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Faircamp for Music Makers

Post author By Pete Prodoehl
Post date 2026-04-09
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I want to tell you about Faircamp, a static site generator for audio producers. It does what it says on the tin, and does it well. Here’s a longer description:

Point Faircamp to a folder hierarchy containing your audio files. Within minutes, Faircamp builds a complete website presenting your work. The resulting site requires no database, no programming, no maintenance, and is compatible with virtually every webhost on this planet.

So basically, a fully-fledged music site for your band that is an alternative to Bandcamp. It allows people to get your music, stream it, download it, and even support you by paying for it.

I ran Faircamp on all my files and the result is at rasterweb.net/music. I’m extremely happy with how it turned out. I even joined the Faircamp Webring. Remember webrings? They’re back! It’s an old way to discover other web sites, and now a new way to discover music.

I have not been keeping up with development but I believe they are working on a GUI to make things easier. Using Faircamp was easy for me, but I’m a tech nerd who uses the terminal daily. If the manual is too confusing you might be afraid to give it a go, so maybe wait for the next major release.

You can follow @freebliss@post.lurk.org if you’re looking for occasional updates on Faircamp progress. (Here’s a look at the 2.0 progress.)

The IndieWeb needs more of this sort of thing if we are to break free of the corporate chains that hold down so much of the web, and so many of the people who create and use the web.

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Hey, it’s Bread!

After making a small loaf of bread I made this massive loaf of bread. I’m kidding of course, though this bread is twice the size of the last one. (Laser-cut banana for scale.)

Here’s the ingredients list:

240 grams flour (bread flour or all-purpose flour)
6 grams kosher salt
2 grams instant dried yeast
200 grams cool water

You can see it fills out the 2 quart Dutch oven a bit more. This is probably a good size to make in the little pot. I could probably go a little larger but then I’d need to do some real math and I’m not a fan of that.

But honestly, this might be the appropriate size for our household. In the past when I’d suggest to Dana we get a loaf of bread for grilled cheese sandwiches and tomato soup we’d grab a loaf from the grocery store and it seemed like we could never get one the right size, or the right shape, or just a loaf that seemed to fit our modest needs.

This was a great sized loaf that lasted just over two days and was enough for two good-sized sandwiches and some left over for a couple of pieces of toast.

Obviously I need to start making a bread like this the night before (or perhaps first thing in the morning) but I’d prefer making my own bread—with just four simple ingredients—over buying a loaf at the store.

When I make it at home I know exactly what goes into it and how it was made… and that’s worth something to me.

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This is the Pain (Relief?)

Post author By Pete Prodoehl
Post date 2026-04-04
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See the previous post… Done? Okay!

The past three weeks (not two) have been crap. Pain every day, every night. I’ve been taking Gabapentin, Ibuprofen, Tylenol, and using a heating pad quite a bit. On a good day I’d have 6 to 8 hours of pain and on a bad day 12+ hours.

But the day has come! My procedure was a few days ago. Since I was sedated I really don’t remember much about it. They inserted two needles into my back and injected steroids into my spine. (Fun!) The next day I felt good. Really good. But they do warn it can take days or a week or more to start being pain-free.

Two days after the injections I had quite a bit of pain in the morning, which is normal, but it wasn’t at the same level as it was earlier in the week before the injections. It faded later in the day, so that was good.

So if you’re keeping track I’ve been in pain (in various ways) since November. It’s shifted, changed, and mutated since then. From the back to the butt to the hip to the leg and ankle.

I cannot wait to get back to my old life of working full-time, going on bike rides, not lying on a heating pad in pain, etc. I hope, hope, hope we’re nearly there.

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Halftone Printing Plate

My daughter asked if I could make a printing plate and sent me this photo of a rock. (She’s a rock climber.) I’ve made lots of plates using 3D printing so I figured I would try to halftone the photo.

Above you can see two prints I made on paper using black relief printing ink.

Here’s the original photo, in grayscale. Rocks have texture and some gradient and tone… Fun!

Here is the image after halftoning it. My first attempt used dots that were way too small. The file was 720MB and took a long time to load, and I got a warning in my slicer. Getting the halftoning right is tricky, and it’ll take some experimentation in the future.

I converted the raster image into an SVG using Inkscape and then loaded it into OpenSCAD to extrude it and put a plate underneath it so I could export it as an STL file.

Here’s the plate, after printing it and cleaning it. I lost a few dots on the top where they were a little too small. Again, I’ll try to fix those issues next time.

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Aldi Cast Iron Dutch Oven

Post author By Pete Prodoehl
Post date 2026-04-03
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I picked up this little 2 quart cast iron Dutch oven from Aldi. I think I saw this blog post and knowing how expensive high quality cast iron Dutch ovens are, I figured for $20 USD I’d give it a try. I made this Small Batch Crusty Bread because it was the smallest loaf I could find. (And I was too lazy to do baker’s math for other loafs.)

I’m not big on many of the meat recipes you find for a Dutch oven, but I have been making a lot of bread lately, so I thought I would give that a try.

(Note: I did bake in on/in parchment paper, though I pulled it out for the photo.)

Tiny loaf! This only used 120 grams (1 cup) of flour. I let it rise overnight, about 12 hours, and it’s one of those “no knead” recipes. It turned out pretty good! I may try to double the size for the second attempt.

I was pleased with the crumb on this loaf. I ended up eating the whole thing in one day, not surprising I guess. I toasted up two pieces for a sandwich at lunch and damn, it was good! I look forward to making more bread and possibly exploring other recipes with this thing.

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