourRipoff Not a blatant ripoff per-se, but definitely heavily inspired by the mau5. I\u0026rsquo;m attached to the outro, very NIN coded.\nPretty proud of this one.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Save the Riff I played a drop D guitar riff and thought it would sound good as the main riff of a wub. This is what followed.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. An Imperfect Rhombus The only of this crop to be done in Reaper, pretty sure the rest are done in FL Studio Mobile (They don\u0026rsquo;t sound as full as this one does IMHO)\nWe need more weird time signatures in techno\nYour browser does not support the audio element. ","permalink":"//localhost:1313/music/techno/originals/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eThese are the wubs I made. I am capable of original thought (for the most part)!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"meager\"\u003eMeager\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe first original EDM composition I completed on FL Studio Mobile. It created a monster.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cfigure\u003e\n    \u003caudio controls preload=\"metadata\" style=\"width: 100%;\"\u003e\n        \u003csource src=\"/audio/techno/original/Meager.mp3\" type=\"audio/mpeg\"\u003e\n        Your browser does not support the audio element.\n    \u003c/audio\u003e\n    \n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"ladybugs\"\u003eLadybugs\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNamed after the abundance of not-ladybugs-but-beetles that invade the house every year.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cfigure\u003e\n    \u003caudio controls preload=\"metadata\" style=\"width: 100%;\"\u003e\n        \u003csource src=\"/audio/techno/original/Ladybugs.mp3\" type=\"audio/mpeg\"\u003e\n        Your browser does not support the audio element.\n    \u003c/audio\u003e\n    \n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"massive\"\u003eMassive\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI like that song \u0026ldquo;Teardrop\u0026rdquo; by Massive Attack quite a bit, I wanted to make a Massive Attack song. Don\u0026rsquo;t mind the weird aetherial videogame-choir in the middle.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Originals"},{"content":"Some remixed tunes for your wubby pleasure\nRemixes ChixNRibz (lost) Unfortunately I can\u0026rsquo;t find this one right off, but chronologically it\u0026rsquo;s the first \u0026ldquo;remix\u0026rdquo; I did - Bridges and Rivers by The Chicken Street Band. What follows is a byproduct of that project, though.\nNumber One - Tophouse Technically the second remix I did. A great nerdy folk group, no shortage of LotR love at their shows (complete with live readings of passages from The Hobbit). I could hear the remix in my head on the first listen, this is what followed.\nBest described internally as \u0026ldquo;Topsmokers\u0026rdquo;\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Do You Like What I\u0026rsquo;m Sayin? - J. McFarlane\u0026rsquo;s Reality Guest A top notch weird band out of Australia. Henry Rollins played two of their songs on the brief run of \u0026ldquo;The Cool Quarantine\u0026rdquo; he did with KCRW back in 2020. Go check \u0026rsquo;em out\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Balto - Enter the Haggis Pretty proud of this one, tbh.\nThis band has meant a lot to me for a long time, it was only fitting to wub one of their tunes.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. No More Tears - Ozzy Osbourne Losing Ozzy hit me harder than I anticipated it would. I hadn\u0026rsquo;t cried like that since Neil Peart. This one never got finished, but I do like where it went. Maybe I\u0026rsquo;ll get back to it.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Whatsername - Green Day This one\u0026rsquo;s pretty basic compared to the others, they\u0026rsquo;re all just for fun, but I basically just wanted to hear the tune gamified. I think I succeeded. The back half is pretty fun and dancey.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. That\u0026rsquo;s it for now\u0026hellip;.\n","permalink":"//localhost:1313/music/techno/remixes/","summary":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSome remixed tunes for your wubby pleasure\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch1 id=\"remixes\"\u003eRemixes\u003c/h1\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"chixnribz-lost\"\u003eChixNRibz (lost)\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnfortunately I can\u0026rsquo;t find this one right off, but chronologically it\u0026rsquo;s the first \u0026ldquo;remix\u0026rdquo; I did - Bridges and Rivers by The Chicken Street Band. What follows is a byproduct of that project, though.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"number-one---tophouse\"\u003eNumber One - \u003ca href=\"https://tidal.com/artist/8994731\"\u003eTophouse\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTechnically the second remix I did. A great nerdy folk group, no shortage of LotR love at their shows (complete with live readings of passages from The Hobbit). I could hear the remix in my head on the first listen, this is what followed.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Remixes"},{"content":"The spiritual successor to The Chicken Street Band, rockifying and expanding the existing setlist\n\u0026ldquo;Need some Honey\u0026rdquo; by Nathaniel Rateliff \u0026amp; the Night Sweats, in a sweaty bar in Hallowell Your browser does not support the video tag. \u0026ldquo;The Hollow\u0026rdquo; by yours truly, one of my favorite performances of this tune Your browser does not support the video tag. \u0026ldquo;Up on Cripple Creek\u0026rdquo; by The Band ft. one of the best sound guys I\u0026rsquo;ve worked with Your browser does not support the video tag. ","permalink":"//localhost:1313/music/poultryhighway/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eThe spiritual successor to The Chicken Street Band, rockifying and expanding the existing setlist\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026ldquo;Need some Honey\u0026rdquo; by Nathaniel Rateliff \u0026amp; the Night Sweats, in a sweaty bar in Hallowell\n    \u003cdiv class=\"video-wrapper\" style=\"max-width: 50%; margin: 0 auto;\"\u003e\n  \u003cvideo src=\"/videos/poultry/needsomehoney.mp4\" controls style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\"\u003e\n    Your browser does not support the video tag.\n  \u003c/video\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026ldquo;The Hollow\u0026rdquo; by yours truly, one of my favorite performances of this tune\n    \u003cdiv class=\"video-wrapper\" style=\"max-width: 50%; margin: 0 auto;\"\u003e\n  \u003cvideo src=\"/videos/poultry/hollow.mp4\" controls style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\"\u003e\n    Your browser does not support the video tag.\n  \u003c/video\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Poultry Highway"},{"content":"When I was but a burgeoning penguin cutting my teeth in Mint, my first few forays with mounting a new drive had proven to be a struggle. Sure - LLMs exist now, why bother writing this?\nWhy not.