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Tonal Drift @tonaldrift.com · 04/10/2026

My DIY streaming software is starting to come together...

Screen shot showing album player associated with my DIY streamer "curate".

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Tonal Drift @tonaldrift.com · 25/09/2026

Got my anti-MAGA shots today. Ounce of prevention, etc.

Picture of my arm showing the two band-aids from getting both a flu and covid vaccine.

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Tonal Drift @tonaldrift.com · 13/09/2026

"Some days, I don't fit in my own head" #noAI #artSky #OriginalArt

A man sits backwards in chair, arms folded across the back of the chair. Classic studio pose. He wears a blue button down shirt and brown herringbone sport coat. His head is missing. There is a circle where his head should be. Over top, a blurred, distorted image of a head clearly does not fit in the space allowed - like it is the wrong jigsaw puzzle piece.
A white border frames the entire piece. The title is at the bottom.

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Tonal Drift @tonaldrift.com · 06/09/2026

"circling the square II" #artsky #noAI This was a bit of a challege. Create a few new capabilities for the software.

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Tonal Drift @tonaldrift.com · 17/08/2026

Okay - how about a post card - though it is the wrong aspect ratio. Also - if you have some spare shekels (or pfennig, or whatever) - consider throwing some at @publicdomainrev.bsky.social Software is still WIP, but thought this looked good.

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Tonal Drift @tonaldrift.com · 09/08/2026

Something different. How about a simple Festival poster ? photo from Pexel. The sentence box/swirl in the center was done by the script. It would be cool if you could then rotate the whole thing by say 20-30 degrees.

Poster for the "Fresno Fake Folk Festival" Sponsored by MegoCorp. Their motto is "We promise to be a part of the problem". Performers are listed as "Harpers Junction", "Dusty Britches", "Bill McAllister", "The Anaphylactic Gang", "Hexcaster", "and many more!"
The headliner is "Angry Jo".
Near the center is the sentence "music is revolution". Four copies are arranged in a square. The background image is an acoustic guitar. What looks like the inside of shop with more guitars and amps is blurred.

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Tonal Drift @tonaldrift.com · 09/08/2026

Another fake album cover, just for fun. Photo from Pexel. One thing this taught me is that I need to rethink the way the gutters work. I wanted to push both texts a few more pixels away from the sides, but the script just doesn't let me at the moment.

Fake album cover. Black border at the top has the name of the album - "Pretentions" in white lettering. A black border at the bottom as the name of the artist "WIlliam Collins" in white lettering. Across the middle is a picture of a gold statue of a chariot with three horses. The charioteer has hs right leg propped up on the front board of the chariot. He holds the reigns in his right hand. His left hand holds a torch above his head. His cloak billows out behind him. The chariot is ornate - a lion's head is on the hub of the wheel. Figures are carved in relief into the side of the chariot.

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Tonal Drift @tonaldrift.com · 07/08/2026

Even More Music Background Goodness!!! * Attach text blocks together to allow you to change fonts, etc. * Set which sides of the border actually get display * rework and bug fixes. github.com/mhhollomon/m...

Mock up of fake album cover for the album "Threads" by "Dame Ellen" on the label "Thimble Records". Thin white border on the left with the album title, artist, and label name. Large image of a woman working on an embroidery frame in front of an open window while another woman looks on.

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Tonal Drift @tonaldrift.com · 03/08/2026

More Music Background Goodness!!! * Arbitrary number of text blocks. * Rotated text. * Pixel and Percent positioning on the output. * Fonts actually work. * Stroke actually works. * Multiline text works. github.com/mhhollomon/m...

Silly demo picture for the script saying things like "Look Now!" "Multiple Text Blocks!" "rotated text" (which is rotated to read top to bottom).

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Tonal Drift @tonaldrift.com · 02/08/2026

Youtube keeps trying to subtitle my track. All it can come up with is "Heat" at random times.

Screen capture of the video for my track "Waiting". At the bottom, youtube has put the words "Heat. Heat." as the subtitles.

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Tonal Drift @tonaldrift.com · 19/07/2026

The wavy side bars are too much aren't they. Still things made with my script. Wavy things made with Magic Music Visuals. Final editing in OpenShot.

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Tonal Drift @tonaldrift.com · 16/07/2026

My WFH supervisor in her corner office.

Tabby cat curled up on a stack of banker's boxes stuck in the corner of my work-from-home office area.

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Tonal Drift @tonaldrift.com · 12/07/2026

St Pancras station in legos.

Model of the St Pancras rail station created using Lego bricks. This is a view from the front.

Model of St Pancras rail station done in Lego blocks. This is a side view cut-away showing the tracks and platforms.

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Tonal Drift @tonaldrift.com · 12/07/2026

Just outside DC Union station. Day trip to see our daughter.

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Tonal Drift @tonaldrift.com · 08/07/2026

Why does everything have to be a competition. Why does there need to be winners and losers?

Whiteboard with the text "Have you heard about the corporate volunteering competition"

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Tonal Drift @tonaldrift.com · 04/07/2026

I own FL Studio (don't judge), so I thought I'd try using the visualizer that comes with it. FL Studio is -- interesting. The visualizer is powerful, but opaque. I know there is a way to get better fonts for the title, but couldn't figure it out even with the help of the internet.

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Tonal Drift @tonaldrift.com · 14/06/2026

I got a kindle for Father's Day. The cat claimed the box.

