Gene Boggs

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2026-05-05 17:44:01 GMT

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@nprofile…fdzn And `$foo = pop @{split /bla/, $str}` doesn't work either. Hm

2026-04-22 03:29:32 GMT

Updated my crusty but working #Perl module that computes "barycentric musical interval space."
"What?" You may ask... Good question!
"[The monograph] presents a novel approach to music theory by representing chords as points within a geometric 'simplicial grid,' based on their internal interval structures rather than pitch classes." Whew.
https://www.iuniverse.com/BookStore/BookDetails/197525-A-New-Geometry-of-Musical-Chords-in-Interval-Representation-Dissonance-Enrichment-Degeneracy-and-Complementation
https://metacpan.org/release/GENE/Music-Interval-Barycentric-0.0403

2026-04-16 15:08:51 GMT

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@nprofile…5aza The XS that Algorithm::Combinatorics barfed on my GF's Win10 machine. I suppose I could paste the failure...

2026-04-16 06:18:44 GMT

Finally added the 269 grooves from the https://shittyrecording.studio/ "Pocket Operator" (with a little processing help by notebooklm) to https://metacpan.org/pod/MIDI::Drummer::Tiny::Grooves - Whew! Now I can ask for house, or rock, etc. and get common 16-beat patterns to play or import to my DAW. :D
( Oh yeah and my drummer module actually installs on Windows now, by replacing Algorithm::Combinatorics with a small, recursive function. :eyeroll: )

2026-04-01 18:02:49 GMT

A client texted me all stressed and asked me to give her access to her company website so she could update it. :eyeroll:
I explained that either I could do the job in 15 minutes OR I could transfer the website to her and train her on how to build websites...
She asked me to do it, of course.

2026-03-29 17:15:22 GMT

Trying to asynchronously send a MIDI clock message, but the interval is always a bit longer than what I tell it to loop over. I tell it 120 beats per minute, but my MIDI device tells me it's clocking at 114 BPM.
Why is the loop interval not being honored with my code?
For the record, I am trying to wrap my head around asyncio but am obviously not using it correctly. Here is some code I cobbled together from brain/web:
https://gist.github.com/ology/2dc2532617e1ef9149d6620edb78572a
Help? :)
#Python

2026-03-24 18:04:47 GMT

I love how my stupid mac reminds me to install their latest, stupid OS version EVERY SINGLE DAY with no option to stop it.

2026-03-20 18:27:53 GMT

Here is how to clock a midi device, like a drum machine with #Perl and @nprofile…778w 's IO::Async::Timer::Periodic: https://github.com/ology/Music/blob/master/clock-gen-async.pl

2026-03-19 21:29:25 GMT

How do you play a sequence on a MIDI device in perl? 'start', 'clock', 'stop'! :)
https://github.com/ology/Music/blob/master/clock-gen.pl

2026-02-24 16:23:41 GMT

Fresh article on Python creativity:
https://ology.github.io/2026/02/24/musical-rhythms-with-math-in-python/
#Python #MIDI #Math #Music

2026-02-01 03:23:22 GMT

Released https://metacpan.org/dist/Music-Drummer 0.7000 now with a growing collection of common grooves and of course an example program and test to exercise the new features. Woo!
#Perl #MIDI #Drums

2026-01-23 23:01:35 GMT

Bah! I looked up how to warm up the car, and the manual says to not do that for "mechanical and environmental reasons." Ok sure, but I am not driving a frozen vehicle, either. Anyway, it goes on to say that if you start it, close the door, and take the keys, the car will lock, and the electronic locks *only* work if the car is off. :eyeroll:
I wish I still had my https://www.valiant.org/chron.html Plymouth Valiant. Sigh

2026-01-17 22:56:32 GMT

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@nprofile…55fe ?

