Solomon Foster
@colomon.bsky.social
Father to a teenage geek, librarian's husband. C++ and Raku programmer by trade. Interested in RPGing (Amber, 5e, Ironsworn (Starforged & SI)), Irish and Newfoundland trad music (Peter Horan, Rufus Guinchard), reading SFF, and Michigan football.
Robert Foster (March 13 1942 - April 17 2016) after a long day fishing on Lake Nagagami, Ontario.
April 17, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Robert Foster (March 13 1942 - April 17 2016) after a long day fishing on Lake Nagagami, Ontario.
Introducing Mia (on the left) and old faithful Bailey.
April 2, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Introducing Mia (on the left) and old faithful Bailey.
Needed a more complicated system, alas.
March 9, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Needed a more complicated system, alas.
February 2, 2025 at 3:36 PM
New sticker added to my button box case, @intheroud.bsky.social
February 1, 2025 at 6:42 PM
New sticker added to my button box case, @intheroud.bsky.social
I guess it’s not an official Green Lantern ring…
January 27, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I guess it’s not an official Green Lantern ring…
January 25, 2025 at 1:34 PM
14. I love the Raku programming language! This morning I spent a couple of hours hacking together a script which takes a Typst file, goes through it looking for #ABC function calls, uses Lilypond to convert ABC to music notation in SVG, and then embeds back in the Typst file. 26 lines of code.
January 24, 2025 at 4:03 PM
14. I love the Raku programming language! This morning I spent a couple of hours hacking together a script which takes a Typst file, goes through it looking for #ABC function calls, uses Lilypond to convert ABC to music notation in SVG, and then embeds back in the Typst file. 26 lines of code.
13. I love the Amber Diceless RPG. First tried it as GM back in '92, and right on day one it was the best role-playing experience I'd ever had. Taught me that players generate more interesting randomness than dice and we should love our characters. Now been playing it for what, 33 years?
January 24, 2025 at 3:44 PM
13. I love the Amber Diceless RPG. First tried it as GM back in '92, and right on day one it was the best role-playing experience I'd ever had. Taught me that players generate more interesting randomness than dice and we should love our characters. Now been playing it for what, 33 years?
11. I love Caroline Stevermer's A College of Magics. One of those great fictions that comes at subjects you love from odd angles, making them feel fresh and exciting again.
January 23, 2025 at 3:25 AM
11. I love Caroline Stevermer's A College of Magics. One of those great fictions that comes at subjects you love from odd angles, making them feel fresh and exciting again.
10. And I love Kelly Russell's Fiddle Music of Newfoundland and Labrador Volume 1: Rufus Guinchard & Emile Benoit.
Rufus passed down dozens of really great tunes from the west coast of Newfoundland circa 1900. Emile composed loads of really nice tunes. This book collects them all.
Rufus passed down dozens of really great tunes from the west coast of Newfoundland circa 1900. Emile composed loads of really nice tunes. This book collects them all.
January 23, 2025 at 2:59 AM
10. And I love Kelly Russell's Fiddle Music of Newfoundland and Labrador Volume 1: Rufus Guinchard & Emile Benoit.
Rufus passed down dozens of really great tunes from the west coast of Newfoundland circa 1900. Emile composed loads of really nice tunes. This book collects them all.
Rufus passed down dozens of really great tunes from the west coast of Newfoundland circa 1900. Emile composed loads of really nice tunes. This book collects them all.
9. I think of these paintings as a pair, a sort of "This is what Sol likes." Only just a minute ago realized they were painted about a year apart. So yes, I also love Winslow Homer's "Eight Bells".
I strongly associate this with my father but... I don't know why.
I strongly associate this with my father but... I don't know why.
January 23, 2025 at 2:41 AM
9. I think of these paintings as a pair, a sort of "This is what Sol likes." Only just a minute ago realized they were painted about a year apart. So yes, I also love Winslow Homer's "Eight Bells".
I strongly associate this with my father but... I don't know why.
I strongly associate this with my father but... I don't know why.
8. A few years back the Detroit Institute of Arts had van Gogh's Starry Night Over the Rhône, and I completely fell in love with how he'd captured what light on water at night looks like. Unfortunately 2D reproductions don't cut it.
January 23, 2025 at 1:23 AM
8. A few years back the Detroit Institute of Arts had van Gogh's Starry Night Over the Rhône, and I completely fell in love with how he'd captured what light on water at night looks like. Unfortunately 2D reproductions don't cut it.
7. I love the St Clair River. I grew up on it, and miss it terribly.
January 22, 2025 at 7:30 PM
7. I love the St Clair River. I grew up on it, and miss it terribly.
Obviously this is a fraud. You cannot purchase a brand name two-row button accordion for $370, much less $37. Meanwhile "The Box: A Beginner's Guide" is available for $15 on Amazon, so the $37 price on that is broken in the other direction.
But what would be the point of making this shop?
But what would be the point of making this shop?
January 3, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Obviously this is a fraud. You cannot purchase a brand name two-row button accordion for $370, much less $37. Meanwhile "The Box: A Beginner's Guide" is available for $15 on Amazon, so the $37 price on that is broken in the other direction.
But what would be the point of making this shop?
But what would be the point of making this shop?
Pretty sure it's not a swastika -- it's a voided Greek cross. Note that it's also referred to as the "sign of addition".
Unless there's a horrible history behind this that I'm not aware of!
Unless there's a horrible history behind this that I'm not aware of!
January 2, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Pretty sure it's not a swastika -- it's a voided Greek cross. Note that it's also referred to as the "sign of addition".
Unless there's a horrible history behind this that I'm not aware of!
Unless there's a horrible history behind this that I'm not aware of!
This is Meta AI, not EB, but the principle is likely the same. The FB post was talking about the (purely instrumental) 4-part jig "The Old Gold Ring", to which Shannon Heaton composed a 5th part so it could fit into a parody of "The 12 Days of XMas".
December 26, 2024 at 8:39 PM
This is Meta AI, not EB, but the principle is likely the same. The FB post was talking about the (purely instrumental) 4-part jig "The Old Gold Ring", to which Shannon Heaton composed a 5th part so it could fit into a parody of "The 12 Days of XMas".
My way last night:
December 25, 2024 at 3:12 PM
My way last night:
“You’ll be visited by three spirits.”
December 24, 2024 at 4:29 PM
“You’ll be visited by three spirits.”
Surely this is as cool as it gets, right?
December 7, 2024 at 6:56 PM
Surely this is as cool as it gets, right?
Repost with one of your favorite reads of the year.
December 7, 2024 at 3:50 PM
Repost with one of your favorite reads of the year.
@curgoth.bsky.social Just saw this on Facebook:
December 2, 2024 at 11:33 PM
@curgoth.bsky.social Just saw this on Facebook:
Post a (non-selfie) picture on your phone that captures your energy.
November 26, 2024 at 6:56 PM
Post a (non-selfie) picture on your phone that captures your energy.