iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Ron O’Dell @keeper1st.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

A while ago I recorded a quick explanation of how to pronounce the most difficult Japanese phonemes for English speakers. youtu.be/l55A5PgwhNI?...

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Most difficult Japanese sounds for English speakers

YouTube video by Keeper1st

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Ron O’Dell @keeper1st.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Apartment blocks being built not far from me. I see no signs of EV chargers. The people who most could benefit from the cost savings of a cheap EV are those in apartment living. It’s a shame. Any new apartment block should have charging available, in this day and age.

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Ron O’Dell @keeper1st.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I keep seeing and hearing “MAGA wants to take America back 50 years!” Dude, 50 years ago my schoolteachers were guitar-wielding hippies, the Women’s Lib movement was in full force, and Republicans were quick to turn on a corrupt president. I think you’re missing a 1 at the beginning of that number…

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Ron O’Dell @keeper1st.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

A few years ago, our local grocery store had floor damage which resulted in this somewhat disturbing warning. Wouldn’t you be more worried if it weren’t?

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Ron O’Dell @keeper1st.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Mid-July 10 years ago was the last time I saw Tom Brier before his devastating accident. One of the three pieces of sheet music I gave him to sightread and improvise upon that night was Dogsong by @tobyfox.undertale.com youtu.be/OyWQro6q7qo?...

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Dogsong (Undertale) sight-read by Tom Brier

YouTube video by Keeper1st

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Ron O’Dell @keeper1st.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Over 100 years ago, in many places it was not Juneteenth that was the big celebration, but Emancipation Day in April. Songs were written about it. Here is one describing the vibrant scene at an Emancipation Day parade, from the great black songwriting duo of Cook and Dunbar. youtu.be/Mur11wNQ5GE?...

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On Emancipation Day (1902) with lyrics (warning: period dialect/vocabulary)

YouTube video by Keeper1st

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Ron O’Dell @keeper1st.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

I see there’s been an announcement of a new Spyro game. I bought the Trilogy about nine years ago and played the first game for a bit. Maybe should fire it up again. I think I had been unable to get the timing right on something and abandoned it though...

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Ron O’Dell @keeper1st.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Tried the demo. Cute animations (took a while to notice my dragon pawn; its movements are obscured) and ambient sounds, as expected from Monster Couch. Can be tricky to decide some things without seeing the whole board, but you can minimize the selection screen to view the board again, so it works.

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Ron O’Dell @keeper1st.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

A year later and Chris Myers still thinks the big race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in May is called the Daytona 500. He also thinks Caio Collet in his Brazilian-flag car livery is a “fellow Spaniard” to Alex Palou. Aren’t there any legitimate journalists at Fox? … oh, right. Fox. Never mind.

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Ron O’Dell @keeper1st.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

If you have an Arcimoto FUV, take note of these upgrades that are now available either from the factory or in the field. Just had mine done. youtu.be/qV-QSonpeuM?...

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Arcimoto FUV upgrades for 2026

YouTube video by Keeper1st

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Ron O’Dell @keeper1st.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

My best memory of Alex Zanardi was in the media center at Laguna Seca after he had collided with teammate Jimmy Vasser on the cooldown lap. “I was so happy that I was waving with both hands, driving like we do in Italy: With our knees, tuning the radio with one hand and talking with the other.”

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Ron O’Dell @keeper1st.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

So yeah, The Legend of Zelda is 40 years old. Here’s a video from 15 years ago when I asked ragtime legend Tom Brier to read and improvise upon the original game’s ending theme. youtu.be/vhRBGCS8mlc?...

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Legend of Zelda ゼルダの伝説 ending theme エンディング "Brierized" on piano

YouTube video by Keeper1st

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Ron O’Dell @keeper1st.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

At school in the 1970s, my teachers, who had seen the beginning of human spaceflight advance to Apollo in such a short time, told me that, when I grew up, I probably would be going to space for work or leisure — maybe even live on a Moon base. I will never grow up, but today I matured just a little.

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Ron O’Dell @keeper1st.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

From 1999, a glimpse of the WB’s Lobo series concept that everybody liked except Jamie Kellner, who axed it three days before production was to start. youtu.be/SFWXDZQochE?...

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Focus Group Video for Crazed Lobo Series

YouTube video by John P. McCann Channel

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Ron O’Dell @keeper1st.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

The Welsh word for “carrot” is “moron”. Well, carrots are orange, so, yeah…

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Ron O’Dell @keeper1st.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

For Pokémon Day, here’s an old video from when I adapted an orchestration of the original Japanese Pokémon TV show theme to my player piano, complete with voice parts like the opening “Pokémon GETto daze!” youtu.be/EYjVpnwotNY?...

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めざせポケモンマスター【自動ピアノ】 Pokemon Theme on Player Piano

YouTube video by Keeper1st

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Ron O’Dell @keeper1st.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

This noise coming from outside where the main gas line enters the house, when our heater is on. Not sure exactly where, as that side of the house is a bit buried in snow right now. Any ideas?

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Ron O’Dell @keeper1st.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Just played the DLC for @lilgatorgame.bsky.social . The “villain” character is a cape-wearing pig called Darklord, who insists he’s not to be called “The Dark Lord“ — I guess because that title is already taken by Chuckles!

The Dark Lord Chuckles the Silly Piggy, from “Dave the Barbarian”

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Ron O’Dell @keeper1st.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Costco lasagna instructions say “Preheat oven to 400 F. degrees” instead of “400 degrees F.” So naturally when reading them aloud, I assumed the F was for something other than Fahrenheit.