2026-01-06 07:54:13 GMT

I've finally got my web app working smoothly (I hope) and am seeking beta testers. It is a Q&A app concerning Bible verses based on your concepts or questions.
The Q&A part works great. The testing would revolve around what happens / breaks / is insecure if you signup (with a fake Stripe credit card), cancel, etc.
/msg me if you are interested! :D
#WebApp #BetaTest

2026-01-03 17:36:42 GMT

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@nprofile…9989 Looks like I'm using `OpenAI::API` in an old project. But yours looks more powerful. Not sure how yet though. Did you author your module to be an improvement over that, maybe? :)

2025-12-29 17:16:29 GMT

I am setting up a publicly available, subscription application, and wonder if I can hire an acquaintance (not boosted to strangers), who can help me set-up a Linode instance with 1) Outgoing only password recovery email, 2) HTTPS, 3) Connect to Stripe and Process CCs? This is a small project that should not involve too many hours... :) Help?

2025-12-28 21:07:30 GMT

Aussie puppies: ARGH! Awwww! DAMNIT!! Awwww! WTF?? Awwww! Etc.

2025-12-27 22:56:02 GMT

Wow the arrogant fucks that are in charge of updating Android, changed the fucking side power button into an "Ask Gemini" button by default. The power button has been an essential part of every cell phone for all of history of cell phones. But no. They are apparently mentally disabled monkeys.

2025-12-21 04:06:11 GMT

It's a #3dPrinting kind of Christmas! Haha #HoHoHo

2025-12-18 18:43:12 GMT

Woo! https://github.com/danja/dogalog
^ Prolog musical live coding

2025-12-15 21:28:12 GMT

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@nprofile…l8rt I do not, but @nprofile…a59q might.

2025-12-15 20:31:37 GMT

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@nprofile…l8rt Is this like saying a Noni fruit tastes better than a Durian? 😆

2025-12-15 03:18:51 GMT

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@nprofile…mtfu Text-Markup-0.40
/ Text::Markup renders for me on metacpan.

2025-12-14 23:24:52 GMT

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Ha! Added a Chrome extension that shoots the current URL to the server for summarization and then displays the result in a popup window. :)

2025-12-14 17:33:41 GMT

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And here's the output for this video (https://youtu.be/tFnOWzP7PDs?si=LtXF0rgUSNpbpqCF) that my brother just sent me:
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/115/719/115/564/407/456/original/23cceba92726423f.png

2025-12-14 17:09:53 GMT

Made a super simple but super handy YouTube video transcript and comment summarizer (for my girlfriend), with #Python:
https://github.com/ology/YT-AI-Summarizer

2025-12-13 02:57:43 GMT

Hey friends! Here is a fresh, smooth, electronic, ambient soundscape.
https://youtu.be/wMU131Gdmpw
Feel free to subscribe to my channel. My official releases are there, and I'm constantly uploading "cinematic" electronica, lately. :)

2025-11-24 17:33:35 GMT

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@nprofile…hduy okay nevermind

2025-11-23 23:33:28 GMT

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@nprofile…hduy Yes! I made this module after doing a few things with my MIDI joystick controlling various synths like my SE-02, microKorg, or even my eurorack:
https://github.com/ology/Music/blob/master/midi-rock-stone-SE-02.yaml
https://github.com/ology/Music/blob/master/midi-rock-stone-microKORG.yaml
https://github.com/ology/Music/blob/master/midi-rock-stone-midi-thing.yaml
Does this answer your question? :)

2025-11-23 22:34:03 GMT

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Yep! https://pypi.org/project/midi-device-control/ Woo!
#MIDI device control with #Python

2025-11-23 18:18:29 GMT

Finally finished my #Python #MIDI control program. It is *sweet*! It takes a YAML file with the definitions of the note_on/note_off, control_change, pitchwheel, & synthesizer target values, & then converts the controller gesture or note to a synthesizer note_on/note_off or control_change message. Confused yet? Haha! It's really quite simple in practice.
Here's my midi joystick controlling my eurorack midi interface:
https://github.com/ology/Music/blob/master/midi-rock-stone-midi-thing.yaml
+
https://github.com/ology/Music/blob/master/midi-control.py
Next: Docs

