Posts by strayhorse@c.im
(DIR) Post #ARlH7eKDRhYcWiPz6W by strayhorse@c.im
2023-01-18T08:12:20Z
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@gretathunberg Keep up the good fight Greta. I wrote a song about the apathetic politicians. https://youtu.be/IzFZvsCkbaI
(DIR) Post #AVEIOr8E4QcxykJLk0 by strayhorse@c.im
2023-05-02T01:50:00Z
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@Glastomichelle Awesome photos! Happy Beltane! Just had snacks and decorated our #Beltane tree green and gold.
(DIR) Post #AYsVyQix52ur5H4G92 by strayhorse@c.im
2023-08-18T21:06:03Z
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I’ve fought over 350 BC coastal wildfires from 1981-93 and I’ve never seen anything like what’s happening now in our country with the current wildfire behaviour, prevalence, areas covered and consistency.Canada is burning. #globalwarming #travel #canada #fossilfuels #science
(DIR) Post #AZStBO07GqCVIvMN9M by strayhorse@c.im
2023-09-05T03:39:14Z
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Some of this morning’s garden harvest during an after breakfast walkabout. #garden #gardening #food #nature
(DIR) Post #AcRZlceVujdgRu6G7U by strayhorse@c.im
2023-08-14T04:49:34Z
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I can’t wait for fall sewing season and get some overdue projects done. The 1957 Singer 191J has been idle for too long! #sewing #crafts #fun #creativity
(DIR) Post #Acsc9PNUNDPZUf5A3s by strayhorse@c.im
2023-12-16T21:37:27Z
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Ollie cat on my lap. Happy Caturday. #caturday #cats
(DIR) Post #AdZ1fZgGXvZJJJl0Ua by strayhorse@c.im
2024-01-06T06:09:09Z
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A rainy west coast day here on the island. Ollie cat spent the entire day on the couch, except for a couple hours this evening out on the porch. #cats #catsofmastodon
(DIR) Post #Adax3yPy7AzrWirwgK by strayhorse@c.im
2024-01-07T07:06:05Z
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@Krisss Wow, look at those brushstrokes! Holy cow, major impasto.
(DIR) Post #Ai8qg3f7HRpOL938lc by strayhorse@c.im
2024-05-22T07:02:29Z
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@clive I bought my first ebike back in 2020 off craigslist from a woman who received it as a retirement gift. Ironically she had worked in the oil industry in Alberta and moved here to Vancouver Island. It was a fat tire ebike with a throttle and pedal assist (iGo Fat Freddy). The ebike only had 13kms on it (a common thing it seems, elderly folks selling ebikes with really low usage!). She said it just wasn’t her thing. I rode it for a few years, basically using it for getting groceries and errands instead of driving our little Honda Fit. I think ebikes are certainly way better than electric cars, which seem to use too many resources to build. I found the fat tire ebike too heavy, large and way too much tire on pavement friction. It was like riding a tank. However, I don’t regret buying it, as it got me (and our family) into ebiking. I sold that beast last year and found a Cube Ella for sale from a retired woman in Victoria. It only had 7kms on it and she had bought it for $4500. I bought it for $3k and love it. Pedal assist only, which is great. I see the benefits of a throttle, but I don’t need that on an ebike. And the tires on my Ella are only 1.5” x 28” compared to 4.5” x 20” on the fat tire bike. We live rurally so getting groceries is a 10km round trip. Lots of highway and rural backroad cruising. Very hilly too, so an ebike is great. Our daughter tried my old fat tire ebike and got the ebike bug. So she found a retired woman who had hip surgery and was selling her almost new Velec A2 for half what she paid for it with only 120kms on the bike. Our daughter rides it all the time, getting groceries, visiting friends, library runs etc. Then my partner bought her first ebike a few weeks ago. It’s a Cube Sport Supreme Hybrid One 400. The bike shop was clearing out all last year’s models, so they knocked $1000 off the price and she got it new for $3k. So now our family rides all the time, as much as we can. Rural riding is pretty good compared with city riding, so ebikes seem a great fit for our usage. I can see how city riding would be pretty stressful. I’ve ridden motorbikes and bicycles all my life, and driven vehicles commercially, so defensive riding is a must for me. I wear extreme bright hi-visibility clothing all the time, along with a good helmet. Staying safe out there. And I wrote a song about my Cube Ella a few months ago… https://youtu.be/71Hj37uQ8JM?si=3nghxFozbbw-InJR
