Brian Dys

Author: Brian Dys

  • Automating file organization via PowerShell

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    My process in sharing and archiving event media (aka the numerous pictures and videos that I take in various formal and informal events) is to, first, download the file from the memory card and sort them out according to the date and type of event. This is a tedious task especially if a batch consists…

  • Footprints in the Sky

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  • Don’t leave

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  • Avaloq × BlackRock

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    Avaloq, a subsidiary of NEC Corporation, and BlackRock, through its Aladdin Wealth business, have formed a strategic partnership aimed at enhancing their investment technology solutions for wealth managers and private banks. As part of the strategic partnership, BlackRock is making a minority investment in Avaloq. BlackRock and Avaloq unveil strategic partnership to provide integrated technology…

  • Bedtime Stories

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    There were many nights when Bryce was younger, about a couple of years ago, that our imaginations ran wild through bedtime stories. We took turns in continuing episodes of adventures of multitude of characters, starting from X-Fighter-X — which was Bryce’s brainchild. It starred him and his classmates in Cascades, where they battle otherworldly creatures…

  • Playing with Music

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    Playing with AI-generated music is like going to a restaurant, looking at the menu and instead of meals, you find ingredients. You point to the waiter which ones you want mixed-and-matched. It gets cooked and prepared in the kitchen while you wait. Et voila, the dish is served and all you have to do is…

  • Pieces (demo)

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  • Trying Out BandLab Mastering

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    I’ve got some old recordings of Luna and I’m trying out new ways to enhance the audio quality of the recordings. First I feed the songs to Audacity for some noise reduction and normalization then I use BandLab’s Mastering feature, using Clarity preset. This is the result, enjoy!

  • Reading List: Week 5, January 2023

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    I don’t believe I have the ability to say what is going to work. Rather, I try to eliminate what’s not going to work. I think being successful is just about not making mistakes. It’s not about having correct judgment. It’s about avoiding incorrect judgments.The Almanack of Naval Ravikant

  • What is a new year?

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    A year is what it takes for Earth to complete a trip around the sun. We can say that we’re back to the point where we started — predictable seasons and collective celebrations of recurring events. We are passengers of this giant spaceship hurtling through space and time — we’re going ’round and ’round and…