\nThis brief tutorial should be cross-flavor, meaning it should work on Debian-, Fedora-, and Arch-based systems alike. For today\u0026rsquo;s guide we\u0026rsquo;ll be using CachyOS, adjust for your package manager accordingly! :)\nSTOP TALKING AND GIVE ME INFO Installing Gnome Disks I\u0026rsquo;m assuming your drive is already installed in the machine.\nTo begin, if you don\u0026rsquo;t already have it, I like to use Gnome\u0026rsquo;s Disk Utility on most of my distributions - it is handy for our use case.\nInstall it with:\nsudo pacman -Syyu sudo pacman -S gnome-disk-utility Then we leave that terminal open to the side, and open up what we just installed. You can either search \u0026ldquo;Disks\u0026rdquo; in your app launcher, or run:\ngnome-disk-utility Ideally you\u0026rsquo;ll have Disks on one window, terminal on the other.\nFormatting Now. In Disks, you\u0026rsquo;ll want to format your disk from the 3-dot menu in the top right.\nOnce formatted, mount the sucker. Name it something you\u0026rsquo;ll remember, we\u0026rsquo;ll need it soon.\n(Quick note! If you plan to daily this drive in Linux, leave it as \u0026ldquo;ext4\u0026rdquo;. If you intend to dual boot, format to \u0026ldquo;fat32\u0026rdquo;)\nMaking a Directory Now you\u0026rsquo;re formatted. You\u0026rsquo;ll notice a little string of numbers under the partition now, a field labeled \u0026ldquo;UUID\u0026rdquo;. We need that. Copy paste your UUID, and move over to the terminal\nNow it\u0026rsquo;s time to make a directory - so the computer knows where to dump the available storage. In your terminal:\nsudo mkdir -p /mnt/YourDriveName Name the directory whatever you decided earlier.\n/etc/fstab sudo nano /etc/fstab Use the DOWN key to go to the bottom of the file. Once there, insert:\nUUID=[uuid from Gnome Disk Util] /mnt/ ","permalink":"//localhost:1313/docs/fstab/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eWhen I was but a burgeoning penguin cutting my teeth in Mint, my first few forays with mounting a new drive had proven to be a struggle.  Sure - LLMs exist now, why bother writing this?\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhy not.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis brief tutorial should be cross-flavor, meaning it should work on Debian-, Fedora-, and Arch-based systems alike. For today\u0026rsquo;s guide we\u0026rsquo;ll be using CachyOS, adjust for your package manager accordingly! :)\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"stop-talking-and-give-me-info\"\u003eSTOP TALKING AND GIVE ME INFO\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"installing-gnome-disks\"\u003eInstalling Gnome Disks\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI\u0026rsquo;m assuming your drive is already installed in the machine.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"fstab guide"},{"content":"\u0026ldquo;The Hollow\u0026rdquo;, with The Chicken Street Band at Roots Revival Fest 8/2/24\nYour browser does not support the audio element. ","permalink":"//localhost:1313/music/originals/","summary":"\u003cp\u003e\u0026ldquo;The Hollow\u0026rdquo;, with The Chicken Street Band at Roots Revival Fest 8/2/24\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"hahahugoshortcode16s0hbhb\"\u003e\u003cfigure\u003e\n    \u003caudio controls preload=\"metadata\" style=\"width: 100%;\"\u003e\n        \u003csource src=\"/audio/hollowroots.mp3\" type=\"audio/mpeg\"\u003e\n        Your browser does not support the audio element.\n    \u003c/audio\u003e\n    \n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\u003c/h2\u003e","title":"Songs I wrote!"},{"content":"Context In the late 2000s to mid 2010s, I was finding my tastes as a burgeoning musician in middle/high school. We were given MacBooks to daily drive for assignments… and I absolutely abused the hell out of that thing. Ripped many a CD with the kids in class, anything we could get our hands on. I was listening to a lot of Green Day, Weezer, Rush, Metallica – as well as finding my way into EDM with the likes of deadmau5, Skrillex, Excision, Bassnectar (I would also find the masterpiece that is Enter the Haggis around this time, but that’s a story for a different day). I wanted it all. I was hungry.\nThere was one kid I ended up jiving with. His music taste was as weird as mine, just in WAY different directions. He’d made it down a few more rabbit holes than I had. He preferred bands like Sleeping with Sirens, Pierce the Veil, Black Veil Brides… There were exceptions to the rule like “King for a Day” (I heard it BEFORE TikTok made it cool!), but not many… until he showed me Avenged Sevenfold.\nThey wore the makeup and had the aesthetic same as those bands, but I saw something… different about them. They didn’t sound like the others. I had to know why. That kid gave me his copy of the self titled record to borrow - I copied it in class that day, gave him the CD back, and proceeded to have my mind blown for the next hour.\nSince then I’ve been there through the ups and downs, the ins and outs. The Call of Duty collabs (which were actually GREAT tunes), the non-actionable Guns \u0026amp; Roses/Metallica ripoffs when they wouldn’t let the new drummer show off at all, what we thought was gonna be one instance of a Daft Punk impression… I was there. I liked them and continue to. And now I get to be there for more Daft Punk impressions.\nContents I say that, but this project was at least a bit different than the stuff on Life is But a Dream.\nLIGHTS was shocking for an intro, though it served its purpose as the intro – it really kinda let us know what we’re in for. The first few seconds are almost Stage-coded, and I was settling in for “This is gonna take a couple listens”. Then the vocoder kicks in. “Oh, this is gonna take a couple MORE listens.”\nThen we have the title track STATICA. Overall, I don’t think this is a bad tune. It sounds like them, it drives, it’s ALMOST there. The commont theme for this project though, is the cardinal sin of too much fuckin’ vocoder – the vocal performance is good! If they insist on having it, leave it on the chorus, fine, it fit the vibe there – maybe even on the outro sequence. The verse could’ve used the punch of the clean vocal, in my opinion.\nNext up is REJOICE. Another solid tune overall, the melancholy drone with an odd time – I’m here for it. The vocoder is still there, but not as egregious through the entire thing. This one didn’t hit me as hard on the first listen like the last two did. I was vibing through the entire thing – unfortunately up til the synth at the end. There’s a few spots in the project where it really lends itself well, to the point that going forward I can see some synth integration in the older stuff. I’m for a weird noise. There’s just this feeling of “Zack got a synth at a garage sale and hasn’t quite figured it out yet”. Not unwelcome, just not crazy about the performance.\nASHES to close out the project. I remember on first listen that the chorus hit my ear a bit weird, something about the distortion wasn’t sitting right - but after listens 3 and 4 it has eased up on me. The feeling persists of Zacky not completely familiar with his instrument yet (if that’s even him). This one doesn’t sound as outlandish – they’ve always had a sense of theatrics, especially more present since The Stage – and that theatric sense is still there.\nConclusion Okay. Overall, yeah it’s weird. It’s a bold choice to do a bunch of acid and switch your rock band to a pseudo-techo-RnB project. It’s a bold choice to smother your new project in so much vocoder that we need a protocol droid to translate it. I can see that from the fan’s side.