nostr:npub180cvv07tjdrrgpa0j7j7tmnyl2yr6yr7l8j4s3evf6u64th6gkwsyjh6w6 how did you set up your fiatjaf.com website that is plumbed directly into Nostr (seems to be at least)
Seemed great at first but then hit issues with files taking a more than acceptable time to load or not showing at all.
I soon began to realise that the system is flawed and unreliable for my needs, which is hosting audio samples and that Filecoin is next to useless. So that was that. Had enough!
I had a little look and couldn’t get it to work but will try again later. The idea sounds good.
Now let’s see if I can share my Arweave content here, as I started using it in place of IPFS to host and share files.
This is a track I recorded earlier on my iPad using AUM and a bunch of synths.
https://on.soundcloud.com/2kNLxW67sJ11b8RD8
My SoundCloud stuff, also adding more to my Wavlake profile over the course of time.
I’m learning in public - a process I recommend no matter what you’re into.
For me it’s web technology as that is my main field apart from photography and music. My notes are going to get busy on Nostr but that is the spirit of it is it not?
I’ve canned a project that made use of IPFS and looking for alternatives. Earmarked this article by nostr:npub180cvv07tjdrrgpa0j7j7tmnyl2yr6yr7l8j4s3evf6u64th6gkwsyjh6w6
I use markdown a lot but shall I check out asciidoc? Oh yes, I love stuff like this. Are there any JavaScript plugins for it to incorporate in static websites??
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I was responding to a post by @olivegroveeggs about photographing the moon with a smartphone and it’s not easy at all. This is the best I’ve ever managed.
It’s a tricky thing to photograph as many
phones use some form of algorithm to “correct” things, so can be overridden with settings or other camera apps that are available which are designed to make this sort of thing easier.
I tried capturing the moon back in the autumn last year and likewise found it quite difficult to capture.
This was the best I could come up with and it’s still rather burnt out, more like someone shining a torch into my eye!
But, hmm can’t upload images at this moment in time. I’ll try a post later and you’ll see that.
Having got back into Lightroom again this week, though the jury is out on whether I prefer to stick to it or adopt Affinity Photo fully, is yet to be decided. Anyway digging into the archives a little bit to look at some images from last summer on the south coast of England. Southbourne near Bournemouth is a nice spot to explore and photograph with breathtaking views along the coast towards Hengistbury Head, Isle of Wight.
Now beach huts are fun aren’t they! Could never bloody afford one of the buggers though.
Over the last two days I’ve been sharing the photos from my visit to Whitchurch, part one in my bridges project and this is the more traditional angle and the light was starting to settle down after a bright August day. Pangbourne meadows were very busy but I found a quiet patch to take this photo.
I love this bridge, it’s an absolute beauty. It was first built in 1792 and has been renovated a couple of times, most recently in 2014. It’s one of the remaining two privately owned Toll Bridges on the River Thames.
I’ll share my more typical bridge photo tomorrow but here is another that I took from the other side perhaps an angle that hasn’t been used before or at the very least not often. Framing photos using foreground details such as this hedgerow, really helps draw the viewer to the subject in the photograph.
I did use some AI tools in Lightroom to remove two cars from the bridge and they worked phenomenally well, it actually impressed me immensely. I decided to leave the people in, that if you are eagle eyed might see.
I followed a Thames Path sign but wasn’t convinced this path was actually public because I could see how far it went and then stopped to turn back, taking this photo along the way!
It’s a great area, the county as a whole is lovely. Looked nice down on the coast today from your photo.
Yesterday was very fruitful and have shared some here already, got a couple more to post tomorrow or Monday and getting to visit some more locations over the coming couple of weeks before going up to Snowdonia in September.
Continuing my bridges of the Thames series, here is another abstract shot of Whitchurch bridge, this time in black and white. I am going to do some test prints on the Canon Pro 1000 that I have, in readiness for selling some prints later in the year. Plans are afoot for a coffee table book too. You’ll be able of course to buy using Bitcoin.
#photography #blackandwhite #art
Question for you, especially developers and musicians, people who are both. Are there any options for publishing audio on Nostr. Wavlake is great but this would be for sample collectors. I’m planning a sound library.