Seth

@selgart.bsky.social

I play synthesizers. Occasional baking. Also, will boost terrible puns. From and still in New York City. He/Him.

in his seminal 1971 thesis on the origins of life, John Denver argues that the in the [Appalachian] Blue Ridge Mountains, life is old there—older than the trees. Now, we know that the Devonian progenitor to the modern tree, Calamphyton, evolved roughly 390 million years ago, which is in fact…

GM: Charisma check. Mamdani: [rolls natural 20] GM: that’s a d6 how did you Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊

Just found a note from my kids teacher on Class Dojo that she got in trouble because she saw the boys playing the paper football game at lunch and asked them how to play and then bet her dessert and won 4 other kids desserts and then admitted to the teacher she's been playing with me since she was 3

Well, my Waldorf Iridium Desktop has been dead for a while, but after emailing with tech support and installing a not-quite-released OS it has come back to life! No crashes in the past hour+ and I've made three new patches. #SynthSky

Apparently a now fully functioning Waldorf Iridium Desktop synthesizer with headphones attached as well as a CME Xkey Air 25 keyboard (via USB) along with a neon light sculpture next to it.

I’m not a member of the “large originals” set either but a few months ago I got one of Dr. Brock’s 6" Mars paintings. It wasn’t necessarily inexpensive but it was pretty reasonable. And there’s prints too, which <are> affordable. Really happy with it.

Photo of a painting of Mars. Frame is made of wood about 6"/25cm across. Mars is painted on a disc that’s basically floating above a flat-black background.
Jay@herpetofauna.bsky.social · last yr.

Absolutely would if I could afford it, but I'm not in the tax bracket that can afford real art, especially in this economy. (Nothing against you. You are worth your time and should be compensated for your work.)

@gruber.foo Just read the Atari post and wanted to say that the ST line was <the> computer for musicians at the time (i.e., before the Mac took over). Had MIDI ports as a built-in standard, and was used by musicians around the world. The ST was where it (was) at, at least for music!