Michael Yacavone
@notio.bsky.social
Psychoacoustics, psychoanalysis, photography, fiction, art, music. (Currently: New Hampshire USA)
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I acquired a mechanical keyboard from Amazon Vine. It is a smaller one, so certain functions have to be accessed via Fn+ combos. One such function is Calculator, which the documentation hilariously refers to as "The Reckoner". Another one starts Media Player and is labeled "MUSICIANS". 😂
December 20, 2025 at 12:44 AM
I acquired a mechanical keyboard from Amazon Vine. It is a smaller one, so certain functions have to be accessed via Fn+ combos. One such function is Calculator, which the documentation hilariously refers to as "The Reckoner". Another one starts Media Player and is labeled "MUSICIANS". 😂
Updated the iPad to iOS 26. Wallpaper image is upside down.
December 19, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Updated the iPad to iOS 26. Wallpaper image is upside down.
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Will Sergeant recently sat down with the team at BOSS for a deep dive into his iconic Roland and BOSS setup — and how he’s been shaping the sound of post-punk since 1978.
A proper treat for gear heads and Bunnymen fans alike. 🎸🔥.
articles.boss.info/reverberatio...
A proper treat for gear heads and Bunnymen fans alike. 🎸🔥.
articles.boss.info/reverberatio...
December 17, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Will Sergeant recently sat down with the team at BOSS for a deep dive into his iconic Roland and BOSS setup — and how he’s been shaping the sound of post-punk since 1978.
A proper treat for gear heads and Bunnymen fans alike. 🎸🔥.
articles.boss.info/reverberatio...
A proper treat for gear heads and Bunnymen fans alike. 🎸🔥.
articles.boss.info/reverberatio...
Joe Walsh doing a charity auction of 800 items. Guitars, amps, stage clothes… www.juliensauctions.com/en/auctions/...
Life’s Been Good | Joe Walsh
Julien’s Auctions, announces their event with one of the most fabled, beloved and respected rock icons in the world, JOE WALSH.
The “Life’s Bee...
www.juliensauctions.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Joe Walsh doing a charity auction of 800 items. Guitars, amps, stage clothes… www.juliensauctions.com/en/auctions/...
Loved this piece on the recent Dylan tours… www.theringer.com/2025/12/12/m...
The Rough and Rowdy Way of Life
Bob Dylan is entering his fifth straight year of playing the same set list devoid of his hits and largely derived from his 2020 album. How did the most predictable show in live music become the strang...
www.theringer.com
December 13, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Loved this piece on the recent Dylan tours… www.theringer.com/2025/12/12/m...
Google Maps is a market maker, not a directory. substack.com/home/post/p-...
How Google Maps quietly allocates survival across London’s restaurants - and how I built a dashboard to see through it
I wanted a dinner recommendation and got a research agenda instead. Using 13000+ restaurants, I rebuild its ratings with machine learning and map how algorithmic visibility actually distributes power.
substack.com
December 12, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Google Maps is a market maker, not a directory. substack.com/home/post/p-...
Oliver Sacks invented many / most of the details of his books?!? Author had access to four decades of journals, etc. Wild. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
December 12, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Oliver Sacks invented many / most of the details of his books?!? Author had access to four decades of journals, etc. Wild. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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Can't say I ever expected to see a "That Font was No Angel" headline. But here we are.
December 11, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Can't say I ever expected to see a "That Font was No Angel" headline. But here we are.
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I’m of that age where every forced IOS update feels like a usability downgrade
December 8, 2025 at 7:10 AM
I’m of that age where every forced IOS update feels like a usability downgrade
In Confessions, Augustine laments all the many distractions available which prevent his focus. 397 AD, a few centuries prior to scrolling.
December 8, 2025 at 2:46 AM
In Confessions, Augustine laments all the many distractions available which prevent his focus. 397 AD, a few centuries prior to scrolling.
My phone is alerting me that iOS 26.1 is available and I want a setting for “Never install this without me specifically asking for it.” I’ll take 18.7.2, thank you.
December 7, 2025 at 10:46 PM
My phone is alerting me that iOS 26.1 is available and I want a setting for “Never install this without me specifically asking for it.” I’ll take 18.7.2, thank you.
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The fact that Netflix could afford to buy warner brothers means they could've afforded to let us share passwords.
December 6, 2025 at 3:19 PM
The fact that Netflix could afford to buy warner brothers means they could've afforded to let us share passwords.
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To me, nowadays at least, the presence of a dropdown list instead of freeform input is almost always a sure sign of programmer laziness or incompetence. The worst offender is a dropdown that lists all years between 1800 and 2025 as potential birthdays.
1/7
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December 7, 2025 at 1:53 AM
To me, nowadays at least, the presence of a dropdown list instead of freeform input is almost always a sure sign of programmer laziness or incompetence. The worst offender is a dropdown that lists all years between 1800 and 2025 as potential birthdays.
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I happen to be reading Confessions by Augustine at the moment, so this op-ed hit more directly than most. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/o...
Opinion | What Trump Is Really Doing With His Boat Strikes
www.nytimes.com
December 6, 2025 at 9:18 PM
I happen to be reading Confessions by Augustine at the moment, so this op-ed hit more directly than most. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/o...