2025-11-23 18:13:41 GMT

Finally finished my #Python #MIDI control program. It is *sweet*! It takes a YAML file with the definitions of the note_on/note_off, control_change, & pitchwheel controls & synthesizer target values, & then converts the controller gesture or note to a synthesizer note_on/note_off or control_change message. Confused yet? Haha! It's really quite simple in practice.
Here's my midi joystick controlling my eurorack midi interface:
https://github.com/ology/Music/blob/master/midi-rock-stone-midi-thing.yaml
+
https://github.com/ology/Music/blob/master/midi-rock-stone.py
Next: Docs

2025-11-21 16:24:19 GMT

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@nprofile…g0ls @nprofile…9cr5 Thank you!

2025-11-21 09:17:30 GMT

SCAD #TIL
Previously, I had been effectively banging rocks together.
@nprofile…9cr5
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/115/586/925/352/092/880/original/6ffd1283120810a1.png

2025-11-21 09:12:52 GMT

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@nprofile…7th2 APL

2025-11-16 17:35:22 GMT

Via vlad on IRC: https://benchmarksgame-team.pages.debian.net/benchmarksgame/program/mandelbrot-perl-1.html
#Perl #Mandelbrot Set

2025-11-15 02:11:13 GMT

Ha! I just figured out how to add a genre tagging feature to my #Perl audio player ( https://github.com/ology/audio-player ). About time...
It used to have something built-in that harvested it from Spotify. But #Spotify is Evil with a capital E.

2025-11-09 22:29:51 GMT

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@nprofile…pvkp @nprofile…9cr5 @nprofile…wxyz Donno. This is all new to me.

2025-11-09 21:23:57 GMT

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@nprofile…pvkp @nprofile…9cr5 @nprofile…wxyz The business card that I made for myself and Ruth were made by printing a colored, 0.5 mm raised QR code and email.
However when I showed another object with a similar design, he said, "No! Use 2 combined STLs for multicolor.
So that is what to do: Place a separate, colored QR code on the thin card surface. It should print better... YMMV

2025-11-08 04:10:24 GMT

Woo! My brother, @nprofile…9cr5 helped me vastly improve my understanding and technique for multicolor #3dPrinting. I was basically doing it all wrong (but it kind of worked - right @nprofile…wxyz ? 🙂)

2025-11-02 18:18:11 GMT

In music - mathematically and in code, what is "swing"?
Over 50%. Then either play both notes of the swing or only the 2nd ("single" in the code) of each beat pattern iteration.
https://github.com/ology/python-music-drummer/blob/main/src/music_drummer/music_drummer.py#L149
&
https://github.com/ology/python-music-drummer/blob/main/tests.py#L193
#Python #Music #Math

2025-10-28 05:12:19 GMT

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@nprofile…4h05 Woo! I was worried that you'd hate the colors. Yay :D

2025-10-28 03:09:03 GMT

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@nprofile…tde4 @nprofile…c97c resolve, courage, and cojones.

2025-10-28 03:07:19 GMT

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@nprofile…vc8l Any up-to 3 color design (that you provide) should work. :)

2025-10-28 02:07:27 GMT

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@nprofile…vc8l They are not too much to make, if you'd like some vanity cards. :)

2025-10-28 00:15:48 GMT

Fresh off the press - 1 mm thick, embossed, flexible, translucent business card. And the QR code even works! :D
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/115/448/904/838/365/292/original/b210fa7aafd8d6c3.jpg

2025-10-27 21:56:47 GMT

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Ok. Seems a cylinder wall can only be 0.9 mm with my Bambu Lab A1.

2025-10-27 21:48:31 GMT

#3dPrinting a replacement Cracker Joack prize for my girlfriend. It's a 5 mm disk with a 1 mm tall x 3 mm diameter cylinder on top. This cylinder has a hole 1 mm in diameter that is too big by not sure how much yet. Trying 0.1 mm increase increments. At some point the object won't slice. Not sure at what point yet. Wish me luck! 🤞

2025-10-23 17:38:18 GMT

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@nprofile…msj9 That link is a page that says, "Thank you for your submission
Please check back on December 1st, 2025 for the results!"

