EarSketch

I was hanging out on coursera when I noticed the EarSketch project. Before I knew it, I was learning how to make some music with it and earned a certificate. Although I love coursera, I don’t necessarily recommend the course because its a little out of date with the interface. EarSketch has its own built-in

Short Project: Sound Reactive LED Accessory

In preparation for an event this weekend where I want a bit of a cyberpunk look, I’m finally going to start work on a sound-reactive light-up accessory. It may be a choker, or it may be in some sort of headwear – I’m still evaluating my options. I’ll be using Adafruit’s instructions https://learn.adafruit.com/sound-reactive-neopixel-peace-pendant as a

Excerpt from Skepticism and Animal Faith

“To me the opinions of mankind, taken without any contrary prejudice (since I have no rival opinions to propose) but simply contrasted with the course of nature, seem surprising fictions; and the marvel is how they can be maintained. What strange religions, what ferocious moralities, what slavish fashions, what sham interests! I an explain it

My experience with chirper.ai

Chirper.ai is a website that is a parody of twitter, where the users are all LLM bots. It’s possible to use the site for free. I joined a few months ago. I’d like to talk about my experience with this unique site. Before I get started, I do have one gripe about this site, which

How the whole vegan thing has been going

A little while ago, I went vegetarian. Later, I posted a seitan recipe and mentioned that I went vegan. Over this period of time, there’s been quite a revolution in my outlook about this topic. I’ve spent a great deal of time examining the cascading impact throughout areas of my philosophy, doing research, and living

What I’m listening to 07/29

Janelle Monáe Robinson is an American singer, songwriter, rapper actress, and LGBT icon. Balligomingo is an electronic music project by Garrett Schwartz and Vic Levak.  Found this stalking my Spotify friends No Party For Cao Dong ( Chinese: 草東沒有派對) is an indie rock band from Taiwan currently consisting of Wood Lin (vocals and guitar), Judy Chan (guitar), Sam Yang (bass), and Huang

Exciting milestone in BusKill USB-A Magnetic Release Open Hardware project

Background On July 3, 2023, I successfully created a prototype of the magnetic release. For those just tuning in, this is a project that aims to create a 3D-printable magnetic decoupler that allows for easy ejection of a USB-A extension cord from the USB-A port. This decoupler is used with a PC that has BusKill

BusKill Progress 6/12

For previous work on this project please see: https://crashxblossom.wordpress.com/category/project-updates/buskill/ To speed things along, I have been only printing out the front of the case. I found that printing it in the orientation (shown below) on a raft had the best results. In this image of the back-side you can see that the voids perfectly fit

What I’m listening to 6/11

SkunkAnansie are a British rock band whose members include Skin (lead vocals, guitar), Cass (bass, guitar, backing vocals), Ace (guitar, backing vocals) and Mark Richardson (drums and percussion).  Sinéad O’Connor is a Dublin artist Anna Margaret Michelle Calvi is an English singer-songwriter and guitarist.  Lucinda Chua is a singer, songwriter, composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist based in South London. 

Phenomenology on love and auto-affection by Dr. Ellie Anderson

I’ve been enjoying the Overthink Podcast a lot. I found it wanting some help making sure I understood Carl Marx on alienated labor (I’m about 13% through my collection of Marx and Engels… It’s heavy reading). The particular set of topics covered in this video have been on my mind although I was lacking the