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Restoring Blue Hair: A Digital Archaeology Project
A forgotten virtual-world podcast is reborn through archival digging, audio restoration, and digital forensics. From dusty USB drives to the Wayback Machine, Blue Hair now lives again, preserved for future explorers of early metaverse culture. Read More
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When Modern Accountability Meets 1980s Technology
A canceled county meeting led me into a surprising look at our decades-old financial system—complete with telnet screens and missing programmers. Between illness, community kindness, and late-night coding, I built a powerful new tool to analyze general-ledger data and push modernization forward. Read More
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A Tale of Two Vendors: Why the Ledger Raises New Questions
Recent ledger entries reveal payments to Vision Government Solutions that occurred before Board approval, used incorrect account codes, and exceeded documented contract amounts. Several high-value invoices lack visible authorization, raising questions about procurement compliance, timing, and the accuracy of the FY24 audit-delay report. Read More
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Fuel Report Discrepancies
I’ve been sitting in on the Warren County Finance/Audit Committee meetings since May of this year. I’ve been noticing a few things, writing notes, and just observing. I decided to go ahead and start digging into something that was bugging me. The fuel reports every month had a column that reported 0 MPG for many… Read More
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Purdue University: Rat Tickling
Earned specialized certification in rat tickling techniques to improve rodent welfare. Acquired expertise in ultrasonic vocalization analysis (50 kHz “joy” markers) and positive reinforcement handling. This “Comedic Science” credential demonstrates a commitment to unique technical skill acquisition and stress-reduction protocols in animal husbandry. Read More
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The Bard of Bizarre
AI Music Over the summer, I experimented with a few services that create music and vocals when you supply lyrics to a generative AI. I tried Sono, but had poor results. Eventually I found a service called Riffusion, which has since been renamed to Producer AI. I found it entertaining as I experimented with different… Read More
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Time is a Flat Liar
The first song from my debut album has been released as a music video, “Time is a Flat Liar”. Details are included about the album, lyrics, image generation, and video editing. Read More
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Art of Organ Building: Wooden Pipes
A large collection of drawings to design wooden organ pipes from an old book, The Art of Organ Building. Read More
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Workshops, SAR, Veterans Day, and Lasers
Many things happening over the past few days. A Raspberry Pi workshop being planned, acceptance to VASSAR, Veterans Day, and learning how to use the Laser Cutter. Read More
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Ceph: A Distributed NAS Solution for the Budget-Conscious
Initially considering a Raspberry Pi with ZFS for a budget-friendly NAS solution, I discovered limitations in scalability and recovery time. Ceph, a distributed file system, emerged as a more promising alternative. Ceph offers features like automatic data replication, recovery, and rebalancing, making it ideal for building a robust and scalable NAS system starting out current… Read More