\nAt the same time, I’m all for a group doing new things. LIBAD wasn’t for everybody, this one won’t be either. If the production wasn\u0026rsquo;t so all over the place these songs could be stellar. The drums weren’t punching the same way, and the synth proficiency could use a little work if they’re gonna continue to put it on record.\nAND LESS FKN VOCODER\nThis is all coming from a fan with nothing but love. I like what they\u0026rsquo;re going for, but the execution could use a spit-polish\u0026hellip;\n\u0026hellip;and marginally less psychedelics.\n","permalink":"//localhost:1313/reviews/statica/","summary":"\u003ch2 id=\"context\"\u003eContext\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the late 2000s to mid 2010s, I was finding my tastes as a burgeoning musician in middle/high school. We were given MacBooks to daily drive for assignments… and I absolutely abused the hell out of that thing. Ripped many a CD with the kids in class, anything we could get our hands on. I was listening to a lot of Green Day, Weezer, Rush, Metallica – as well as finding my way into EDM with the likes of deadmau5, Skrillex, Excision, Bassnectar (I would also find the masterpiece that is Enter the Haggis around this time, but that’s a story for a different day). I wanted it all. I was hungry.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Statica EP - Avenged Sevenfold"},{"content":"A collection of my favorite moments with these goons.\n207 Maine Your browser does not support the video tag. A cool opportunity, I think it was two songs? If I can track down the other one I\u0026rsquo;ll throw it up here. Rumor has it they still air.\nOpening for the Mallett Brothers at the Widowmaker (Sugarloaf) Your browser does not support the video tag. Such a fun show.\n","permalink":"//localhost:1313/music/207/","summary":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA collection of my favorite moments with these goons.\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"207-maine\"\u003e207 Maine\u003c/h2\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"video-wrapper\" style=\"max-width: 100%; margin: 0 auto;\"\u003e\n  \u003cvideo src=\"/videos/207.mp4\" controls style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\"\u003e\n    Your browser does not support the video tag.\n  \u003c/video\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA cool opportunity, I think it was two songs? If I can track down the other one I\u0026rsquo;ll throw it up here. Rumor has it they still air.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"opening-for-the-mallett-brothers-at-the-widowmaker-sugarloaf\"\u003eOpening for the Mallett Brothers at the Widowmaker (Sugarloaf)\u003c/h2\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"video-wrapper\" style=\"max-width: 100%; margin: 0 auto;\"\u003e\n  \u003cvideo src=\"/videos/wait.mp4\" controls style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\"\u003e\n    Your browser does not support the video tag.\n  \u003c/video\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSuch a fun show.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"The Chicken Street Band"},{"content":"The network\u0026rsquo;s in a cool spot right now.\nThe whole team The Gesellschaft TrueNAS on a 6th gen i7 with 32gb RAM\nServices here Frigate\nThis has been cool for storing footage from our IP cams, though I\u0026rsquo;m not too thrilled with the performance of our current setup. We use Tapo, and the small ones work fine - but the \u0026ldquo;good\u0026rdquo; one for the entryway doesn\u0026rsquo;t support local account setup. We bought them in a pinch and they\u0026rsquo;ve been effective, but I\u0026rsquo;m not crazy about them. Immich\nAn excellent tool that I haven\u0026rsquo;t given the time it deserves. It\u0026rsquo;s intended to be a \u0026ldquo;set and forget\u0026rdquo; image backup, which it\u0026rsquo;s served well as, though I would like to delve a bit deeper. Time is an illusion. Jellyfin\nWhat else can I say. A perfect tool for streaming (ahem) acquired media. A bit clunky for music, however. So we use instead\u0026hellip; Navidrome\nAnother perfect tool for interfacing with your media of the audio varitety. The metadata is only as good as YOU make it, but that\u0026rsquo;s a fun mindless task for when you wanna get stoned and data entry for a bit. (What, just me?) Memos\nA fun markdown-based tool for keeping notes, designed to look and function like a self-hosted Twitter. Sorts by tags, comes with a search integrated. Real fun to mess with, though I\u0026rsquo;ve since kinda abandoned it since building this. The Servbot Ubuntu 26.04 on a 4th Gen i5 with 16gb RAM\nA rugged little beast. Formerly part of a Proxmox cluster, running HA on three of these guys proved to be a bit much.\nServices here Nginx Proxy Manager\nSomething I started using early on, as soon as I bought the first domain. I know how to use it, it handles Cloudflare well, so far little complaints. Dockge\nHandy for deploying Docker stuff quickly. I like the interface Pinchflat\nFor archiving those important videos OpenSpeedTest\nshrugs Why not? Seerr\nBetter for requests than a Discord server Futo Notes\nI\u0026rsquo;d rather have my text files be my responsibility The Stack\nThe less said the better Gitea\nGetting familiar with that setup, but that\u0026rsquo;s been clunky The Router Running OPNSense on a decommissioned kiosk computer I nabbed from work. A 7th gen i3 with two NIC jacks in a compact form factor\u0026hellip; that had a locked bios. It booted legacy, though, and that\u0026rsquo;s all I needed.\n","permalink":"//localhost:1313/docs/currentlab/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eThe network\u0026rsquo;s in a cool spot right now.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cfigure\u003e\n    \u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" src=\"/images/lab.jpg\" width=\"600\"/\u003e \u003cfigcaption\u003e\n            The whole team\n        \u003c/figcaption\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch1 id=\"the-gesellschaft\"\u003eThe Gesellschaft\u003c/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTrueNAS on a 6th gen i7 with 32gb RAM\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"services-here\"\u003eServices here\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrigate\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThis has been cool for storing footage from our IP cams, though I\u0026rsquo;m not too thrilled with the performance of our current setup. We use Tapo, and the small ones work fine - but the \u0026ldquo;good\u0026rdquo; one for the entryway doesn\u0026rsquo;t support local account setup. We bought them in a pinch and they\u0026rsquo;ve been effective, but I\u0026rsquo;m not crazy about them.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eImmich\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","title":"What's in the lab right now?"},{"content":"","permalink":"//localhost:1313/main/","summary":"","title":"Main"},{"content":"But that can change!\nBook some noise for your occasion at:\nbwnoises@proton.me\nMake sure to put \u0026ldquo;Music\u0026rdquo; in the subject!