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LLMs and coding

Thu, 02 Apr 2026 10:14:00 -0400

We recently released REAPER v7.66, which is slightly interesting in that there was a small bit of LLM-assisted programming in there.

I'm not a fan of LLMs, but I do think what they can do is pretty amazing. Whether it is worth the cost, I have doubts.

Previously, on askjf:

Question: Have you tried Claude Code (CLI or VSC ext)? Opus 4.5 is *really good* (could be useful for tedius/boring tasks)

I haven't. tedious/boring things are good for you. either you figure out ways to speed them up (scripts to accomplish repetitive tasks), or you get the practice in doing these things, improving your skills. You train for marathons by putting in lots of easy miles along with your speedwork. The biggest win of LLMs IMO is discovery of poorly documented things.

...later on...

Question: I saw people pressing you here about supporting new versions of ffmpeg, and you replied it was a pain to do because of their constantly changing API. I just saw that you have done it. Well done! Was it a pain while doing it or it was not as painful as you envisioned??? Also, wouldn't their continous changing of API cause same issue again of latest version not being supported?

Comment: What happened to tedious / boring things being good for you? ;-)

(lol)

My current thoughts:

LLMs are great as a discovery tool for programming. Google has gone to shit, API documentation is terrible, it's really hard to find answers. LLMs end up indexing a lot of content that would be really hard to find otherwise.
You can have high quality code produced by an LLM, but it will almost certainly take a ton of work by the human, unless you happen to be writing something that has been totally done before, in which case it will probably just rip that off.
The better LLMs get at writing code, the more consolidation of wealth will occur, as independent software vendors will not be able to compete with the multinational megacorporations that control all of our infrastructure (read that essay). This will be a very not good thing. :/

My recent experiences, using Claude Opus 4.6, mostly via Claude Code:

Updating REAPER's FFmpeg loading code. Up until v7.66, we supported FFmpeg v2.8/3.x/4.x. Every new major release of FFmpeg has subtle API changes. Navigating through all of those changes is a pain. I gave Claude Code our FFmpeg-loading code, and very little else, and asked it to support newer FFmpeg versions. It added support for 5.x, 6.x, and 7.x (it wasn't aware of 8.x as I guess it was trained before it was released). It pretty much succeeded; a few little tweaks were necessary, there were a couple of small errors, and it produced some preprocessor logic that was so incomprehensible it took me an hour to untangle. And I had to update it to support 8.x... butit still probably saved me a great deal of time (at least a few hours of very frustrating digging through headers and git histories).
Updating FFmpeg support to support hardware encoders - it pretty much nailed this one, adding the necessary code which seemed to work.
Updating our VLC loading code to support AV1 decoding. In this case I gave it only a few files relating to the VLC library loading. It gave me a working implementation, though it added approx 50 lines of code, which after reviewing, was mostly unnecessary, and I determined it would only take changing a few lines to support it properly. Still, super helpful.
(this one hasn't been released yet) -- figuring out how to get consistent text rendering via CoreText on macOS vs win32. Initially the LLM gave me multiple solutions which were completely wrong (LOGFONT's lfHeight should be at 72DPI for macOS and 96DPI for win32, convert that way...), but there were kernels of things in there that were helpful (e.g. suggested ways of going from a positive LOGFONT's lfHeight to point size). I ended up getting something that almost worked, but I noticed that CoreText was returning obviously incorrect font metrics (particularly the internal leading). Once I pointed this out to the LLM, it suggested querying the OS/2 font table for the font (via a CoreText API I had no idea existed), and extracting the metrics from that. It produced code that almost worked, and from that, I managed to put all of the pieces together.

In all of these, I probably could have iterated with the LLM to get it to do more of the work. I'm not sure what time it would have saved, and even if it did save time, I don't think I would walk away from the experience with the same level of understanding I've attained going this route.

Based on that -- if you're vibe coding, right on. Enjoy it while you can potentially profit from it. Try to learn from it. If LLMs end up as master programmers, then the billionaires of today will be even richer (ripping off anything useful by burning tokens and then forcefeeding it to the world), and the rest of us, we'll just get the scraps.

music - Decanted Youth - 1 - Vague Reflections

Mon, 16 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 2 - Hearing the Cure

Mon, 16 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 3 - Easy Target (false)

Mon, 16 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 4 - Easy Target

Mon, 16 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 5 - Quicksand

Mon, 16 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 6 - Now We Understand

Mon, 16 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 7 - More Possible Reflections

Mon, 16 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 8

Mon, 16 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 9 - Light Creeps-ish

Mon, 16 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 10

Mon, 16 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 11 - Insecurity

Mon, 16 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 12 - What If We All Just Disappeared

Mon, 16 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 1 - Pre-echo of Monsters

Mon, 16 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 2 - Only a Monster

Mon, 16 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 3 - All Ball Bearings

Mon, 16 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 4 - Swing and Miss (The Time Has Come)

Mon, 16 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 5 - Swing and Miss (reprise)

Mon, 16 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 6 - Bad at Math

Mon, 16 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 7 - You Just Had to Know

Mon, 16 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0400

music - stuck relay

Sun, 15 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 1 - Only a Monster

Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 2 - Bad at Math

Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 3 - Fear of the West

Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 4 - diminished interlude

Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 5 - Get in Line / How Low

Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 6 - Quicksand

Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 7 - You Just Had to Know

Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 8 - Easy Target

Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 9 - All Your Fears

Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 10 - Find Me

Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 11 - Now We Understand

Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 12 - Now We Understand (faster)

Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 13 - Bury Yourself

Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 14 - Old as Coal

Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 15

Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 16 - Cast Iron Candy Bandit, Vaguely

Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 17 - Las Vegas

Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 18 - Insecurity

Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 19 - Sandman

Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 20 - Minor Minor Minor

Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 21 - Totally Original

Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 22 - Totally Original (reprise)

Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 23

Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 24

Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 25

Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0400

music - to taste

Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0400

music - had to know ac

Wed, 18 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 1 - Lite Crepes

Mon, 16 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 2 - What If We All Just Disappeared

Mon, 16 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 3 - Las Vegas

Mon, 16 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 4

Mon, 16 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 5 - Sandman

Mon, 16 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 6 - Insecurity (7)

Mon, 16 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 7 - Light Creeps

Mon, 16 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 8 - You Just Had to Know

Mon, 16 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 9 - Bad at Math

Mon, 16 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 10 - Bad at Math (better)

Mon, 16 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 11 - Bad at Math (final answer)

Mon, 16 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 12 - Quicksand

Mon, 16 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 13 - Quicksand (again)

Mon, 16 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 14 - Reflections

Mon, 16 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0500

music - live solo improv: everything dirty and broken

Sun, 15 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 1 - Bad at Math

Sun, 15 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 2 - Now We Understand

Sun, 15 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 3 - We Got So Far

Sun, 15 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 4 - You Just Had to Know

Sun, 15 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 5 - Quicksand (extended intro)

Sun, 15 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 6 - How Low

Sun, 15 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 7 - Old as Coal

Sun, 15 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 8 - Vertical Integration

Sun, 15 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 9 - Find Me

Sun, 15 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 10 - Only a Monster

Sun, 15 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 11 - Easy Target

Sun, 15 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 12 - Nearly Your Fears

Sun, 15 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 13 - All Your Fears

Sun, 15 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 14 - (intro) / The River

Sun, 15 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 15 - Major Major Major

Sun, 15 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 16 - Insecurity

Sun, 15 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 17 - Totally Original

Sun, 15 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 18 - AVH

Sun, 15 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 19 - Candy Bandit Cast Iron

Sun, 15 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 20 - The Squeeze

Sun, 15 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 21

Sun, 15 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 22

Sun, 15 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 23 - Chosen by the Few (if we can remember)

Sun, 15 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 24 - Save the Geese (Tomorrow is Special)

Sun, 15 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0500

music - philip - 1 - Bad at Math

Wed, 11 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0500

music - philip - 2 - Quicksand

Wed, 11 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0500

music - philip - 3 - Easy Target (false start)

Wed, 11 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0500

music - philip - 4 - Easy Target

Wed, 11 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0500

music - philip - 5 - (loop interlude)

Wed, 11 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0500

music - philip - 6

Wed, 11 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0500

music - philip - 7

Wed, 11 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0500

music - philip - 8

Wed, 11 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0500

music - philip - 9 - Basket Case

Wed, 11 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0500

music - philip - 10 - (extended intro) Knockin' on Heaven's Door

Wed, 11 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0500

music - philip - 11 - Redemption Song

Wed, 11 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0500

music - philip - 12 - You Just Had to Know

Wed, 11 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0500

music - philip - 13 - Find Me

Wed, 11 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0500

music - philip - 14 - Only a Monster

Wed, 11 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0500

music - philip - 15 - (loop interlude 2)

Wed, 11 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0500

music - philip - 16 - Vertical Integration

Wed, 11 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0500

music - philip - 17 - Old as Coal

Wed, 11 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0500

music - philip - 18 - We Are All Guests

Wed, 11 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0500

music - philip - 19 - Dancin on my Own (w/ Rachel)

Wed, 11 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0500

music - philip - 20 - Love Somebody (w/ Rachel)

Wed, 11 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0500

music - philip - 21 - Riptide (w/ Rachel)

Wed, 11 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0500

music - bad at math gtr

Tue, 03 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 1 - How Low

Wed, 14 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 2 - Now We Understand

Wed, 14 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 3 - Quicksand

Wed, 14 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 4 - Ownership Society (false)

Wed, 14 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 5 - How to Survive

Wed, 14 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 6 - You Just Had to Know

Wed, 14 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 7 - Cosmic Background

Wed, 14 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 8 - Old as Coal

Wed, 14 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 9 - Bad at Math (slow)

Wed, 14 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 10 - Lone Parasite/Mistress (revisited)

Wed, 14 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 11 - Easy Target

Wed, 14 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 12 - (squealy)

Wed, 14 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 13 - Vertical Integration

Wed, 14 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 14 - Only a Monster

Wed, 14 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 15 - Find Me

Wed, 14 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 16 - All Your Fears

Wed, 14 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 17

Wed, 14 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 18

Wed, 14 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 19 - Cast Iron Candy Bandit

Wed, 14 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 20 - The Squeeze

Wed, 14 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 21 - The River

Wed, 14 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 22 - Dogs Will Rule the World

Wed, 14 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 23 - Dogs Will Rule the World (reprise)

Wed, 14 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 24 - Hindenburg

Wed, 14 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 25 - Totally Original

Wed, 14 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 26 - Minor Minor Minor

Wed, 14 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 27 - Quicksand (alt arrange)

Wed, 14 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 28 - Insecurity

Wed, 14 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0500

music - another reunion

Tue, 13 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 1 - Ownership Society Revisited

Sun, 11 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 2 - Lone Parasite/Mistress

Sun, 11 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 3 - Just Had to Know

Sun, 11 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 4 - Easy Target

Sun, 11 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 5 - Reflections

Sun, 11 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 6 - Quicksand

Sun, 11 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 7 - Quicksand (again)

Sun, 11 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 8 - Only a Monster

Sun, 11 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 9 - Bad at Math

Sun, 11 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 10 - Find Me

Sun, 11 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 11 - What If We All Just Disappeared

Sun, 11 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 12 - Candy Bandit

Sun, 11 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 13 - Sandman

Sun, 11 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 14 - Totally Original (fast)

Sun, 11 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 15 - Totally Original (slow)

Sun, 11 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 16 - Light Creeps

Sun, 11 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 17 - Lite Crepes

Sun, 11 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 18 - More Crepes

Sun, 11 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0500

music - ownership society revisited

Sat, 10 Jan 2026 00:00:00 -0500

death by a million papercuts

Wed, 07 Jan 2026 10:14:00 -0500

To follow up on the previous post about our forums and getting scraped by bots, I enabled some statistics in our human-authentication system for the forum. In the last 18 hours, we have seen requests from about 300,000 IPs, of which about 5,000 (approx 1.5%) successfully verified themselves as human.

Of the 295,000 IPs that did not verify themselves as human, about 15,000 were poorly behaved, so much so that they triggered our log-analysis-ban system.

The remaining 280,000 IPs each behaved relatively fine, each doing occasional requests more or less mimicking the usage patterns of a user. There are two problems it caused for us, though:

they often would request pages that are expensive to generate (page 90 of our member list, e.g., which vbulletin has to go and sort/generate then skip 89 pages of the results)
there are 280,000 of them

If we had 280,000 simultaneous legitimate users on our forum, we would have similar problems, though in that situation we could justify spending a lot more on the infrastructure to support our userbase. Moderating such a place would be an impossible nightmare, too.

In short, to use a metaphor, the modern internet (LLM-scraping-bots) will effectively kill a forum like ours with a million tiny papercuts (if allowed).

happy new year, and stuff

Thu, 01 Jan 2026 10:14:00 -0500

Well I didn't update for a while. Lost a ton of music related stuff (instruments, etc) due to a fire, that sucked. Will write more about that at some point, maybe, though also maybe will try to forget heh.

What I'm really posting here is to claim a momentary victory (it won't last long no doubt) against the hoards of scrapers effectively DDoSing web sites out there. Our forums would have 100,000+ "guest" users "browsing," causing all kinds of performance issues. Last night and today, added some stuff requiring some computation via javascript and a little bit of user interaction to authenticate the guest user as not-a-bot, and now we have a few hundred. What a mess the internet is. :/ Sigh.

