Aaron Parecki

Day 66 - Sweep

Day 66. Tried two new things today. First time attempting something in the "electro swing" style. I have a long ways to go to even approach sounding like Parov Stelar though. I also learned how to make the sweep sound that is in a bunch of this as well as other style music. The sweep sound is a white noise generator run through a filter whose cutoff frequency changing creates the sweep effect.
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Fri, Feb 24, 2017 10:19am -08:00 #100daysofmusic
Day 65 - Distance

Day 65. I decided to keep it simple with this one, only adding the little chimes on top of the piano and no other instruments. I used a strong wet reverb effect on the piano to give it a "distant" feeling.
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Thu, Feb 23, 2017 9:15pm -08:00 #100daysofmusic
Nice follow-up to @CloudFlare's disaster bug by @1Password ♥️🔐 https://blog.agilebits.com/2017/02/23/three-layers-of-encryption-keeps-you-safe-when-ssltls-fails/ Keep being awesome, 1Password!

Portland, Oregon, USA

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Thu, Feb 23, 2017 7:03pm -08:00 #1password #security #cloudflare #ssl #https
Day 65: Implementation Report Template for Micropub Clients #100DaysOfIndieWeb

I've been making progress on the Micropub.rocks test suite, but I am concerned about being able to finish it in time to get implementation reports through it. So instead, I published the implementation report template for clients as a text file, similar to how the Webmention reports are submitted.
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Thu, Feb 23, 2017 11:19am -08:00 #100daysofindieweb #micropub #micropubrocks
Day 64 - Esplanade

Day 64. There was a brief moment of sun today, so I took the opportunity to go on a bike ride up and down the esplanade! This song has nothing to do with the ride, though. This song started with the bells you hear at the beginning, and I built it up from there. I actually wasn't planning on adding the drums and synth sound until I got half way through building up the strings, but I thought it would be an interesting way of quickly escalating it.
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Wed, Feb 22, 2017 9:28pm -08:00 #100daysofmusic
A cocktail on the table and a bike on the floor. 🍸🚲😍 #bromptonlife

Portland, Oregon, USA

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Wed, Feb 22, 2017 4:10pm -08:00 #bromptonlife
at Hawthorne Bridge

Portland, Oregon • Wed, February 22, 2017 2:11pm

45.513181 -122.671767

Nice day for a ride! 🚲

Portland, OR, United States

Wed, Feb 22, 2017 2:11pm -08:00
Day 64: Documentation and Fixes for my GPS Logger App #100DaysOfIndieWeb

I track my location continuously using an iOS app I wrote a few years ago. The app is not published on the app store, but it is open source. Today I added a bunch of documentation describing what all the controls in the interface are for.
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Wed, Feb 22, 2017 12:48pm -08:00 #100daysofindieweb #gps #ios
Just tested out decoupling my Google Voice number from Hangouts thanks to the new Voice update. Mixed results as of now. After decoupling:

• SMSs are sent and received only through the Google Voice app and voice.google.com, no longer in the Hangouts app.
• The Google Voice app and website don't support making or receiving voice calls at all.
• When I call from the Hangouts app, it still shows my Google Voice number as the caller ID.
• Receiving calls to my number rings through Hangouts *only* on my phone. (It used to also ring through Gmail on my computer.)

Tested using the Google Voice iOS app. Thanks to @eayoungs for helping me test this out!

Portland, Oregon, USA

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Wed, Feb 22, 2017 9:24am -08:00 #google #googlevoice #hangouts
Day 63 - Build

Day 63. Got a late start on this again today. I was going for another super short "audio logo" style thing today. I made a totally different style video to accompany this to hint at the kind of thing I imagine this would be used for. Also had fun finding a few string samples like some major scale runs to use at the end.
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Tue, Feb 21, 2017 8:05pm -08:00 #100daysofmusic
Day 63: Autolinking Emoji to my Emoji List Pages #100DaysOfIndieWeb

Now that I have pages showing all posts that use a specific emoji such as 👍, I found myself wanting to be able to click the emoji in my posts to see other posts with that emoji. This is the same as how my autolinked hashtags work, where you can click on any hashtag in a post and see other posts with that hashtag.
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Tue, Feb 21, 2017 3:29pm -08:00 #100daysofindieweb #emoji #p3k
Some pictures of my progress on BarBot today! 🍸🤖

I ran the tubes through the pumps, and up the top to form a faucet. I tested them all with water. The nice part of this design is all of the electronics are suspended above the liquor bottles, so I don't have to worry about any drops falling onto the circuits.

I formed the faucet shape by bending a wire to the shape I wanted, and clamping it to the cabinet with a wide washer. I ran the tubes along the wire and ziptied them.

Portland, Oregon, USA

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Mon, Feb 20, 2017 7:45pm -08:00 #barbot
Day 62 - Pipes

Day 62. I spent most of the day on other projects, so wanted to do a simple song today. The video is my other project I worked on! I ran all the tubing for the pumps for BarBot today, and got to try out pouring a drink!
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Mon, Feb 20, 2017 7:38pm -08:00 #100daysofmusic
It's aliiiiive! I finished all the plumbing today! #barbot 🤖🍸

Portland, Oregon

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Mon, Feb 20, 2017 7:38pm -08:00 #barbot
Look at that! First pump installed and successfully pumped exactly half an ounce! #barbot

Portland, Oregon

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Mon, Feb 20, 2017 11:41am -08:00 #barbot
I suspect this new page on my site showing my emoji usage is going to heavily encourage my use of emoji 😂 😎 🤓 https://aaronparecki.com/emoji

Portland, Oregon, USA

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Mon, Feb 20, 2017 9:38am -08:00 #emoji
Day 62: Indexing Emoji Use in my Website #100DaysOfIndieWeb

The real reason I wrote my Emoji Detector library was for today's project. My website now has URLs that list every post containing specific emoji!
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Mon, Feb 20, 2017 9:26am -08:00 #100daysofindieweb #p3k #emoji
Day 61 - Rush

Day 61. I wanted to try writing something really short that was still a distinctive sound that makes you feel like you're in a new place. I got the idea from watching White Collar, where they have about 6 seconds of music at the beginning of the episode, just enough to set the stage without being a "theme song". This music isn't really anything like the White Collar music, but it's the same idea. I found a few timelapse video clips of cities that I thought felt appropriate for the music.
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Sun, Feb 19, 2017 7:13pm -08:00 #100daysofmusic
"How to Imitate a Whole Lot of Hollywood Film Music In Four Easy Steps" Definitely going to use this as a reference for some of the remaining 100 days! (Reminder that his M2M notation is half steps, not harmonic intervals) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSKAt3pmYBs

Portland, Oregon, USA

Sun, Feb 19, 2017 3:20pm -08:00 #music
Day 61: Supporting Media Fragment URIs for Video and Audio #100DaysOfIndieWeb

Yesterday, Marty McGuire published an audio version of the IndieWeb "This Week" newsletter, and shared the link in our chat. Aside from being a fantastic production, this also sparked some discussions about Webmentions. His podcast uses a few of of my 100Days songs, which he cites in the description. Since he included a link to my posts about those songs, his podcast now appears as a comment on those pages!
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Sun, Feb 19, 2017 6:51am -08:00 #100daysofindieweb #html5 #media #javascript #p3k

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