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parker higgins
@xor.blue
· Sep 9
Fill Harmonics, the crossword puzzle music machine
Today I’m releasing Fill Harmonics, a music machine that takes its rules and styling from the world of crossword puzzles. The name is a pun: in crossword lingo, “fill” is the stuff that goes into the ...
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🎉 new release today: fill harmonics is a weird music machine thing made from the bones of crossword puzzles. put it together with my pal @natanlast.bsky.social
read more: parkerhiggins.net/2025/09/fill...
and play around with it: fillharmonics.com
read more: parkerhiggins.net/2025/09/fill...
and play around with it: fillharmonics.com
huge friday PR for me on @malaika-h.bsky.social's excellent nyt puzzle
November 14, 2025 at 3:34 AM
huge friday PR for me on @malaika-h.bsky.social's excellent nyt puzzle
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i think most millennial "i'm so old"-posting is pretty cringey but i will say the feelings i felt when i saw the ceci neri in my bean club box would not have been understandable to me in my 20s
November 11, 2025 at 4:48 PM
i think most millennial "i'm so old"-posting is pretty cringey but i will say the feelings i felt when i saw the ceci neri in my bean club box would not have been understandable to me in my 20s
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michel strawberries, 1894
November 9, 2025 at 2:18 PM
michel strawberries, 1894
i'm in Atlantic City this weekend and as always i'm trying to take pics that look like @roadside.xor.blue
November 8, 2025 at 8:49 PM
i'm in Atlantic City this weekend and as always i'm trying to take pics that look like @roadside.xor.blue
lol buddy you don't get to ride this one
November 5, 2025 at 3:59 AM
lol buddy you don't get to ride this one
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Mamdani cracks 1M votes, the first NYC mayor to do so since John Lindsay in 1969
November 5, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Mamdani cracks 1M votes, the first NYC mayor to do so since John Lindsay in 1969
every once in a while I hear some prince song for the first time in a while and it totally blows my mind but it feels like the most banal observation I could possibly make. this guy's pretty good!!!
November 4, 2025 at 6:02 PM
every once in a while I hear some prince song for the first time in a while and it totally blows my mind but it feels like the most banal observation I could possibly make. this guy's pretty good!!!
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mentally rearranging some timelines after discovering leonard cohen's "First We Take Manhattan" came 4 years after "The Muppets Take Manhattan"
November 23, 2024 at 6:28 PM
mentally rearranging some timelines after discovering leonard cohen's "First We Take Manhattan" came 4 years after "The Muppets Take Manhattan"
talking about various municipal agencies and animal control service is catching some strays
October 30, 2025 at 8:20 PM
talking about various municipal agencies and animal control service is catching some strays
I feel for the single issue "the word aunt refers exclusively to the full siblings of one's parents" voters who've already early voted :(
October 28, 2025 at 4:35 PM
I feel for the single issue "the word aunt refers exclusively to the full siblings of one's parents" voters who've already early voted :(
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I wrote a crossword puzzle with a strange little theme that I didn't think quite fit anywhere else, so I put it on my blog. I hope you solve and enjoy! parkerhiggins.net/2025/10/cros...
Crossword: “Rain sounds”
I’m publishing a crossword on this blog for the first time — I hope you enjoy it. I’ve added some notes below the puzzle, offset with some space to avoid any spoilers.
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October 27, 2025 at 6:51 PM
I wrote a crossword puzzle with a strange little theme that I didn't think quite fit anywhere else, so I put it on my blog. I hope you solve and enjoy! parkerhiggins.net/2025/10/cros...
can't fool me, this is the apple dance
October 27, 2025 at 10:57 PM
can't fool me, this is the apple dance
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this was soothing to do :)
I wrote a crossword puzzle with a strange little theme that I didn't think quite fit anywhere else, so I put it on my blog. I hope you solve and enjoy! parkerhiggins.net/2025/10/cros...
Crossword: “Rain sounds”
I’m publishing a crossword on this blog for the first time — I hope you enjoy it. I’ve added some notes below the puzzle, offset with some space to avoid any spoilers.
parkerhiggins.net
October 27, 2025 at 10:24 PM
this was soothing to do :)
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not to be confused with quesadilla
October 27, 2025 at 7:21 PM
not to be confused with quesadilla
I wrote a crossword puzzle with a strange little theme that I didn't think quite fit anywhere else, so I put it on my blog. I hope you solve and enjoy! parkerhiggins.net/2025/10/cros...
Crossword: “Rain sounds”
I’m publishing a crossword on this blog for the first time — I hope you enjoy it. I’ve added some notes below the puzzle, offset with some space to avoid any spoilers.
parkerhiggins.net
October 27, 2025 at 6:51 PM
I wrote a crossword puzzle with a strange little theme that I didn't think quite fit anywhere else, so I put it on my blog. I hope you solve and enjoy! parkerhiggins.net/2025/10/cros...
i would simply step into the same river twice
October 17, 2025 at 2:56 PM
i would simply step into the same river twice
i had a great time at the inaugural Wiki Game Jam this weekend, (though I did not get a game done in time)
i presented about using wikipedia categories for word puzzle games, and my friend adam got this serendipitous photo right when I cited his project
i presented about using wikipedia categories for word puzzle games, and my friend adam got this serendipitous photo right when I cited his project
October 5, 2025 at 11:12 PM
i had a great time at the inaugural Wiki Game Jam this weekend, (though I did not get a game done in time)
i presented about using wikipedia categories for word puzzle games, and my friend adam got this serendipitous photo right when I cited his project
i presented about using wikipedia categories for word puzzle games, and my friend adam got this serendipitous photo right when I cited his project
I hope the cashier likes the groceries I picked out
October 5, 2025 at 10:55 PM
I hope the cashier likes the groceries I picked out
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i wrote more here: blog.puzzmo.com/posts/2025/1...
Learn the grammar of crosswords with Puzzmo minis
Today is the first day of a series of 30 mini crosswords designed to help you become a better crossword solver. They’re free for all players, and you can solve the first one here.
In college, I accide...
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October 1, 2025 at 1:19 PM
i wrote more here: blog.puzzmo.com/posts/2025/1...
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2 years ago: @stfj.net says puzzmo will never run minis
6 months ago: @orta.io and i brainstorm how i might design a mini that could change zach's mind
today: @puzzmo.com's first mini
join us for 30 days of minis that teach you how to solve crosswords. start here:
www.puzzmo.com/puzzle/2025-...
6 months ago: @orta.io and i brainstorm how i might design a mini that could change zach's mind
today: @puzzmo.com's first mini
join us for 30 days of minis that teach you how to solve crosswords. start here:
www.puzzmo.com/puzzle/2025-...
October 1, 2025 at 1:19 PM
2 years ago: @stfj.net says puzzmo will never run minis
6 months ago: @orta.io and i brainstorm how i might design a mini that could change zach's mind
today: @puzzmo.com's first mini
join us for 30 days of minis that teach you how to solve crosswords. start here:
www.puzzmo.com/puzzle/2025-...
6 months ago: @orta.io and i brainstorm how i might design a mini that could change zach's mind
today: @puzzmo.com's first mini
join us for 30 days of minis that teach you how to solve crosswords. start here:
www.puzzmo.com/puzzle/2025-...
