Author Archives: Fresh

About Fresh

Apple Mac Fan/Spacecraft Systems. Engineer - NASA missions. guitarist/producer/AFOL/fitness fan/film+TV+soundtrack composer/podcast host/Python newbie coder. Music by me: http://SFTF.bandcamp.com. Mellowly Cool. Find me on IG @sftfmusic and Bluesky: MrFresh

#100DaysOfCode – Day 7: Continuing on Codecademy/Python Crash Course

Posted on July 21, 2018 by Fresh

NP: Infinite: A 1 hour Chill Mix It’s a been a few days since I’ve posted an update on this coding journey, but I will say this revised approach is netting me better results than the first two times around. … Continue reading →

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#100DaysOfCode – Day 2: Python at Codecademy and A Book

Posted on July 15, 2018 by Fresh

Greetings… As mentioned in the previous blog post, I’m all set up and currently using my Macbook Air as the coding platform of choice. Right now I’m in Codecademy’s Python for Beginners couse, learning about variables, specifically variable substitution. This … Continue reading →

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#100DaysOfCode – Day 1 – 13 Jul 18: Back to Python (again)

Posted on July 15, 2018 by Fresh

[Now Playing: Sleepless Nights – a lo-fi hip hop mix (pt. 4)] Greetings… So here we are. About two weeks ago, I came across the following post on Instagram… This resonates truth to me because there are a few things … Continue reading →

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Indigo Blue – The latest single from AfterSix Productions

Posted on June 3, 2018 by Fresh

Greetings readers Just a short blog post about an upcoming single we (Dan McCollum and I) dropped on 15 May. Take a listen here ::: oceans of rhythm ::: Fresh.

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Simply Chilled – a new track by AfterSix Productions

Posted on June 3, 2018 by Fresh

Hello, Just a short blog post about an upcoming single we (Dan McCollum and I) are dropped onSaturday, 31 March. Take a listen here ::: oceans of rhythm ::: Fresh.

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One month in, Deep Work, and human nature story about coffee & the 44th

Posted on February 3, 2018 by Fresh

Greetings all… It’s been a minute since a posted a web log (actually since last year). DK Wyatt were talking about blogging lately and it was something (before the advent of social media sites like Twitter and FB) that we … Continue reading →

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Gone… A Loss of Fond Technology

Posted on December 1, 2017 by Fresh

EDIT (27 Jan 1) SHE’S ALIVE AGAIN It started a few nights ago. Someone in a music production forum on Facebook posted a synthesizer advertisement from back in the day…a vintage synth. Before long, members of the forum were chiming … Continue reading →

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Calories to NikeFuel Points – An Experiment

Posted on November 29, 2017 by Fresh

Greetings readers, In my last (longgg) post, I discussed why I have, in 2017, begun using the NikeFuel Band. In all the research I’ve done, I wanted to determine (via some crude experiments), what many have tried before – How … Continue reading →

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Why the Nike FuelBand SE in 2017 – “Band on the run”

Posted on August 24, 2017 by Fresh

So, I’ve found the Apple Watch fitness capabilities a welcome and useful way to track my general fitness activities AND found the entire process it uses to motivate me, especially in the area of consistency. The apps that I use … Continue reading →

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Fitness with The Apple Watch – 7 weeks later – It’s a “ring thing”

Posted on August 22, 2017 by Fresh

Greetings all… In our last episode, I gave a brief background on what started my journey of fitness tracking and, furthermore, quantifying the fitness data (and lifestyle I was creating) – starting with the Nike+ Fitness app/Nike Sport Kit on … Continue reading →

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