\nIn the meantime\u0026hellip; Here\u0026rsquo;s some proof I do things! Your browser does not support the video tag. Your browser does not support the video tag. Your browser does not support the video tag. ","permalink":"//localhost:1313/shows/tba/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eBut that can change!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBook some noise for your occasion at:\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"mailto:bwnoises@proton.me\"\u003ebwnoises@proton.me\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMake sure to put \u0026ldquo;Music\u0026rdquo; in the subject!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"in-the-meantime-heres-some-proof-i-do-things\"\u003eIn the meantime\u0026hellip; Here\u0026rsquo;s some proof I do things!\u003c/h2\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"video-wrapper\" style=\"max-width: 100%; margin: 0 auto;\"\u003e\n  \u003cvideo src=\"/videos/solo/blackwater.mp4\" controls style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\"\u003e\n    Your browser does not support the video tag.\n  \u003c/video\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\n    \u003cdiv class=\"video-wrapper\" style=\"max-width: 100%; margin: 0 auto;\"\u003e\n  \u003cvideo src=\"/videos/solo/lionman.mp4\" controls style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\"\u003e\n    Your browser does not support the video tag.\n  \u003c/video\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\n    \u003cdiv class=\"video-wrapper\" style=\"max-width: 100%; margin: 0 auto;\"\u003e\n  \u003cvideo src=\"/videos/solo/recovery.mp4\" controls style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\"\u003e\n    Your browser does not support the video tag.\n  \u003c/video\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e","title":"It's a little empty right now..."},{"content":"God I love smoking.\nBut lately it\u0026rsquo;s been getting old.\n","permalink":"//localhost:1313/posts/smoking/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eGod I love smoking.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut lately it\u0026rsquo;s been getting old.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Smoking"},{"content":"These are the wubs I made. I am capable of original thought (for the most part)!\nMeager The first original EDM composition I completed on FL Studio Mobile. It created a monster.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Ladybugs Named after the abundance of not-ladybugs-but-beetles that invade the house every year.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Massive I like that song \u0026ldquo;Teardrop\u0026rdquo; by Massive Attack quite a bit, I wanted to make a Massive Attack song. Don\u0026rsquo;t mind the weird aetherial videogame-choir in the middle.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Petrock Named after one of the objects living on my desk\nYour browser does not support the audio element. RaiseYourRipoff Not a blatant ripoff per-se, but definitely heavily inspired by the mau5. I\u0026rsquo;m attached to the outro, very NIN coded.\nPretty proud of this one.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Save the Riff I played a drop D guitar riff and thought it would sound good as the main riff of a wub. This is what followed.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. An Imperfect Rhombus The only of this crop to be done in Reaper, pretty sure the rest are done in FL Studio Mobile (They don\u0026rsquo;t sound as full as this one does IMHO)\nWe need more weird time signatures in techno\nYour browser does not support the audio element. ","permalink":"//localhost:1313/music/techno/originals/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eThese are the wubs I made. I am capable of original thought (for the most part)!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"meager\"\u003eMeager\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe first original EDM composition I completed on FL Studio Mobile. It created a monster.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cfigure\u003e\n    \u003caudio controls preload=\"metadata\" style=\"width: 100%;\"\u003e\n        \u003csource src=\"/audio/techno/original/Meager.mp3\" type=\"audio/mpeg\"\u003e\n        Your browser does not support the audio element.\n    \u003c/audio\u003e\n    \n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"ladybugs\"\u003eLadybugs\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNamed after the abundance of not-ladybugs-but-beetles that invade the house every year.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cfigure\u003e\n    \u003caudio controls preload=\"metadata\" style=\"width: 100%;\"\u003e\n        \u003csource src=\"/audio/techno/original/Ladybugs.mp3\" type=\"audio/mpeg\"\u003e\n        Your browser does not support the audio element.\n    \u003c/audio\u003e\n    \n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"massive\"\u003eMassive\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI like that song \u0026ldquo;Teardrop\u0026rdquo; by Massive Attack quite a bit, I wanted to make a Massive Attack song. Don\u0026rsquo;t mind the weird aetherial videogame-choir in the middle.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Originals"},{"content":"Some remixed tunes for your wubby pleasure\nRemixes ChixNRibz (lost) Unfortunately I can\u0026rsquo;t find this one right off, but chronologically it\u0026rsquo;s the first \u0026ldquo;remix\u0026rdquo; I did - Bridges and Rivers by The Chicken Street Band. What follows is a byproduct of that project, though.\nNumber One - Tophouse Technically the second remix I did. A great nerdy folk group, no shortage of LotR love at their shows (complete with live readings of passages from The Hobbit). I could hear the remix in my head on the first listen, this is what followed.\nBest described internally as \u0026ldquo;Topsmokers\u0026rdquo;\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Do You Like What I\u0026rsquo;m Sayin? - J. McFarlane\u0026rsquo;s Reality Guest A top notch weird band out of Australia. Henry Rollins played two of their songs on the brief run of \u0026ldquo;The Cool Quarantine\u0026rdquo; he did with KCRW back in 2020. Go check \u0026rsquo;em out\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Balto - Enter the Haggis Pretty proud of this one, tbh.\nThis band has meant a lot to me for a long time, it was only fitting to wub one of their tunes.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. No More Tears - Ozzy Osbourne Losing Ozzy hit me harder than I anticipated it would. I hadn\u0026rsquo;t cried like that since Neil Peart. This one never got finished, but I do like where it went. Maybe I\u0026rsquo;ll get back to it.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. Whatsername - Green Day This one\u0026rsquo;s pretty basic compared to the others, they\u0026rsquo;re all just for fun, but I basically just wanted to hear the tune gamified. I think I succeeded. The back half is pretty fun and dancey.\nYour browser does not support the audio element. That\u0026rsquo;s it for now\u0026hellip;.