2025-10-20 19:46:27 GMT

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@nprofile…w448 Ahaaaaaa

2025-10-20 19:45:59 GMT

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@nprofile…w448 I'm a dork and forgot to read the alt text! Oof!

2025-10-20 16:20:36 GMT

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@nprofile…w448 Woah! How did that bubble-up? Is that photo on mastodon? It's definitely on my old flickr that yahoo or whoever owns it refuses to let me into.
Also: "featuring a mesh-like texture" - Haha. That's actually bumpy, sound-proofing foam.

2025-10-16 04:10:44 GMT

So I pretty much avoid AI spew, but I became curious about feeding this prompt to all the free image generators I could find:
"Draw a map of Antarctica with the ice removed, and show features like Lake Vostok, Wilkes Land Crater, and other features."
Besides Microsoft Copilot, every single one failed, by drawing some cartoon bullshit or completely ignoring the instruction about "no ice."
Still, the features are off. The crater is probably not a giant perfect circle. And that's not Vostok.
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/115/381/875/143/152/078/original/a1f099679718b045.png

2025-10-14 18:27:13 GMT

Decided to pump the KJV Bible though a FOG analyzer - #Perl: https://github.com/ology/Lex/blob/master/fathom
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/115/373/925/309/750/763/original/8c1718ae6b979e56.png

2025-10-11 00:03:42 GMT

Weekend work in progress: #Python #music code that extracts the pitch and beat network transition frequencies of any #MIDI and regurgitates a fresh phrase.
https://github.com/ology/Music/blob/master/nx_weights.py
Not anything new or earth-shattering, just my take. :)

2025-10-09 18:30:50 GMT

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@nprofile…69vl Well, you can certainly squash that code to one ugly line like,
```
perl -MData::Dumper -E '%h=(a=>"string",b=>[13,14,15],c=>"another string"); @nprofile…ue5d= map {+{%h, b=>$_}} @{$h{b}}; say Dumper\@nprofile…ue5d'
```
:)

2025-10-08 07:30:30 GMT

Unfortunately, we had to say goodbye to Dazzle, my girlfriend's Aussie. She was way too young to go. Heartbreaking. 😢
But then Daphne and Blue came along. Aussie puppies are amazing. So smart. They send their Mastodon wishes!
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/115/337/355/024/430/696/original/effba02bafb8485a.jpg
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/115/337/355/066/715/906/original/470f1d9d12179849.png

2025-09-04 21:18:09 GMT

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@nprofile…6qg8 Heh
Also: https://github.com/ology/python-music-voicegen :)

2025-09-04 20:16:09 GMT

Ok. Time to put my friend, Jeremy's intelligent pitch phrase generator, #Perl module, that I ported to #Python, on pypi so I can use it. Apparently the Python ecosystem for creating music is not even close to that of the Perl things on CPAN.

2025-07-26 19:09:28 GMT

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The house-cleaner just turned me onto https://www.quericavida.com/recipes/cheese-pupusas-with-zucchini/862dbf52-fb0c-4a27-8f79-462f3b662b32 Woo! :D

2025-07-26 01:36:23 GMT

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Woo!
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/114/916/962/334/213/850/original/07d6073bdbc46f6c.jpg

2025-07-21 01:06:48 GMT

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Sorry, but I will have to eat you.
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/114/888/536/486/680/937/original/e4361cd076b88ba2.jpg

2025-07-20 01:28:25 GMT

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Two sizable zucchinis from the garden. Woo!
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/114/882/954/746/919/618/original/e53ac92e47d39c7c.jpg

2025-07-13 17:38:38 GMT

Wow. Incandescent bulbs are no more in America, unless you buy them from Europe for $7+ USD. Sad. I hate this stupid world.

