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rail_service

Wed, 22 Apr 2026 12:43:50 +0000

new demo!

Music

Thu, 16 Apr 2026 19:35:11 +0000

The importance of music to me and why and what is it anyway?

What Is Leading?

Thu, 19 Mar 2026 09:29:33 +0000

Ok, this is a bit ’linkedin thinkpiece’ - cringe alert! hehe

Spanning

Fri, 06 Mar 2026 19:55:18 +0000

Bridging a gap…

Competition

Fri, 06 Mar 2026 00:59:37 +0000

what should we be wary of? whence energy?

Destinations

Thu, 05 Mar 2026 16:58:57 +0000

Where are we headed? And how do we get there?

Where Do We Go From Here?

Tue, 03 Feb 2026 09:38:34 +0000

Ok, today we’re going to talk about bands and musicians. I discovered today quite randomly that…

Ego

Sat, 31 Jan 2026 13:52:35 +0000

I’ve mentioned this before?

Idiots

Sat, 24 Jan 2026 09:59:31 +0000

we’re pretty stupid

MEN

Tue, 20 Jan 2026 23:03:59 +0000

I’ve received a blog request

How to Listen

Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:50:30 +0000

This time we cover the other type of listening.

Am I a Real Live Coder

Mon, 19 Jan 2026 11:15:23 +0000

lets answer this resolutelty/vaguely

How to Make Music

Wed, 14 Jan 2026 10:39:54 +0000

who the hell am I to tell you this

Listening

Tue, 13 Jan 2026 20:13:13 +0000

use your ears?

What Is Mastering

Tue, 13 Jan 2026 16:31:49 +0000

…may contain opinions

Alpha Juno Fun

Mon, 12 Jan 2026 12:05:56 +0000

wherein we talk about waveforms

I Invented Live Coding

Mon, 12 Jan 2026 11:55:31 +0000

or did I?

Great Moments in 2025

Sun, 28 Dec 2025 19:34:37 +0000

(non exhaustive list)

Gatekeeping

Mon, 22 Dec 2025 22:30:32 +0000

Something that is sometimes mentioned is abandoning hierarchy. Is that really true?

Vaporwarez

Wed, 17 Dec 2025 12:06:04 +0000

I thought I’d follow up my end-of-year smash masto hit?! with a discussion of the technical aspects :)

AlgoRhythms and the Future

Tue, 16 Dec 2025 16:14:12 +0000

You may have heard that next year to continue AlgoRhythms we’ll need to start paying a venue fee…

Liveness

Fri, 05 Dec 2025 14:19:57 +0000

what is live?

Podcast Roundup

Mon, 01 Dec 2025 21:31:59 +0000

some audio delights you may like

Git Workflow

Sun, 02 Nov 2025 22:50:15 +0000

Or, why the command line is so scary 👻

so you have a computer…

Blogging Workflow

Sat, 01 Nov 2025 12:01:01 +0000

What are the practicalities of producing this blog? Let’s dive in.

Migration

Fri, 24 Oct 2025 16:51:59 +0000

whoop!

How to Syntə

Wed, 15 Oct 2025 11:52:29 +0000

how the hell am i supposed to use this to make music??

Bands

Thu, 09 Oct 2025 08:45:45 +0000

Randomly I’ve been listening to a lot of 60s british beat groups this week… (contains bonus content)

An Interesting Compressor

Mon, 29 Sep 2025 12:37:52 +0000

taking a look inside a compressor for fun

Composition

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 07:43:18 +0000

Lately I’ve been pondering about composition - in the sense of the longer scale changes that happen throughout a piece or performance.

Rifts

Sat, 12 Jul 2025 11:41:41 +0000

could there be trouble in the algorave?? 😱

Appreciation Thread

Sat, 21 Jun 2025 21:57:11 +0000

Who do I appreciate within the live coding scene?

My Journey Into Coding

Mon, 09 Jun 2025 18:22:56 +0000

This is my story, or should I say cautionary tale?

Well-Being Primer

Sat, 19 Apr 2025 11:46:02 +0000

why, what, and how. This is for everyone.

What I Do (And Why)

Sat, 12 Apr 2025 13:10:49 +0000

algoraves, other events, and being a live coder

I Made a Music

Mon, 03 Mar 2025 08:44:13 +0000

So, I’ve been uploading tracks… Here’s how that happened

Rethinking Syntə Syntax

Wed, 26 Feb 2025 12:58:56 +0000

Is the syntax of Syntə friendly?

Great News

Tue, 25 Feb 2025 10:45:32 +0000

great news everyone - live coding has been completed!

Mastodon URL Cards

Mon, 24 Feb 2025 15:10:53 +0000

A little how-to micro post :)

Off-Piste

Thu, 20 Feb 2025 21:18:13 +0000

First of possibly a new series of ramblings not directly related to code… Oops

Syntə Update 2

Tue, 18 Feb 2025 11:53:04 +0000

Ok, so it’s been a hot minute since I said anything much about Syntə on here. Almost a year since the last update in fact - time flies when you’re having fun…

2025 Here We Go!

Sat, 01 Feb 2025 13:50:48 +0000

An amazing performance, what has happened and what’s in store…

Rubbish

Sat, 11 Jan 2025 17:51:11 +0000

What is rubbish?

Meetups Galore!

Tue, 07 Jan 2025 15:45:51 +0000

Next meetup at the Sekforde is 27th Jan. Link inside…

Algoraving Mad

Fri, 13 Dec 2024 20:09:58 +0000

End of year review, plus some other bits and bobs…

Meetup

Mon, 28 Oct 2024 20:34:03 +0000

Next Meetup!

26th November 2024

The Sekforde
(nearest station: Farringdon)

From 6:30pm to 8:30pm
Arrive from 6pm

Bring a laptop if you can!

Move Slowly and Break Things

Fri, 05 Jul 2024 10:37:26 +0000

Well, it’s been a hot minute, but this blog ain’t dead yet. There have been developments…

EMOM and Live Coding

Sat, 30 Mar 2024 09:40:41 +0000

What is Emom? And where is live-coding?

Synte Update 1

Wed, 27 Mar 2024 15:58:33 +0000

I thought Id take a moment to outline the progress of the project and upcoming developments

The Power of Go

Sat, 09 Mar 2024 20:46:39 +0000

Let me preface this discussion by saying all this has been said before and better. Why am I bothering? Well really this post is about learning things the hard way, something I am definitely an expert at…

Ifix(ed)it

Wed, 28 Feb 2024 22:21:04 +0000

In recent years my policy has been to buy refurbished phones instead of brand new. Partly this is because…

Web Rings

Sun, 18 Feb 2024 22:23:34 +0000

Remember webrings? That classic internet phenomenon of the early web1.0 era, which was a great way of…

State of Open Con '24

Mon, 12 Feb 2024 12:05:40 +0000

Last week I attended two days at the State of Open Conference in…

No One Writes Code

Fri, 02 Feb 2024 14:41:55 +0000

Ok, I may be exaggerating a little there, but hear me out…

We ❤ Termux

Tue, 30 Jan 2024 17:33:18 +0000

Termux is an android app that turns your smartphone into…

What Is Syntə?

Mon, 29 Jan 2024 13:22:51 +0000

Syntə is…

Live blogging EMOM

Sun, 28 Jan 2024 20:05:14 +0000

Factory Setting @ Little Turf

About Me

Thu, 25 Jan 2024 21:03:58 +0000

This blog is two things in one. The first is…