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Posted on August 11, 2026 by Jeremy Ray

OM-MINUS:Jaya Jagadamba (funky version)

Posted on August 12, 2026 by Jeremy Ray

Here’s a 1.1 click song. I had Treblo redo the original beginning but, other than that, it is a one-click song. I copied some lyrics from an ancient Hindu poem, knowing that the A.I. was going to turn the words to gibberish. I prefer it that way, since the story takes place in a far future cycle of time. The language sounds similar to Hindi, but has drifted to the point of being unrecognizable. Unless the A.I. actually got a word right.

The title translates to something like “Hail to the Mother of the Universe,” but the song isn’t built around that theme. I feed the A.I. romanized Hindi lyrics, it spits out something like Hindi.

This version has one helluva a beat. The female vocal is a bit annoying, but the track does bring the funk. It’s drifted too far off from what OM-MINUS should be, but that beat can’t be resisted.

It may be a B-side track. I need to work on the album arrangement again. The beginning and end are carved in stone, but the middle needs work. There’s still some human artistry in track arrangement. It’s not much different than being a pixel artist, or a writer; except now I’m working with whole songs instead of pixels or words.

OM-MINUS:3, 7, 12, 60

Posted on August 11, 2026 by Jeremy Ray

Yeah, the name is a sequence of forgettable numbers. Many of the song titles are based on a video I watched on Sumerian religion. I can’t find it again, but A.I. knows what’s going on –

“The Sumerians utilized a base-60 (sexagesimal) number system, which remains embedded in modern time and geometry, while 12 served as a critical sub-base for counting and measurement. 
 The number 3 was a fundamental divisor of 60, enabling easy fraction division without remainders, whereas 7 held sacred and mystical significance rather than serving as a mathematical base. “

And now you know.

I’m not sure if this piece will end up being track 5, or get booted to the B-side album. Three instrumental tracks in a row might be too many for this album. I’ve generated a bunch of songs with vocals. A few of them are pretty groovy, but they didn’t take much effort. I don’t feel bad putting out A.I. songs that took an effort, but now we’re getting into music that only took one click to make. Realistically, albums are dead and only a handful of people have listened to any of these songs, so it doesn’t matter one way or another. If it was a one-click song, I’ll say so. Just keep in mind that they’re made with the idea that the reach will only be a few people.

OM-MINUS – the meaning

Posted on August 10, 2026 by Jeremy Ray

From Wikipedia –

OM – “It is the essence of the supreme Absolute,[2] consciousness,[4][5][6] Ātman, Brahman, or the cosmic world.[7][8][9] In Indian religions, Om serves as a sonic representation of the divine,”

There’s more, but this is the part I’m referencing. “OM” as a symbol of the sacred and divine. The positive that you strive for and hope to reach – but somehow you keep getting less. “Om-.” You might think, “but close is still good,” and keep chugging along. But nothing gets better, no matter how hard you try.

Then you come across the idea that those whose languages are written away from the heart (left to right) were given lies, and those whose languages are written towards the heart (right to left) were given the truth.

You were reading the symbol backwards the whole time – it isn’t “Om-“. It’s “-Om.” What existance has for you isn’t a little less than the divine, it is the opposite of the divine. That is what you get.

Why is it always like this? pt 2

Posted on August 10, 2026 by Jeremy Ray

Now this is why I don’t like to let any other mechanic touch my vehicles. Do you see the problem –

The second caliper I got from O’Reilly’s was also defective. The rubber boot is not seated properly on the piston. Here’s what it looks like after I seated it properly –

Everything is like this now, so you’d better know what you’re doing and be able to spot problems.

OM-MINUS:Pure Measure Binding Ascending

Posted on August 9, 2026 by Jeremy Ray

First pass on an album cover for Lotus. I started from a loose pencil sketch, but the A.I. model I used didn’t follow my sketch well. The guru is supposed to be more distorted, and have multiple deformed legs as well as arms. Given how little time I can throw at my own creative projects, its not bad. I’m still working on it.