\n","permalink":"//localhost:1313/music/techno/remixes/","summary":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSome remixed tunes for your wubby pleasure\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch1 id=\"remixes\"\u003eRemixes\u003c/h1\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"chixnribz-lost\"\u003eChixNRibz (lost)\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnfortunately I can\u0026rsquo;t find this one right off, but chronologically it\u0026rsquo;s the first \u0026ldquo;remix\u0026rdquo; I did - Bridges and Rivers by The Chicken Street Band. What follows is a byproduct of that project, though.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"number-one---tophouse\"\u003eNumber One - \u003ca href=\"https://tidal.com/artist/8994731\"\u003eTophouse\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTechnically the second remix I did. A great nerdy folk group, no shortage of LotR love at their shows (complete with live readings of passages from The Hobbit). I could hear the remix in my head on the first listen, this is what followed.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Remixes"},{"content":"The spiritual successor to The Chicken Street Band, rockifying and expanding the existing setlist\n\u0026ldquo;Need some Honey\u0026rdquo; by Nathaniel Rateliff \u0026amp; the Night Sweats, in a sweaty bar in Hallowell Your browser does not support the video tag. \u0026ldquo;The Hollow\u0026rdquo; by yours truly, one of my favorite performances of this tune Your browser does not support the video tag. \u0026ldquo;Up on Cripple Creek\u0026rdquo; by The Band ft. one of the best sound guys I\u0026rsquo;ve worked with Your browser does not support the video tag. ","permalink":"//localhost:1313/music/poultryhighway/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eThe spiritual successor to The Chicken Street Band, rockifying and expanding the existing setlist\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026ldquo;Need some Honey\u0026rdquo; by Nathaniel Rateliff \u0026amp; the Night Sweats, in a sweaty bar in Hallowell\n    \u003cdiv class=\"video-wrapper\" style=\"max-width: 50%; margin: 0 auto;\"\u003e\n  \u003cvideo src=\"/videos/poultry/needsomehoney.mp4\" controls style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\"\u003e\n    Your browser does not support the video tag.\n  \u003c/video\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026ldquo;The Hollow\u0026rdquo; by yours truly, one of my favorite performances of this tune\n    \u003cdiv class=\"video-wrapper\" style=\"max-width: 50%; margin: 0 auto;\"\u003e\n  \u003cvideo src=\"/videos/poultry/hollow.mp4\" controls style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\"\u003e\n    Your browser does not support the video tag.\n  \u003c/video\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Poultry Highway"},{"content":"When I was but a burgeoning penguin cutting my teeth in Mint, my first few forays with mounting a new drive had proven to be a struggle. Sure - LLMs exist now, why bother writing this?\nWhy not.\nThis brief tutorial should be cross-flavor, meaning it should work on Debian-, Fedora-, and Arch-based systems alike. For today\u0026rsquo;s guide we\u0026rsquo;ll be using CachyOS, adjust for your package manager accordingly! :)\nSTOP TALKING AND GIVE ME INFO Installing Gnome Disks I\u0026rsquo;m assuming your drive is already installed in the machine.\nTo begin, if you don\u0026rsquo;t already have it, I like to use Gnome\u0026rsquo;s Disk Utility on most of my distributions - it is handy for our use case.\nInstall it with:\nsudo pacman -Syyu sudo pacman -S gnome-disk-utility Then we leave that terminal open to the side, and open up what we just installed. You can either search \u0026ldquo;Disks\u0026rdquo; in your app launcher, or run:\ngnome-disk-utility Ideally you\u0026rsquo;ll have Disks on one window, terminal on the other.\nFormatting Now. In Disks, you\u0026rsquo;ll want to format your disk from the 3-dot menu in the top right.\nOnce formatted, mount the sucker. Name it something you\u0026rsquo;ll remember, we\u0026rsquo;ll need it soon.\n(Quick note! If you plan to daily this drive in Linux, leave it as \u0026ldquo;ext4\u0026rdquo;. If you intend to dual boot, format to \u0026ldquo;fat32\u0026rdquo;)\nMaking a Directory Now you\u0026rsquo;re formatted. You\u0026rsquo;ll notice a little string of numbers under the partition now, a field labeled \u0026ldquo;UUID\u0026rdquo;. We need that. Copy paste your UUID, and move over to the terminal\nNow it\u0026rsquo;s time to make a directory - so the computer knows where to dump the available storage. In your terminal:\nsudo mkdir -p /mnt/YourDriveName Name the directory whatever you decided earlier.\n/etc/fstab sudo nano /etc/fstab Use the DOWN key to go to the bottom of the file. Once there, insert:\nUUID=[uuid from Gnome Disk Util] /mnt/ ","permalink":"//localhost:1313/docs/fstab/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eWhen I was but a burgeoning penguin cutting my teeth in Mint, my first few forays with mounting a new drive had proven to be a struggle.  Sure - LLMs exist now, why bother writing this?\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhy not.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis brief tutorial should be cross-flavor, meaning it should work on Debian-, Fedora-, and Arch-based systems alike. For today\u0026rsquo;s guide we\u0026rsquo;ll be using CachyOS, adjust for your package manager accordingly! :)\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"stop-talking-and-give-me-info\"\u003eSTOP TALKING AND GIVE ME INFO\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"installing-gnome-disks\"\u003eInstalling Gnome Disks\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI\u0026rsquo;m assuming your drive is already installed in the machine.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"fstab guide"},{"content":"\u0026ldquo;The Hollow\u0026rdquo;, with The Chicken Street Band at Roots Revival Fest 8/2/24\nYour browser does not support the audio element. ","permalink":"//localhost:1313/music/originals/","summary":"\u003cp\u003e\u0026ldquo;The Hollow\u0026rdquo;, with The Chicken Street Band at Roots Revival Fest 8/2/24\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"hahahugoshortcode16s0hbhb\"\u003e\u003cfigure\u003e\n    \u003caudio controls preload=\"metadata\" style=\"width: 100%;\"\u003e\n        \u003csource src=\"/audio/hollowroots.mp3\" type=\"audio/mpeg\"\u003e\n        Your browser does not support the audio element.\n    \u003c/audio\u003e\n    \n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\u003c/h2\u003e","title":"Songs I wrote!"},{"content":"Context In the late 2000s to mid 2010s, I was finding my tastes as a burgeoning musician in middle/high school. We were given MacBooks to daily drive for assignments… and I absolutely abused the hell out of that thing. Ripped many a CD with the kids in class, anything we could get our hands on. I was listening to a lot of Green Day, Weezer, Rush, Metallica – as well as finding my way into EDM with the likes of deadmau5, Skrillex, Excision, Bassnectar (I would also find the masterpiece that is Enter the Haggis around this time, but that’s a story for a different day). I wanted it all. I was hungry.\nThere was one kid I ended up jiving with. His music taste was as weird as mine, just in WAY different directions. He’d made it down a few more rabbit holes than I had. He preferred bands like Sleeping with Sirens, Pierce the Veil, Black Veil Brides… There were exceptions to the rule like “King for a Day” (I heard it BEFORE TikTok made it cool!), but not many… until he showed me Avenged Sevenfold.