Jørgen
@strangecasts.bsky.social
enterprise esolang evangelist (he/him)
may contain music, programming, videogames, 3D, random arguments in Norwegian
may contain music, programming, videogames, 3D, random arguments in Norwegian
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Olympics now but the only wintersports I'll ever watch is when Boblebad is playing curling with a #synth I curling the #ambient of #sports Discuss!
youtu.be/sshTExArFTY
youtu.be/sshTExArFTY
Boblebad - Isi Listening
YouTube video by Metronomicon Audio
youtu.be
February 16, 2026 at 9:44 PM
Olympics now but the only wintersports I'll ever watch is when Boblebad is playing curling with a #synth I curling the #ambient of #sports Discuss!
youtu.be/sshTExArFTY
youtu.be/sshTExArFTY
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A very irregularly updated thread of cool web toys with a creative bent (1/n)
June 21, 2025 at 11:27 AM
A very irregularly updated thread of cool web toys with a creative bent (1/n)
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Important synth accessories from @blendogames.bsky.social
February 9, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Important synth accessories from @blendogames.bsky.social
Confirmed by Adobe themselves: helpx.adobe.com/animate/kb/e...
"You can use Adobe Express or After Effects instead" is a new level of unhelpful when Express does not AFAICT support importing .FLA and importing it into AE is spotty
"You can use Adobe Express or After Effects instead" is a new level of unhelpful when Express does not AFAICT support importing .FLA and importing it into AE is spotty
February 2, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Confirmed by Adobe themselves: helpx.adobe.com/animate/kb/e...
"You can use Adobe Express or After Effects instead" is a new level of unhelpful when Express does not AFAICT support importing .FLA and importing it into AE is spotty
"You can use Adobe Express or After Effects instead" is a new level of unhelpful when Express does not AFAICT support importing .FLA and importing it into AE is spotty
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This tech enabled:
- Probably a solid half of your favorite 80s pop songs
- Sega Genesis / Mega Drive (also: Sound Blaster, pinball) audio
- Decent synthesized bells
- 90s R&B and dance basses
- 90s IDM/braindance
- Skrillex/neurobass wubs
- Many other adjacent music & synthesis innovations
- Probably a solid half of your favorite 80s pop songs
- Sega Genesis / Mega Drive (also: Sound Blaster, pinball) audio
- Decent synthesized bells
- 90s R&B and dance basses
- 90s IDM/braindance
- Skrillex/neurobass wubs
- Many other adjacent music & synthesis innovations
So cool to hear John Chowning just won a Technical Grammy for his invention of FM synthesis in 1967!
February 2, 2026 at 3:59 PM
This tech enabled:
- Probably a solid half of your favorite 80s pop songs
- Sega Genesis / Mega Drive (also: Sound Blaster, pinball) audio
- Decent synthesized bells
- 90s R&B and dance basses
- 90s IDM/braindance
- Skrillex/neurobass wubs
- Many other adjacent music & synthesis innovations
- Probably a solid half of your favorite 80s pop songs
- Sega Genesis / Mega Drive (also: Sound Blaster, pinball) audio
- Decent synthesized bells
- 90s R&B and dance basses
- 90s IDM/braindance
- Skrillex/neurobass wubs
- Many other adjacent music & synthesis innovations
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What I'm listening to today: "Sarah Belle Reid plays the Buchla Touché"
This is something really special—a hyper-rare 1978 synth that lets you fully reprogram it to act like something other than "a piano". Reid hacks it to make something… otherworldly, indescribable
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Vb8...
This is something really special—a hyper-rare 1978 synth that lets you fully reprogram it to act like something other than "a piano". Reid hacks it to make something… otherworldly, indescribable
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Vb8...
Sarah Belle Reid plays the Buchla Touché
YouTube video by Sarah Belle Reid
www.youtube.com
January 23, 2026 at 8:01 PM
What I'm listening to today: "Sarah Belle Reid plays the Buchla Touché"
This is something really special—a hyper-rare 1978 synth that lets you fully reprogram it to act like something other than "a piano". Reid hacks it to make something… otherworldly, indescribable
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Vb8...
This is something really special—a hyper-rare 1978 synth that lets you fully reprogram it to act like something other than "a piano". Reid hacks it to make something… otherworldly, indescribable
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Vb8...
The argument "The UK can't ban VPNs, businesses use VPNs" admittedly struck me as tempting a "UK only allows VPN providers based there, and those providers are only allowed to provide services to businesses" ban
"the uk can't just ban vpns" is a very frustrating attitude to see. they can and they will, if they decide to. it's important that they don't decide to.
