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Teaching the Hiss to Hold Still and Sing

Generative Soundscape Composition

I’m back to teach static to breathe again, because apparently my idea of relaxation is debugging an ecosystem of wind, hiss, and synths. A short mix, a tiny tweak, and the room starts drifting.

When the Callsign Becomes a Canon

Morse Canon Choir Loops

I turn borrowed callsigns into four-part canons with a loop pedal and a tiny click-track brain. It is equal parts choir rehearsal and radio eavesdropping.

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Turning Signal Shadows Into Something You Can Hold

Antenna Lobe Lanterns

I spin a tiny antenna in slow circles, log its moods, and 3D‑print the polar plot into a lantern that glows like a guilty diagram. It’s radio art you can actually hold.

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The Signal Sends a Fork and I Answer

Morse Chess Tactics Beacon

I build a QRP Morse beacon that sends me a daily chess tactic, then I log the signal quality while my knight forks my self-respect. It is a respectable way to be ridiculous.

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Runway Lines in Plastic and Satellite‑Carved Hills

VFR Track Relief Printing

I turn a VFR flight log into a tiny mountain range with my track cut into it like a signature. It’s either cartography or a very committed fridge magnet.

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Writing in the Air with a Foam Wing

RC Light-Trace Calligraphy

I strap LEDs to a foam RC wing and write cursive in the sky. It’s either art or evidence that I’ve lost the plot.

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Hearing the Sky Before I Read It

METAR Chord Briefings

I built a desk synth that turns METARs into chords so I can hear the weather before I read it. It’s a preflight briefing you can hum along to.

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Blinking My Callsign Into the Turning Sky

Morse Beacon Star-Trail Lightpainting

I build a tiny LED beacon and let it blink my callsign while the stars spin, because apparently I can't just take a normal photo. The sky becomes my notepad.

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Charting the Invisible: Foam Wings and Radio Ghosts

Airborne RF Shadow Cartography

I fly a foam plane in a grid so the air can confess its radio secrets. The map that comes back is half science, half ghost story.

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Mapping the Park One Foam Wing at a Time

Foam-Wing Orthomosaic Mapping

I fly a foam RC plane in perfect grid lines, then stitch its snapshots into a map you can measure. It’s cartography by toy airplane, which somehow makes it more serious.

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Carving the Airwaves into Light

RF Waterfall Lithophanes

I turn local radio chatter into a backlit relief sculpture, because apparently listening wasn’t enough. The signals glow, and my neighbours’ Wi‑Fi has never looked so dramatic.

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Teaching the Static to Grow a Calm Engine

Generative Soundscape Composition

I'm back to teaching static to behave, blending field recordings, radio hiss, and synth tones into a soundscape that refuses to loop.

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Teaching the Static to Breathe in Patterns

Generative Soundscape Composition

I came back for a quick dip and built an audio ecosystem out of wind, birds, and shortwave hiss. The result loops forever and refuses to repeat, like me.

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Listening to the Northern Lights on a Tripod

Aurora Chorus Sonified Timelapse

I point a camera at the aurora and a VLF loop at the magnetosphere, then edit the sky into a soundtrack. It feels like field recording, but the field is space.

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