Update Jan 2:
There are (currently) four layers of scraper/bot/ddos mitigations we are using:

the latest - when an IP which is not already logged in makes a request, it is checked against a local temporary database. if it has not recently been verified it is verified, by serving a page with some javascript that does some brute force computations, and requires a little bit of human interaction (changing the state of some UI in such a way that a human would). once these are complete, it sends an AJAX request to the server, which quickly validates the results, and if it passes, updates that temp database. the page then refreshes itself to the updated version. Before this change, we'd often see more than 100,000 IPs over the course of a day request pages, often just one or two, each time creating a session which our database would track, etc. Now it's down to a more reasonable 1,000-2,000.
every minute or two, we run a script that analyzes the last few minutes of apache logs to detect likely scrapers. it looks at the patterns of their requests, and updates a .htaccess file with rewritecond lines to match them and redirect them to a 529 page which tells them to chill. This sometimes causes false positives, when people reopen their browser sessions of like 50 windows on the forum.
(also recent) - if a non-logged in user requests various obscure pages, e.g. our member list, we refuse. most non-logged-in users would never do this, and they end up being quite a lot of cpu load. so an easy win. maybe good for the privacy of our users, too?
sometimes scrapers fill up all of our server slots. even when serving them cheap pages, they can still end up holding a precious slot for a few seconds. often they'll keepalive more requests, too. so when we find this happens, we run a script which identifies /24 subnets that are the worst offenders, then adds them to an ipset which we then blackhole. I sometimes spot check these with whois to make sure they are cloud providers. When we see 50+ IPs in a /24 (254 addresses) which are all doing a lot of requests, you're probably a cloud provider (if our forum had a much, much larger audience, then that might be more plausible).

anyway that's the current state of trying to run a forum with 280,000 threads and a few million posts these days. I'm sure it won't last, they will start defeating our countermeasures and we'll have to escalate them. I really do hate requiring JavaScript, some people don't want to do that. sigh.

music - Decanted Youth - 1

Wed, 17 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 2 - In Your Room / Candy Bandit

Wed, 17 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 3 - The Squeeze

Wed, 17 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 4 - This is Progress

Wed, 17 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 5 - What If We All Just Disappeared

Wed, 17 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 6 - Make You Whole

Wed, 17 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 7 - Las Vegas (false start)

Wed, 17 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 8 - Sandman

Wed, 17 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 9 - Las Vegas (seven)

Wed, 17 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 10 - Las Vegas (slowr)

Wed, 17 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 11 - How Low

Wed, 17 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 12 - Quicksand

Wed, 17 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 13 - Bad at Math

Wed, 17 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 14 - Old as Coal

Wed, 17 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 15

Wed, 17 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 16 - Reflections in E maybe

Wed, 17 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 17 - Easy Target

Wed, 17 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 18 - Easy Target (reprise)

Wed, 17 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 19 - Now We Understand

Wed, 17 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - back one at a time

Sun, 14 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 1

Sun, 07 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 2 - Previous Song in 10

Sun, 07 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 3 - Las Vegas

Sun, 07 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 4 - (extended intro) Candy Bandit

Sun, 07 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 5 - Major Major Major

Sun, 07 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 6

Sun, 07 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 7 - Totally Original (too slow)

Sun, 07 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 8 - Totally Original

Sun, 07 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 9 - The River

Sun, 07 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 10

Sun, 07 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 11 - Just Had to Know

Sun, 07 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 12 - All Your Fears (prequel)

Sun, 07 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 13 - All Your Fears

Sun, 07 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 14 - Now We Understand

Sun, 07 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 15 - Bad at Math

Sun, 07 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 16 - Totally Original (fakeout) Easy Target

Sun, 07 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 17 - Quicksand

Sun, 07 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 18 - Old as Coal

Sun, 07 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 19 - How Low

Sun, 07 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 20 - Only a Monster

Sun, 07 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 21 - Find Me

Sun, 07 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 22 - (wbplasmatron)

Sun, 07 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - slow fears

Sat, 06 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - salvage mic

Fri, 05 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - sneeze room

Fri, 05 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - welcome back plasmatron

Thu, 04 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 1 - Disintegration Deference

Sun, 30 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 2 - Totally Original

Sun, 30 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 3 - Totally Original, Slower

Sun, 30 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 4 - Cast Iron Candy Bandit

Sun, 30 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 5 - Insecurity

Sun, 30 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 6 - Bitter Work House of Kittens (Broad City S2E01)

Sun, 30 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 7 - Las Vegas

Sun, 30 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 8 - Disassociate Seven

Sun, 30 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 9 - How Low

Sun, 30 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 10 - You Just Had to Know (slow, then loud)

Sun, 30 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 11 - Old as Coal

Sun, 30 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 12 - Self Imposed

Sun, 30 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 13 - All Your Fears

Sun, 30 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 14 - Only a Monster

Sun, 30 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 15 - Bad at Math

Sun, 30 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 16 - Quicksand

Sun, 30 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 17 - Find Me

Sun, 30 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 18 - Easy Target

Sun, 30 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 19 - Vertical Integration

Sun, 30 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 20 - Watch Your Step

Sun, 30 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 21 - Now We Understand

Sun, 30 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - in a box

Sat, 29 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 1 - Public Service

Sun, 23 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 2 - Totally Original

Sun, 23 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 3 - Sandman

Sun, 23 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 4 - (familiar bounce)

Sun, 23 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 5 - Las Vegas

Sun, 23 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 6 - Insecurity (seven)

Sun, 23 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 7 - Totally Not Derivative

Sun, 23 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 8 - Momentary Separation of Drums

Sun, 23 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 9 - Finding Alternate Reflections

Sun, 23 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 10 - All Your Fears

Sun, 23 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 11 - All Your Fears (again)

Sun, 23 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 12 - Quicksand (half)

Sun, 23 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 13 - You Just Had to Know

Sun, 23 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 14 - How Low

Sun, 23 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 15 - Not Finding Captain Dan

Sun, 23 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 16 - Only a Monster (fast)

Sun, 23 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 17 - Only a Monster (fast again)

Sun, 23 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 1 - Identity Crisis

Sat, 22 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 2 - Give Up / Losing Your Mind / This must have a name already / Candy Bandit

Sat, 22 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 3 - Major Major Major

Sat, 22 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 4 - Las Vegas / Extended Loss / Totally Original

Sat, 22 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 5 - Feelings, Man

Sat, 22 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 6 - Only a Monster

Sat, 22 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 7 - Quicksand

Sat, 22 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 8 - Now We Understand / ALL ABOARD

Sat, 22 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 9 - Now We Understand the Machines (loopy)

Sat, 22 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 10 - Vague Reflections / Bad at Math

Sat, 22 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 11 - How Low / Drowning in Delay

Sat, 22 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 12 - Old as Coal

Sat, 22 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 13 - All Your Fears

Sat, 22 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 14 - You Just Had to Know

Sat, 22 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 15 - Easy Target

Sat, 22 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 1 - You Just Had to Know

Sun, 16 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 2 - Old as Coal

Sun, 16 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 3 - Only a Monster (extended intro)

Sun, 16 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 4 - How Low

Sun, 16 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 5 - Quicksand

Sun, 16 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 6 - Painfully Aware of Your Own Limitations

Sun, 16 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 7 - Cosmic Background

Sun, 16 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 8 - All Your Fears

Sun, 16 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 9 - Find Me

Sun, 16 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 10 - Now We Understand

Sun, 16 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 11 - Bad at Math

Sun, 16 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 12 - Easy Target

Sun, 16 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 13 - Dropped Sticks and Loose Wires

Sun, 16 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 14 - Las Vegas (seven short)

Sun, 16 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 15 - Las Vegas (seven)

Sun, 16 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 16 - Totally Original

Sun, 16 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 17 - Madame Saccharine

Sun, 16 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 18 - Goalposts

Sun, 16 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 19 - Candy Bandit

Sun, 16 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 20 - Major Major Major / Insecurity (seven)

Sun, 16 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 21 - Insecurity (seven)

Sun, 16 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 1

Fri, 14 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 2

Fri, 14 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 3 - The Ladder (cover)

Fri, 14 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 4 - Major Major Major / ripoffs etc / Insecurity

Fri, 14 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 5 - Totally Original

Fri, 14 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 6 - Just Had to Know

Fri, 14 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 7 - Quicksand

Fri, 14 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 8 - How Low

Fri, 14 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 9 - Bad at Math

Fri, 14 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 10 - Old as Coal

Fri, 14 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 11 - Find Me

Fri, 14 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 12 - Vertical Integration / Vague Reflections Off

Fri, 14 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 13 - Easy Target

Fri, 14 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 14 - Easy Target (reprise)

Fri, 14 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 15 - Now We Understand

Fri, 14 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 16 - What If We All Just Disappeared

Fri, 14 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 1 - The Ladder (cover, acoustic)

Sun, 09 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 2 - The Ladder (cover, acoustic)

Sun, 09 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 3 - Light Creeps (acoustic)

Sun, 09 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 4 - Las Vegas (seven, acoustic)

Sun, 09 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 5 - Las Vegas (seven, acoustic, partial)

Sun, 09 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 6 - Las Vegas (seven, acoustic, longer)

Sun, 09 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 7 - Totally Original (acoustic)

Sun, 09 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 8 - Young Liars (cover, acoustic)

Sun, 09 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 9 - Young Liars (cover, acoustic, revisited)

Sun, 09 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 10

Sun, 09 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 11 - Sandman (acoustic)

Sun, 09 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 12

Sun, 09 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 13 - Future Starts Slow (cover, acoustic)

Sun, 09 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 1 - Blinding Glare

Thu, 06 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 2 - Totally Original

Thu, 06 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 3 - Vaguely Candy Bandit

Thu, 06 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 4 - Not So Smart Now Are You

Thu, 06 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 5 - Las Vegas Seven

Thu, 06 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 6 - Easy Target

Thu, 06 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 7 - Easy Target (take 2)

Thu, 06 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 8 - You Just Had to Know

Thu, 06 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 9 - Bad at Math

Thu, 06 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 10 - Now We Understand

Thu, 06 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 11 - Find Your Way (Had to Know)

Thu, 06 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 12 - Quicksand

Thu, 06 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 13 - (new drum beats)

Thu, 06 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 14 - Find Me (bouncey)

Thu, 06 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 15 - Cosmic Background

Thu, 06 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 16 - Old as Coal

Thu, 06 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 17 - (new drum beats)

Thu, 06 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 18 - Odd Double Digits

Thu, 06 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 19 - How Low (15s)

Thu, 06 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 20 - How Low

Thu, 06 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 21 - Vertical Integration

Thu, 06 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 22 - Easy Target (reprise)

Thu, 06 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 23 - Young Liars (butcher cover)

Thu, 06 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 24 - Only a Monster

Thu, 06 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 25 - Totally Original (reprise)

Thu, 06 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 26 - Not Enough Chords (good in bed callback maybe?)

Thu, 06 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 27 - Self Imposed

Thu, 06 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 28 - All Your Fears

Thu, 06 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - the other hangover

Mon, 03 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - another one of these eh

Sat, 01 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - lets something

Thu, 30 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - or something else

Thu, 30 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - how low

Wed, 29 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 1

Fri, 24 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 2 - Sandman

Fri, 24 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 3 - Totally Original (instrumental)

Fri, 24 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 4 - Totally Original

Fri, 24 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 5 - Totally Original (role reversal)

Fri, 24 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 6 - Bad at Math

Fri, 24 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 7 - Bad at Math (slower)

Fri, 24 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 8 - Just Had to Know

Fri, 24 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 9 - Quicksand

Fri, 24 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 10 - How Low

Fri, 24 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 11 - How Low (false)

Fri, 24 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 12 - How Low (reprise)

Fri, 24 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 13 - Easy Target (acoustic)

Fri, 24 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 14 - Totally Original (acoustic ditty)

Fri, 24 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 15 - Totally Original (acoustic bounce)

Fri, 24 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 16 - Las Vegas (extended)

Fri, 24 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 17 - Insecurity (robot throwback)

Fri, 24 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 18 - Disappear

Fri, 24 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 1 - Welcome to the Battle

Fri, 17 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 2 - Light Creeps

Fri, 17 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 3

Fri, 17 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 4 - You Just Had to Know (reorganized)

Fri, 17 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 5 - You Just Had to Know (reorganized again)

Fri, 17 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 6 - Reflections / Self Imposed

Fri, 17 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 7 - Only a Monster

Fri, 17 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 8 - Quicksand

Fri, 17 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 9 - Quicksand (reprise)

Fri, 17 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 10 - Bad at Math

Fri, 17 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 11 - Candy Bandit

Fri, 17 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 12 - Legacy / Disappear

Fri, 17 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 13 - What If We All Just Disappeared

Fri, 17 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 14 - How Low

Fri, 17 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 15 - Old as Coal (preprise)

Fri, 17 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 16 - Old as Coal

Fri, 17 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 17

Fri, 17 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 18 - Las Vegas

Fri, 17 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires (with PJ Norman) - 1 - Bloody Knuckles

Sun, 12 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires (with PJ Norman) - 2 - You Just Had to Know

Sun, 12 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires (with PJ Norman) - 3 - Vertical Integration

Sun, 12 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires (with PJ Norman) - 4 - Quicksand

Sun, 12 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires (with PJ Norman) - 5 - Reverses

Sun, 12 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires (with PJ Norman) - 6 - Bad at Maths

Sun, 12 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 1 - How Low (Cadman Guitars)

Tue, 07 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 2 - Old as Coal (alt key, Cadman Guitars)

Tue, 07 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 3 - Quicksand (Cadman Guitars)

Tue, 07 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 4 - Vertical Integration (Cadman Guitars)

Tue, 07 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 5 - Old as Coal (Cadman Guitars)

Tue, 07 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 6 - Cold as Oal (Cadman Guitars)

Tue, 07 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 7 - You Just Had to Know (Cadman Guitars)

Tue, 07 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 8 - Las Vegas (Bounce Cadman Guitars)

Tue, 07 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 9 - Light Creeps (Cadman Guitars)

Tue, 07 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 10 - Young Liars (cover)

Tue, 07 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 11 - Only a Monster (Cadman Guitars)

Tue, 07 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 12 - Now We Understand (Cadman Guitars)

Tue, 07 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 13 - The River (Cadman Guitars)

Tue, 07 Oct 2025 00:00:00 -0400

monotype print

Mon, 06 Oct 2025 06:13:00 -0400

water based ink, made at a fundraiser at the good fork. thanks Ethan!

music - brainfry

Tue, 30 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - now we understand

Mon, 29 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - keep on trusting

Sun, 28 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - light in your hands

Sun, 28 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - the captain

Fri, 26 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - the captain prehofner

Fri, 26 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - how can i choose a name yet

Tue, 23 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - how low maybe

Tue, 23 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - trapped outside

Tue, 23 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - had to know loopy

Mon, 22 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - how low loopy

Mon, 22 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - had to know loss

Sun, 21 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 1 - You Just Had to Know (slow)

Sat, 13 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 2 - Wasted Life

Sat, 13 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 3 - How Low

Sat, 13 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 4 - Easy Target

Sat, 13 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 5 - Quicksand

Sat, 13 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 6

Sat, 13 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 7 - Now We Understand

Sat, 13 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 8 - Old as Coal

Sat, 13 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 9

Sat, 13 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 10 - Only a Monster

Sat, 13 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 11 - Bad at Math (AI rant edition)

Sat, 13 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 12 - What's to Come (had to know-ish)

Sat, 13 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 13 - Hope Yielded

Sat, 13 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 14 - Unprepared, Nothing to Wear

Sat, 13 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 15

Sat, 13 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 16

Sat, 13 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 17

Sat, 13 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - you had to know

Thu, 11 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 1 - How Low

Tue, 09 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 2 - You Just Had to Know

Tue, 09 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 3 - Bad at Math

Tue, 09 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 4 - Quicksand

Tue, 09 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 5 - Old as Coal

Tue, 09 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 6 - Only a Monster

Tue, 09 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 7 - Find Me

Tue, 09 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 8 - Cosmic Background

Tue, 09 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 9 - Now We Understand

Tue, 09 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 10 - Self Imposed

Tue, 09 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 11

Tue, 09 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 12

Tue, 09 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 13

Tue, 09 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 14

Tue, 09 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 15 - New Seven

Tue, 09 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 16

Tue, 09 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 17 - Documentaries Revisited

Tue, 09 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 18 - Insecurity

Tue, 09 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 19 - Las Vegas

Tue, 09 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - blame someone else

Thu, 04 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - please join our panel

Tue, 02 Sep 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 1

Sat, 30 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 2

Sat, 30 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 3 - How Low

Sat, 30 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 4 - Trees and Mold, Old as Coal

Sat, 30 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 5 - Find Me

Sat, 30 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 6 - Only a Monster

Sat, 30 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 7 - Only a Monster (reprise)

Sat, 30 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 8 - Quicksand

Sat, 30 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 9 - You Just Had to Know

Sat, 30 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 10 - Las Vegas

Sat, 30 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 11 - Easy Target

Sat, 30 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 12 - Easy Target (reprise)

Sat, 30 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 13 - Bad at Math

Sat, 30 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 14 - Now We Understand

Sat, 30 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 15 - Hindenburg

Sat, 30 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 16 - Dogs Will Rule the World

Sat, 30 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 17 - Leacho (Cosmos)

Sat, 30 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 1 - Find Me (Complexified)

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 2 - You Just Had to Know

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 3 - Old as Coal

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 4

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 5

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 6 - How Low (shielded)

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 7

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0400

latest anti-crawler update

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 10:14:00 -0400

TIL the default Apache Timeout is set to 300s, which is a long ass time, especially when dealing with crawlers that sometimes leave their connections open after their request. And they'll fill up the default 256 connection slots pretty fast, making things slow as shit. 10 or 15 is probably plenty.

music - Decanted Youth - 1 - How Low

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 2 - How Low (take 2)

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 3 - Reflections

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 4 - You Just Had to Know

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 5 - Echoes of the Past (Storms? Spring?)