2025-07-13 02:37:43 GMT

Growing your own food FTW
#gardening

2025-07-01 03:06:49 GMT

@nprofile…fmlq A friend considering a career change, from CPA, and of a common philosophical bent asked, "What stops us from a life of crime?" I thought for a while and, and then a while more, and came up with "Honesty is essential to well-being and self-interest." But that is not satisfying... What might your take be? 🤔

2025-06-26 03:18:32 GMT

So yeah. I just cured my cold with CDS (chlorine dioxide solution made by diffusing the gas into water). This kills parasites, which everyone is full of. My girlfriend eliminates inflammation in her hands with it, too. The American medical system wants you to think that this is a "poison", because it would topple their billion dollar a year profits. Look it up on that disinformation crapshoot Wikipedia. Anyway, do yourself a favor and learn how to make it. Use it for everything. It is a panacea.

2025-06-14 18:40:42 GMT

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@nprofile…h4kg Nice! My plan is to print a raspberry pi enclosure. Gotta locate a display now...

2025-06-14 18:39:09 GMT

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@nprofile…fpht It was sold out the first time I checked, but they restocked and when I went back a few minutes later, it was available again. But that was a couple weeks ago.

2025-06-14 18:19:06 GMT

Got my "Retro Platinum" filament. It's a reproduction of the color of the Macintosh after Apple retired beige. 3D printed a tiny mac with it. But I need to color-print the screen and logo on a better (paper) printer. Ours is b&w and sketchy.
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/114/683/089/835/048/089/original/f36b642903949abd.jpg

2025-06-07 18:30:43 GMT

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@nprofile…apkd Yeah! Haha 😂

2025-06-07 17:15:40 GMT

My darkened, office workspace. Fluorescents are evil.
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/114/643/205/657/013/997/original/19333b919e53299c.jpg

2025-05-31 00:31:36 GMT

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And here is part of the nervous system testing equipment of an airplane. Under the glass are 4 computer monitors displaying the parts, configuration, and performance.
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/114/599/622/141/787/058/original/6ae06d51606b0ee6.jpg

2025-05-31 00:26:47 GMT

Damn I love working on the code for an aircraft manufacturing facility. Entirely different from fucking #WebDev, which I was tired of long ago.

2025-05-25 08:51:40 GMT

Finally figured out how to clock a #MIDI device with #Perl an updated https://metacpan.org/dist/MIDI-RtController and https://metacpan.org/dist/MIDI-RtController-Filter-CC Woo! :D

2025-05-20 14:10:54 GMT

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@nprofile…ntp9 #Perl is far from "dead." It is modern language that is actively developed. 5.40.2 was just released in fact.

2025-05-15 20:36:48 GMT

Apparently, no testing is done on this legacy code. It either "just works" or users complain... So even though it will not be one of my specific assigned duties, I will start slowly implementing tests (for my own sanity, at least). Unit, integration, acceptance, etc.

2025-05-13 20:34:08 GMT

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@nprofile…4mn6 Sweeeet! High-5 Mark!

2025-05-13 18:59:23 GMT

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@nprofile…4mn6 Huzzah!

2025-05-13 18:34:04 GMT

Got the job. Software engineering for a local aircraft manufacturer facility maintaining the scheduling and reporting, legacy code. Woo!

2025-05-05 22:25:38 GMT

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@nprofile…hwln @nprofile…4dyp Yes it was! Competitor to Microsoft Windows 3.something.

2025-05-03 22:10:14 GMT

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@nprofile…4dyp My first job after university was doing Turbo #Pascal on #MSDOS. We made https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quick_Menu :)

2025-05-03 16:48:15 GMT

A fascinating company that I applied to, two months ago, emailed a request to interview. (The first in 8 months!) They are pretty far outside of town, require 100% on-site in a stupid office, and use a programming language I haven't touched for 30 years (Pascal/Delphi). So they probably can't find anyone... 🤞

2025-04-25 23:56:05 GMT

#3dPrinting an ammonite fossil. Why not? :)
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/114/401/296/051/914/605/original/1e798da8cd153db6.png

2025-04-22 19:13:18 GMT

Woo. Added `halt` logic to the infinitely looping #MIDI CC filters. Previously, you had to CTRL-C to unceremoniously bail out. WHEW!
https://metacpan.org/release/GENE/MIDI-RtController-Filter-CC-0.0910

2025-04-19 19:05:41 GMT

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@nprofile…fmlq Danke schön!