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Okay, lets talk about this ridiculous series of tools I've made.
The idea: make a "did it get lossy" audio analyzer for sound files
I ended up with: well, a bit of a wild ass project.
Let's start with the end features...
The idea: make a "did it get lossy" audio analyzer for sound files
I ended up with: well, a bit of a wild ass project.
Let's start with the end features...
December 6, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Okay, lets talk about this ridiculous series of tools I've made.
The idea: make a "did it get lossy" audio analyzer for sound files
I ended up with: well, a bit of a wild ass project.
Let's start with the end features...
The idea: make a "did it get lossy" audio analyzer for sound files
I ended up with: well, a bit of a wild ass project.
Let's start with the end features...
Probably my favorite musician interview in a good long time. Flea is so well read, so touched by music. Talks of beauty, music as a river of love, channeling God, art, beauty... Knows so much about jazz and its language. A very beautiful hour with a music lifer. www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmA4...
The Flea Interview: Red Hot Chili Peppers Bass Icon
YouTube video by Rick Beato
www.youtube.com
December 6, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Probably my favorite musician interview in a good long time. Flea is so well read, so touched by music. Talks of beauty, music as a river of love, channeling God, art, beauty... Knows so much about jazz and its language. A very beautiful hour with a music lifer. www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmA4...
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Just because you’re “smart” doesn’t mean you have the baseline knowledge required to analyze advanced information across all fields.
December 5, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Just because you’re “smart” doesn’t mean you have the baseline knowledge required to analyze advanced information across all fields.
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I still think a lot about the fact that Gamergate did essentially win. Not that it made the culture significantly more misogynistic or anything, but it succeeded in making a lot of the people who played games eventually casually much more anti-intellectual and incurious.
December 4, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I still think a lot about the fact that Gamergate did essentially win. Not that it made the culture significantly more misogynistic or anything, but it succeeded in making a lot of the people who played games eventually casually much more anti-intellectual and incurious.
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Here is a demo after a facelift of "Losselot"
It detects if a file was once compressed lower than its current bitrate, be it an mp3, flac, etc
It's a double-click-it-to-run app on Mac OS, Windows & Linux
Pick a folder, get it analyzed
Here is a short demo. Thread has more details for the curious
It detects if a file was once compressed lower than its current bitrate, be it an mp3, flac, etc
It's a double-click-it-to-run app on Mac OS, Windows & Linux
Pick a folder, get it analyzed
Here is a short demo. Thread has more details for the curious
December 5, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Here is a demo after a facelift of "Losselot"
It detects if a file was once compressed lower than its current bitrate, be it an mp3, flac, etc
It's a double-click-it-to-run app on Mac OS, Windows & Linux
Pick a folder, get it analyzed
Here is a short demo. Thread has more details for the curious
It detects if a file was once compressed lower than its current bitrate, be it an mp3, flac, etc
It's a double-click-it-to-run app on Mac OS, Windows & Linux
Pick a folder, get it analyzed
Here is a short demo. Thread has more details for the curious
Every once in a while I visit the bad place to see the scene. Loved this.
December 5, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Every once in a while I visit the bad place to see the scene. Loved this.
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plunderphonic.bandcamp.com/track/grayfo...
This megatrack is a newly remastered continuous version of the 6-sided vinyl album, the remixed 2nd edition, released in 2025. 104 minutes of uninterrupted psychedelic jamming from over a quarter of century of Grateful Dead performances woven together.
This megatrack is a newly remastered continuous version of the 6-sided vinyl album, the remixed 2nd edition, released in 2025. 104 minutes of uninterrupted psychedelic jamming from over a quarter of century of Grateful Dead performances woven together.
GRAYFOLDED entirely, by plunderphonics
track by plunderphonics
plunderphonic.bandcamp.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:30 PM
plunderphonic.bandcamp.com/track/grayfo...
This megatrack is a newly remastered continuous version of the 6-sided vinyl album, the remixed 2nd edition, released in 2025. 104 minutes of uninterrupted psychedelic jamming from over a quarter of century of Grateful Dead performances woven together.
This megatrack is a newly remastered continuous version of the 6-sided vinyl album, the remixed 2nd edition, released in 2025. 104 minutes of uninterrupted psychedelic jamming from over a quarter of century of Grateful Dead performances woven together.
Not the biggest Gruber fan, but fuck yes to all of this: daringfireball.net/2025/12/bad_...
Bad Dye Job
It might have made some sense to bring someone from the fashion/brand world to lead software design for Apple Watch, but it sure didn’t seem to make sense for the rest of Apple’s platforms. And the de...
daringfireball.net
December 4, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Not the biggest Gruber fan, but fuck yes to all of this: daringfireball.net/2025/12/bad_...
The 1975 Sears Christmas Wish Book is on Internet Archive, and what an amazing time capsule! These are the things we were told to want. archive.org/details/1975...
1975 Sears Christmas Wishbook : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
1975 Sears Christmas Wishbook
archive.org
December 4, 2025 at 4:46 PM
The 1975 Sears Christmas Wish Book is on Internet Archive, and what an amazing time capsule! These are the things we were told to want. archive.org/details/1975...