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Making mixes sans spotify

Updated: Feb 18, 2026

For this project, I wanted to minimize my use of Spotify. Not because I'm a Luddite (well, maybe I am), but I've had Spotify for years, and can count on one hand the number of beloved new artists I've found through the app...

Music | Dis/connection | Radio | Making

I still like shortwave radio

Updated: Jan 18, 2026

There's something so awesome about shortwave pirate radio - clandestine media sans shareholders, likes, ads, or ratings. It's a handful of individuals broadcasting whatever they want into the ether...

Music | Dis/connection | Sound | Making

Reception in a hostile environment

Updated: Jan 14, 2026

I recently moved into a new house and my workspace is in one of the bedrooms at the back. It has a great long south-facing window out which I can gaze upon the power lines (and transformer!) in the alley 30ft away. Ok, less than ideal...

Music | Making | Sound

A maker's hymn

Updated: Jan 13, 2026

This is a piece I wrote for a masters course in curriculum theory. It's a synthesis of everything I read that resonated with me that term. When I wrote this I was a career education consultant for my school division. It was an icky job for lots of reasons...