2025-04-19 15:53:18 GMT

Woo! After 8 months of not getting even a single reply on an enormous amount of applications, my old contractor friend who hired me years ago to do #Mojolicious things, just asked me if I would to help him again. Paying rent and buying food without stress will be a good thing.
Personal contacts and word of mouth FTW. But tossing resumes into the black hole sucks ass.
#JobSearch

2025-04-11 14:51:20 GMT

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@nprofile…azzm Not sure how helpful it will be for you, but the "Creating Music with #Perl" wiki is at https://github.com/ology/MIDI-Perl-HOWTO/wiki
I will be enhancing that to be more non-musician friendly.

2025-04-11 14:49:08 GMT

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@nprofile…azzm I was *just* thinking about my next presentation and thinking that I need to make it friendly for non-musicians. I will compose something to that end and get back to you!
Thanks for the feedback!

2025-04-10 02:40:11 GMT

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@nprofile…2jww Oof! I see some markdown mis-linking syntax. Sorry!

2025-04-07 21:25:43 GMT

Realized that my controller library was blocking so that multiple control filters could not function simultaneously. Oops!
IO::Async::Timer::Periodic to the rescue!
Also @fuzzix to the rescue! Thanks man. You seem to be impervious to my shitty whining attitude! Heh. Sorry!
https://metacpan.org/dist/MIDI-RtController-Filter-CC (fresh version 0.0400)

2025-04-06 20:48:35 GMT

Printed myself a business card from transparent, gold glitter, and black silk filaments.
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/114/292/978/127/904/479/original/b21953ef8296ac70.jpg

2025-04-04 01:59:14 GMT

I love setting my mini Korg #synth to what I call the "Kraftwerk arpeggiation" (program A.61 "Retro") and letting the modwheel slowly sweep through its range, up and down with the #Perl program, https://github.com/ology/MIDI-RtController/blob/main/eg/control_change.pl - Hypnotizing...

2025-03-26 21:36:09 GMT

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@nprofile…fmlq Damn man! Thank *you* for being willing and able to modernize my code. It has certainly been a pleasure collaborating!

2025-03-26 19:17:11 GMT

My new album, featuring guitar virtuoso @nprofile…m83p, has dropped!
It may take a couple days to propagate to all services. like Apple Music, Pandora, Deezer, etc. Here's the album on youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mUrtBnWyTv05xjb8UJZ8W6zialK-h07QE
Woo!
#Fresh #Original #Instrumental #Album #Release that is #Guitar oriented - Dig it!

2025-03-26 19:16:35 GMT

https://musician.social/deck/@ology/114230325284191315 - Woo!

2025-03-22 21:52:20 GMT

Refactored my https://metacpan.org/dist/MIDI-RtController #Perl module to support multiple #MIDI devices. So now you can make an interactive app connecting and controlling any or all of your devices (like my "MIDI Rock" joystick, Arturia keyboard, and cool "Synido TempoPad", etc.). Woo!

2025-03-20 18:54:47 GMT

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@nprofile…3kq5 They are completely different languages. Both are alive and well and actively maintained. Not sure what you're asking...

2025-03-19 18:42:41 GMT

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@nprofile…apzc Removing the tightly attached and already leveled base every time I print something, sticking it in the refrigerator, hoping the print detaches, then re-fitting and re-leveling the platform is not something I am interested in doing. Guess I'm not cut out for this...

2025-03-19 18:16:32 GMT

Yay for #3dPrinting that appears to be permanently fixed to the glass build plate. Rubbing alcohol as suggested all over the internet DOES NOT WORK.
#FUCK