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Ron O’Dell @keeper1st.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

The last Tom Brier composition before the accident that left him incapacitated was written in late December 2015, but we do have this recording of him improvising in early 2016. He suggests bits or pieces might have been used in something later, but he never got the chance. youtu.be/0vZtYZUInmY?...

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Bits or Pieces-Tom Brier Improvises a Rag 2016

YouTube video by UnigonFilms

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Ron O’Dell @keeper1st.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

A quick history lesson I recorded on a whim last night. They don’t jingle bells like they used to… youtu.be/FDYgzkKOyoY?...

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You're Singing It Wrong: Jingle Bells

YouTube video by Keeper1st

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Ron O’Dell @keeper1st.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

Another week, another parade for the Arcimoto FUV.

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Ron O’Dell @keeper1st.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

A bunch of dragons showed up on our doorstep today. Time to get all Flamecrafty again!

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Ron O’Dell @keeper1st.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

My Arcimoto FUV was decked out for last night’s Parade of Lights in Virginia City. Some different lighting patterns will be used for next week’s sequel.

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Ron O’Dell @keeper1st.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Talked for a while today with a man getting into sim racing. He’d just got a cockpit rig and all the gear so now was ready to add speakers and learn about how to get the software, as he was not computer savvy, but was quite keen to get some historic cars. He was 94 years old.

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Ron O’Dell @keeper1st.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

On our driveway this morning: Wings, feathers, some guts, bird poop, and an owl pellet to identify the culprit. I thought @duolingoverde.bsky.social ’s Duo was leaving a rather intense message. “Do a lesson today — or else!”

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Ron O’Dell @keeper1st.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Like @gplaps.bsky.social , I almost exclusively drive historic cars in sim racing. Ten years ago, that even applied to a league-produced rFactor mod of early-1980s Outlaw Dirt Late Models with their giant Lexan airfoils. youtu.be/KT9G1RxOOVw?...

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CRO Outlaw Late Models race 1; my cockpit view

YouTube video by Keeper1st

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Ron O’Dell @keeper1st.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Ooh shiny. Turns out even a regular, non-monetized channel like mine is eligible for YouTube awards.

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Ron O’Dell @keeper1st.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Was the editor being cheeky or was this just a coincidence? youtu.be/2dHPwj8TTGg?...

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Funny thing about this 1990 dictionary & thesaurus

YouTube video by Keeper1st

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Ron O’Dell @keeper1st.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

Earlier this summer. Didn’t realize I was holding the iPad upside-down so finger got in the shot. Couple of us Arcimoto FUVs with south Reno, Nevada, in the background below.

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Ron O’Dell @keeper1st.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

A little internet history lesson thrown in as I recall the time in 1998 when on a whim I made history by providing the first live commentary over the internet from Laguna Seca at the U.S. Grand Prix of the SBK Superbikes World Championship. youtu.be/itRZXepiLQA?...

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Humble Beginning of Live Internet Commentary, 1998 Laguna Seca, my recollection

YouTube video by Keeper1st

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Ron O’Dell @keeper1st.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Looks more like Pikachupacabra to me… (from the game Twisted Cryptids)

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Ron O’Dell @keeper1st.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

In Arcimoto FUV news… my charger died last weekend. Replaced this week and all good again. Over 17.7k miles now and rapidly counting.

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Ron O’Dell @keeper1st.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

Monster Couch makes great digital adaptations of board games. They did birds with Wingspan, then cats with Calico. Now, it’s dragon time! youtu.be/P9_fQO9PARk?...

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Flamecraft - Announcement Trailer

YouTube video by Monster Couch

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Ron O’Dell @keeper1st.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Flamecraft Duals has a trailer now, showing at the end some of the extra goodies that can be incorporated into the original Flamecraft game. youtu.be/tent71yUYJU?...

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Flamecraft Duals Kickstarter Trailer!

YouTube video by Cardboard Alchemy

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Ron O’Dell @keeper1st.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

The makers of Flamecraft Duals are looking to name the game’s dragons. I wonder if my suggestion of Soupy Scales for this one is a bit too dated of a reference for them…

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Ron O’Dell @keeper1st.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Lovely spring weather yesterday…

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Ron O’Dell @keeper1st.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Any Arcimoto FUV, MUV or Deliverator owners out there who don’t know yet: Arcimoto has regained their domain name and the Service email address there is up and running again, though apparently the service.arcimoto Gmail address still works too. Service available throughout West Coast and Florida.

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Ron O’Dell @keeper1st.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Coworker told me this morning he was worried he wouldn’t make it in because his dad left little fuel in the tank last night, and he didn’t have time to stop for gas. He called a family member to bring a filled gas can so he could get home. Glad I have an EV so I don’t have range anxiety.

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Ron O’Dell @keeper1st.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Photographer for the Comstock Bandido store got this shot of me and my Arcimoto FUV in the Virginia City Parade of Lights this past snowy Saturday night.

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Ron O’Dell @keeper1st.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

youtu.be/QWNZtU1NIzs?... They lifted chain controls just in time for me and my Arcimoto FUV to make it over the pass. Approaching summit at about 25 minutes in.

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Arcimoto FUV POV Drive: Hwy 50 EB Echo Summit, Kyburz to South Lake Tahoe

YouTube video by Keeper1st

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Ron O’Dell @keeper1st.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Nostalgia. Over 23 years ago, I created the music (and the laugh) for Federica Giulietti (a.k.a. Jane Fade Merrick)’s animated title sequence of a cartoon series concept of hers about an alien cat and its mischievous ‘shadow’ befriending a group of strays. youtu.be/7GVCgl4GFk8?...

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shangelina-final theme

YouTube video by shangelina

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Ron O’Dell @keeper1st.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

BlueSky smiling at me Nothing but BlueSky do I see.

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