Jeff MacArthur
@jeffmacarthur.bsky.social
Fretless bassist & composer; co-host of The AmberMac Show & geeky tech enthusiast; Maritimer who’s been around (Halifax home now); co-creator commandN/15secTech/muzikDEN; ex-Mainframe & ex-EA. Also EIEIO. Posting on music & fun stuff, keeping it positive!🇨🇦
Golly, anyone have any ideas about what could've possibly caused such a big slide for the USA? Kinda hard to see what's going on from all the way up here in 2nd place.
January 28, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Golly, anyone have any ideas about what could've possibly caused such a big slide for the USA? Kinda hard to see what's going on from all the way up here in 2nd place.
How many of the countries that have accepted the offer to be on Trump’s Board Of Peace do you think the average American could point out on a map?
January 23, 2026 at 8:56 PM
How many of the countries that have accepted the offer to be on Trump’s Board Of Peace do you think the average American could point out on a map?
Just finished listening to the new(ish) AFI (who I was previously unfamiliar with) album and, wow, does that singer ever sound like Peter Murphy from Bauhaus (who I love)! That is all.
January 13, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Just finished listening to the new(ish) AFI (who I was previously unfamiliar with) album and, wow, does that singer ever sound like Peter Murphy from Bauhaus (who I love)! That is all.
I win the 80s goth kid crown! 😂
December 27, 2025 at 5:34 PM
I win the 80s goth kid crown! 😂
Switched to French from Spanish to brush up for an upcoming trip (plus some Chess). Merry Christmas!
December 25, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Switched to French from Spanish to brush up for an upcoming trip (plus some Chess). Merry Christmas!
Spanish, Chess, and French, woot!
December 3, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Spanish, Chess, and French, woot!
Surprisingly good - Duran Duran still doing decent stuff, too. I just made a Best of Billy Idol playlist if you're on Apple Music - here's the track list if you're not (last song not showing: Cherie from 2005's Devil's Playground): music.apple.com/ca/playlist/...
October 27, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Surprisingly good - Duran Duran still doing decent stuff, too. I just made a Best of Billy Idol playlist if you're on Apple Music - here's the track list if you're not (last song not showing: Cherie from 2005's Devil's Playground): music.apple.com/ca/playlist/...
Oh, number systems! 😂 This is like a bad programmer dad joke.
October 27, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Oh, number systems! 😂 This is like a bad programmer dad joke.
Just in case anyone out there wanted to understand how insanely complicated German definite and indefinite articles are (they even re-use some of then, like DER and DEN in completely different grammatical situations) - now you know (4x as many as English by my count)! 😄
September 18, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Just in case anyone out there wanted to understand how insanely complicated German definite and indefinite articles are (they even re-use some of then, like DER and DEN in completely different grammatical situations) - now you know (4x as many as English by my count)! 😄
Looking forward to A.I. absolutely destroying language even further! #Halisky (figured if anything should be tagged that, it would be something literally about the Halifax sky 😂 )
September 15, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Looking forward to A.I. absolutely destroying language even further! #Halisky (figured if anything should be tagged that, it would be something literally about the Halifax sky 😂 )
Any bass players (works pretty well for guitarists, too) trying to learn the names of all the notes up the neck of your instrument? Here's the first thing I give my students: a cheat sheet for learning your fretboard!
July 30, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Any bass players (works pretty well for guitarists, too) trying to learn the names of all the notes up the neck of your instrument? Here's the first thing I give my students: a cheat sheet for learning your fretboard!
Want to be on The AmberMac Show? Check out our latest audience challenge at AmberMacTalkBack.com - just leave us a voice message letting us know your fav tech-related movies or TV series & what you love about the tech!
July 28, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Want to be on The AmberMac Show? Check out our latest audience challenge at AmberMacTalkBack.com - just leave us a voice message letting us know your fav tech-related movies or TV series & what you love about the tech!
Not often you get to meet an absolute hero, so I'm very grateful for getting to hang out with (& even play a little bass for) the Violent Femmes incredible bassist, Brian Ritchie - pictured here with my friend's handmade bass that uses a snare drum (which you can activate) for the body!
July 3, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Not often you get to meet an absolute hero, so I'm very grateful for getting to hang out with (& even play a little bass for) the Violent Femmes incredible bassist, Brian Ritchie - pictured here with my friend's handmade bass that uses a snare drum (which you can activate) for the body!
Sometimes the internet just be like - come on, click me, you know you want to…
June 25, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Sometimes the internet just be like - come on, click me, you know you want to…
From the inimitable Bill Hicks...
May 14, 2025 at 7:03 PM
From the inimitable Bill Hicks...
Um, I have some questions about this Walmart charcuterie board 😂
May 7, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Um, I have some questions about this Walmart charcuterie board 😂
PSA for guitarists 😉
April 30, 2025 at 4:31 PM
PSA for guitarists 😉
👇The energy we waste calling ppl dumb b/c they lie is misdirected - many of them are very purposefully lying to achieve the very end below. It's not dumb, it's evil. And the people who casually accept this behaviour may be both dumb & evil, so stop passively accepting & actively spreading lies pls.
April 22, 2025 at 3:55 PM
👇The energy we waste calling ppl dumb b/c they lie is misdirected - many of them are very purposefully lying to achieve the very end below. It's not dumb, it's evil. And the people who casually accept this behaviour may be both dumb & evil, so stop passively accepting & actively spreading lies pls.