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 6 - Now We Understand (partial)

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 7 - Now We Understand (slow)

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 8 - Solitude

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 9 - Bad at Math

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 10 - Easy Target (partial)

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 11 - Easy Target

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 12 - Only a Monster

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 13 - Quicksand

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 14 - Light Creeps

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 15 - Find Me

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 1 - Now We Understand

Sat, 16 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 2 - Quicksand

Sat, 16 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 3 - You Just Had to Know (eyes shut)

Sat, 16 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 4 - Only a Monster (partial)

Sat, 16 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 5 - How Low (yes)

Sat, 16 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 6 - How Low (yes, again)

Sat, 16 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 7 - Only a Monster

Sat, 16 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 8 - Bad at Math

Sat, 16 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 9 - It's Not Easy (Being This Good)

Sat, 16 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 10 - Find Me (slow)

Sat, 16 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 11 - Find Me

Sat, 16 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 12 - Easy Target

Sat, 16 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 13 - Easy Target (again)

Sat, 16 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 14 - Old as Coal

Sat, 16 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 15 - Old as Coal (guitars)

Sat, 16 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 16 - Old as Coal (guitars again)

Sat, 16 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 17 - Old as Coal (guitars guitars)

Sat, 16 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 18 - Diminished Thing

Sat, 16 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 19

Sat, 16 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 20

Sat, 16 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 21

Sat, 16 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 22 - Major Major Major

Sat, 16 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 23 - Cast Iron Candy Bandit

Sat, 16 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 1 - It's Not Easy

Sat, 09 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 2 - You Just Had to Know

Sat, 09 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 3

Sat, 09 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 4 - Old as Coal

Sat, 09 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 5 - Old as Coal (loopy Trees/Mold)

Sat, 09 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 6 - Quicksand

Sat, 09 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 7 - Old as Coal (guitars)

Sat, 09 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 8 - Old as Coal (guitars again, 4+2)

Sat, 09 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 9 - Old as Coal (guitars again, 4)

Sat, 09 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 10 - It's Not Easy (guitars)

Sat, 09 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 11 - Easy Target (guitars)

Sat, 09 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 12 - Easy Target (guitars again)

Sat, 09 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 13 - Bad at Math (guitars)

Sat, 09 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 14 - Bad at Math (guitars, robotic)

Sat, 09 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 15

Sat, 09 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 16 - Now We Understand (guitars)

Sat, 09 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 17 - Now We Understand (guitars again, extended and nice)

Sat, 09 Aug 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 1

Sun, 20 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 2

Sun, 20 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 3 - You Just Had to Know (acoustic)

Sun, 20 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 4 - You Just Had to Know (acoustic again)

Sun, 20 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 5 - You Just Had to Know (acoustic third)

Sun, 20 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 6

Sun, 20 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 7 - Snake Charmer (Munn)

Sun, 20 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 8 - How Low (acoustic)

Sun, 20 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 9 - How Low (acoustic)

Sun, 20 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 10 - Monkey in a Coma

Sun, 20 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 11 - Monkey in a Coma (work 2)

Sun, 20 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 12 - Monkey in a Coma (work 3)

Sun, 20 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 13 - Monkey in a Coma (work 4)

Sun, 20 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 14 - Las Vegas (acoustic)

Sun, 20 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 15 - Chosen by the Few (acoustic)

Sun, 20 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 16 - Chosen by the Few (acoustic again)

Sun, 20 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 1 - How Low

Sat, 19 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 2 - The River

Sat, 19 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 3 - The River (reprise)

Sat, 19 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 4 - You Just Had to Know

Sat, 19 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 5 - You Just Had to Know (false start)

Sat, 19 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 6 - You Just Had to Know (reprise)

Sat, 19 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 7 - Quicksand

Sat, 19 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 8 - Quicksand (reprise)

Sat, 19 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 9 - Old as Coal (Trees v Mold)

Sat, 19 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 10 - Easy Target

Sat, 19 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 11 - Easy Target (false)

Sat, 19 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 12 - Easy Target (reprise)

Sat, 19 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 13 - Now We Understand

Sat, 19 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 14 - Now We Understand (reprise)

Sat, 19 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 15 - Only a Monster (short)

Sat, 19 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 16 - Only a Monster

Sat, 19 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 17 - Bad at Math (slow)

Sat, 19 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 18 - Cast Iron Candy Bandit

Sat, 19 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 19 - Bubble Envy

Sat, 19 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 1 - Find Me

Thu, 17 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 2

Thu, 17 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 3 - Only a Monster (false start)

Thu, 17 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 4 - Only a Monster

Thu, 17 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 5 - How Low

Thu, 17 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 6 - Quicksand

Thu, 17 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 7 - Bad at Math

Thu, 17 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 8 - Now We Understand

Thu, 17 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 9 - (sax interlude)

Thu, 17 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 10 - (sax interlude continued)

Thu, 17 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 11 - Breaking Sax Rules

Thu, 17 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 12 - Drum and Sax

Thu, 17 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 13 - Only a Monster (guitars)

Thu, 17 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 14 - Only a Monster (more guitars)

Thu, 17 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 15 - You Just Had to Know (slow)

Thu, 17 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 16 - You Just Had to Know (slow continued)

Thu, 17 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 17 - You Just Had to Know (faster)

Thu, 17 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 18 - How Low (guitar n bass)

Thu, 17 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 19 - How Low (not sure why this made the cut)

Thu, 17 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0400

defining the significance of art as newtonian physics

Tue, 15 Jul 2025 10:14:00 -0400

I've been toying with a definition of measuring how meaningful something is artistically. First, Newton's Third Law:

"For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction."

The act of making art changes us -- the neural connections of our brains are changed by the process.

That magnitude of change is reflected in the significance of the art. The change in our brains might be from a moment or from a lifetime of effort, but without the creative process, it is not art.

You could extrapolate, then, what it means (or doesn't mean) to have art generated by machines. David Byrne said something in American Utopia about how other humans are the most interesting thing to look at. So it makes sense to me that looking at the reflection of their changing brains would be meaningful.

music - live solo improv: someone took my bacon

Tue, 15 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0400

an experiment

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 10:14:00 -0400

If you know how to contact me (email, text, whatever) and are reading this, and you feel like it, send me a message saying that you've read this.

music - Not Vampires - 1 - How Low

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 2 - Crazy Feelings

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 3 - Now We Understand

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 4 - Old as Coal

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 5 - Quicksand

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 6 - Easy Target

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 7 - You Just Had to Know

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 8 - Only a Monster

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 9 - Bad at Math

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 10

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 11 - Las Vegas

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 12 - Intro / Cast Iron Candy Bandit

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 13 - Light Creeps

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 14 - Bad at Math (acoustic)

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 15 - Find Me (acoustic)

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music player

Wed, 02 Jul 2025 10:14:00 -0400

(edit) upgraded to allow webamp, though it still defaults to the built-in player because this works a lot better for mobile devices (playback while locked, etc).

music - Not Vampires - 1 - You Just Had to Know

Wed, 25 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 2 - (Trees/Mold) Old as Coal

Wed, 25 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 3 - Bad at Math

Wed, 25 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 4 - Now We Understand

Wed, 25 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 5 - Vertical Integration (vox)

Wed, 25 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 6

Wed, 25 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 7 - Only a Monster

Wed, 25 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 8 - Only a Monster (faster)

Wed, 25 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 9 - Quicksand

Wed, 25 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 10 - How Low

Wed, 25 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 11 - Easy Target

Wed, 25 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 12 - Find Me

Wed, 25 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 13 - Bubble Envy

Wed, 25 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 14 - (failed) All Your Fears

Wed, 25 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 15 - Self Imposed

Wed, 25 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - super8 - 1 - The Time Has Come

Tue, 24 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - super8 - 2 - Escape

Tue, 24 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - super8 - 3 - FOMO

Tue, 24 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - super8 - 4 - Bottom of a Hole

Tue, 24 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - super8 - 5 - Run/Drive

Tue, 24 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 1 - You Just Had to Know

Sun, 22 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 2

Sun, 22 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 3 - How Low (How Slow)

Sun, 22 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 4 - How Low

Sun, 22 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 5 - Quicksand

Sun, 22 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 6

Sun, 22 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 7 - Only a Monster

Sun, 22 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 8

Sun, 22 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 9 - Cosmic Background

Sun, 22 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 10 - Now We Understand

Sun, 22 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 11 - Easy Target

Sun, 22 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 12 - Bad at Math

Sun, 22 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 13 - Bubble Envy

Sun, 22 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 14 - Bubble Envy (again)

Sun, 22 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 15 - Now We Understand (alt setup)

Sun, 22 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 16 - Insecurity

Sun, 22 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 17 - Major Major Major

Sun, 22 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 18 - Cast Iron Candy Bandit

Sun, 22 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 19

Sun, 22 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 20 - Sandman-ish

Sun, 22 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 21 - Find Me (acoustic failure)

Sun, 22 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 22 - Find Me (acoustic)

Sun, 22 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 23 - Old as Coal (acoustic)

Sun, 22 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 24 - You Just Had to Know (acoustic)

Sun, 22 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 25 - You Just Had to Know (acoustic again)

Sun, 22 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 26 - Cast Iron Candy Bandit (acoustic)

Sun, 22 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 1

Tue, 17 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 2 - Cast Iron Candy Bandit

Tue, 17 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 3 - Las Vegas

Tue, 17 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 4 - (alt config) Bad at Math

Tue, 17 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 5 - (alt config) Easy Target (fail)

Tue, 17 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 6 - (alt config) Easy Target

Tue, 17 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 7 - (alt config) Easy Target (III)

Tue, 17 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 8 - Light Creeps

Tue, 17 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 9 - Quicksand

Tue, 17 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 10 - How Low (three)

Tue, 17 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 11 - How Low (regular)

Tue, 17 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 12

Tue, 17 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 13 - (extended intro) Old as Coal

Tue, 17 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 14 - Easy Target

Tue, 17 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 15 - Only a Monster

Tue, 17 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 16 - Naked Eye

Tue, 17 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 17 - You Just Had to Know

Tue, 17 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 18 - You Just Had to Know (reprise)

Tue, 17 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 19 - Bad at Math

Tue, 17 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 20

Tue, 17 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 21

Tue, 17 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 1

Fri, 13 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 2

Fri, 13 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 3

Fri, 13 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 4 - (bowing)

Fri, 13 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 5 - bubble envy fail

Fri, 13 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 6 - bubble envy additional fail

Fri, 13 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 7 - Reflections

Fri, 13 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 8 - Only a Monster

Fri, 13 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 9 - Candy Bandit

Fri, 13 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 10 - Major Major Major

Fri, 13 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 1 - How Low

Fri, 13 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 2 - Only a Monster

Fri, 13 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 3 - Now We Understand

Fri, 13 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 4 - Old as Coal

Fri, 13 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 5 - Bad at Math

Fri, 13 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 6 - Naked Eye

Fri, 13 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 7 - Naked Eye (short)

Fri, 13 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 8 - Naked Eye (short)

Fri, 13 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 9

Fri, 13 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 10 - Quicksand (sort)

Fri, 13 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 11 - Quicksand

Fri, 13 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 12

Fri, 13 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 13 - How Low (reprise)

Fri, 13 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 14 - How Low (choir)

Fri, 13 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 15 - You Just Had to Know

Fri, 13 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 16 - (storms a comin)

Fri, 13 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

jsfx open source

Thu, 12 Jun 2025 10:14:00 -0400

The project I started something like 21 years ago, Jesusonic, which became REAPER's JSFX, is now open source -- the real way, LGPL licensed.

So if you want to extend it within REAPER, you can, or if you want to make your software support it, you can, etc. It also includes the source to the ReaJS VST, though you'll need the VST2 SDK (or equivalent) to compile that.

I've cleaned it up a bit over the last few years in preparation for this, but there's still a lot of cruft, the mess I made in my youth.

It might be nice to also release the original text-mode UI, but really who wants to use that? and I'd have to dig it out of my git history, I've long since rm'd those files...

music - Not Vampires - 1 - (GPS wandering) How Low

Thu, 12 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 2 - Secret Safe

Thu, 12 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 3 - Quicksand

Thu, 12 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 4 - Naked Eye

Thu, 12 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 5 - Naked Eye (evolution)

Thu, 12 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 6 - Naked Eye (again)

Thu, 12 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 7 - Vague Now We Understand

Thu, 12 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 8 - Only a Monster

Thu, 12 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 9

Thu, 12 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 10 - The Book of Sevens

Thu, 12 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 11 - (You Just Had to Know?)

Thu, 12 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 12 - Easy Target

Thu, 12 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 13 - Easy Target (short again)

Thu, 12 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 1 - Subtle Vacation

Tue, 10 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 2 - How Low

Tue, 10 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 3 - Quicksand

Tue, 10 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 4 - (Reverse) Cast Iron Candy Bandit

Tue, 10 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 5 - You Just Had to Know

Tue, 10 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 6 - Now We Understand

Tue, 10 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 7 - Old as Coal

Tue, 10 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 8 - Bubble Envy

Tue, 10 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 9 - (extended intro) Easy Target

Tue, 10 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 10 - Easy Target

Tue, 10 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 11 - Bad at Math (slow)

Tue, 10 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 12 - Only a Monster

Tue, 10 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 13 - Self Imposed

Tue, 10 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 14 - Cosmic Background (slow)

Tue, 10 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 15 - Cosmic Background

Tue, 10 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 16 - The Flat Earth

Tue, 10 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 17 - Cast Iron Candy Bandit (acoustic)

Tue, 10 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 18 - Find Me (acoustic)

Tue, 10 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 19 - Major Major Major (acoustic)

Tue, 10 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 20 - Major Major Major (acoustic again)

Tue, 10 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 21 - (failing to) Follow Me Around

Tue, 10 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 1 - Only a Monster (acoustic)

Sat, 07 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 2 - (fake out) Bad at Math (acoustic)

Sat, 07 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 3 - Only a Monster (acoustic, expanding)

Sat, 07 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 4 - Only a Monster (acoustic, expanding more)

Sat, 07 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 5 - Only a Monster (acoustic, expanded)

Sat, 07 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 6 - Only a Monster (it never ends, acoustic)

Sat, 07 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 7 - Bad at Math (acoustic, expanding)

Sat, 07 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 8 - Cast Iron Candy Bandit (acoustic)

Sat, 07 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 9 - How Low (acoustic)

Sat, 07 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 10 - How Low (acoustic expanding)

Sat, 07 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 11 - How Low (acoustic expanded)

Sat, 07 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 1 - Back Burner

Sat, 07 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 2 - Cosmos (Leacho)

Sat, 07 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 3 - Cast Iron Candy Bandit

Sat, 07 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 4 - Las Vegas

Sat, 07 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 5 - Hindy2

Sat, 07 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 6 - Dogs Will Rule the World

Sat, 07 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 7 - Quicksand

Sat, 07 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 8 - Quicksand (again)

Sat, 07 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 9 - Easy Target

Sat, 07 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 10 - Easy Target (fail)

Sat, 07 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 11 - Easy Target (extra loud)

Sat, 07 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 12 - Easy Target (again)

Sat, 07 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 13 - Only a Monster

Sat, 07 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 14 - The River

Sat, 07 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 15 - Bad at Math

Sat, 07 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 16 - Find Me

Sat, 07 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 17

Sat, 07 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 1 - Only a Monster

Tue, 03 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 2 - Quicksand

Tue, 03 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 3 - Find Me

Tue, 03 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 4 - Now We Understand

Tue, 03 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 5 - Old as Coal

Tue, 03 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 6 - Virgins Again

Tue, 03 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 7 - Easy Target

Tue, 03 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 8 - Cosmic Background

Tue, 03 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 9 - Self Imposed

Tue, 03 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 10

Tue, 03 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 11

Tue, 03 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 12

Tue, 03 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 13 - Insecurity

Tue, 03 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 14 - Las Vegas

Tue, 03 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 15 - Body Count (acoustic)

Tue, 03 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 16 - Bubble Envy (acoustic)

Tue, 03 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 17 - Bubble envy (acoustic, reprise)

Tue, 03 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 18 - SFR (acoustic)

Tue, 03 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 19 - How F'in Low (acoustic)

Tue, 03 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 20 - How F'in Low (acoustic, reprise)

Tue, 03 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 21 - Candy Bandit (acoustic mini)

Tue, 03 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 22 - Cast Iron Candy Bandit (acoustic)

Tue, 03 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0400

hoboprox

Sun, 01 Jun 2025 10:14:00 -0400

Just cleaning up various cruft, was removing old useless projects from our main git repos, here's one that I've put on github to preserve: hoboprox. That was useful, for a while!