\nThey wore the makeup and had the aesthetic same as those bands, but I saw something… different about them. They didn’t sound like the others. I had to know why. That kid gave me his copy of the self titled record to borrow - I copied it in class that day, gave him the CD back, and proceeded to have my mind blown for the next hour.\nSince then I’ve been there through the ups and downs, the ins and outs. The Call of Duty collabs (which were actually GREAT tunes), the non-actionable Guns \u0026amp; Roses/Metallica ripoffs when they wouldn’t let the new drummer show off at all, what we thought was gonna be one instance of a Daft Punk impression… I was there. I liked them and continue to. And now I get to be there for more Daft Punk impressions.\nContents I say that, but this project was at least a bit different than the stuff on Life is But a Dream.\nLIGHTS was shocking for an intro, though it served its purpose as the intro – it really kinda let us know what we’re in for. The first few seconds are almost Stage-coded, and I was settling in for “This is gonna take a couple listens”. Then the vocoder kicks in. “Oh, this is gonna take a couple MORE listens.”\nThen we have the title track STATICA. Overall, I don’t think this is a bad tune. It sounds like them, it drives, it’s ALMOST there. The commont theme for this project though, is the cardinal sin of too much fuckin’ vocoder – the vocal performance is good! If they insist on having it, leave it on the chorus, fine, it fit the vibe there – maybe even on the outro sequence. The verse could’ve used the punch of the clean vocal, in my opinion.\nNext up is REJOICE. Another solid tune overall, the melancholy drone with an odd time – I’m here for it. The vocoder is still there, but not as egregious through the entire thing. This one didn’t hit me as hard on the first listen like the last two did. I was vibing through the entire thing – unfortunately up til the synth at the end. There’s a few spots in the project where it really lends itself well, to the point that going forward I can see some synth integration in the older stuff. I’m for a weird noise. There’s just this feeling of “Zack got a synth at a garage sale and hasn’t quite figured it out yet”. Not unwelcome, just not crazy about the performance.\nASHES to close out the project. I remember on first listen that the chorus hit my ear a bit weird, something about the distortion wasn’t sitting right - but after listens 3 and 4 it has eased up on me. The feeling persists of Zacky not completely familiar with his instrument yet (if that’s even him). This one doesn’t sound as outlandish – they’ve always had a sense of theatrics, especially more present since The Stage – and that theatric sense is still there.\nConclusion Okay. Overall, yeah it’s weird. It’s a bold choice to do a bunch of acid and switch your rock band to a pseudo-techo-RnB project. It’s a bold choice to smother your new project in so much vocoder that we need a protocol droid to translate it. I can see that from the fan’s side.\nAt the same time, I’m all for a group doing new things. LIBAD wasn’t for everybody, this one won’t be either. If the production wasn\u0026rsquo;t so all over the place these songs could be stellar. The drums weren’t punching the same way, and the synth proficiency could use a little work if they’re gonna continue to put it on record.\nAND LESS FKN VOCODER\nThis is all coming from a fan with nothing but love. I like what they\u0026rsquo;re going for, but the execution could use a spit-polish\u0026hellip;\n\u0026hellip;and marginally less psychedelics.\n","permalink":"//localhost:1313/reviews/statica/","summary":"\u003ch2 id=\"context\"\u003eContext\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the late 2000s to mid 2010s, I was finding my tastes as a burgeoning musician in middle/high school. We were given MacBooks to daily drive for assignments… and I absolutely abused the hell out of that thing. Ripped many a CD with the kids in class, anything we could get our hands on. I was listening to a lot of Green Day, Weezer, Rush, Metallica – as well as finding my way into EDM with the likes of deadmau5, Skrillex, Excision, Bassnectar (I would also find the masterpiece that is Enter the Haggis around this time, but that’s a story for a different day). I wanted it all. I was hungry.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"Statica EP - Avenged Sevenfold"},{"content":"A collection of my favorite moments with these goons.\n207 Maine Your browser does not support the video tag. A cool opportunity, I think it was two songs? If I can track down the other one I\u0026rsquo;ll throw it up here. Rumor has it they still air.\nOpening for the Mallett Brothers at the Widowmaker (Sugarloaf) Your browser does not support the video tag. Such a fun show.\n","permalink":"//localhost:1313/music/207/","summary":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA collection of my favorite moments with these goons.\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"207-maine\"\u003e207 Maine\u003c/h2\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"video-wrapper\" style=\"max-width: 100%; margin: 0 auto;\"\u003e\n  \u003cvideo src=\"/videos/207.mp4\" controls style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\"\u003e\n    Your browser does not support the video tag.\n  \u003c/video\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA cool opportunity, I think it was two songs? If I can track down the other one I\u0026rsquo;ll throw it up here. Rumor has it they still air.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"opening-for-the-mallett-brothers-at-the-widowmaker-sugarloaf\"\u003eOpening for the Mallett Brothers at the Widowmaker (Sugarloaf)\u003c/h2\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"video-wrapper\" style=\"max-width: 100%; margin: 0 auto;\"\u003e\n  \u003cvideo src=\"/videos/wait.mp4\" controls style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\"\u003e\n    Your browser does not support the video tag.\n  \u003c/video\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSuch a fun show.\u003c/p\u003e","title":"The Chicken Street Band"},{"content":"The network\u0026rsquo;s in a cool spot right now.\nThe whole team The Gesellschaft TrueNAS on a 6th gen i7 with 32gb RAM\nServices here Frigate\nThis has been cool for storing footage from our IP cams, though I\u0026rsquo;m not too thrilled with the performance of our current setup. We use Tapo, and the small ones work fine - but the \u0026ldquo;good\u0026rdquo; one for the entryway doesn\u0026rsquo;t support local account setup. We bought them in a pinch and they\u0026rsquo;ve been effective, but I\u0026rsquo;m not crazy about them. Immich\nAn excellent tool that I haven\u0026rsquo;t given the time it deserves. It\u0026rsquo;s intended to be a \u0026ldquo;set and forget\u0026rdquo; image backup, which it\u0026rsquo;s served well as, though I would like to delve a bit deeper. Time is an illusion. Jellyfin\nWhat else can I say. A perfect tool for streaming (ahem) acquired media. A bit clunky for music, however. So we use instead\u0026hellip; Navidrome\nAnother perfect tool for interfacing with your media of the audio varitety. The metadata is only as good as YOU make it, but that\u0026rsquo;s a fun mindless task for when you wanna get stoned and data entry for a bit. (What, just me?) Memos\nA fun markdown-based tool for keeping notes, designed to look and function like a self-hosted Twitter. Sorts by tags, comes with a search integrated. Real fun to mess with, though I\u0026rsquo;ve since kinda abandoned it since building this. The Servbot Ubuntu 26.04 on a 4th Gen i5 with 16gb RAM\nA rugged little beast. Formerly part of a Proxmox cluster, running HA on three of these guys proved to be a bit much.