January 23, 2026 at 4:50 PM
The argument "The UK can't ban VPNs, businesses use VPNs" admittedly struck me as tempting a "UK only allows VPN providers based there, and those providers are only allowed to provide services to businesses" ban
Someone has to have done a DJ set of songs which all have the same title, alternatively someone must put one together
there are enough songs with the name "Raised by Wolves" to train a llm
January 20, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Someone has to have done a DJ set of songs which all have the same title, alternatively someone must put one together
Rearranged my modular synth, trying out having CV/trigger generators in the top row to control oscillators and effects below, but still haven't figured out quite how to set up things in the lower Rackbrute #eurorack
January 19, 2026 at 10:59 PM
Rearranged my modular synth, trying out having CV/trigger generators in the top row to control oscillators and effects below, but still haven't figured out quite how to set up things in the lower Rackbrute #eurorack
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Okay, hear me out: what if instead of being a portal to pain and suffering, a browser tab could, like, just do awesome audio stuff for you for free?
It's real. A single index file does all the basic tasks you need for audio editing, in a browser tab, thanks to @littlescale.bsky.social
It's real. A single index file does all the basic tasks you need for audio editing, in a browser tab, thanks to @littlescale.bsky.social
littlescale's Simple Audio Editor: a free, no-install audio editor in your browser - CDM Create Digital Music
Prolific as always, Sebastian Tomczak (aka littlescale) just dropped this gem. What do you need nine times out of ten from an audio editor? Visualize, check levels, trim, gain, fade, reverse, normaliz...
cdm.link
January 18, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Okay, hear me out: what if instead of being a portal to pain and suffering, a browser tab could, like, just do awesome audio stuff for you for free?
It's real. A single index file does all the basic tasks you need for audio editing, in a browser tab, thanks to @littlescale.bsky.social
It's real. A single index file does all the basic tasks you need for audio editing, in a browser tab, thanks to @littlescale.bsky.social
People are rightly making fun of the "order pizza with AI" story, but tech has a long tradition of trying to shorten the one-minute phone call to the pizza place by putting a big Rube Goldberg machine in front of it
If only we'd gotten keyboards with Pizza keys www.youtube.com/watch?v=USQx...
i-Opener 🍕The 1999 computer with a PIZZA KEY
YouTube video by LGR
www.youtube.com
January 17, 2026 at 1:52 PM
People are rightly making fun of the "order pizza with AI" story, but tech has a long tradition of trying to shorten the one-minute phone call to the pizza place by putting a big Rube Goldberg machine in front of it
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easy way to do this is Kiwix, which is awesome kiwix.org/en/
also supports a whole pile of other content sites, install the app and carry 'em round on your phone
also supports a whole pile of other content sites, install the app and carry 'em round on your phone
August 19, 2025 at 11:47 AM
easy way to do this is Kiwix, which is awesome kiwix.org/en/
also supports a whole pile of other content sites, install the app and carry 'em round on your phone
also supports a whole pile of other content sites, install the app and carry 'em round on your phone
As someone who will immediately watch any rotoscoped animation, 100 Meters was very good
Absolutely loved the continuous shot here, going from the runners to the stadium staff and back again
youtu.be/UInirzEBhvk?...
Absolutely loved the continuous shot here, going from the runners to the stadium staff and back again
youtu.be/UInirzEBhvk?...
HYAKUEMU (100 METERS) RACE IN THE RAIN
YouTube video by yokaru
youtu.be
January 12, 2026 at 6:08 PM
As someone who will immediately watch any rotoscoped animation, 100 Meters was very good
Absolutely loved the continuous shot here, going from the runners to the stadium staff and back again
youtu.be/UInirzEBhvk?...
Absolutely loved the continuous shot here, going from the runners to the stadium staff and back again
youtu.be/UInirzEBhvk?...
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Breaking -- thanks to the Surge Synth Team, Mac, Windows, and Linux are all stable with downloadable installers. Fantastic. And some notes about why this matters:
OB-Xf, free and open-source Oberheim-inspired synth, is now in beta - CDM Create Digital Music
Here’s a good way to start 2026: the folks at Surge Synth Team now have their free and open-source OB-Xf synth in beta status in nightlies, with 1.0 just around the corner. And that means this long-ru...
cdm.link
January 2, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Breaking -- thanks to the Surge Synth Team, Mac, Windows, and Linux are all stable with downloadable installers. Fantastic. And some notes about why this matters:
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standard ebooks does beautiful work with public domain titles and there are a lot of great new ones available today, including maltese falcon, stuff from christie, faulkner, kafka, hughes, lardner, sayers and more standardebooks.org/blog/public-...
Public Domain Day 2026 in Literature - Blog
Read about the new ebooks Standard Ebooks is releasing for Public Domain Day 2026!
standardebooks.org
January 1, 2026 at 9:45 PM
standard ebooks does beautiful work with public domain titles and there are a lot of great new ones available today, including maltese falcon, stuff from christie, faulkner, kafka, hughes, lardner, sayers and more standardebooks.org/blog/public-...
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if you put on "Music for 18 Musicians" by Steve Reich at exactly 23:28:36 on new years eve, a maracas will start at exactly midnight.
Start off your new year right.
Start off your new year right.
