Aaron Parecki

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
Day 60 - Distortions

Day 60. Did not have a goal in mind with this one. Decided to experiment with some of the new sounds I downloaded in the East/West "Goliath" pack. The piano in this is a new sound as well, much softer and more ethereal than the pianos I've been using before, I think I'll try it again in the future.
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Sat, Feb 18, 2017 9:06pm -08:00 #100daysofmusic
Day 60: Emoji Detector Library for PHP #100DaysOfIndieWeb

I wanted to find all emoji in a string, including info about them, for my next #100Days project. However I couldn't find a library that does this. The closes I found was iamcal's Emoji conversion library, which can replace emoji in a string with HTML tags, as well as the EmojiOne library which can replace emoji in a string with shortcodes.
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Sat, Feb 18, 2017 2:38pm -08:00 #100daysofindieweb #emoji #p3k #unicode
Marty McGuire https://martymcgui.re/
Audio edition for This Week in the IndieWeb for February 10th - 17th, 2017

Thinking about doing this as a regular thing, if I can get the production time down. Feedback welcome!

Music from Aaron Parecki’s 100DaysOfMusic project:

Day 48 - Glitch

Day 49 - Floating

Day 9

Day 11
Sat, Feb 18, 2017 3:15pm -05:00 (reposted on Sat, Feb 18, 2017 12:44pm -08:00) #indieweb #this-week-podcast
My Raspberry Pi APRS receiver at home in the window https://w7apk.com/aprs

Portland, Oregon, USA

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Sat, Feb 18, 2017 9:24am -08:00 #raspberrypi #aprs #hamradio
Day 59: Updated the Logo on IndieAuth.com's GitHub Login #100DaysOfIndieWeb

This evening, Tantek pointed out to me that while he was logging in to the wiki via IndieAuth.com for the first time on a new computer, there was something a little strange about the IndieAuth.com flow...
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Fri, Feb 17, 2017 8:56pm -08:00 #100daysofindieweb #indieauth.com #oauth
All folded up and tucked away at home! 🚲😍

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Fri, Feb 17, 2017 6:11pm -08:00
First ride on the new bike! Great day for it too!

Portland, Oregon, USA

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Fri, Feb 17, 2017 6:09pm -08:00 #nbd #brompton

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