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January 2021....means #jamuary2021 One musical sketch a day for the month of January once initiated by @CUCKOOMUSIC It will be hard, but I'll try to make to the end..

My sketches can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xL4CiarXlTw&list=PL7etFOajnbltCrloVBByQZpODzLJ6KTmi

Just released my tiny #WordPress plugin to disable #Gutenberg core block patterns. Useful for letting users select their theme while preventing them to use the default core block patterns.

Check it out here:
https://wordpress.org/plugins/disable-core-block-patterns/#developers

Questions:

- One can buy the "This Is Not a Drill: An Extinction Rebellion Handbook", but afaict it is not available @XRebellionUK's website as a download?

- Why are designs from @XRebellionUK not available under a @creativecommons indicating allowed &prohibited use?

Just donated to the Internet Archive. Help them preserve digital cultural artifacts! See https://archive.org/donate/

If you're going to watch (or have watched it already) Netflix's "The Social Dilemma" read this piece https://conversationalist.org/2020/03/05/the-prodigal-techbro/ by @mariafarrell It puts in words the nagging feeling this docu gave me. Via @aral (thanks).

Check https://banabila.bandcamp.com/album/to-yemen-with-love-2 It's a great compilation of electronic, ambient & 'world' (for lack of a better term) music curated by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Banabila. Bonus: your purchase will support 2 organisations trying to make things less bad for people in Yemen. #musica

Great, Murphy's Law: pandemic and our @PhilipsNL television of 3yrs breaks down. Apparently not within warranty...I guess the next tv (or any applicance) will not be a Philips one. #FirstWorldProblems

Interesting blend of #blackmetal, #noir #Jazz in White Ward. Recommended!
https://whiteward.bandcamp.com/album/love-exchange-failure

Update: The Spanish label, agreed this was not their work and I got my dispute solved. Hoorah!

Funny, or actually not 😞. I got a copyright claim on one of my tracks called "Let's Dance" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WObmxe8U56w made during #jamuary2020. By a Spanish(?) label representing 'Autumn Comets' for a piece of footage which according to #Prelinger Archive is in the #publicdomain. So I have opened a dispute. Apparently Google's automagical algorithm cannot read nor understand a video's description. This will be interesting. #copyright #creativecommons

Each time I use my #ansible books I have to change stuff because the syntax has changed. Once again I wonder about the benefits of Ansible for a self-employed geek like myself...

"Discovered" Nadia Struiwigh's work and really enjoying it.

Sounds perfectly match my mood now.

If you like #ambient #idm and soothing/relaxing sounds sometimes with a bite, this might be your cup of tea (or any other beverage you prefer)

Check it out:
Lenticular(2017) https://shop.cpurecords.net/album/lenticular

WHRRu(2018)
https://nadiastruiwigh.bandcamp.com/

https://soundcloud.com/nadiastruiwigh

#musica #music

Only 2 days left for #jamuary2020 So far I've missed 2 days and produced a jam each day. In my case this includes a movie. Usually I had roughly 2 to 3hrs max for everything. So it's all quick 'n dirty :)

Today I was inspired by our more autumnal than winter weather.

Check it out:
https://youtu.be/qRB01YKvsxA

It's getting harder to keep coming up with interesting jams for #jamuary2020 Tonight's one therefor was 'just' a re-edit of some old piece I made with #SunVox. Was fun though especially with searching for footage. I think the end result is not too shabby :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vq71eh1v3Es

Quite happy with today's #jamuary2020 jam. Conceptually it's a lot better than yesterday's one. Check it out, it's called

"Twinkle Twinkle Little Astronauts"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQcJMdwZyiE&

In case anyone is interested 🤔 I'm participating in #jamuary #jamuary2020 under my musical tinkering nom de guerre "Musicamatica".

Have a look at my experiments thus far containing music I made using hardware such as Korg Volca's and lots of Creative Commons / Public Domain videos from Openbeelden.nl

My channel: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7etFOajnblvwXIhHnX2Qq8iz4mxIBafb

Finally got some tome to fix an old radio cassette player with a new belt, discovered how to change a walkman's play speed and attempted to fix another walkman with a new belt, but failed because it still doesn't output any sound. #ewaste #repair #diy #recycle

Nowadays applications ask for certain permissions: Firefox ask permission to use notifications or the camera, an Android app wants read permission for your address book etc. What I find annoying is there is never an explanation on WHY they need this permission.
How on earth are less technical inclined people able to make an informed decision without this explanation? As a developer I can make an educated guess, but without my background, I'd have no clue at all. #UX #UI #interaction #design