Somehow, I've managed to build quite a few random Python package, and contribute to others. I've recently been working towards converting all of the Python projects I manage to the new pyproject.toml standards for packaging, and I've recently had to work through an interesting little challenge for some of the projects which only contain a sigle Python file. No module folder, no __init__.py. Just a single file.

We know that I'm something of an audio buff. I love having music around me all the time. But isn't that becoming more of a staple in the American home, anyway? I certainly think so. There's lots of folks who are also listening to music all the time. I have my own personal preferences, though. (Shocker, I know.) The thing is, I want my audio system to tie nicely into my home. I want play/pause buttons scattered around, and well... I've got more demands.

I'm ready to manage my audio "wiring" a bit more virtually, these days, and I'm ready to do that with some of the cool new tools available in Linux. Luckily for me, Pipewire has some command-line applications that make doing that an absolute cinch! And what's better, I can do it from Python, and make it a little more automagic. Now THAT's what I'm talking about!

So, I've got an old (1992) Ford pickup, and it's got a newer-ish stereo. I love keeping my favorite tunes on a USB stick that I can play everything from, but I HATE it when the volume changes from one song to the next. I go from barely being able to hear the music to having my eardrums blown out in 0.5 seconds. So, I've come to the conclusion that I need to fix that. With PYTHON!

I'm so fed up with low-level audio in Linux. It's a constant struggle, and I'm throwing in the towel. I'm done.

Radon - an colorless, oderless gas. Sounds familiar, right? But you've probably heard that phrase in relation to other gasses like the carbon-monoxide, or perhaps natural gas. Radon poses health threats, as well, but with the added benefit of radiation. Scared yet? Don't worry.

I recently decided to drop Windows (finally), and move to Linux, full-time. But that means moving to Pipewire; which is both exciting and slightly daugnting. You see, to make the move, I need to get VBAN working on Linux, and talking to Pipewire. Hmm. Time to do some digging...

I'm quite the self-hosting fiend. That's well-established, at this point, but I wanted to go into some of the details about my recent adventures, exposing SSH service to both my GitLab and Gitea servers.

Finally! Python 3.11 is out! It's new, it's fast(er than previous Python versions), and it's got some dandy new features. And if you wanted to know how I go about putting it on a Windows machine, let me show you...

It's been a crazy month, but isn't that how Halloween is supposed to be, anyway? Crazy? Well, maybe not like this. Let me explain...