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Smoking

Tue, 04 Aug 2026 14:38:27 -0400

God I love smoking.

But lately it’s been getting old.

Originals

Mon, 03 Aug 2026 10:32:52 -0400

These are the wubs I made. I am capable of original thought (for the most part)!

Meager

The first original EDM composition I completed on FL Studio Mobile. It created a monster.

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Ladybugs

Named after the abundance of not-ladybugs-but-beetles that invade the house every year.

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Massive

I like that song “Teardrop” by Massive Attack quite a bit, I wanted to make a Massive Attack song. Don’t mind the weird aetherial videogame-choir in the middle.

Remixes

Mon, 03 Aug 2026 10:28:19 -0400

Some remixed tunes for your wubby pleasure

Remixes

ChixNRibz (lost)

Unfortunately I can’t find this one right off, but chronologically it’s the first “remix” I did - Bridges and Rivers by The Chicken Street Band. What follows is a byproduct of that project, though.

Number 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.

Poultry Highway

Sun, 02 Aug 2026 22:31:41 -0400

The spiritual successor to The Chicken Street Band, rockifying and expanding the existing setlist

“Need some Honey” by Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats, in a sweaty bar in Hallowell

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“The Hollow” by yours truly, one of my favorite performances of this tune

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fstab guide

Sun, 02 Aug 2026 20:58:52 -0400

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.

Songs I wrote!

Sat, 01 Aug 2026 23:40:44 +0000

“The Hollow”, with The Chicken Street Band at Roots Revival Fest 8/2/24

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Statica EP - Avenged Sevenfold

Sat, 01 Aug 2026 20:06:17 +0000

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.

The Chicken Street Band

Sat, 01 Aug 2026 04:24:46 +0000

A collection of my favorite moments with these goons.

207 Maine

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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)

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Such a fun show.

What's in the lab right now?

Fri, 31 Jul 2026 22:33:32 -0400

The network’s in a cool spot right now.

The whole team

The Gesellschaft

TrueNAS on a 6th gen i7 with 32gb RAM

Services here

Frigate

This has been cool for storing footage from our IP cams, though I’m not too thrilled with the performance of our current setup. We use Tapo, and the small ones work fine - but the “good” one for the entryway doesn’t support local account setup. We bought them in a pinch and they’ve been effective, but I’m not crazy about them.

Immich

Main

Thu, 30 Jul 2026 21:14:32 -0400

It's a little empty right now...

Thu, 30 Jul 2026 21:13:12 -0400

But that can change!

Book some noise for your occasion at:

bwnoises@proton.me

Make sure to put “Music” in the subject!

In the meantime… Here’s some proof I do things!

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