This is the official personal blog and website of Logan Byrne in Richmond, California.
Saying Goodbye to Bicycles
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[Activities]
My love affair with bicycles started long before I met Jenny. My first bicycle was a Univega hybrid that my parents bought me to commute to school. I didn't get my driver's license until I was 24, so bicycles were a necessity. After I got my driver's license, I kind of put bicycles to the side. My w...
Jellyfin-for-Music-Collections
Jellyfin is the free, opensource alternative to SAAS freemium companies like Plex. Plex has terms and a privacy agreement that are subject to change. Jellyfin is software that is hosted on your computer and is not subject to ever-changing terms of use, does not collect your data for use by third par...
Pubsters #2 Needed
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[Photography]
I need a copy of Pubsters #2. I know there are pubsters out there who follow my blog and socials. Reach out to me if you see this and let me know if you have a copy. I can't get them anymore, the printer deleted my files, and that was 2 computers ago. I have some of the photos but not the whole layo...
Do I need preamps?
I don't know, I've paid almost $4,000 for four analog channels. In retrospect, that would've been better spent on microphone stands, extra pairs of headphones, a headphone amp/splitter for seperate headphone mixes. Maybe a couple gobos, maybe some percussion instruments. I could've bought all that...
Alternatives to Bandcamp
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[Independent Music]
I just found out about free opensource software for hosting your own music catalog, called "Faircamp." This is really cool for anyone who is even slightly worried about the leadership and funding sources at Bandcamp. There is a way to take back our music: to never let it out of our hands; to monetiz...
Created Another Website - This one was for my step-daughter
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[Web Design]
I used Lychee CMS, which is optimized for photos. It's pretty much just a photo-gallery, which is fine for now. We will add booking functionality later at book.pascale.style …that will be it's own subdomain, likely with a paid for WordPress booking/CRM plugin, where customers can register, log...
Ryuichi Sakamoto - Playing the piano for the isolated
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[Artist Spotlight]
Ryuichi Sakamoto
I sometimes look up new piano players. Not new players, but new to me. Previously unknown to me. During the pandemic I stumbled across a piece by Ryuichi Sakamoto, a world-famous pianist and virtuoso from Japan. I think the piece was Andata. It was the first piece in a video c...
Cloud Providers - Consolidating digital assets
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[Tech Notes]
I hinted at this in Reset: I'm consolidating my digital assets. In Reset, I spoke mostly about the front-end, public facing stuff. I've consolidated my entire web-presence besides socials to one webhost. In this post I am considering backend storage. I have some cloud storage already. Right now,...
Interviewing My Father - Richmond, October 9th, 2024.
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[Relations]
Charles C. Byrne.
For many reasons, I am glad to be back in touch with my parents. My father has led an interesting life so far, and it ain't over yet. At age 72, he is sharp as a razor. His faculty for recall is incredible to me. This is one of several interviews I have conducted with my father...
Reset - Unpublishing Old Content.
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[Tech Notes]
I've decided to unpublish all my old blog content from a year ago. It wasn't oversharing per se, anybody that knows me knows that I'm pretty open with the details of my life, good or bad. I don't know. A year ago I was just getting back into writing and hadn't found my pace. I feel comfortable writi...
Writing - What it is for me
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[Hobbies]
I enjoy writing. I have no formal training. I am lucid and articulate; I try to write clearly, if not concisely; I like to spell things out for the reader, while not making them feel a hint of condescension.
It is another creative outlet for me. My writing is often personal. I am selective about m...
Social Media - Consolidation and Decentralization
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[Tech Notes]
Social media is a necessary evil if you operate a business, especially one in the music industry. I have at least four active accounts, a pair of FB accounts; and a pair of IG accounts. Personal and Business. Oh yeah, Twitter (now X), Threads, Reddit. I also have at least one other FB account that I...