\nServices here Nginx Proxy Manager\nSomething I started using early on, as soon as I bought the first domain. I know how to use it, it handles Cloudflare well, so far little complaints. Dockge\nHandy for deploying Docker stuff quickly. I like the interface Pinchflat\nFor archiving those important videos OpenSpeedTest\nshrugs Why not? Seerr\nBetter for requests than a Discord server Futo Notes\nI\u0026rsquo;d rather have my text files be my responsibility The Stack\nThe less said the better Gitea\nGetting familiar with that setup, but that\u0026rsquo;s been clunky The Router Running OPNSense on a decommissioned kiosk computer I nabbed from work. A 7th gen i3 with two NIC jacks in a compact form factor\u0026hellip; that had a locked bios. It booted legacy, though, and that\u0026rsquo;s all I needed.\n","permalink":"//localhost:1313/docs/currentlab/","summary":"\u003cp\u003eThe network\u0026rsquo;s in a cool spot right now.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cfigure\u003e\n    \u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" src=\"/images/lab.jpg\" width=\"600\"/\u003e \u003cfigcaption\u003e\n            The whole team\n        \u003c/figcaption\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch1 id=\"the-gesellschaft\"\u003eThe Gesellschaft\u003c/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTrueNAS on a 6th gen i7 with 32gb RAM\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"services-here\"\u003eServices here\u003c/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrigate\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThis has been cool for storing footage from our IP cams, though I\u0026rsquo;m not too thrilled with the performance of our current setup. 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index 0172b2e..9360b1f 100644
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+++ b/public/index.xml
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--- a/public/music/index.xml
+++ b/public/music/index.xml
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--- a/public/sitemap.xml
+++ b/public/sitemap.xml
@@ -38,11 +38,17 @@
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     <lastmod>2026-08-02T22:31:41-04:00</lastmod>
   </url><url>
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+    <loc>//localhost:1313/tags/poultry-highway/</loc>
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   </url><url>
     <loc>//localhost:1313/docs/fstab/</loc>
     <lastmod>2026-08-02T20:58:52-04:00</lastmod>
+  </url><url>
+    <loc>//localhost:1313/tags/guide/</loc>
+    <lastmod>2026-08-02T20:58:52-04:00</lastmod>
+  </url><url>
+    <loc>//localhost:1313/tags/linux/</loc>
+    <lastmod>2026-08-02T20:58:52-04:00</lastmod>
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     <lastmod>2026-08-01T04:24:46+00:00</lastmod>
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-    <loc>//localhost:1313/docs/currentlab/</loc>
+    <loc>//localhost:1313/tags/homelab/</loc>
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-    <loc>//localhost:1313/docs/docshere/</loc>
-    <lastmod>2026-07-31T17:11:06-04:00</lastmod>
+    <loc>//localhost:1313/docs/currentlab/</loc>
+    <lastmod>2026-07-31T22:33:32-04:00</lastmod>
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     <loc>//localhost:1313/shows/</loc>
     <lastmod>2026-07-30T21:07:34-04:00</lastmod>
+  </url><url>
+    <loc>//localhost:1313/tags/shows/</loc>
+    <lastmod>2026-07-30T21:07:34-04:00</lastmod>
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diff --git a/public/tags/band/index.html b/public/tags/band/index.html
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--- a/public/tags/band/index.html
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   <a class="entry-link" aria-label="post link to Poultry Highway" href="//localhost:1313/music/poultryhighway/"></a>
 </article>
+
+<article class="post-entry tag-entry"> 
+  <header class="entry-header">
+    <h2 class="entry-hint-parent">The Chicken Street Band
+    </h2>
+  </header>
+  <div class="entry-content">
+    <p>A collection of my favorite moments with these goons.
+207 Maine Your browser does not support the video tag. A cool opportunity, I think it was two songs? If I can track down the other one I’ll throw it up here. Rumor has it they still air.
+Opening for the Mallett Brothers at the Widowmaker (Sugarloaf) Your browser does not support the video tag. Such a fun show.
+...</p>
+  </div>
+  <footer class="entry-footer">
+
+<span title='2026-08-01 04:24:46 +0000 UTC'>August 1, 2026</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;<span>1 min</span></footer>
+  <a class="entry-link" aria-label="post link to The Chicken Street Band" href="//localhost:1313/music/207/"></a>
+</article>
     </main>
     
 <footer class="footer">
diff --git a/public/tags/band/index.xml b/public/tags/band/index.xml
index 7c8123e..82cdcc6 100644
--- a/public/tags/band/index.xml
+++ b/public/tags/band/index.xml
@@ -30,5 +30,30 @@
 &lt;/div&gt;
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+    <item>
+      <title>The Chicken Street Band</title>
+      <link>//localhost:1313/music/207/</link>
+      <pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 04:24:46 +0000</pubDate>
+      <guid>//localhost:1313/music/207/</guid>
+      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;A collection of my favorite moments with these goons.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
+&lt;hr&gt;
+&lt;h2 id=&#34;207-maine&#34;&gt;207 Maine&lt;/h2&gt;
+    &lt;div class=&#34;video-wrapper&#34; style=&#34;max-width: 100%; margin: 0 auto;&#34;&gt;
+  &lt;video src=&#34;//localhost:1313/videos/207.mp4&#34; controls style=&#34;width: 100%; height: auto;&#34;&gt;
+    Your browser does not support the video tag.
+  &lt;/video&gt;
+&lt;/div&gt;
+
+&lt;p&gt;A cool opportunity, I think it was two songs? If I can track down the other one I&amp;rsquo;ll throw it up here. Rumor has it they still air.&lt;/p&gt;
+&lt;hr&gt;
+&lt;h2 id=&#34;opening-for-the-mallett-brothers-at-the-widowmaker-sugarloaf&#34;&gt;Opening for the Mallett Brothers at the Widowmaker (Sugarloaf)&lt;/h2&gt;
+    &lt;div class=&#34;video-wrapper&#34; style=&#34;max-width: 100%; margin: 0 auto;&#34;&gt;
+  &lt;video src=&#34;//localhost:1313/videos/wait.mp4&#34; controls style=&#34;width: 100%; height: auto;&#34;&gt;
+    Your browser does not support the video tag.
+  &lt;/video&gt;
+&lt;/div&gt;
+
+&lt;p&gt;Such a fun show.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
+    </item>
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-    <p>When I was but a burgeoning console junkie cutting my teeth in Mint, my first few forays with mounting a new drive had proven to be a struggle. Sure - LLMs exist now, why bother writing this?
+    <p>When I was but a burgeoning penguin cutting my teeth in Mint, my first few forays with mounting a new drive had proven to be a struggle. Sure - LLMs exist now, why bother writing this?
 Why not.
