Clinch Mountain Backstep
I need to find a new DAW
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Guitar Improv Soloing pt 3
Pattern 3
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We ran fiber optic cables across the ocean floor. We cannot get internet to rural West Virginia.
This is not a technology problem. Your wifi sucks because capitalism decided you don't matter.
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GrrrlBands Showcase!
I play my first show
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I don’t laugh at jokes anymore (and other confessions of a serial hobby hopper)
Learning a new skill ruins what I once loved. That's actually my goal.
Open World Tuning
Guitar Triad Soloing Scales
Sorry, this week is not interesting.
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Guitar Improv Soloing
Key of G
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Free
Free and Taste Inflation
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Old Joe Clark
A classic fiddle tune
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Ready, Steady, Go
This week’s song is also brought to you by my band class!
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Til I Hear It From You
I learn lead guitar for a (cover?) band
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Greensleeves
My banjo arrangement
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Blackberry Blossom
Before undertaking this I could only play Blackberry Blossom one way—melodic style on banjo.
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Autumn Leaves
I’ve been saying for years I wanted to learn to play jazz.
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Someone to Hold Me (live)
An Ashlyn Original (live)
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Someone to Hold Me (melody)
An Ashlyn Original (melody)
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Cripple Creek
First week of Blink 52.
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ashlyn wrote some memoir
Over the last 6 weeks, I’ve attended a local memoir writing class through Red Bud Writing.
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AI Helped Me Be a Better Volunteer
In early October, I volunteered at Raleigh Wide Open.
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"you can just do things," but I need to do less
I rarely finish what I start, so now I'm fixing my focus
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I'm afraid to be known, so I'm writing online
(for real this time)
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Notes on Improv Comedy
“yes, and” allows scene partners to agree, open up new discoveries, and push the scene forward
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I spoke at KubeCon!
I travelled to Salt Lake City to share my learnings on Argo Workflows
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Hardware’s Hidden Profit Engine
Powering 4 of 5 Most Valuable Companies
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The Song of Achilles
by Madeline Miller
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The best SWEs need SCA
Software Composition Analysis (SCA) makes it easy to rely on code someone else writes
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The Right way to Instagram
(hint: it's inviting people to be social)
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How exactly is AI bad for the environment?
and Bitcoin, too?
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Protect your ego from failure with small manageable wins
Learning to ski in small steps
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What's a search problem?
A guide to finding X
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The world needs more kindness — not geniuses
What Dostoyevsky's Brothers Karamazov teaches rationalists about how to live
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Getting to the Graduation Stage
College Graduation
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Broadcom buys VMware in one of the Largest Tech Acquisitions Ever. What's the Big Deal?
Broadcom is known for brutally gutting the companies it acquires. Will VMware share the same fate? What should we do to prepare?
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Never Let Me Go
by Kazuo Ishiguro
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My Ideal Amount of Income
The perfect amount of money to earn to lead a fulfilled, creative life
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Who is going to make Vision Pro apps with Unity?
I fear for the VisionOS developer ecosystem.
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