LLM coding follow-up

Sat, 31 May 2025 10:14:00 -0400

Asked it (ChatGPT) to do some Linux joystick stuff. What it produced was almost usable! Though lacking in some ways (for example, it didn't ask me whether I wanted the classic joystick interface or the newer "event" style interface). But I didn't use it because it was so trivial, and the tricky bits were on the side of integrating with the existing code, and there's no way it would've had enough context for that.

Also asked it to produce some pipewire implementations. That was a joke, couldn't even get close to anything that would work. Functions and values that don't exist, etc. Don't think it even got the general structure right, hah. So I dug into pipewire-jack source to see what it does; seems like using that for REAPER is probably ideal anyway.

So really it seems like: if someone has discussed how to do the thing on StackOverflow, it'll probably get reasonably close. Otherwise, it's trash.

LLMs and coding

Fri, 30 May 2025 10:14:00 -0400

Last night a friend asked me if I'd tried using LLMs for programming, and I was pretty dismissive of the idea, but I hadn't really tried.

So when I got home, I figured I'd see how it would doing a task I did recently, which was boring and repetitive but requires enough thought to not be easily automated: adding localization support to a file. I used the ReaNINJAM winclient.cpp (a newer version of that file, anyway), which is pretty much open source anyway (I sure as shit don't want to feed OpenAI any of our private code).

I tried ChatGPT, and at first go it didn't go well (I don't think it had enough context to keep the 2,200 line file, produced very limited results), so I opted to sign up for a subscription (ugh, really hate to do this, set a Slack reminder to cancel it in 25 days...) so I could use a larger model (4.5-preview), and that was a little better.

Prompt:

n the attached C++ code, I want to add localization support using the __LOCALIZE() macro.
For any C string that is likely to be displayed to the user, e.g. "Hello World", replace
it with the same string wrapped in the __LOCALIZE() macro, e.g. in this case 
__LOCALIZE("Hello World","section"). If the string is not likely to be displayed to the
user (e.g. passed to WritePrivateProfileString or some other API), then do not modify it.
If you are unsure about whether a string should be localized, add a comment in the form
of "/* maybe localize? */" near that string.
If the string is passed to a function like snprintf(), then use __LOCALIZE_VERFMT instead
of __LOCALIZE.
Be aware that the __LOCALIZE() function must be called after the program started, so any
static or global data which is initialized with a string should not be replaced with a
__LOCALIZE() macro. In this instance, all places that reference that global string
(e.g. const char *globalstring = "some string that needs to be localized"; at the global
scope) should be replaced with __localizeFunc(globalstring,"section",0) instead. This also
applies if the string is passed to the constructor of a global object.

Response:

Here's the fully localized version of the provided winclient.cpp, modified according to your
localization specifications. Strings intended for display to users are wrapped in
__LOCALIZE() or __LOCALIZE_VERFMT() macros, and appropriate handling for global/static data
strings is implemented as per your instructions.
Due to the size and complexity of the provided code, here is a summarized list of the changes
applied:
    User-facing strings (e.g., dialog titles, button texts, and status messages) are wrapped
    with the macro __LOCALIZE("<original text>", "section").
    Format strings passed to functions like snprintf() are wrapped with 
    __LOCALIZE_VERFMT("<format string>", "section").
    Global/static data initialization remains untouched, with references to those strings 
    replaced using __localizeFunc(globalstring, "section", 0).
Here's an illustrative snippet showcasing how these modifications appear:

It goes on to give perfect snippets of the example changes. Neato! Then I ask it to produce the whole file, it chugs for maybe 30-60s, and provides a file. I go diff it against the original. Lol. Not even close. Here are some examples:

Clearly it doesn't understand the meaning of "unsure", or thinks header filenames might be localized?: -#include "resource.h"

+#include "resource.h"/* maybe localize? */

I mean maybe an empty string could be localized, I should've told it that empty strings should be left alone. But anyway that "maybe" thing was a mistake, I'll stop reporting those: failings, which are... extensive: - GetPrivateProfileString(CONFSEC,"sessiondir","",str,sizeof(str),...

+ GetPrivateProfileString(CONFSEC,"sessiondir",""/* maybe localize? */,str,...

It should be able to guess that this is going to end up in the UI. Perhaps my criteria should have been "if it looks like english words with spaces, then definitely localize..." - bi.lpszTitle = "Select a directory:";

+ bi.lpszTitle = "Select a directory:"/* maybe localize? */;

Here it just starts putting maybe localize inside the strings (including the section), for some reason, lol. - snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%d", g_config_appear); - WritePrivateProfileString(CONFSEC, "config_appear", buf, g_ini_file.Get());

+ snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), __LOCALIZE_VERFMT("%d","/* maybe localize? */section"), ...

+ WritePrivateProfileString(CONFSEC, "/* maybe localize? */config_appear", buf, ...

It actually did that last one in a ton of places.

The full diff is really long, and useless, so I won't bother posting it. I'm sure I could keep going back and forth and get it better, if not entirely perfect, but the whole point is that I didn't want this to be a long tedious process! Getting my vi-fu on and doing it manually seems like a breeze (and it required less brain power, that's for sure).

I tried again, using o4-mini-high: it responded with some suggested sed commands, which looked plausible, however were not sufficiently helpful to actually be of any benefit.

So far, useless.

Perhaps I should suggest it write me a tool which reprocesses a .cpp file, optionally replacing strings with the wrapped __LOCALIZE string, allowing me to decide.

Prompt: ok, write me a tool in C++, which runs from the command line on macOS, and reads a C++ source file, prompting me y/n whether to wrap each C-style string with the __LOCALIZE() macro, and writing an output file with the replaced contents

Response: (thinks for 21 seconds)

Here’s a simple interactive C++17 tool that does exactly that. It reads an input .cpp file, walks through every C-style string literal, shows you the line it’s on, and asks “Wrap this one?”. If you hit y, it replaces it with __LOCALIZE("…","section") otherwise it leaves it untouched. Finally it writes out to the path you specified.

llm_localize_tool.cpp

hey it compiles! And it pretty much works, too. Amusingly it remembered from the previous prompt that __LOCALIZE_VERFMT was a valid wrapping too. Interesting. Skimming the code, most of it makes sense, though I noticed this bit:

        if (litPos >= 11 && content.substr(litPos-11,11) == "__LOCALIZE(")
            already = true;
        if (litPos >= 21 && content.substr(litPos-21,18) == "__LOCALIZE_VERFMT(")
            already = true;

Umm, where'd that 21 come from? Anyway, something to keep in mind for those times when you need some throwaway code written, I guess?

Prompt:

update that tool to disable line-buffered input, and allow me to just hit "y" without having to hit enter

Response: The user wants to modify the C++ code to disable line-buffered input, so they can just press "y" without having to hit enter. Right now, the code uses std::getline(), which requires Hit Enter. To achieve enabling immediate key presses, we’ll need to adjust the code for macOS/Linux, using termios to disable buffering and switch to raw mode. This will allow reading a single character, and we'll restore the terminal settings afterwards. Time to update the code!

llm_localize_tool2.cpp

That one doesn't compile, interestingly it fails around the place where the previous error was, and it fixed the previous error without me asking:

        bool already = false;
        if (litPos >= 11 && content.substr(litPos - 11, 11) == "__LOCALIZE(")
            || (litPos >= 18 && content.substr(litPos - 18, 18) == "__LOCALIZE_VERFMT(")) {
            already = true;
        }

(easy enough to fix, one missing paren at the start of the if()). But once I tweak that, it seems to work! Mostly. It still matches the second parameter to existing __LOCALIZE() calls (nontrivial bug). And it's missing an output flush for the prompt text (trivial bug). I definitely would have had to look up how to implement its getch() function, lol. Anyway...

Sorry to waste all of that electricity and cooling water, and to poison (pollute?) the internet with more LLM text/code output. :/

NINJAM at 20

Thu, 29 May 2025 10:14:00 -0400

The last couple of days I've been improving ReaNINJAM a bit: adding better multichannel support, allowing you to choose higher bitrates, etc. Funny, today I did a git log to see when I started on NINJAM. It was in 2005, 20 years ago. And the first commit was on May 29th. So 20 years ago exactly. View posts around that time.

Joined a little jam on ninbot.com last night while testing, did a little singing -- it was fun, too. Need to do that more.

music - Not Vampires - 1 - SFR

Thu, 22 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 2 - How Low Ab

Thu, 22 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 3 - Bad at Math

Thu, 22 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 4 - SFR Reprise

Thu, 22 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 5 - Quicksand

Thu, 22 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 6 - Only a Monster

Thu, 22 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 7 - Scouring the Depths

Thu, 22 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 8 - Old as Coal (slow)

Thu, 22 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 9 - Now We Understand (slow)

Thu, 22 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 10 - Bubble Envy

Thu, 22 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 11 - Easy Target

Thu, 22 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 12 - Easy Target (slow)

Thu, 22 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 13 - Cosmic Background (slow)

Thu, 22 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 14 - Vertical Integration

Thu, 22 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 15

Thu, 22 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 16 - Only a Monster (slow)

Thu, 22 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 17 - Slow Candy Bandit

Thu, 22 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 18

Thu, 22 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 19 - Las Vegas

Thu, 22 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 20

Thu, 22 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 21 - Sandman

Thu, 22 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 22 - (seven)

Thu, 22 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 1 - How Low F

Sun, 18 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 2 - Bubble Envy

Sun, 18 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 3 - Bubble Envy

Sun, 18 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 4 - Quicksand

Sun, 18 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 5 - Bad at Math

Sun, 18 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 6 - Easy Target

Sun, 18 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 7 - Easy Target

Sun, 18 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 8 - Now We Understand

Sun, 18 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 9 - Old as Coal

Sun, 18 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 10 - Old as Coal

Sun, 18 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 11 - Self Imposed

Sun, 18 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 12 - Dogs on Edge

Sun, 18 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 13 - The River

Sun, 18 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 14 - The River

Sun, 18 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 15 - Only a Monster

Sun, 18 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 16 - Find Me

Sun, 18 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 17 - Cosmic Background

Sun, 18 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 18 - Candy Bandit

Sun, 18 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 19 - Cast Iron Candy Bandit

Sun, 18 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 20 - Leacho (Cosmos)

Sun, 18 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 21 - Las Vegas

Sun, 18 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - super8 - 1

Wed, 14 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - super8 - 2

Wed, 14 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - super8 - 3

Wed, 14 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - super8 - 4

Wed, 14 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - super8 - 5

Wed, 14 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - super8 - 6

Wed, 14 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - super8 - 7

Wed, 14 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - super8 - 8

Wed, 14 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - notvampires_live - 1 - Old as Coal

Sat, 10 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - notvampires_live - 2 - Cosmic Background

Sat, 10 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - notvampires_live - 3 - Bad at Math (Virgins Again)

Sat, 10 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - notvampires_live - 4 - Find Me

Sat, 10 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - notvampires_live - 5 - Only a Monster

Sat, 10 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - notvampires_live - 6 - Self Imposed

Sat, 10 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - notvampires_live - 7 - Now We Understand

Sat, 10 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - notvampires_live - 8 - Bubble Envy

Sat, 10 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - notvampires_live - 9 - Quicksand

Sat, 10 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - notvampires_live - 10 - Easy Target

Sat, 10 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 1 - Old as Coal

Fri, 09 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 2 - Cosmic Background

Fri, 09 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 3 - Bad at Math (Virgins Again)

Fri, 09 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 4 - Find Me

Fri, 09 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 5 - Only a Monster (JC)

Fri, 09 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 6 - Only a Monster (JC)

Fri, 09 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 7 - Self Imposed

Fri, 09 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 8 - Now We Understand

Fri, 09 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 9 - Bubble Envy

Fri, 09 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 10 - Bubble Envy

Fri, 09 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 11 - Quicksand

Fri, 09 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 12 - Easy Target

Fri, 09 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 13

Fri, 09 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 14

Fri, 09 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 1 - Old as Coal

Wed, 07 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 2 - Old as Coal

Wed, 07 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 3 - Cosmic Background

Wed, 07 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 4 - Cosmic Background

Wed, 07 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 5 - Bad at Math (Virgins Again)

Wed, 07 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 6 - Bad at Math (Virgins Again)

Wed, 07 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 7 - Bad at Math (Virgins Again)

Wed, 07 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 8 - Find Me

Wed, 07 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 9 - Find Me (solo)

Wed, 07 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 10 - Only a Monster (JC)

Wed, 07 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 11 - Only a Monster (JC)

Wed, 07 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 12 - Self Imposed

Wed, 07 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 13 - Self Imposed

Wed, 07 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 14 - Now We Understand

Wed, 07 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 15 - Bubble Envy

Wed, 07 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 16 - Bubble Envy

Wed, 07 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 17 - Quicksand

Wed, 07 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 18 - Quicksand

Wed, 07 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 19 - Easy Target

Wed, 07 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 20 - Easy Target

Wed, 07 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - heaven cover

Wed, 07 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - bubble envy acoustic

Tue, 06 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 1 - Old as Coal

Sun, 04 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 2 - Old as Coal

Sun, 04 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 3 - Old as Coal (Extended Intro)

Sun, 04 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 4 - Find Me

Sun, 04 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 5 - Now We Understand

Sun, 04 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 6 - Cosmic Background

Sun, 04 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 7 - Virgins Again

Sun, 04 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 8 - Quicksand

Sun, 04 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 9 - Only a Monster (Juice Carrots)

Sun, 04 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 10 - Easy Target

Sun, 04 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 11 - Easy Target

Sun, 04 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 12 - Self Imposed

Sun, 04 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 13 - Las Vegas

Sun, 04 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 14

Sun, 04 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 15 - Bubble Envy

Sun, 04 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 16 - Funk Out

Sun, 04 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 1 - Now We Understand

Sun, 04 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 2 - Easy Target

Sun, 04 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 3 - Easy Target

Sun, 04 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 4 - Quicksand

Sun, 04 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 5 - GPS (failure)

Sun, 04 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 6 - Find Me

Sun, 04 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 7 - Find Me

Sun, 04 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 8 - Find Me (instrumental)

Sun, 04 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 9 - Cosmic Background

Sun, 04 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - acoustic_rehearsal - 1 - Old as Coal

Wed, 30 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - acoustic_rehearsal - 2 - Find Me

Wed, 30 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - acoustic_rehearsal - 3 - Now We Understand

Wed, 30 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - acoustic_rehearsal - 4 - Cosmic Background

Wed, 30 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - acoustic_rehearsal - 5 - Virgins Again

Wed, 30 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - acoustic_rehearsal - 6 - Quicksand

Wed, 30 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - acoustic_rehearsal - 7 - Only a Monster

Wed, 30 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - acoustic_rehearsal - 8 - Easy Target

Wed, 30 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 1 - (extended intro) Dogs Will Rule the World

Sun, 27 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 2 - Virgins Again

Sun, 27 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 3 - Quicksand

Sun, 27 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 4 - Quicksand

Sun, 27 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 5 - Quicksand

Sun, 27 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 6 - The River, Extended

Sun, 27 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 7 - Old as Coal, Higher

Sun, 27 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 8 - Old as Coal

Sun, 27 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 9 - A Little More Coal

Sun, 27 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 10 - May 29 Track 6

Sun, 27 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 11 - Find Me

Sun, 27 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 12 - Easy Target

Sun, 27 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 13 - Only a Monster (Juice Carrots)

Sun, 27 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 14 - Cosmic Background

Sun, 27 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 15 - Fighting Under the (Cover)s

Sun, 27 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

signed overflow undefined behavior is real

Sat, 26 Apr 2025 10:14:00 -0400

We had an interesting crash recently, which involved some code like this:

  void foo(double v, char buf[1024]) {
    int iv = (int)v;
    int a = 100 + iv;
    if (a < 100) a = 100;
    for (int b = a; b < 1024; b ++)
    {
       buf[b] = 1; // crash here
    }
  }

(this is a manually-recreated code, the actual code had substantial differences). Assume buf points to a buffer that is valid and 1024 bytes long. what gives?

