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@reillypascal.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy

I figured out writing my own statusline for Neovim!

I'd been using lualine, but I didn't like that to configure anything I have to explicitly specify everything, while at the same time I'm just learning an abstraction of the actual API. I figure the more I […]

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A Neovim window with a dark theme and Lua code. The statusline reads:

NORMAL [git branch icon] main +10 ~1 [warning icon] 1 [lightbulb icon] 4 statusline.lua lua utf-8 lf 71:17 33%

The git and LSP status information are color-coded

December 5, 2025 at 9:42 PM

Reilly Spitzfaden (they/them)

@reillypascal.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy

I coded my own external in C for Max/MSP!

You can load a file (either in the object box, or w/ a "read" message) and convert the binary data to a control signal for phase-shift keying (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phase-shift_keying) telecommunication noises. […]

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December 1, 2025 at 12:22 AM

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Does anyone know how to turn off/reduce the transparency in Android 16?

I can't seem to find anything online, and I didn't see anything in the UI or accessibility settings, but I want to check before I conclude that it's impossible

GrapheneOS' latest update […]

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The pull-down menu on an Android phone showing that the buttons and notifications are translucent

The app drawer on an Android phone showing heavy translucency

November 23, 2025 at 8:49 PM

Reilly Spitzfaden (they/them)

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I'm teaching Sonic Pi in a music tech class, and because we were using the TB-303 synth in class, I felt compelled to modify what we did to make the Charli XCX “365” bassline:

#sonicpi #ruby #algorave #charlixcx

November 11, 2025 at 11:28 PM

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Since I've been enjoying photographing clouds, my partner got me a book on cloudspotting/cloud types. It was very sweet and I appreciated it.

A small book with a purple cover and an illustration of a cloud. The cover reads:

“CLOUDS: A GUIDE FOR THE CURIOUS

FEAT. 30 TYPES

SUSAN E. CLARK”

November 5, 2025 at 12:13 AM

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I've been getting into film photography, and here are some photos from the first roll I took. I'm finding I like clouds, especially with the sun shining through them in interesting ways

These were taken at the Cobbs Hill Park reservoir in Rochester

Minolta […]

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A film photograph of a cloudy sky above a reservoir. There is a jagged rent in the otherwise smooth and opaque clouds with sun shining through. A fence in front of the reservoir, with a small globe-shaped lamp on a curved pole. Behind the reservoir is a line of trees. The foreground is dark, silhouetted against the sky.

Same scene as before, but framed further to the right. A film photograph of a cloudy sky above a reservoir. There is a jagged rent in the otherwise smooth and opaque clouds with sun shining through. In the background behind the trees, there are 4 radio towers visible.

November 5, 2025 at 12:11 AM

Reilly Spitzfaden (they/them)

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I've been getting into photography lately after I found my old film camera (Minolta X-370), and my partner found their old digital camera. Even though my phone's camera is nicer than the digital one, it's been nice to use both of them and not have to bring my […]

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A dimly lit room with gray walls and carpet, office tile ceiling, and various chairs, tables, and a chest against the walls. The only light is coming from behind the viewpoint.

November 3, 2025 at 10:40 PM

Reilly Spitzfaden (they/them)

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Would people recommend using Rohrer & Klingner iron gall ink in a nice pen w/ gold nib (Pilot Custom 823)?

I've been really enjoying this R&K “Ebony” ink, and it would be nice to use it in my favorite pen. I hear R&K iron gall inks are pretty gentle and gold […]

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A black fountain pen with gold trim and a “cigar” design that gradually tapers to rounded tips. There is a black bottle of ink behind it, and they are resting on a cream journal.

October 24, 2025 at 9:04 PM

Reilly Spitzfaden (they/them)

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My camera has an “AE lock” (upper left label in diagram) and I immediately thought “Autechre lock”

#photography #slr #autechre #idm #shitpost

A diagram of a Minolta X-370 SLR camera with the lens removed and parts labeled. Of interest is the upper left:

“AE lock/self-timer switch
• AE lock for holding close-up or adjusted-viewing meter readings
• Self-timer with triple-rate blinking LED”

October 19, 2025 at 9:44 PM

Reilly Spitzfaden (they/them)

@reillypascal.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy

My mom was visiting for my wedding and brought my old SLR camera — I've been wanting to try out photography, so this should be fun!

It's a Minolta X-370. I don't know anything about photography (I don't think I actually used this more than once or twice), so if […]

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A black and silver SLR camera sitting on an external DVD drive.

October 17, 2025 at 10:38 PM

Reilly Spitzfaden (they/them)

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Went for a hike with my spouse, brother/sister-in-law, and mom, and saw some nice moss (and a moss-covered fungus)

#Mosstodon #fungus #mushroom #hike

A fallen tree on the forest floor covered in moss and surrounded by fallen leaves.

A fallen tree on the forest floor covered in moss and surrounded by fallen leaves. There is a fungus in the middle of the trunk, mostly covered in moss.

October 15, 2025 at 6:41 PM

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I'm reading ”S.” by Doug Dorst and so far it's very interesting.

It's framed as an old library book called “Ship of Theseus” by enigmatic (fictional) author V.M. Straka, and two students have written notes in the margin discussing the book and their lives.

The […]

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A book with an old-fashioned binding titled “Ship of Theseus” by V.M. Straka. It has a library catalog sticker on the binding.

An open book with multicolored handwriting-style notes in the margins and photocopies tucked into the pages.

October 15, 2025 at 6:24 PM

Reilly Spitzfaden (they/them)

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I found a nice way to get offline documentation in Neovim!

https://devdocs.io/ is already a nice resource, and https://github.com/maskudo/devdocs.nvim lets you install and access those documents as local .md files.

