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I composed a mellow little song on my harp. I think it's a really just an accompaniment to a song, but I'm not sure. Maybe you'll like it?

May this year being you peace, justice, and growth.

Around this time of year, I find myself wanting to play more music. I'm not terribly Christian, but I often wind up playing Christmas carols on my harp out of convenience, etc.

This year, I think I'll do sea shanties instead.

(this is The Wellerman, pardon the unturned instrument)

Aaaaaaaa I am so excited about the possibility of CAT EARS HEARING DEVICES!

@SophicLeech this sucks real bad. Would you like help finding resources, or do you know folks locally?

@j3s
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I see you've your pixels where your pixels are. That looks so comfy!

@j3s you brag so big.

Just ordered dinner while soaking in the tub. Not a bad evening in.

@j3s ooooo. What form was egg in?

@j3s what was in this masterpiece?

At this point, I don't think I could come out of the broom closet at work if I tried. Literally just asked for Samhain off at the end of the month, since we might need to be available overnight and my boss just went "yep, okay".

Good news? He's cool with it. Bad news? He asks how my Christmas was every year.

@j3s so tragic 💔

@mxm@rage.love "Disability and Progress" (https://www.kfai.org/program/disabilityandprogress/) is hosted by a blind woman. It's a weekly radio show with an archive available via podcasts. I'm not sure how often she talks about her vision, but it occasionally comes up. A while back (a year or two ago?) there was a wonderful interview with a blind therapist and a discussion of how her service dog and practice work.

It's broadcast locally for me and I enjoy listening whenever it's on. The quality is some of the best I've heard. Highly recommended. Good luck on your search!

Aaand version 0.4, I guess? 0.3.5? Anyways, I made a vest to hold the sound processor and battery pack and wow, did it make a difference. Shoulder-mounted hearing aid-- who knew? Directionality isn't perfect, but it's a hell of a lot better, and wow, did it make a difference.

Anyways, I put in an order for a small 3.5 mm mic-- hopefully it shows up and basically 'just works' once I switch the audio input in the code. I suspect I might need to do some faaancy stuff to compensate for the mic's sensitivity range, but I'll burn that bridge when I come to it.

So far, this whole thing (aside from the Tympan board) has been really inexpensive-- maybe $30 in electronics-- for a functioning hearing device. Programming the prescription is still kind of a beast, involving some spreadsheets and a little guesswork. If we can get the board cost down, though, and improve the documentation/build process this thing might actually be accessible! I imagine I'll see some cost increases once I add nicer microphones, but it's hard to say. Feeling pretty excited. :)