Working on new features for Eter :)

I wanted to try the new Sites feature in Codex, so I asked it to make a little info site about 🎸 Jeff Beck’s career. And it somehow came back looking like it had been designed by a music magazine. Very impressed: https://jeff-beck-sound-first.apparent.chatgpt.site/

I’ve found a TextExpander snippet that I used for support. It mentioned the previous name of our app, Trickster, “Blast”. When we released version 2.0, we renamed it to Trickster. This was in June 2012. So this snippet is about 14 years old now, at least. A Blast from the past, pun intended.

Stairway to Heaven solo? ✅ Check me rocking out to this classic. youtube.com/shorts/jg…

Our apps Trickster and Eter Radio are 50% off today in the (Mac) App Store as part of Indie App Sales, along with many other great indie apps. Don’t miss.

Did Wordle 1000 times (not counting various quordles/octordles and such).

Caught a few shots of this blue jay who’s been visiting our backyard the last few days

Brett Terpstra gives away 3 copies of our Mac app Trickster on his website. Check out brettterpstra.com/2025/05/0… for details.

If you experience any trouble with our app, please reach out to our support and we will promptly reply with a commiserate 🤷🏻‍♂️.

At my first concert of the season. Leprous (with Wheel opening). In 2023, I performed on this stage.

A look back at my musical projects in 2024: https://gorban.org/2025/01/01/a-look-back-at-my.html

I'm excited to share the release of Bushel 2.0 getbushel.app Lots of fixes but most importantly... Screen Recording and Screenshots! Now you can record your VM screen and add notes and of course share it with others.

If I posted a thread on X about X, did I go Meta?

Any Mac devs use coupon offers with their apps? Some people reach the final confirmation step and then the Store says that it's being modified. Had it happen on 🇺🇸 and 🇨🇦 stores to some customers although I did succeed to use the coupon code myself (Canada). Anybody had this? Ideas?

👨‍🎤 Music Trivia: this is the inner sleeve for a vinyl record. Anybody knows which record this is?

So, will I be able to ask the new ChatGPT voice mode to speak with a spam/scam call on my phone and stall them as long as possible? Asking for a friend.

Finally iOS 17 support Facebook!? You’re either a year too late or confused.

Eter (our internet radio player app) now supports sharing radio stations. A surprise awaits those who come to the share page without Eter installed on their iPhone. Try it: eter.apparentsoft.com/stations/Abs...

https://gorban.org/2024/09/05/david-gilmours-new.html

My 🐕 Sparky is addicted to snacks and would sometimes bark to request them. I now call him “addictator”.

🎵🚨Gonna have the premiere of my new song release (that I started writing in late 2020) in 5 mins at www.youtube.com/watch It’s a kind of a singer-songwriter rock.

I bought two Kansas vinyl records yesterday, though I don’t know them well. Is an opportunity to get better acquainted. Also, what beautiful sleeve in this one. The other one is their first album. If you buy physical media, do you usually buy albums you already know or new stuff to discover?

🎵 Did you know I write a newsletter related to my musical journey? I just posted some “behind the scenes” for an upcoming songs that’s been (too) long in the making. music.gorban.org/posts/spa…

Apple stock is down 2%. Coming back up “later this year”.

Ha, ChatGPT. I caught you!

I have to say that in my various, limited testing of llama-3 AI model vs ChatGPT 4 Plus, I often find llama-3 following instructions better and giving more precise results. Quite surprising. These two images are ChatGPT4 and llama-3-7B run locally, which actually gave a better result.

So happy about the new music from David Gilmour, one of my main influences on guitar. The first single’s video is just out, and it’s a better song than I was expecting, given his previous output lately. Good energy. www.youtube.com/watch

I came up with this funky part Tuesday evening. It’s really fun to solo over when looped. Could be a basis for a full composition, I think. youtube.com/shorts/nk50f... #music #guitar #funk

I’ve recently connected with a local singer and recorded his vocals for a song that has been waiting for better vocals for a couple of years 🤦🏻‍♂️. I’ve been trying to sing it myself but my vocals are not good enough. It’s a lesson I learned with my last song. Now I’m in the mixing stage.