#neovim #nvim #developer #documentation #offline #localfirst

October 14, 2025 at 5:31 PM

Reilly Spitzfaden (they/them)

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I'd had issues with this vacuum-filler pen for the longest time, and the answer turned out to be “you're using it wrong” 😆

My mom gave me this pen (Nahvalur Original Plus in Lovina Graphite) as a present, and it would write well for a very short period after […]

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A black vacuum-filler demonstrator fountain pen with a sparkling texture to the color, rose-gold trim, and dark ink. It's sitting on an open, blank page in a bullet journal.

October 3, 2025 at 10:48 PM

Reilly Spitzfaden (they/them)

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[unicode font support survey - please boost!!]

@palomakop here's what I see. I'm on macOS 15.7, Firefox 143.0.1, and I'm using the default web interface for Mastodon v4.4.3.

Screenshot of a post from @palomakop@merveilles.town. It reads “i am working on a project utilizing unicode characters from a wide array of character sets. if you have a sec, pls reply with a screenshot of what you see below, and optionally lmk what OS you're on! please boost ↺ so i can see a variety of platforms and what (if any) font support ppl have for these”

There is a list of many unicode characters, and most display, but the last 15 or so are “tofu” glyphs on this screenshot.

September 22, 2025 at 9:30 PM

Reilly Spitzfaden (they/them)

@reillypascal.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy

My partner's mom gave me a lovely leather pen case for my birthday!

It's especially great because I was just thinking how I need something like this after almost knocking a pen on the floor.

#fountainpens #fountainpen

A black leather fountain pen case with the embossed monogram “RPS” (my initials). It's sitting on a ledge on my desk next to a speaker and various journals, with a green and gold fountain pen laid next to one journal.

A black leather fountain pen case opened to show four fountain pens. The pens are two TWSBI Ecos (black w/ medium nib & Persian blue with broad nib), Hongdian Peacock, and TWSBI Diamond 580 ALR (Prussian blue with medium nib).

September 15, 2025 at 9:52 PM

Reilly Spitzfaden (they/them)

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My mom gave me this nice fountain pen ink for my birthday and it writes very nicely!

Ink: Sailor Yurameku Yoi
Pen: TWSBI Diamond 580 ALR
Notebook: GLP Creations, “The Author” (A5, 68gsm Tomoe River)

#fountainpen #fountainpens

A page in a dot grid A5 notebook with a teal/clear fountain pen and a bottle of dark ink that reads ゆらめくYOI 宵. The handwriting in the notebook reads “September 12 — Friday. This is Sailor Yurameku Yoi ink with a TWSBI medium nib on 68 gsm Tomoe River paper.”

September 12, 2025 at 9:42 PM

Reilly Spitzfaden (they/them)

@reillypascal.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy

I figured out how to get some custom shortcuts in my startup screen on Neovim, and how to do my own ASCII header (my dotfiles: https://github.com/reillypascal/kickstart.nvim)

"u" runs Lazy.nvim updates, "n" runs :enew, "r" runs Oil, and "s" runs Telescope. This is using dashboard-nvim.

A Neovim start screen. There are ASCII bubble letters reading "Neovim," a list of shortcut options (update, new, browse, and search), and a list of recent projects/files, with letter shortcuts next to them.

August 29, 2025 at 6:35 PM

Reilly Spitzfaden (they/them)

@reillypascal.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy

Not to be an Annoying Vim Person™ but Neovim makes me very happy

I started using it because I didn't like Microsoft making it harder to use official plugins in forks and couldn't find another GUI editor I liked much better

Between the custom color scheme I was […]

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A Neovim startup screen. It says “Sunday” in ASCII art and has a list of recent projects and recent files.

SuperCollider code open in Neovim, showing a custom color scheme. The background is deep desaturated blue-gray, and the foreground uses light blue, bright pink, lime green, and taupe colors for highlights. The contrast is higher than themes like tokyonight, but less than the “high contrast” ones.

August 24, 2025 at 9:47 PM

Reilly Spitzfaden (they/them)

@reillypascal.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy

I'm getting back into SuperCollider (and running it from Neovim!)

This is taking an MP3 I glitched up in Python (as discussed here: https://reillyspitzfaden.com/posts/2025/04/databending-part-3/) and looping random segments of it like a skipping CD […]

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August 24, 2025 at 5:37 PM

Reilly Spitzfaden (they/them)

@reillypascal.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy

The recording studio at the school where I teach is coming together! They're been having me pick out gear and consult on setup for this, and before this semester, we were waiting for the facilities people to install the paneling.

It's nice to have that finishing up.

#teaching #recording #audio

A white room with tile ceiling. There is a gray carpet on the floor; green acoustic paneling and foam bass traps on the walls; microphones and a monitor on the floor; and an upright piano in the left corner.

August 21, 2025 at 5:28 PM

Reilly Spitzfaden (they/them)

@reillypascal.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy

I'm looking for Markdown display help for Neovim.

I have text wrapping at whitespace rather than in the middle of words, but the link underlines still extend to the edge.

I have `vim.opt.linebreak = true` in ftplugins/markdown.lua, and that's all I'm doing to […]

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Several paragraphs of Markdown displayed in Neovim. The lines wrap at word breaks, but the underline in links extends all the way to the window edge even when there isn't any text in that location.

August 17, 2025 at 5:35 PM

Reilly Spitzfaden (they/them)

@reillypascal.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy

What was harder but still really nice was getting the documentation to work with Telescope

I used this plugin (https://github.com/davidgranstrom/telescope-scdoc.nvim/ ) and (on macOS) it expects the file `docmap.json` in `~/Library/Application […]

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