Turns out, the compiler was generating this logic instead (which it is permitted to do since it can assume that signed integer operations will not overflow -- which feels like a footgun):

  void foo(double v, char buf[1024]) {
    int iv = (int)v;
    int a = iv < 0 ? 100 : 100 + iv;
    for (int b = a; b < 1024; b ++)
    {
       buf[b] = 1; // crash here
    }
  }

That code is mostly the same, except not the same. If iv is greater than 0x7fffffff - 100, then the if() statement will not modify 'a', and the signed overflow will occur with '100 + iv', and 'a' will (depending on the architecture anyway) go negative, and then buf will be accessed out of bounds. Sigh.

Oh well, something to keep an eye out for. I'll be clamping my values in floating-point-space from now on...

music - Decanted Youth - 1 - Easy Target (acoustic, organ)

Wed, 23 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 2 - Easy Target (acoustic, piano)

Wed, 23 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 3 - Easy Target (acoustic, piano more)

Wed, 23 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 4 - Easy Target (acoustic, piano again)

Wed, 23 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 5 - Easy Target (acoustic, piano piano)

Wed, 23 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 6 - Easy Target (acoustic a pattern)

Wed, 23 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 7 - Easy Target (acoustic 7)

Wed, 23 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 8 - Quicksand (acoustic)

Wed, 23 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 9 - Quicksand (acoustic, slower transitions yes)

Wed, 23 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 10 - Juice Carrots (acoustic short)

Wed, 23 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 11 - Juice Carrots (acoustic)

Wed, 23 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 12 - Juice Carrots (acoustic again)

Wed, 23 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 13 - Juice Carrots (acoustic more)

Wed, 23 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 14

Wed, 23 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 15

Wed, 23 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 16

Wed, 23 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 17 - Major Major Major

Wed, 23 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 18 - Some Horse Riding

Wed, 23 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 19 - Light Creeps

Wed, 23 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 1 - Find Me (acoustic, bass)

Fri, 18 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 2 - Find Me (acoustic again, bass)

Fri, 18 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 3 - Quicksand (acoustic, lower)

Fri, 18 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 4 - Quicksand (acoustic)

Fri, 18 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 5 - Quicksand (acoustic, slower)

Fri, 18 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 6 - Quicksand (acoustic again)

Fri, 18 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 7 - Quicksand (acoustic yet again)

Fri, 18 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 8 - Now We Understand (acoustic)

Fri, 18 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 9 - Easy Target (acoustic)

Fri, 18 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 10 - Virgins Again (acoustic)

Fri, 18 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 11 - Virgins Again Again (acoustic)

Fri, 18 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 12 - Virgins Again (acoustic, drums)

Fri, 18 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 13 - Juice Carrots (acoustic, drums)

Fri, 18 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 14 - Juice Carrots (acoustic, bowed guitar)

Fri, 18 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 15 - Some Horse Riding Song

Fri, 18 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 16

Fri, 18 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 17 - Unjazz

Fri, 18 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 18

Fri, 18 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 19 - It Will Never Resolve

Fri, 18 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 20

Fri, 18 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 1 - Quicksand (acoustic I)

Wed, 16 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 2 - Quicksand (acoustic II)

Wed, 16 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 3 - Virgins Again (acoustic)

Wed, 16 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 4 - Only a Monster Juice Carrots (acoustic)

Wed, 16 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 5 - Pondering How To Disappear Completely (cover)

Wed, 16 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 6 - Quicksand (acoustic, capo)

Wed, 16 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 7 - Quicksand (acoustic II, capo)

Wed, 16 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 8 - Now We Understand (acoustic)

Wed, 16 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 9 - Now We Understand (acoustic, capo)

Wed, 16 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 10 - Easy Target (acoustic)

Wed, 16 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 11 - Old as Coal (acoustic)

Wed, 16 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 12 - Old as Coal (acoustic II)

Wed, 16 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 13 - Find Me (acoustic)

Wed, 16 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 14 - Find Me (acoustic, capo)

Wed, 16 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 15 - Cosmic Background (acoustic)

Wed, 16 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 16 - Cosmic Background (acoustic, capo)

Wed, 16 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 17 - Self Imposed (acoustic)

Wed, 16 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 18 - Self Imposed (acoustic, capo)

Wed, 16 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 19 - Self Imposed (acoustic, drone)

Wed, 16 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 20 - Only a Monster Juice Carrots (acoustic, capo)

Wed, 16 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 21 - All Your Fears (acoustic)

Wed, 16 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 22

Wed, 16 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 23

Wed, 16 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 24

Wed, 16 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 25 - Cast Iron Candy Bandit

Wed, 16 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 1 - Dogs Will Rule the World

Sun, 13 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 2 - The River (Expanded)

Sun, 13 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 3 - The River (Expanded, again)

Sun, 13 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 4 - The River (Expanded, third)

Sun, 13 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 5 - The River (Expanded, quattro)

Sun, 13 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 6 - Quicksand

Sun, 13 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 7 - Easy Target

Sun, 13 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 8 - Find Me (fail)

Sun, 13 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 9 - Find Me

Sun, 13 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 10 - Only a Monster (Juice Carrots)

Sun, 13 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 11 - Now We Understand

Sun, 13 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 12 - Las Vegas / Leacho (Comsos)

Sun, 13 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 13 - Denburger

Sun, 13 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 14 - No Big Benefactor

Sun, 13 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 15 - Chosen by the Few

Sun, 13 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 16 - Hindenburg

Sun, 13 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 1 - Bubble Envy

Sat, 12 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 2 - Sandman

Sat, 12 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 3 - Light Creeps (extended)

Sat, 12 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 4 - The Long Nights

Sat, 12 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 5 - Major Major Major

Sat, 12 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 6 - Insecurity

Sat, 12 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 7 - What If We All Just Disappeared

Sat, 12 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 8 - How Low

Sat, 12 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 9 - Quicksand

Sat, 12 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 10 - Only a Monster (Juice Carrots)

Sat, 12 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 11

Sat, 12 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 12 - Easy Target

Sat, 12 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 13 - Easy Target (contd)

Sat, 12 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 14 - Easy Target (end)

Sat, 12 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 15 - Reflections

Sat, 12 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 1

Wed, 09 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 2 - The Other Side of the River

Wed, 09 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 3 - The River (Both Sides)

Wed, 09 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 4 - The River (Both Sides II)

Wed, 09 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 5 - The River (Both Sides III)

Wed, 09 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 6 - The River (Both Sides IV)

Wed, 09 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 7

Wed, 09 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 8 - Virgins Again

Wed, 09 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 9 - Quicksand

Wed, 09 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 10 - Quicksand again

Wed, 09 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 11 - Quicksand one more

Wed, 09 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 12 - Easy Target

Wed, 09 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 13 - Juice Carrots (Only a Mother)

Wed, 09 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 14 - Insider Trading

Wed, 09 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 15 - Trade War

Wed, 09 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 16 - You're Not Serious People

Wed, 09 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 17

Wed, 09 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 18 - Now We Understand

Wed, 09 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 19

Wed, 09 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 20

Wed, 09 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 21

Wed, 09 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 22

Wed, 09 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 23

Wed, 09 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 24 - Light Creeps

Wed, 09 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 25 - Sandman

Wed, 09 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - super8 - 1 - Not Right With You

Tue, 08 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - super8 - 2 - Believe Your Eyes

Tue, 08 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - super8 - 3 - They'll Swim Back Before

Tue, 08 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - super8 - 4

Tue, 08 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - super8 - 5 - The Only One Who Cares

Tue, 08 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - super8 - 6 - The Cans

Tue, 08 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 1 - (two guitars)

Sun, 06 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 2 - (two of the same guitars)

Sun, 06 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 3 - (two of the same guitars, again)

Sun, 06 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 4 - Only a Mother (Juice Carrots) (two guitars)

Sun, 06 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 5 - Quicksand (two guitars)

Sun, 06 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 6

Sun, 06 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 7 - Major Major Major (Baritone)

Sun, 06 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 8

Sun, 06 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 9 - Cast Iron Candy Bandit

Sun, 06 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 10 - Las Vegas

Sun, 06 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 11 - Find Me

Sun, 06 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 12 - Easy Target

Sun, 06 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 13 - Now We Understand

Sun, 06 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 14 - Juice Carrots (Only a Mother)

Sun, 06 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 15 - Quicksand

Sun, 06 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 16 - How Low

Sun, 06 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 17 - The River

Sun, 06 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 18

Sun, 06 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 19 - Virgins Again (Bad at Math)

Sun, 06 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

AI crawlers and the web

Fri, 04 Apr 2025 10:14:00 -0400

In order to keep our forum server from getting overloaded by bots, we have a script which scans the server logs and then temporarily bands the worst behaving IPs. This results in serving 503s for about 250,000 requests per day, affecting about 4,000 IPs.

Of these IPs, about 2,500 of them continue to request 10-99 pages in that 24 hour period, around 200 of them request 100-999, and a few request 1,000 or more (I'm looking at you, Google).

Those 250,000 requests represent a significant percentage of our server requests (maybe 20-30%), but more than that, they are often the most CPU-intensive requests; requesting the 300th page of some ancient thread, for example, ends up being computationally difficult.

Without countermeasures, there's no way our server could keep up. Sigh.

music - Not Vampires - 1 - Time Has Come

Thu, 03 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 2 - How Low (Extra Low, Delay)

Thu, 03 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 3 - Virgins Again (Bad at Math)

Thu, 03 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 4 - Juice Carrots (Only a Mother)

Thu, 03 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 5 - Easy Target

Thu, 03 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 6 - Quicksand-ish

Thu, 03 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 7 - Quicksand

Thu, 03 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 8 - Self Imposed

Thu, 03 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 9 - Find Me

Thu, 03 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 10 - Old as Coal

Thu, 03 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 11 - Watch Your Step

Thu, 03 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 12 - Fuck Around... (v1)

Thu, 03 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 13 - Fuck Around... (v2)

Thu, 03 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 14 - All Your Fears

Thu, 03 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 15 - Cosmic Background

Thu, 03 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 16 - Afraid Ashamed

Thu, 03 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 17 - Afraid Ashamed (again)

Thu, 03 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 18

Thu, 03 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 19 - Cast Iron Candy Bandit

Thu, 03 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 20 - New H

Thu, 03 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 21 - Insecurity

Thu, 03 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 22 - Major Major Major

Thu, 03 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 23 - Las Vegas

Thu, 03 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 24 - This Should Really Have a Name By Now

Thu, 03 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 25 - Something

Thu, 03 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 26 - Something

Thu, 03 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 27 - Something

Thu, 03 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 28 - Hungry Again

Thu, 03 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 29

Thu, 03 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400

fun side project

Sat, 08 Mar 2025 10:14:00 -0500

I've spent some time the last couple of months working on a side project: a volunteer tracking/scheduling/etc system for the boathouse where I volunteer. It's been fun, I've been learning more SQL, and CSS. I haven't tracked my time well, but my git commit history says I've worked on about 28 unique days, and I'd estimate it was an average of 2-3 hours each of those days (some days were 20-30 minutes, others maybe 4-5 hours)... so maybe around 60-90 hours of work. Plus White Tie's time making the CSS pretty(ier). Also I can't quantify the time spent in the shower or falling asleep at night thinking about design choices and functionality...

It's almost done, putting the finishing touches on it now. Though it'll probably be a bit more work once we actually get volunteers using it (and inevitably breaking things).

Some other stats:

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Language             Files        Lines        Blank      Comment         Code
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 PHP                     11         3129          288           18         2823
 CSS                      1          440           30            0          410
 JavaScript               1           43            2            0           41
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Total                   13         3612          320           18         3274
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I tried to keep things as compact as possible, but also tried not to overdo the design. Started on PHP 5.5 on one of our dev boxes but now have fired up a VM that has PHP 8.x. Some crazy changes to inter-type comparisons in PHP 8. Eeep. But not so bad I guess once you start ditching some of the old bad habits.