A brown tabby cat fit very snuggly into an Amazon box - asleep.

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Tonal Drift @tonaldrift.com · 04/06/2026

Turkey visited our yard today.

Dark feathered turkey striding the the grass in our lawn in from of the neighbors wooden fence.

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Tonal Drift @tonaldrift.com · 31/05/2026

Messing around with the new "Memory V" soft synth from #Arturia I kinda like it. #OriginalMusic #MusicSky

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Tonal Drift @tonaldrift.com · 23/05/2026

Short entry for the #Stillness #MusicChallenge @musicweeklies.bsky.social #OriginalMusic Challenge I set myself was not to use orchestral instruments. All sounds were by the Pigments Soft synth by #Arturia

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Tonal Drift @tonaldrift.com · 02/05/2026

First time seeing a Rose breasted Grosbeak on our feeder.

Blue platform feeder. Bird is perched on one of the supports. The bird has a black head. The feathers on the back are black with white splotches. The underbody is white, except for a large red patch close to the neck. The beak is very tall and short much like a Cardinal's but even taller.

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Tonal Drift @tonaldrift.com · 25/04/2026

@bsky.app Using the up arrow button in the lower left causes the navigation bar to not display correctly. Android 16

Screen shot showing the blank space where the nav bar is supposed to be.

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Tonal Drift @tonaldrift.com · 12/04/2026

@musicweeklies.bsky.social #DeepSeaRuins First time trying to use OpenShot to post a video directly. Lets see how that works.

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Tonal Drift @tonaldrift.com · 05/04/2026

Two goldfinches on my deck feeder.

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Tonal Drift @tonaldrift.com · 04/04/2026

Moon in the maple through the kitchen window.

Bright almost full moon pictures through the still bare branches of a maple tree. The pre-dawn sky is a deep blue. A dimmer reflection of the moon caused by the window glass hovers just below the main image. You can actually see details in the reflection. The main image is over exposed.

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Tonal Drift @tonaldrift.com · 08/03/2026

Small Update to the common-chords utility to add the modes of harmonic major and minor. Just in case thats your thing. mhhollomon.github.io/common-chords/

screenshot of the common chords web utility showing the menu that now allowsyou choose modes from the harmonic major and harmonic minor scales.

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Tonal Drift @tonaldrift.com · 26/02/2026

The fox guarding the hen house.

Black cat on top of a guinea pigs play pen, almost nose to nose.

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Tonal Drift @tonaldrift.com · 26/02/2026

So, I am now a "Certified" Front End Developer. And yes, that means just as little as you think it does.

Picture of a certificate from W3School claiming that I am a "professional" level Certified Front End Developer.

The crowd goes wild.

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Tonal Drift @tonaldrift.com · 23/02/2026

Only got maybe 6" of snow. But it is wet and heavy and sticks well. Lots of trees down (along with power lines) in the area.

Bird feeders on my back deck covered in snow. The flat platform feeder is totally unusable by the birds. It is filled with snow. The rails of the deck fence are capped with snow. The trees in the background are heavy with snow in the limbs.

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Tonal Drift @tonaldrift.com · 22/02/2026

Weirdness - when I try to visit the link in the post, both Chrome and Firefox gives me some variation on the below error. I was able to search on bandcamp itself and it came up with no issues 🤷‍♂️.

Error message from firefox claiming the ssl certificate is no bueno.

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Tonal Drift @tonaldrift.com · 15/02/2026

Doctor: Eat more fruit. Me: *eating more fruit*

Bag of soft candy vaguely shaped and colored like a slice of an orange labeled "Naturally flavored orange slices"

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Tonal Drift @tonaldrift.com · 12/02/2026

Good job Girafit "AI"! Those evil geese do not stand a chance with your vigilance.

Screen shot of a warning from a security camera claiming that a person was detected. Snow and 4 geese are all that is in the picture.

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Tonal Drift @tonaldrift.com · 10/02/2026

Post a tree you photographed.

Big spreading tree in the middle of a pasture. A gravel path is in the foreground.

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Tonal Drift @tonaldrift.com · 07/02/2026

I won't say it's cold, but the heater on the bird bath is struggling.

Black bird bath almost, but not quite, iced over. Copper anti-algae disk is still visible at the bottom.

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Tonal Drift @tonaldrift.com · 25/01/2026

Majestic visitor to our deck.

Coopers hawk sitting on the railing of my snow covered deck. Snow is falling.

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Tonal Drift @tonaldrift.com · 25/01/2026

Feeders are busy this morning.

Bird feeders on my back deck filled to the brim with Juncos, Cardinals, and Finches. Snow is falling.

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Tonal Drift @tonaldrift.com · 21/01/2026

My "helper" (here seen bugging the guinea pigs) says hi.

A black cat looking unrepentantly at the camera while sitting on the top of the cage for guinea pigs.

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Tonal Drift @tonaldrift.com · 16/01/2026

UPDATE - Common Chords tool now allows you to consider enharmonics - or not if you prefer. Also, some internal improvements as well. Yes, I've spent way too much time on this.

screenshot of the common-chords webpage showing the new buttons to control if enharmonics are considered equal or not.

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Tonal Drift @tonaldrift.com · 16/01/2026

Night vision camera doing its best to show a fox eating dog food we set out.

Dark picture of a red fox eating dog food from a bowl placed in our back yard. Picture is rather blurry because of the slow shutter speed needed at night. The fox has a dark tail with a white tip.

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