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Why I built it

I wanted his life and work to have a lasting home online: somewhere family, students, and new listeners could find the story behind a performance as easily as the recording itself. Building and maintaining the site is my way of helping preserve that legacy and make it easier to explore.

Useful when you want to

• Discover his life, musical tradition, and the people and influences behind the work.
• Find a performance, listen to an audio recording, or return to an article without searching across separate channels.
• Share his writings, photographs, recordings, and books with family, students, and anyone discovering the tradition.

Why I built it

I made it so that choosing Blender for a shape does not mean starting over when that shape needs to meet a CAD assembly. The reverse matters just as much: a part designed in CAD should be easy to bring into Blender for a product render or animation. These tools make that handoff a focused workflow instead of another modelling task.

Useful when you want to

• Bring a Blender concept into CAD as a reference for an enclosure, mounting bracket, mating part, or assembly fit check.
• Turn a supplier's STEP model into a Blender mesh for product renders, exploded views, and animations.
• Move between form exploration, engineering, and visual presentation without rebuilding the same geometry in every application.

Why I built it

I built it to make full-size prototypes practical on the printer you already have. Splitting a model also means planning its seams, alignment, and assembly; I wanted those decisions in one workflow instead of repeating a set of manual cuts and labels for every project.

Useful when you want to

• Print an enclosure, housing, prop, or form study at full size when it exceeds the build plate.
• Keep a multi-part prototype organized with matching seam codes and alignment features.
• Prepare a large CAD model for printing while choosing where symmetry should influence the cuts.

Why I built it

I wanted to explore a feeder around the way my tortoise eats: room for fresh ingredients, different preparation needs, and an open place to reach the food. I built the digital workspace alongside the hardware design so the mechanisms, parts, and design decisions could be inspected together as the project develops.

Useful when you want to

• Explore the feeder in 3D, inspect individual components, and see how the food paths and tray mechanisms are intended to work.
• Compare dimensions, movement, access, and part choices before committing to a physical prototype.
• Plan a single mechanism build using the engineering studies, parts lists, and prototype CAD and fabrication files.

This is an evolving digital hardware prototype. The simulations and files document design intent; food delivery, controls, and the physical build still need real-world validation.

Why I built it

I wanted more of the dimensional control I use in CAD while keeping the freedom of modelling in Blender. A useful measurement should be something I can return to and change, rather than a number I have to re-create through another round of manual mesh edits.

Useful when you want to

• Adjust an enclosure, bracket, or product concept to a target width, edge length, or clearance while staying in Blender.
• Keep selected edges parallel or perpendicular, set an angle, or bring vertices together as a form develops.
• Revisit an extrusion length or face offset when comparing design variations and preparing a model for a CAD handoff.

Why I built it

I wanted the handoff between Blender and CAD to fit into the modelling process itself. Bringing engineering geometry into Blender and sending a concept back to CAD helps connect form exploration, fit checks, and presentation without treating each application as a separate version of the project.

Useful when you want to

• Bring a STEP component or assembly into Blender as a reference while developing a product form or presentation scene.
• Export a selected Blender concept to STEP so it can be referenced in a CAD assembly or used to design a mating part.
• Control scale, orientation, and modifier evaluation at the handoff between a Blender model and an engineering workflow.

Why I built it

I made the original script to make getting a usable video file a repeatable task. The online version brings that same direct workflow to the website, so a visitor can start with a link and leave with a file without setting up a local Python environment.

Useful when you want to

• Keep an offline copy of your own upload for a presentation, review, or archive.
• Bring an authorized video into an editing workflow that needs a local media file.
• Save a permitted reference clip before working somewhere with an unreliable connection.

Why I built it

I wanted a short path from a video link to an audio file that works in common players and audio software. The original script combined downloading and FFmpeg conversion; this web version puts those steps behind one simple form.

Useful when you want to

• Make a listening copy of your own performance, talk, or uploaded recording.
• Prepare an authorized reference track for transcription, analysis, or music practice.
• Take permitted spoken material offline when carrying the full video is unnecessary.

Why I built it

I wanted a precise way to move a recording into a useful tuning or playback range with the familiar behavior of changing a record player's speed. A small numerical adjustment makes it easy to repeat a tuning change or prepare a version for practice.

Useful when you want to

• Make a fine tuning adjustment to a recording so it sits closer to the instrument or reference you are practicing with.
• Slow a musical passage down while accepting the corresponding drop in pitch.
• Explore a turntable-style faster or slower version of your own recording with a repeatable semitone setting.

Why I built it

I built it to make the repeated work of preparing footage easier: choose the color treatment once, check it, and apply it across a group of clips. That keeps a quick dailies or proof-export task focused on the footage, the look, and the files to deliver.

Useful when you want to

• Turn a batch of camera LOG recordings into viewable Rec.709 proofs using the appropriate conversion LUT.
• Apply a shared creative look across clips before sending a set of review videos.
• Compare LUT blending and white balance on a preview, then export with a suitable encoding mode.

Why I built it

I wanted the same focused color-preparation workflow to travel with the footage. Moving it to iPhone and iPad makes it possible to import a clip, try a look, and prepare a viewable export while working from a mobile device.

Useful when you want to

• Prepare a viewable version of LOG footage directly on an iPhone or iPad using a matching LUT.
• Compare a conversion LUT and an optional creative look while reviewing footage away from the desk.
• Apply a chosen treatment to imported clips and export versions for a mobile review workflow.

Why I built it

I wanted a garage to show more than a list of cars or a single estimated price. Bringing ownership records and market context together makes it easier to see what a car costs to keep, track what is changing, and compare a possible next purchase.

Useful when you want to

• Keep vehicle details, ownership expenses, fuel entries, and maintenance reminders connected to each car.
• Compare a listing or possible purchase with available market estimates and deal-analysis context.
• Follow vehicles of interest through watchlists and revisit how the garage and market change over time.

Why I built it

I made it to connect the story of the team with the practical next step of finding a relevant role. A focused site lets the visual presentation, team introduction, and job information work together as one recruiting experience.

Useful when you want to

• Introduce a prospective teammate to the team and the kind of work behind it.
• Help a candidate move from a broad overview to a role that matches their interests.
• Give recruiting conversations a clear destination with an organized path to role details and applications.

The portfolio link opens the protected DoorDash collection and requires its password.