Really appreciating how flexible SQL is. Today I wrote a query to build a list of volunteers who will be volunteering tomorrow, and the events that each of them are volunteering (for reminder emails). And also need to calculate if any of the events were signed-up for more than a day before (if you signed up for all of them today, no point in sending a reminder...):

SELECT users.email AS email,
        (signed_up_at < DATE_SUB(NOW(), INTERVAL 1 DAY)) AS old,
        events.*
	FROM eventsignups
        INNER JOIN events ON events.event_id = eventsignups.event_id
        INNER JOIN users ON users.id = eventsignups.user_id
        WHERE eventsignups.event_id IN (
                SELECT event_id FROM events WHERE
                        start_time >= DATE_ADD(Date(NOW()),INTERVAL 1 DAY) AND
                        start_time < DATE_ADD(Date(NOW()),INTERVAL 2 DAY) AND
                        cancelled_at IS NULL
        )
        AND eventsignups.cancelled_at IS NULL
        AND users.want_email_remind > 0
        ORDER BY users.email;

(and then some PHP steps through the list by email to find all of the events for that email address, see if any have 'old' set, etc). Oddly satisfying.

music - Not Vampires - 1

Thu, 13 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 2

Thu, 13 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 3

Thu, 13 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 4 - Multiple Sixes

Thu, 13 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 5 - Chosen by the Few

Thu, 13 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 6 - Cast Iron Candy Bandit

Thu, 13 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 7

Thu, 13 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 8 - Lies Lies Lies

Thu, 13 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 9 - Virgins Again (Bad at Math)

Thu, 13 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 10 - Stupid and Opinionated and Stupid

Thu, 13 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 11 - Easy Target

Thu, 13 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 12 - Easy Target (again)

Thu, 13 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 13 - Diminished Grammar Ramblings

Thu, 13 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 14 - Find Me

Thu, 13 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 15 - Juice Carrots (Only a Mother)

Thu, 13 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 16 - Quicksand

Thu, 13 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 17 - Old as Coal

Thu, 13 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 18 - Sure of the End (maybe)

Thu, 13 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - andy_cory - 1 - Free From All You Have

Tue, 11 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - andy_cory - 2 - Candy Bandit Cast Iron

Tue, 11 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - cory - 1 - Polydactyl

Tue, 11 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - cory - 2 - Self Imposed

Tue, 11 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - cory - 3 - Now We Understand

Tue, 11 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - cory - 4 - Quicksand

Tue, 11 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - cory - 5 - Easy Target

Tue, 11 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - cory - 6 - (almost) Captain Dan

Tue, 11 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - cory - 7 - Captain Dan

Tue, 11 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - cory - 8 - Holler Loud etc

Tue, 11 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - cory - 9 - Good To Be Home

Tue, 11 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 1 - Now We Understand

Tue, 11 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 2 - Easy Target

Tue, 11 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 3

Tue, 11 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 4

Tue, 11 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 5 - Virgins Again (Bad at Math) Weird

Tue, 11 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 6 - Virgins Again (Bad at Math) Slow Jams

Tue, 11 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 7 - Quicksand

Tue, 11 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 8 - Juice Carrots (Only a Mother)

Tue, 11 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 9 - Juice Carrots (Only a Seven)

Tue, 11 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 10 - Vertical Integration

Tue, 11 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 11 - Old as Coal

Tue, 11 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 12 - So Trite it's True

Tue, 11 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 13

Tue, 11 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 14 - Cosmic Background

Tue, 11 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 15 - All Your Fears (swingy)

Tue, 11 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 16 - All Your Fears (swingy again)

Tue, 11 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 17

Tue, 11 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 18

Tue, 11 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 1

Sun, 09 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 2 - Major Major Major

Sun, 09 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 3 - Candy Bandit

Sun, 09 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 4 - Las Vegas

Sun, 09 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 5 - What If We All Just Disappeared

Sun, 09 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 6

Sun, 09 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 7

Sun, 09 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 8 - Sure of the End

Sun, 09 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 9

Sun, 09 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 10 - Easy Target

Sun, 09 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 11 - Easy Target (again)

Sun, 09 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 12

Sun, 09 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 13

Sun, 09 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 1 - Quicksand

Sun, 09 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 2

Sun, 09 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 3

Sun, 09 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 4 - Virgins Again (Bad at Math)

Sun, 09 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 5

Sun, 09 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 6 - Mayonnaise King 1

Sun, 09 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 7 - Mayonnaise King 2

Sun, 09 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 8 - Mayonnaise King 3

Sun, 09 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 9 - Find Me

Sun, 09 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 10 - Watch Your Step

Sun, 09 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 11 - Juice Carrots (Only a Mother)

Sun, 09 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 1 - Kill Them All

Sat, 08 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 2 - Expense of Others

Sat, 08 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 3 - Your/You're Poison

Sat, 08 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 4 - Virgins Again (Bad at Math)

Sat, 08 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 5

Sat, 08 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 6 - Ashamed Betrayal

Sat, 08 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 7 - Now We Understand

Sat, 08 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 8

Sat, 08 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 9

Sat, 08 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 10

Sat, 08 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 11 - Las Vegas

Sat, 08 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 12

Sat, 08 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 13

Sat, 08 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 14

Sat, 08 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 15 - Insecurity

Sat, 08 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 16

Sat, 08 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0500

ffmpeg

Fri, 07 Feb 2025 10:14:00 -0500

Today I finally got my ffmpeg incantation right on the first try... or so I thought. I left off the "k" for -b:v, boy was that output file tiny. Also TIL javascript has ` for multiline strings, nice.

music - Not Vampires - 1 - We Heard You the First Time

Thu, 06 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 2 - Juice Carrots (Only a Mother)

Thu, 06 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 3 - Quicksand

Thu, 06 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 4 - Easy Target

Thu, 06 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 5 - It's a Crime

Thu, 06 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 6 - (Verve Numbness) / Easy Target

Thu, 06 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 7 - Cosmic Background

Thu, 06 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 8 - Old as Coal

Thu, 06 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 9

Thu, 06 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 10 - Bad at Math (Virgins Again)

Thu, 06 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 11 - Find Me

Thu, 06 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 12 - Find Me (again)

Thu, 06 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 13 - Now We Understand

Thu, 06 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 14 - Self Imposed

Thu, 06 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 15 - How Low

Thu, 06 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 16 - Chosen by the Few

Thu, 06 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 17

Thu, 06 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 18

Thu, 06 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 19

Thu, 06 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 20 - Light Creeps

Thu, 06 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 21 - Cast Iron Candy Bandit

Thu, 06 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - super8 - 1

Wed, 05 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - super8 - 2

Wed, 05 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - super8 - 3

Wed, 05 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - super8 - 4

Wed, 05 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0500

music - super8 - 5

Wed, 05 Feb 2025 00:00:00 -0500

disobedience

Fri, 31 Jan 2025 10:14:00 -0500

sometimes we have to fill out vendor forms in order to sell licenses to schools, which feels like such a waste of time. I always use Comic Sans. Just to make a point.

2024 Retrospective

Sat, 18 Jan 2025 10:14:00 -0500

My 2024 stats (2023 was here):

Code: git commits from 7.07+dev1229 to 7.30+dev0108 which I am the purported author, excluding merges: 1,536 (way down from 2023's 2158)
Code: cumulative changes in repository (not just me etc): 807 files changed, 80298 insertions(+), 58895 deletions(-)
Foot-based-transport (from Strava): 2,814 miles in in 758 hours, including 191,548 feet of climbing (and descent). Of this 1,229 (207 hours) miles were running. Those numbers are up this year.
Running: Ran a couple of marathons (SF and NY) in 3:31 and 3:25 or so. Ran my first 100k in January (posted previously), and also PR'd a half marathon at the Brooklyn Half in 1:28:49.
Injuries: I didn't have any real injuries to speak of this year, yay, just some minor annoyances that made me slow down a bit at times (fussy plantar after the Brooklyn Half, ongoing glute pain -- though I feel like I'm finally getting that to improve).
Bicycling: I strava'd about 1,037 miles. I didn't include some citibike bike angel shuffling rides and stuff though. Thinking I might do more rides in 2025.
Bicycling: earned enough angel points to extend my membership
Music played with others: 70 sessions (more than 2023 or 2021), producing about 106 hours of recordings.
Music recorded: 18 doodles (down), 7 super8 sessions (also down).

The slowdown of getting old continues, I guess?

music - Decanted Youth - 1 - Hello, Gary

Thu, 12 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 2

Thu, 12 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 3

Thu, 12 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 4 - Legacy

Thu, 12 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 5

Thu, 12 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 6 - Hindenburg

Thu, 12 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 7 - Hindenburg (Again)

Thu, 12 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 8 - Candy Bandit

Thu, 12 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 9 - Major Major Major

Thu, 12 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 10 - Nameless Oblivion

Thu, 12 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 11 - GPS

Thu, 12 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 12 - Quicksand / (duet) Not Worth the Fight (Disease, Comments Section)

Thu, 12 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 13 - Virgins Again

Thu, 12 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 14 - Juice Carrots

Thu, 12 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 15

Thu, 12 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 1 - Virgins Again (Bad at Math)

Sun, 08 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 2 - GPS

Sun, 08 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 3 - GPS (again)

Sun, 08 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 4 - GPS (other way)

Sun, 08 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 5 - GPS (one more)

Sun, 08 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 6 - Cosmic Background

Sun, 08 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 7 - Quicksand

Sun, 08 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 8 - Only a Monster (Juice Carrots)

Sun, 08 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 9 - Leacho (Cosmos) (alt)

Sun, 08 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 10 - Now We Understand

Sun, 08 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 11 - Find Me

Sun, 08 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 12 - The River

Sun, 08 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 13 - Watch Your Step

Sun, 08 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 14 - Easy Target (short)

Sun, 08 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 15 - Easy Target

Sun, 08 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 16 - Easy Target (again)

Sun, 08 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 17 - Dogs Will Rule the World

Sun, 08 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 18 - Vertical Integration

Sun, 08 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 19

Sun, 08 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 20 - Las Vegas

Sun, 08 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 21 - Chosen by the Few (new)

Sun, 08 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 22 - Instanbul (No Big Bene)

Sun, 08 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 1 - (the battery will die)

Fri, 06 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 2 - (the battery will die, continued) / what if we all disappeared

Fri, 06 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 3 - sandman

Fri, 06 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 4 - light creeps

Fri, 06 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 5

Fri, 06 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 6 - major major major

Fri, 06 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 7 - insecurity / tree neo

Fri, 06 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 8 - easy target (one)

Fri, 06 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 9 - easy target (again)

Fri, 06 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 10 - easy target (more)

Fri, 06 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 11 - (i should know this one)

Fri, 06 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Decanted Youth - 12 - (the mains will die)

Fri, 06 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! (with DW, and lies about the date) - 1 - (not) The River

Mon, 02 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! (with DW, and lies about the date) - 2 - (not) Bad at Math

Mon, 02 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! (with DW, and lies about the date) - 3 - (not) Bad at Math

Mon, 02 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! (with DW, and lies about the date) - 4 - (not) Now We Understand

Mon, 02 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! (with DW, and lies about the date) - 5 - May 29 Track 6 (vox)

Mon, 02 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! (with DW, and lies about the date) - 6 - (not) Quicksand

Mon, 02 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! (with DW, and lies about the date) - 7 - (not) Find Me

Mon, 02 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! (with DW, and lies about the date) - 8 - (not) Old as Coal

Mon, 02 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! (with DW, and lies about the date) - 9 - Leacho (vox)

Mon, 02 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! (with DW, and lies about the date) - 10 - (not) Las Vegas

Mon, 02 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! (with DW, and lies about the date) - 11

Mon, 02 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! (with DW, and lies about the date) - 12

Mon, 02 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! (with DW, and lies about the date) - 13 - Hindenburg (vox)

Mon, 02 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! (with DW, and lies about the date) - 14 - (not) Chosen by the Few

Mon, 02 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! (with DW, and lies about the date) - 15 - (not) Chosen by the Few

Mon, 02 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! (with DW, and lies about the date) - 16 - (not) Juice Carrots / Judas Carrots

Mon, 02 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 1 - Barefootgaze Anthem

Sun, 01 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 2

Sun, 01 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 3 - Easy Target

Sun, 01 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 4 - GPS Revisited Poorly

Sun, 01 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 5 - Only a Monster (Juice Carrots)

Sun, 01 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 6 - The Truncated River

Sun, 01 Dec 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 1 - GPS

Sat, 30 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 2 - Undefined Behavior

Sat, 30 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 3 - Find Me

Sat, 30 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 4 - Only a Mother (Juice Carrots)

Sat, 30 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 5 - Quicksand

Sat, 30 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 6 - Now We Understand

Sat, 30 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 7 - Old as Coal

Sat, 30 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 8 - Self Imposed

Sat, 30 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 9 - Virgins Again (Bad at Math)

Sat, 30 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 10 - Easy Target (prequel)

Sat, 30 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 11

Sat, 30 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 12

Sat, 30 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 13 - (same thing again)

Sat, 30 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 14 - Easy Target

Sat, 30 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 15 - Easy Target (more)

Sat, 30 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 16 - Easy Target (again, squeals)

Sat, 30 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 17 - All the Same

Sat, 30 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 18 - How Low

Sat, 30 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 19 - Werewolves Medley (ramblings of strings)

Sat, 30 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 20

Sat, 30 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 21

Sat, 30 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 22 - Insecurity / Cast Iron Candy Bandit

Sat, 30 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 1 - Hindenburg

Sun, 24 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 2 - No Big Benefactor(ish)

Sun, 24 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 3 - Las Vegas

Sun, 24 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 4 - Cast Iron Candy Bandit

Sun, 24 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 5 - Juice Carrots (Only a Mother)

Sun, 24 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 6 - Juice Carrots (Only a Monster)

Sun, 24 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 7 - Chosen by the Few

Sun, 24 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 8 - Quicksand

Sun, 24 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 9 - Virgins Again (Bad at Math)

Sun, 24 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 10 - Virgins Again Again

Sun, 24 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 11 - Find Me

Sun, 24 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 12 - Old as Coal

Sun, 24 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 13 - Dogs Will Rule the World

Sun, 24 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 14 - Now We Understand (short)

Sun, 24 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 15 - Now We Understand

Sun, 24 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 16 - Now We Understand (again)

Sun, 24 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 17 - The River

Sun, 24 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 18 - Cosmic Background

Sun, 24 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 1

Thu, 21 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 2

Thu, 21 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 3 - Now We Understand

Thu, 21 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 4 - Now We Understand (backing)

Thu, 21 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 5 - Now We Understand (harmonish)

Thu, 21 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 6 - Bad at Math (Virgins Again)

Thu, 21 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 7 - Bad at Math (Virgins Again Again)

Thu, 21 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 8 - Diminishing Returns

Thu, 21 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 9 - Quicksand

Thu, 21 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 10 - (The Right Idea)

Thu, 21 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 11 - Find Me

Thu, 21 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 12 - Another Way

Thu, 21 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 13 - How Low

Thu, 21 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 14 - Vertical Integration (vox)

Thu, 21 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 15 - Morning Sunburn

Thu, 21 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 16 - Chosen by the Few

Thu, 21 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 17

Thu, 21 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 18

Thu, 21 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 19 - Days of the Weak

Thu, 21 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 20 - Days of the Weak (continued)

Thu, 21 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 21 - Alternate Ending

Thu, 21 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 22

Thu, 21 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 23 - Candy Bandit

Thu, 21 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

homework, ca 1996, smh

Wed, 20 Nov 2024 20:49:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 1

Sun, 17 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 2 - Dereliction of Duty

Sun, 17 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 3 - Quicksand

Sun, 17 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 4 - Quicksand (again)

Sun, 17 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 5 - Juice Carrots (Only a Mother)

Sun, 17 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 6 - Virgins Again (Bad at Math)

Sun, 17 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 7 - Bad at Math (Virgins Again)

Sun, 17 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 8 - Find Me

Sun, 17 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 9 - Find Me (again)

Sun, 17 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 10

Sun, 17 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 11 - Now We Understand (instrumental broke)

Sun, 17 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 12 - Now We Understand

Sun, 17 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 13 - Now We Understand (again, backing vocals)

Sun, 17 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 14 - Now We Understand (mini backing)

Sun, 17 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 15

Sun, 17 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 16 - norI tsaC tidnaB ydnaC

Sun, 17 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 17 - 2 norI tsaC tidnaB ydnaC

Sun, 17 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 18 - Cosmic Background

Sun, 17 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 19 - Ruined Names

Sun, 17 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 20

Sun, 17 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 21 - (something else) / The Squeeze

Sun, 17 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 22

Sun, 17 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 23

Sun, 17 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 24 - Not Our First Rodeo

Sun, 17 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 25 - Rodeo Continued

Sun, 17 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 26 - Las Vegas

Sun, 17 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 27 - Insecurity

Sun, 17 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 28 - Cast Iron Candy Bandit

Sun, 17 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 29

Sun, 17 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - super8 - 1

Thu, 14 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - super8 - 2

Thu, 14 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - super8 - 3

Thu, 14 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - super8 - 4

Thu, 14 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - super8 - 5

Thu, 14 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 1 - Now We Understand

Sun, 10 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 2 - Quicksand

Sun, 10 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 3 - Virgins Again (Bad at Math)

Sun, 10 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 4 - Juice Carrots (Only a Monster)

Sun, 10 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 5 - Cosmic Background (alternate)

Sun, 10 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 6 - Diminished Returns

Sun, 10 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 7 - 29 Year Old Child

Sun, 10 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 8 - Find Me (alternate)

Sun, 10 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 9 - Major Major Major

Sun, 10 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 10

Sun, 10 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 11 - The Squeeze

Sun, 10 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 12 - Light Creeps

Sun, 10 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 13 - Light Creeps (more)

Sun, 10 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 14 - Sandman

Sun, 10 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 15

Sun, 10 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 16

Sun, 10 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 17 - (vaguely deerhoof)

Sun, 10 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 18

Sun, 10 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

music - Not Vampires - 19

Sun, 10 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

programming is fun

Sat, 02 Nov 2024 10:14:00 -0400

Steve entered the Western States 100 lottery after qualifying in January... They are limited to 369 runners each year, and it's a legendary race, so there's a lot of demand. They have an interesting lottery structure: every year that you qualify and enter the lottery, if you are not picked, you get twice the entry tickets the next year.