December 31, 2025 at 12:34 PM
if you put on "Music for 18 Musicians" by Steve Reich at exactly 23:28:36 on new years eve, a maracas will start at exactly midnight.
Start off your new year right.
Start off your new year right.
C64 Jenga: players run a random POKE each turn, first to crash C64 loses
10 P=0:PRINT "C64 JENGA"
20 X=INT(RND(1)*4096):Y=INT(RND(1)*4096):Z=INT(RND(1)*255):P=1-P
30 PRINT "PLAYER " P ": SET 1)" X "OR 2)" Y "TO" Z
40 INPUT "(1/2)"; C
50 IF C=2 GOTO 80
60 POKE X, Z
70 GOTO 20
80 POKE Y, Z
90 GOTO 20
10 P=0:PRINT "C64 JENGA"
20 X=INT(RND(1)*4096):Y=INT(RND(1)*4096):Z=INT(RND(1)*255):P=1-P
30 PRINT "PLAYER " P ": SET 1)" X "OR 2)" Y "TO" Z
40 INPUT "(1/2)"; C
50 IF C=2 GOTO 80
60 POKE X, Z
70 GOTO 20
80 POKE Y, Z
90 GOTO 20
I need everyone to make a shitpost game that fits into at most 3 posts on here before the end of the year otherwise thr sun will not rise again
Not enough shitpost games though
December 31, 2025 at 4:06 PM
C64 Jenga: players run a random POKE each turn, first to crash C64 loses
10 P=0:PRINT "C64 JENGA"
20 X=INT(RND(1)*4096):Y=INT(RND(1)*4096):Z=INT(RND(1)*255):P=1-P
30 PRINT "PLAYER " P ": SET 1)" X "OR 2)" Y "TO" Z
40 INPUT "(1/2)"; C
50 IF C=2 GOTO 80
60 POKE X, Z
70 GOTO 20
80 POKE Y, Z
90 GOTO 20
10 P=0:PRINT "C64 JENGA"
20 X=INT(RND(1)*4096):Y=INT(RND(1)*4096):Z=INT(RND(1)*255):P=1-P
30 PRINT "PLAYER " P ": SET 1)" X "OR 2)" Y "TO" Z
40 INPUT "(1/2)"; C
50 IF C=2 GOTO 80
60 POKE X, Z
70 GOTO 20
80 POKE Y, Z
90 GOTO 20
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so by way of eschewing sp**ify, anyone care to share their favourite albums of 2025? would love to give'em a listen.
December 28, 2025 at 10:06 AM
so by way of eschewing sp**ify, anyone care to share their favourite albums of 2025? would love to give'em a listen.
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As always the problems begin when *other people* use python, a group that includes your past self from two weeks ago
December 26, 2025 at 12:44 PM
As always the problems begin when *other people* use python, a group that includes your past self from two weeks ago
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December 24, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Myst Online is genuinely free and comes with the Ages Beyond Myst single-player portion, it still holds up as a good (co-op!) puzzle adventure and will run on nearly everything
Myst Online never really had the numbers to succeed as a big Live Service game, but as a community passion project? It is exactly the right size and has grown so much over the years.
The Winter 2025 update for Myst Online: Uru Live (again) is now live, featuring updates to Chiso Preniv, Eder Naybree, Explorers' Emporium, Kalamee and Sameehn! For more info, visit mystonline.com. #Myst #Uru #ANewEraInDni @cyan.com
December 23, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Myst Online is genuinely free and comes with the Ages Beyond Myst single-player portion, it still holds up as a good (co-op!) puzzle adventure and will run on nearly everything
First thought when reading about the Anna's Archive Spotify dump: "how high would you have to set the playback speed to stand a chance of listening through 300 TB of music, anyhow?"
December 23, 2025 at 6:15 PM
First thought when reading about the Anna's Archive Spotify dump: "how high would you have to set the playback speed to stand a chance of listening through 300 TB of music, anyhow?"
Incidentally, if you suddenly feel like making your own Original Atmospheric 3D Space Landscape (do not steal), the browser emulator Infinite Mac - infinitemac.org/1993/System%... - also has a copy of Bryce 1 under "Infinite HD - Graphics - KPT Bryce"
December 23, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Incidentally, if you suddenly feel like making your own Original Atmospheric 3D Space Landscape (do not steal), the browser emulator Infinite Mac - infinitemac.org/1993/System%... - also has a copy of Bryce 1 under "Infinite HD - Graphics - KPT Bryce"
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Consider making 2026 the Year of the Personal Website. Even a little thing on Neocities works. It’s just nice to have a home base on the internet that you don’t have to deal with bsky mods are random popping into every post and if something goes wrong with your host, you just move it elsewhere
Neocities
Create and surf awesome websites for free.
neocities.org
December 20, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Consider making 2026 the Year of the Personal Website. Even a little thing on Neocities works. It’s just nice to have a home base on the internet that you don’t have to deal with bsky mods are random popping into every post and if something goes wrong with your host, you just move it elsewhere