The track pushes the boundaries of what OM-MINUS can be, but I tend to favor the more experimental tracks, as long as an album, as a whole, doesn’t lose identity. Lotus is more active anyway. It fits with the theme of the story that goes with it. I’m also considering how OM-MINUS could be a live act, which has .0001% chance of happening, but it was an interesting direction for this album.

Web stats suggest OM-MINUS is more popular than Way of the Waifu. Not hugely popular, but it’s getting more listens than the waifu stuff.

Comedy Gold or just – Ew?

Posted on August 9, 2026 by Jeremy Ray

I wish the thumbnail was the big booty doll. Click for the big booty doll –

I’ve got to admit, the Bruce Lee and Heath Ledger Joker dolls are kind of cool.

I’m laughing now, but in a few years, with a couple more generations of improvement, androids may well be the norm. Once you’ve seen a few couples fall out of love, and realize marriage is a business over the long term; an android can make a case for itself. It’s going to get interesting when these can move, communicate, and generally be useful. I’ve struggled to cover jobs that need a second pair of hands. Usually I figure it out, but it would be great to have someone to hold a board while I cut it, or hold drywall in place while I screw it in. If the android comes across as real and can do assistant work, it would cross over from something I can do without (sexbot only) to something compelling.

Sometimes the best innovation is no innovation at all

Posted on August 8, 2026 by Jeremy Ray

Here’s the next thing that decided it was more important than the comic. This shut off valve for the toilet does not entirely shut off anymore. It is 50 years old. It did well, but this is the end of the road. I can’t put poly on the floor while I have to have a bucket sitting on the floor to catch the water this valve is letting drip through. The store had about six different versions of this valve. I found one that looked like it would work, but the threaded section on the new valve is too short to screw into the nut on the bottom/left of the valve in the picture. Maybe we shouldn’t have made so many different versions. As a homeowner, I want to quickly replace this part and get my toilet back into service. Not pay a plumber $2-300/hr and wait for them to show up and find they don’t have the part on their truck.

I think the new valve can be plumbed directly onto the pipe at the wall, if I cut the 90 degree bend off. It would be great if I could find an escutcheon for that little pipe, and cover the hole in the wall. I’m going to go see if I can turn one up.

I did find some time to begin writing the next chapter. Merry and Marty have an origin story now. Naturally, it doesn’t spend much time on them. Most of it happens before they are made, but finally, they will be a bit interesting.

I haven’t heard back from the company I applied to work at. They said they’d let me know by the end of the week. I didn’t hear anything either way, even though I texted HR, so I’m going to move on. That job was just what I needed, but there’s no point in dwelling on it. Maybe I can get a little further with the online job.

Let’s patch a hole in the floor

Posted on August 6, 2026 by Jeremy Ray

And, it’s done. I’m surprised the new piece is lighter than the other boards. I found a spare board in the eaves, so this is the same wood from the original shipment. The polyurethane will darken all of the boards a bit, and make them more yellow/orange, like the trim boards. I thought about bleaching the floor boards to make them lighter, but there is a special bleach for floor boards and it’s a bit dangerous to use. So I’m going to finish sanding the floor, put the poly on, and call it good. I’m sure I’ll be able to live with it.

The interview I did yesterday went well, but I feel like this will be a “there was a better candidate” situation. The job would be exactly what I need right now. The factory was the nicest one I’ve seen in that city, much nicer than the previous one I worked at. It runs a normal work day instead of 12 hours. That kind of thing is in demand. I might get it, but there could easily be a guy out there who’s been doing that job for twenty years. I’m not going to celebrate unless/until I’m hired.

Site traffic appears to have stabilized, and while it’s much lower than the post-4th of July peak, it’s around ten times higher than it was at the beginning of the year. So, that’s a positive. I may start working on the next chapter today. I’m thinking of posting pencils to the blog, which will mean spoilers, but I should probably show proof that the art isn’t entirely A.I.