Sunday, May 25, 2025

WhioDoc Updates - Version 1.1 just released

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I've just released a minor update to WhioDoc to add some clarity + tweaks around the formatting of range-specifiers, and guidance on how...
Sunday, April 27, 2025

Blast from the Past: Cathay Pacific 747 Cardboard Model Plane / Glider

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When doing some long overdue cleaning of one of our bookshelves yesterday, I ran into the following fun little guy: IIRC, it's a Cathay ...
Sunday, April 20, 2025

Thoughts on Windows 11's "Recall" Feature

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Seeing one of the latest threads this morning about Win11's Recall feature, I'm not surprised that it does what it does TBH Some of...

PureQML Followup - Initial Code Audit Notes

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Following on my previous post , I did some more poking around the PureQML code as an initial stage towards vetting whether it is a suitable ...
Tuesday, April 15, 2025

On Approaching Composition Line-By-Line (i.e. Per Voice) vs Vertically (i.e. Chord Progressions)

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Just saw a very interesting video looking at music theory / analysis at a different way than "chord chord chord chord chord" (to p...
Monday, April 7, 2025

MediaSlurper Updates - Ep2 - Introducing a basic GUI + Cute Mascot

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Time for another (hopefully) quick + brief writeup following another busy but relatively successful weekend of hacking away on this project....
Wednesday, April 2, 2025

PureQml's Python-based QML Compiler - A tempting starting point for Kea's UI-Definition Compiler...

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I know I already have too many open / unfinished projects (and a bunch more un-started yet)... BUT, I was "doing the rounds" again...
Sunday, March 23, 2025

Stocktake of Current Projects in Progress (23 March Edition)

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Time for another stocktake of all my various projects currently on the go. I typed this up more for my own benefit than anything.  (Also, co...

PhotoTool Project Updates Ep 1 - Initial Steps Towards Scripts to Ease + Automate Import + Backup of Media Data

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For the past few weeks, I've been having a blast hacking away at a pair of scripts for automating some steps of my current photo managem...
Friday, March 21, 2025

The Last Lunch

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Wow, it's been 5 years ago to the day when this photo was taken. Yum Cha at "Tai Chi" (Spitfire Square, Christchurch) in March...
Sunday, March 16, 2025

On "Sci-Fi" and "Fantasy"...

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TBH, I personally generally dislike most "Sci-Fi" and "Fantasy" stories / media. Among other reasons... they suck! 😜
Monday, March 10, 2025

[MusicViz Project] Part 3 - Breakdown of FFMPEG "showcqt" Experiment

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This is the third installment of my ongoing series of posts on one of my long-term projects to develop a new automated technique for visuali...