(DIR) Post #Ai8s1JDcjj0Scht4a0 by strayhorse@c.im
2024-05-22T07:17:33Z
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@clive The BC government had an ebike subsidy program last year. Apparently they got completely swamped. I’m somewhere on their massive wait list. No announcement of a new program this year. https://bcebikerebates.ca/
(DIR) Post #AiAAzXZCVpwipZoH68 by strayhorse@c.im
2024-05-22T07:20:55Z
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@clive Another blurb about the BC ebike subsidy program. https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2023MOTI0071-000804
(DIR) Post #AiABtWet4nu0EMAKMC by strayhorse@c.im
2024-05-22T22:34:58Z
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@clive Definitely getting closer to replacing the car with an ebike. It’s really cutting down on our use of fossil fuels in a big way, even living in a rural country setting.
(DIR) Post #AisHNtgkIzwmGDyuwa by strayhorse@c.im
2024-06-13T03:58:26Z
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Baked a couple loaves of 12 grain bread tonight. Chowing down now with butter and honey. Warm out of the oven. Mmm. #baking #food #bread
(DIR) Post #ArqFCtXgyxSN00x7rc by strayhorse@c.im
2025-03-01T01:28:38Z
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I just read several in depth articles about audio compression. I understand the fundamental principle and purpose, but in practice, I’m clueless. Attack, release, threshold, ratio. I get the terms and what they mean. Guess it’s time to solo a track and do some extreme dial twiddling and intently listen. Tired of guessing. Very hit and miss approach.
(DIR) Post #ArqFD44JqVUre6IK6i by strayhorse@c.im
2025-03-01T03:22:01Z
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What I found in the new song I’m working on mixing, is that I over compressed the vocal. Some parts of the vocal were compressed down to almost nothing. It was sounding pretty good, then I messed with the threshold. In fact, my first mix was actually not bad. I had good levels and mic distance for the vocal track. In dynamic range, it was quite tight. Not even close to the red zone. I was very careful in the vocal recording, to back off in distance on some of the louder points. Visually in the DAW, the vocal is quite consistent without excessive peaks. Audio engineers must cringe at listening to musicians trying to mix stuff. I think I’ve got pretty high expectations, or at least have a sound in my head that I’m trying to achieve. Not perfection, but happy enough with the results. I’m a hobbyist musician, doing songs for myself, hoping a few folks might listen. For me it’s cathartic therapy. I’m finding that the audio mixing and processing is incredibly detail oriented and would take decades to learn the skills and gain the experience necessary to attain high level results. But for expressing myself, I’m slowly learning to be patient and see it all as a process. I think I’ve cured my addiction to always using too much reverb. I used virtually none on my last tune. That’s a good thing. My rant for tonight.
(DIR) Post #AtTMfdqSEn8fX8CPce by strayhorse@c.im
2025-04-26T05:08:56Z
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@Nonilex Yeah, it’s happening everywhere. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/wrong-turn-bridge-us-canada-deportation-1.7518404
(DIR) Post #AuH7jhN3g7cL5Iupwe by strayhorse@c.im
2025-05-20T05:17:05Z
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@futurebird My post from earlier today… https://c.im/@strayhorse/114536613095737446
(DIR) Post #Aw6m7xkcdCSAuSHWW8 by strayhorse@c.im
2025-07-14T00:29:21Z
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Spent the afternoon down at the local beach. Found a nice cool quiet shady spot. #silentsunday