 This brief tutorial should be cross-flavor, meaning it should work on Debian-, Fedora-, and Arch-based systems alike. For today’s guide we’ll be using CachyOS, adjust for your package manager accordingly! :)
+STOP TALKING AND GIVE ME INFO Installing Gnome Disks I’m assuming your drive is already installed in the machine.
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+&lt;p&gt;This brief tutorial should be cross-flavor, meaning it should work on Debian-, Fedora-, and Arch-based systems alike. For today&amp;rsquo;s guide we&amp;rsquo;ll be using CachyOS, adjust for your package manager accordingly! :)&lt;/p&gt;
+&lt;h2 id=&#34;stop-talking-and-give-me-info&#34;&gt;STOP TALKING AND GIVE ME INFO&lt;/h2&gt;
+&lt;h3 id=&#34;installing-gnome-disks&#34;&gt;Installing Gnome Disks&lt;/h3&gt;
+&lt;p&gt;I&amp;rsquo;m assuming your drive is already installed in the machine.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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+++ b/public/tags/index.html
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                 <span class="tag-count">(1)</span>
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+        <li>
+            <a href="//localhost:1313/tags/guide/">
+                <strong>Guide</strong> 
+                <span class="tag-count">(1)</span>
+            </a>
+        </li>
+        <li>
+            <a href="//localhost:1313/tags/homelab/">
+                <strong>Homelab</strong> 
+                <span class="tag-count">(1)</span>
+            </a>
+        </li>
+        <li>
+            <a href="//localhost:1313/tags/linux/">
+                <strong>Linux</strong> 
+                <span class="tag-count">(2)</span>
+            </a>
+        </li>
         <li>
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@@ -163,6 +181,12 @@
                 <span class="tag-count">(1)</span>
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         </li>
+        <li>
+            <a href="//localhost:1313/tags/shows/">
+                <strong>Shows</strong> 
+                <span class="tag-count">(1)</span>
+            </a>
+        </li>
         <li>
             <a href="//localhost:1313/tags/techno/">
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diff --git a/public/tags/index.xml b/public/tags/index.xml
index b2ca21a..1aa4744 100644
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-      <guid>//localhost:1313/tags/poultryhighway/</guid>
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diff --git a/public/tags/linux/index.html b/public/tags/linux/index.html
index 1e7fe5a..f90dc5e 100644
--- a/public/tags/linux/index.html
+++ b/public/tags/linux/index.html
@@ -126,6 +126,30 @@
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 </header>
 
+<article class="post-entry tag-entry"> 
+  <header class="entry-header">
+    <h2 class="entry-hint-parent">fstab guide
+      <span class="entry-hint" title="Draft">
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+  <div class="entry-content">
+    <p>When I was but a burgeoning penguin cutting my teeth in Mint, my first few forays with mounting a new drive had proven to be a struggle. Sure - LLMs exist now, why bother writing this?
+Why not.
+This brief tutorial should be cross-flavor, meaning it should work on Debian-, Fedora-, and Arch-based systems alike. For today’s guide we’ll be using CachyOS, adjust for your package manager accordingly! :)
+STOP TALKING AND GIVE ME INFO Installing Gnome Disks I’m assuming your drive is already installed in the machine.
+...</p>
+  </div>
+  <footer class="entry-footer">
+
+<span title='2026-08-02 20:58:52 -0400 EDT'>August 2, 2026</span>&nbsp;·&nbsp;<span>2 min</span></footer>
+  <a class="entry-link" aria-label="post link to fstab guide" href="//localhost:1313/docs/fstab/"></a>
+</article>
+
 <article class="post-entry tag-entry"> 
   <header class="entry-header">
     <h2 class="entry-hint-parent">What&#39;s in the lab right now?
diff --git a/public/tags/linux/index.xml b/public/tags/linux/index.xml
index d96c035..9958d7a 100644
--- a/public/tags/linux/index.xml
+++ b/public/tags/linux/index.xml
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-    <lastBuildDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2026 22:33:32 -0400</lastBuildDate>
+    <lastBuildDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2026 20:58:52 -0400</lastBuildDate>
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+    <item>
+      <title>fstab guide</title>
+      <link>//localhost:1313/docs/fstab/</link>
+      <pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2026 20:58:52 -0400</pubDate>
+      <guid>//localhost:1313/docs/fstab/</guid>
+      <description>&lt;p&gt;When I was but a burgeoning penguin cutting my teeth in Mint, my first few forays with mounting a new drive had proven to be a struggle.  Sure - LLMs exist now, why bother writing this?&lt;/p&gt;
+&lt;p&gt;Why not.&lt;/p&gt;
+&lt;p&gt;This brief tutorial should be cross-flavor, meaning it should work on Debian-, Fedora-, and Arch-based systems alike. For today&amp;rsquo;s guide we&amp;rsquo;ll be using CachyOS, adjust for your package manager accordingly! :)&lt;/p&gt;
+&lt;h2 id=&#34;stop-talking-and-give-me-info&#34;&gt;STOP TALKING AND GIVE ME INFO&lt;/h2&gt;
+&lt;h3 id=&#34;installing-gnome-disks&#34;&gt;Installing Gnome Disks&lt;/h3&gt;
+&lt;p&gt;I&amp;rsquo;m assuming your drive is already installed in the machine.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
+    </item>
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       <title>What&#39;s in the lab right now?</title>
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diff --git a/public/tags/music/index.html b/public/tags/music/index.html
index 63cacdb..f15bb67 100644
--- a/public/tags/music/index.html
+++ b/public/tags/music/index.html
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-    <p>The band Avenged Sevenfold – a critically acclaimed rock/metal outfit from California. Their first couple albums lent more of a hardcore sound, finding their way with tracks like “Second Heartbeat” and “Unholy Confessions” from the second record “Waking the Fallen”. What followed with City of Evil was a commercial success with songs like “Bat Country” and “Seize the Day” finding their way onto the radio. After which they put out another commercially successful self-titled offering. “Almost Easy” and “Afterlife” offering more radio play while “Little Piece of Heaven” was an absolutely GENIUS shock-rock piece allowing them to stretch their legs creatively.
+    <p>Context In the late 2000s to mid 2010s, I was finding my tastes as a burgeoning musician in middle/high school. We were given MacBooks to daily drive for assignments… and I absolutely abused the hell out of that thing. Ripped many a CD with the kids in class, anything we could get our hands on. I was listening to a lot of Green Day, Weezer, Rush, Metallica – as well as finding my way into EDM with the likes of deadmau5, Skrillex, Excision, Bassnectar (I would also find the masterpiece that is Enter the Haggis around this time, but that’s a story for a different day). I wanted it all. I was hungry.
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