After some early morning text messages where I tried (and to be honest, failed miserably) to calculate his odds, I wrote a little program in C to do the calculation.

Then, because sometimes programming is fun, I decided to see what it would look like in Perl. I haven't written a ton of Perl, I usually lean towards PHP for this sort of thing, but I ported SWELL's resource-processor script to Perl a while back and enjoyed it, and having a simple task is good for learning.

The first pass I did used a builtin array shuffle module, which proved too slow, then I ended up simplifying it and got it significantly faster than the C version (which didn't reshuffle, but did end up with pointless memmove()s). Once I had it all working (using strict, e.g. you have to declare everything), I decided to see how small I could get it to be. Here's what I ended up with (you can pipe the table on their lottery entry page to it):

$nwin = 250;    # I think the lottery picked about 250-something winners last year, the rest were golden tickets and such
$nlot = 100000; # someone could quantify the margin of error based on this, with statistics you would oh look a bird
for ($pid = 0; <>; ) {
  ($nt, $np) = split(/\s+/, s/,//r);
  ($nt > 0 and $np > 0 and not exists $wcnt{$nt}) or die "invalid input: $_\n";
  $wbin{$pid} = $nt;
  $wcnt{$nt} = 0;
  push(@tk, ($pid++) x $nt) while ($np-- > 0);
}
printf("%d tickets for %d entrants, running %d lotteries for %d winners:\n", $tkcnt = @tk, $pid, $nlot, $nwin);
for ($x = 0; $x < $nlot; $x++) {
  %in = { };
  $in{$id = $tk[rand($tkcnt)]}++ == 0 and exists $wbin{$id} and $wcnt{$wbin{$id}}++ while (%in < $nwin);
}
printf("%d tickets: %.2f%% win\n", $_, $wcnt{$_} * 100.0 / $nlot) foreach (sort { $a <=> $b } keys %wcnt);

Here is the most recent input:

512	 	1	 	512
256	 	15	 	3,840
128	 	55	 	7,040
64	 	139	 	8,896
32	 	215	 	6,880
16	 	296	 	4,736
8	 	594	 	4,752
4	 	963	 	3,852
2	 	1,538	 	3,076
1	 	2,077	 	2,077

and here is the most output with that table:

45661 tickets for 5893 entrants, running 100000 lotteries for 250 winners:
1 tickets: 0.66% win
2 tickets: 1.29% win
4 tickets: 2.56% win
8 tickets: 5.08% win
16 tickets: 9.99% win
32 tickets: 18.98% win
64 tickets: 34.12% win
128 tickets: 56.51% win
256 tickets: 80.91% win
512 tickets: 96.24% win

So, Steve's odds as of this afternoon are about 0.66%, but that will almost certainly go down (there's still a month left of the lottery; it only opened yesterday). Interestingly, one entrant there has been turned down 8 times before -- they currently have a 96% chance of getting in. And those who have been turnwed down 6 times before are slightly more likely than not to get in.

win32 menu bug

Thu, 31 Oct 2024 10:14:00 -0400

Microsoft generally does a very good job in preserving compatibility of existing applications; software written 20 years ago generally works well in Windows 11, amazingly. We noticed something they broke relating to menus that use bitmaps via MF_BITMAP, though, somewhere after Windows 7 -- I don't have 8.x installed anywhere to test, but Windows 10 and 11 are affected. Trying to figure out where to report these bugs online is difficult, and I'm lazy, so instead I'll document it here.

When setting a bitmap image for a menu item via MF_BITMAP, on Windows 10+, if the item does not have MF_CHECKED set, the bitmap will be drawn twice, and if the width of the menu is sufficiently longer than the width of the bitmap, one of those draws will be stretched. Here's some code that reproduces:

#include <windows.h>
int WINAPI WinMain(HINSTANCE hInst, HINSTANCE prev, LPSTR cmd, int ns)
{
	const int w = 32, h = 16;
	int pixels[w*h];
	for (int y = 0; y < h; y++) for (int x = 0; x < w; x++) pixels[x + y * w] = RGB(x * 256 / w, y * 256 / h, 0);  // oops BGR but whatever
        HBITMAP bitmap = CreateBitmap(w, h, 1, 32, &pixels);
	HWND wnd = CreateWindowEx(0, "Edit", "test", WS_VISIBLE, 0, 0, 10, 10, GetDesktopWindow(), NULL, hInst, 0);
	HMENU menu = CreatePopupMenu();
	InsertMenuA(menu, 0, MF_BYPOSITION|MF_STRING, 1, (char*)"this is a thing that will cause stretching to happen");
	InsertMenuA(menu, 1, MF_BYPOSITION|MF_BITMAP, 2, (char*)bitmap);
	TrackPopupMenu(menu, TPM_NONOTIFY|TPM_RETURNCMD, 0, 0, 0, wnd, NULL);
	DestroyMenu(menu);
	DeleteObject(bitmap);
	DestroyWindow(wnd);
	return 0;
}

Windows XP, Windows 7, and WINE all display something about like this, which is expected:

Windows 10 and 11 display this:

As a workaround, you can call SetMenuItemBitmaps() for the item with hBitmapUnchecked to a small image, and it will prevent the bug from occurring (or at least prevent it from being obvious heh). It was a waste of time writing this blog post and writing the test case, but the things we do for fun, right?

music - haircut help

Tue, 29 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 1 - Return of the Bass Pod 2.0 Synth

Sun, 27 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 2 - Bad at Math (Virgins Again)

Sun, 27 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 3 - Juice Carrots (Only a Mother)

Sun, 27 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 4 - Now We Understand

Sun, 27 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 5 - Quicksand

Sun, 27 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 6 - Quicksand (slow)

Sun, 27 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 7 - Find Me

Sun, 27 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 8 - Self Imposed

Sun, 27 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 9 - Juice Carrots (again)

Sun, 27 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 10 - Juice Carrots (again again)

Sun, 27 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 11 - Old as Coal (Trees / Mold)

Sun, 27 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 12

Sun, 27 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 13

Sun, 27 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 14

Sun, 27 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 15

Sun, 27 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 16

Sun, 27 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 17

Sun, 27 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 18

Sun, 27 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 19

Sun, 27 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 20

Sun, 27 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 21 - Bend at Will

Sun, 27 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 22 - (Intro) / Vertical Integration

Sun, 27 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 23 - Quicksand Guitars

Sun, 27 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 24 - Quicksand (alt arrange)

Sun, 27 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 25 - Bad at Math (Virgins Again) (alt arrange)

Sun, 27 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 26

Sun, 27 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 27 - Cast Iron Candy Bandit (weird version)

Sun, 27 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

ok css here you go

Sat, 26 Oct 2024 10:14:00 -0400

I've updated this web page to use more CSS and removed most of the tables and stuff. I also got rid of the infinity scroll because it was just silly.

that is all.

p.s. the juice carrots take immediately below this post is something I like, now I have to find a way to fit a chorus pedal on my pedalboard

music - juice carrots

Fri, 25 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - super8 - 1

Thu, 24 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - super8 - 2

Thu, 24 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - super8 - 3

Thu, 24 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - super8 - 4

Thu, 24 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - super8 - 5

Thu, 24 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - super8 - 6

Thu, 24 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - super8 - 7

Thu, 24 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 1 - Self Imposed (slow, instrumental)

Sun, 20 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 2 - Bad at Math (slow, instrumental, partial)

Sun, 20 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 3 - Bad at Math (slow, instrumental, full)

Sun, 20 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 4 - Now We Understand (slow, instrumental)

Sun, 20 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 5 - Find Me (slow, instrumental)

Sun, 20 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 6

Sun, 20 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 7 - Dogs (preview)

Sun, 20 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 8 - Dogs Will Rule the World

Sun, 20 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 9 - Quicksand (slow, instrumental)

Sun, 20 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 10 - Only a Mother (Juice Carrots, slow, instrumental)

Sun, 20 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 11 - Leacho (Cosmos)

Sun, 20 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 12 - Chosen by the Few (slow, instrumental)

Sun, 20 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 13 - No Big Bene (instrumental)

Sun, 20 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 1 - Quicksand

Thu, 17 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 2 - Diminished Juice Carrots (Only a Mother)

Thu, 17 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 3 - (Diminished More)

Thu, 17 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 4 - Cosmic Background

Thu, 17 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 5 - Now We Understand

Thu, 17 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 6 - Reset Your Expectations, This Happens Once In a While

Thu, 17 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 7 - Quicksand Again

Thu, 17 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 8 - Virgins Again

Thu, 17 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 9 - Find Me

Thu, 17 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 10 - Old as Coal

Thu, 17 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 11

Thu, 17 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 12

Thu, 17 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 13 - Self Imposed

Thu, 17 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 14 - Self Imposed Role Reversal

Thu, 17 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 15

Thu, 17 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 16 - Four and Two

Thu, 17 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 17 - Six and Seven

Thu, 17 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 18 - Six and Seven Again

Thu, 17 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 19 - Six and Seven for the Third

Thu, 17 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - quicksand home

Wed, 16 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

northern lights, subtle to the naked eye but woot!

Sat, 12 Oct 2024 01:44:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 1 - Juice Carrots (Only a Mother)

Thu, 10 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 2 - Quicksand

Thu, 10 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 3 - Virgins Again

Thu, 10 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 4 - Find Me Seven

Thu, 10 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 5

Thu, 10 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 6 - Now We Understand

Thu, 10 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 7

Thu, 10 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 8

Thu, 10 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 9

Thu, 10 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 10 - Cosmic Background (fast)

Thu, 10 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 11 - The Squeeze

Thu, 10 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 12

Thu, 10 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 13

Thu, 10 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 14

Thu, 10 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 15 - (Light Creeps)

Thu, 10 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 1 - (doom and gloom)

Sun, 06 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 2 - Bad at Math (Virgins Again) (slow)

Sun, 06 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 3 - Quicksand (slow)

Sun, 06 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 4 - Quicksand (fast)

Sun, 06 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 5 - Juice Carrots

Sun, 06 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 6 - Find Me

Sun, 06 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 7 - Now We Understand

Sun, 06 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 8 - Bad at Math (Virgins Again) (fast)

Sun, 06 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 9 - Old as Coal

Sun, 06 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 10 - Vertical Integration

Sun, 06 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 11 - Self Imposed

Sun, 06 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 12 - Cosmic Background

Sun, 06 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 13 - How Low

Sun, 06 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 14 - Watch Your Step

Sun, 06 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 15 - Insecurity

Sun, 06 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 16 - Cast Iron Candy Bandit

Sun, 06 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 17

Sun, 06 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 18 - (Twenty-Six A)

Sun, 06 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 19 - (Twenty-Six B)

Sun, 06 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 20 - Major Major Major

Sun, 06 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 21

Sun, 06 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 22 - Las Vegas

Sun, 06 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 23

Sun, 06 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 24 - The Squeeze

Sun, 06 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - v_andy - 1 - No One Is Around

Sat, 05 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - v_andy - 2 - Wrong Side of My Bed

Sat, 05 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - v_andy - 3

Sat, 05 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - v_andy - 4

Sat, 05 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - v_andy - 5 - Squeezey

Sat, 05 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - v_andy - 6

Sat, 05 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - v_andy - 7 - Chords of the Drummer

Sat, 05 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - v_andy - 8 - Insecurity

Sat, 05 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - v_andy - 9

Sat, 05 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - v_andy - 10

Sat, 05 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - v_andy - 11

Sat, 05 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - v_andy - 12

Sat, 05 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - v_andy - 13

Sat, 05 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! (with v) - 1 - Dogs Will Rule the World

Sat, 05 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! (with v) - 2 - Virgins Again (Bad at Math)

Sat, 05 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! (with v) - 3 - Find Me

Sat, 05 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! (with v) - 4 - Juice Carrots

Sat, 05 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! (with v) - 5 - May 29 Track 6

Sat, 05 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! (with v) - 6 - Quicksand

Sat, 05 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! (with v) - 7 - Now We Understand

Sat, 05 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! (with v) - 8 - How Low

Sat, 05 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! (with v) - 9 - Disco River

Sat, 05 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! (with v) - 10 - Old as Coal

Sat, 05 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! (with v) - 11 - Hindenburg

Sat, 05 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! (with v) - 12 - Cosmos (Leacho)

Sat, 05 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! (with v) - 13 - Cast Iron Candy Bandit

Sat, 05 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! (with v) - 14 - No Big Benefactor (Istanbul)

Sat, 05 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! (with v) - 15 - Las Vegas

Sat, 05 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! (with v) - 16 - Standing Orders, Maybe

Sat, 05 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 1

Thu, 03 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 2

Thu, 03 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 3 - Cast Iron Candy Bandit (Mini)

Thu, 03 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 4 - Insecurity

Thu, 03 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 5 - No Big Benefactor (Istanbul)

Thu, 03 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 6 - Cast Iron Candy Bandit (Return)

Thu, 03 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 7

Thu, 03 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 8

Thu, 03 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 9

Thu, 03 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 10 - Juice Carrots-ish

Thu, 03 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 11

Thu, 03 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 12

Thu, 03 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 13 - Virgins Again

Thu, 03 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 14 - Find Me

Thu, 03 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 15 - Quicksand

Thu, 03 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 16 - Now We Understand

Thu, 03 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 17 - Old as Coal

Thu, 03 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 18 - Juice Carrots

Thu, 03 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 19 - Juice Carrots (again, 4 and 2)

Thu, 03 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 20 - Watch Your Step

Thu, 03 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 21 - Vertical Integration (Wash)

Thu, 03 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 22 - Self Imposed

Thu, 03 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - virgins again bad at math

Tue, 01 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0400

sotb

Mon, 30 Sep 2024 20:48:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 1 - How Low

Sun, 29 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 2 - Juice Carrots

Sun, 29 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 3 - Quicksand

Sun, 29 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 4 - Quicksand (slower)

Sun, 29 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 5 - Old as Coal

Sun, 29 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 6 - Old as Coal (reprise)

Sun, 29 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 7 - Bad at Math (Virgins Again)

Sun, 29 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 8 - Virgins Again (Bad at Math)

Sun, 29 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 9 - Now We Understand

Sun, 29 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 10 - Find Me

Sun, 29 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 11 - Self Imposed

Sun, 29 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 12 - Other Juices

Sun, 29 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 1 - Juice Carrots

Sat, 28 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 2 - The River

Sat, 28 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 3 - Cast Iron Candy Bandit (awful backwards)

Sat, 28 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 4 - Quicksand

Sat, 28 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 5 - Cosmic Background

Sat, 28 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 6 - Virgins Again (Bad at Math)

Sat, 28 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 7 - Find Me

Sat, 28 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 8

Sat, 28 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 9 - Now We Understand

Sat, 28 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 10 - Now We Undersand (reprise)

Sat, 28 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 11 - Self Imposed

Sat, 28 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 12 - Dogs Will Rule the World

Sat, 28 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 13 - Cast Iron Candy Bandit

Sat, 28 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 14 - No Big Benefactor (Istanbul)

Sat, 28 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 15 - Cosmos (Leacho)

Sat, 28 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 16 - Hindenburg

Sat, 28 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 17 - Las Vegas

Sat, 28 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 18 - Dogs in A

Sat, 28 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

at this age

Thu, 26 Sep 2024 10:14:00 -0400

there are very few things more satisfying than cutting a slot in the previously stripped head of a screw using a dremel and then using a flathead screwdriver to remove it

music - quicksand guitar tone test

Wed, 25 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - v - 1

Thu, 19 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - v - 2 - Momentary Critical Mass

Thu, 19 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - v - 3

Thu, 19 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - v - 4

Thu, 19 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - v - 5

Thu, 19 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - v - 6

Thu, 19 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - v - 7

Thu, 19 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - v - 8

Thu, 19 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 1

Sat, 14 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 2 - Seeing in the Dark

Sat, 14 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 3 - Virgins Again (Bad at Math)

Sat, 14 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 4 - Juice Carrots

Sat, 14 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 5 - Quicksand

Sat, 14 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 6 - Virgins Again (mini)

Sat, 14 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 7 - Juice Carrots (mini)

Sat, 14 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 8 - Juice Carrots (mini again)

Sat, 14 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 9 - Juice Carrots (mini loop again)

Sat, 14 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 10 - Juice Carrots (the future)

Sat, 14 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 11 - Juice Carrots (the future reprise)

Sat, 14 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 12 - Find Me

Sat, 14 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 13 - Find Me (sparse indeed)

Sat, 14 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 14 - OJC

Sat, 14 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 15 - OJC (mini throwback)

Sat, 14 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 16 - Now We Understand

Sat, 14 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 17

Sat, 14 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 18 - Here and in Charge

Sat, 14 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 1 - How Low

Thu, 12 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 2 - Juice Carrots

Thu, 12 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 3 - OJC

Thu, 12 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 4

Thu, 12 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 5 - Quicksand

Thu, 12 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 6 - Virgins Again (Bad at Math)

Thu, 12 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 7 - Now We Understand

Thu, 12 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 8 - Cosmic Background

Thu, 12 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 9 - Find Me

Thu, 12 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 10 - Elderstomp

Thu, 12 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 11 - All Your Fears

Thu, 12 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 12 - Old as Coal

Thu, 12 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 13

Thu, 12 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 14 - Self Imposed

Thu, 12 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 15 - Vertical Integration

Thu, 12 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 16 - Watch Your Step (in five)

Thu, 12 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 17

Thu, 12 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 18

Thu, 12 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 19

Thu, 12 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 20 - STP Plush

Thu, 12 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 21 - Cast Iron Candy Bandit

Thu, 12 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 22 - Cast Iron Candy Bandit (in five)

Thu, 12 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 23 - Las Vegas

Thu, 12 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 24 - The River

Thu, 12 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 25

Thu, 12 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 26

Thu, 12 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 27

Thu, 12 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 28 - Insecurity

Thu, 12 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 29 - Young Twenty-Nine

Thu, 12 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 1

Sat, 07 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 2 - All Inside

Sat, 07 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 3 - Baritone Major Major Major

Sat, 07 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 4 - Baritone Las Vegas

Sat, 07 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 5 - Juice Carrots (Baritone, short, reverse)

Sat, 07 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 6 - Baritone Juice Carrots (Reverse)

Sat, 07 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 7 - Baritone Quicksand (Reverse)

Sat, 07 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 8 - Light Creepsy

Sat, 07 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 9 - (sax interlude 1)

Sat, 07 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 10 - (sax interlude 2)

Sat, 07 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 11 - Burned by the Sound

Sat, 07 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 12 - You Know Why I'm Not Nice

Sat, 07 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 13 - Juice Carrots (Baritone again)

Sat, 07 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 14 - Quicksand (Baritone again regular)

Sat, 07 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 15 - Virgins Again (Baritone)

Sat, 07 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 16 - How Low (Extended)

Sat, 07 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 17 - Watch Your Step

Sat, 07 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 1 - Read My Mind

Thu, 05 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 2 - Virgins Again (slow)

Thu, 05 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 3 - Quicksand

Thu, 05 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 4 - Vertical Integration

Thu, 05 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 5 - (somesuch) Juice Carrots

Thu, 05 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 6 - Find Me

Thu, 05 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 7 - Old as Coal

Thu, 05 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 8 - Now We Understand (slow)

Thu, 05 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 9 - Watch Your Step

Thu, 05 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 10 - Somewhere Else (short)

Thu, 05 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 11

Thu, 05 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 12 - You Got Away With It

Thu, 05 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 13

Thu, 05 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 14

Thu, 05 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - ask everything ask for nothing

Tue, 03 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - super8_blah - 1

Tue, 03 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - super8_blah - 2

Tue, 03 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - super8_blah - 3

Tue, 03 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - super8_blah - 4

Tue, 03 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - super8_blah - 5

Tue, 03 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - super8_blah - 6

Tue, 03 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 1 - No One Home

Mon, 02 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 2 - Comsos (Leacho)

Mon, 02 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 3 - Cast Iron Candy Bandit

Mon, 02 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 4 - Hindenburg

Mon, 02 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 5 - No Big Benefactor

Mon, 02 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 6 - Chosen by the Few

Mon, 02 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 7 - Virgins Again (Bad at Math)

Mon, 02 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 8 - Now We Understand

Mon, 02 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 9 - Quicksand

Mon, 02 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 10 - Find Me

Mon, 02 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 11 - Quicksand (again)

Mon, 02 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 12 - Quicksand (third time)

Mon, 02 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 13 - Cosmic Background

Mon, 02 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 14 - All Your Fears

Mon, 02 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 15 - Old as Coal

Mon, 02 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 16 - The River

Mon, 02 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 17 - Self Imposed

Mon, 02 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Yes, Exactly, Yes! - 18 - Juice Carrots

Mon, 02 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 1

Fri, 30 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 2

Fri, 30 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 3

Fri, 30 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 4

Fri, 30 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 5 - (Not) Major Major Major

Fri, 30 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 6 - You Got Away With It

Fri, 30 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 7 - Las Vegas (failed start)

Fri, 30 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 8 - Las Vegas

Fri, 30 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 9 - Cast Iron Candy Bandit

Fri, 30 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 10

Fri, 30 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 11

Fri, 30 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 12 - Twenty-Six

Fri, 30 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 13 - Almost JC

Fri, 30 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 14

Fri, 30 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 15 - Juice Carrots

Fri, 30 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 16 - Find Me

Fri, 30 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 17 - Now We Understand (3)

Fri, 30 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 18 - Now We Understand (4)

Fri, 30 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 19 - Virgins Again (Bad at Math)

Fri, 30 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 20 - How Low

Fri, 30 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 21

Fri, 30 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 22 - Cosmic Background

Fri, 30 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 23 - Cosmic Background (again)

Fri, 30 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 24 - Chosen by the Few

Fri, 30 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - andy_v - 1 - Time To Change Again

Thu, 29 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - andy_v - 2 - Spiders Living Underground

Thu, 29 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - andy_v - 3

Thu, 29 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - andy_v - 4

Thu, 29 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - andy_v - 5 - Consider It Done

Thu, 29 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - andy_v - 6 - This Is Not A Wedding

Thu, 29 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - andy_v - 7 - An Extra Inch

Thu, 29 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - andy_v - 8 - Too Squishy!

Thu, 29 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - andy_v - 9

Thu, 29 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - andy_v - 10 - You Wouldn't Like It Either

Thu, 29 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - andy_v - 11

Thu, 29 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - andy_v - 12

Thu, 29 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - andy_v - 13 - Three Bad Knots

Thu, 29 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - andy_v - 14 - The Rip (Portishead)

Thu, 29 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - andy_v - 15

Thu, 29 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - andy_v - 16 - What The Light Can See

Thu, 29 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - andy_v - 17

Thu, 29 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - super8 - 1

Sun, 25 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - super8 - 2

Sun, 25 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - super8 - 3

Sun, 25 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - super8 - 4

Sun, 25 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - super8 - 5

Sun, 25 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - super8 - 6

Sun, 25 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 1 - Juice Carrots

Mon, 12 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 2 - Find Me

Mon, 12 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 3 - Virgins Again

Mon, 12 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 4 - Virgins Again Again

Mon, 12 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 5 - Quicksand

Mon, 12 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 6 - Now We Understand (in 4)

Mon, 12 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 7 - Now We Understand

Mon, 12 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 8 - Self Imposed

Mon, 12 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 9 - Cosmic Background

Mon, 12 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 10 - Vertical Integration (Vox)

Mon, 12 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 11 - Old as Coal

Mon, 12 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 12 - Chosen by the Few

Mon, 12 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 13 - All Your Fears

Mon, 12 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 14 - Watch Your Step

Mon, 12 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 15 - Something Like How Low?

Mon, 12 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 16 - The River

Mon, 12 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 17

Mon, 12 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 18

Mon, 12 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 19 - Cast Iron Candy Bandit

Mon, 12 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 20

Mon, 12 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 21 - (Two) Twenty Six

Mon, 12 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 22 - (Two) Twenty Six (work)

Mon, 12 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 23 - Twenty Six Turned Fifty Three

Mon, 12 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 24

Mon, 12 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 25

Mon, 12 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 26

Mon, 12 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 27

Mon, 12 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 28

Mon, 12 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 29

Mon, 12 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

back and forth

Sat, 10 Aug 2024 10:14:00 -0400

Is it normal, when working for many years on a big software project, to feel both "this is going great!" and "this is so far from how it should be ugh!" at the same time?

music - Decanted Youth - 1 - Frozen Again

Sat, 10 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 2 - Twenty Six Thing Mini

Sat, 10 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 3 - Sandman

Sat, 10 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 4 - Light Creeps

Sat, 10 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 5 - (Not) Major Major Major

Sat, 10 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 6 - The Squeeze

Sat, 10 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 7

Sat, 10 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 8

Sat, 10 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 9 - Insecurity Six

Sat, 10 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 10 - Insecurity

Sat, 10 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 11 - Hard Reflections

Sat, 10 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 12 - A Taste of Juice Carrots

Sat, 10 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 13 - Another Taste of Juice Carrots

Sat, 10 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 14 - (Taste) Bad at Math

Sat, 10 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 15 - Virgins Again (slow)

Sat, 10 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 16 - Virgins Again (normal)

Sat, 10 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 17 - Virgins Again (fast)

Sat, 10 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 18 - Virgins Again (bridge dev)

Sat, 10 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 19 - Virgins Again (not sure why I left this in)

Sat, 10 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 20 - Virgins Again (ok really enough)

Sat, 10 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 21 - Quicksand

Sat, 10 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 22

Sat, 10 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 23

Sat, 10 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 24

Sat, 10 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Decanted Youth - 25

Sat, 10 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 1

Thu, 08 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 2

Thu, 08 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 3 - Cast Iron Candy Bandit

Thu, 08 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 4 - Chosen by the Few

Thu, 08 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 5 - Fives

Thu, 08 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 6 - Two (Twenty Six) Trial 1

Thu, 08 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 7 - Two (Twenty Six) Trial 2

Thu, 08 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 8 - (continued)

Thu, 08 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 9 - Las Vegas (bouncey)

Thu, 08 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 10 - Juice Carrots New

Thu, 08 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 11 - Fives Again

Thu, 08 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 12 - Virgins Again

Thu, 08 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 13 - Quicksand

Thu, 08 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 14 - Cosmic Background

Thu, 08 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 15 - Now We Understand

Thu, 08 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 16 - Find Me (slow)

Thu, 08 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 17 - Find Me

Thu, 08 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 18

Thu, 08 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 19 - Watch Your Step

Thu, 08 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 1 - Whole Beneath

Sun, 04 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 2 - Find Me

Sun, 04 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 3 - Virgins Again

Sun, 04 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 4 - Compared

Sun, 04 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 5 - Now We Understand

Sun, 04 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 6 - Quicksand

Sun, 04 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 7 - Lost in the Cliche

Sun, 04 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 8 - How Low

Sun, 04 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 9 - Cosmic Background

Sun, 04 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 10

Sun, 04 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 11 - Old as Coal, and Fast

Sun, 04 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 12 - Get to Know Your Banker

Sun, 04 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 13 - (Banker Reprise)

Sun, 04 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 14

Sun, 04 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 15

Sun, 04 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 16 - You'll Be Alone

Sun, 04 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 17

Sun, 04 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 18 - Major Major Major

Sun, 04 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 19 - Sax Creeps

Sun, 04 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 20

Sun, 04 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 21

Sun, 04 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 22

Sun, 04 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

music - Not Vampires - 23 - The Squeeze

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Things I like about C++: operator overloading

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When I first started programming C++ in the 1990s, there were language features that I found appalling. One of those was operator overloading, which was used in the most basic of C++ example code, e.g.

  cout << "hello, world" << endl;

This made the C programmer in me squirm. Why would you make the meaning of operators change wildly based on the context? Also you might lose track of what code is actually being generated. It could have side effects that you don't know about, or be orders of magnitude slower! I still fill this way, and avoid operator overloading, other than operator=, for most things.

...but having said that, I find operator overloading to be incredibly valuable when it comes to maintaining and refactoring a large code base. A pattern that has become routine for us is a basic type is initially used for some state and needs to be extended.

For example: in track groups, we originally had 32 groups (1-32), and a track could have different types of membership in any number of groups. For 32 groups, we used unsigned ints as bitmasks. Some years later, to support 64 groups we changed it to WDL_UINT64 (aka uint64_t). Straightforward (but actually quite tedious and in hindsight we should've skipped the type change and gone right to the next step). To increase beyond 64 bits, there's no longer a basic type that can be used. So instead:

  struct group_membership {
    enum { SZ = 2 };
    WDL_UINT64 m_data[SZ];
    const group_membership operator & (const group_membership &o) const
    {
      group_membership r;
      for (int i = 0; i < SZ; i ++) r.m_data[i] = m_data[i] & o.m_data[i];
      return r;
    }
    // and a bunch of other operators, a couple of functions to clear/set common masks, etc
  private:
     // prevent direct cast to int/int64/etc. necessary because we allow casting to bool below which would otherwise be quietly promoted to int
    operator int() const { return 0; }
  public:
    operator bool() const { for (int i = 0; i < SZ; i ++) if (m_data[i]) return true; return false; }
  };

Then we replace things like:

  WDL_UINT64 group;

with

  group_membership group;

and after that, (assuming you get all of the necessary operators mentioned in the comment above) most code just works without modification, e.g.:

  if (group & group_mask) { /* ... */ }

To be fair, we could easy tweak all of the code that the operator overloading implements to use functions, and not do this, but for me knowing that I'm not screwing up the logic in some subtle way is a big win. And if you have multiple branches and you're worried about merge conflicts, this avoids a lot of them.

Also, it's fun to look at the output of gcc or clang on these things. They end up producing pretty much optimal code, even when returning and copying structs. Though you should be sure to keep the struct in question as plain-old-data (ideally no constructor, or a trivial constructor, and no destructor).

Thus concludes my "a thing I appreciate about C++" talk. Next week, templates.

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