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Rollage vol6: Traditions EP by Dusk + BlackdownI've interviewed 100s of dance music producers over decades & I've spotted a pattern. Unlike, say, songwriters there's usually more stories behind the music, titles and art work than is immediately obvious when simply listening to the track. I think producers should do more to tell those stories, so walk the walk, here's some thoughts

Hungary, 1977: CS 05 SZ 1 AVA split-level house with three bedrooms, one of which can be separated into two rooms with a sliding door.A magánlakásépítés ajánlott tervei 1. Családi házak by Építésügyi Tájékoztatási Központ, 1977. (Budapest, Hungary) —from my library

I’ve been following the press and social media coverage of Apple’s pricey new Vision Pro Augmented Reality headset, which now totals hundreds of stories and thousands of comments and I’ve noticed one idea missing from all of them: what would Steve (Jobs) say? Steve would call the Vision Pro a “hobby,” just as he did with the original Apple TV. You know I’m correct about this. And the fact that …

One thing you notice, working at a grocery store, is the number of people in your area who are eligible for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also called SNAP, and previously called the Food Stamp Program, but referred to more colloquially as EBT (Electronic Benefits Transfer). It’s a government-issued card that helps people in tight financial situations to pay for groceries. Presumably, if you saw someone using the card, you …

As usual, I wanted a Skaven class for LotFP, as I have a ton of Skaven miniatures. This allows players to pick a Skaven PC, or create leveled Skaven NPCs if you so wish.Class features:High Poison Save (they live in sewers and use a lot of poison themselves)Multiple attacks - the ability to unlock two weapon fighting and tail fighting.Adventures In Parn Playtest IV - Skaven (1 page pdf)Check out …

This is my friend’s lovely cat who died recently.

This blog post was written back in June 2021. Back then we didn’t have a Mastodon account (although Adrian’s was a few years old by then) and the Fediverse was a much quieter place. We didn’t get round to publishing it at the time, and then with the Twitter-influx of November 2022 events seemed to have overtaken it. However, reading through this excellent thread from Siderea, Sibylla Bostoniensis, we thought …

https://pudding.cool/2023/06/groove/This interactive website exploring the way legendary hip hop producer J Dilla creates his wonky grooves is fun to play around with.

Masked Aberdeen rapper M2 is ready to make waves with the upcoming release of his second single, Local Shop The post Aberdeen rapper M2 ready to drop new track ‘Local Shop’ appeared first on POST Aberdeen | Events | Community | Culture.

Close your eyes and picture a river…go on, do it! What did you see? Did you picture a clear, deep mountain stream? A raging river in a steep gorge? A creek with grassy banks and forest? Whatever you pictured, it probably included water. Water is often what people think of first when they think of rivers, especially in the American West where drought rages[1] and water supply is the focus …

In my opinion, Swift UI is a fantastic jumping-off point for less experienced developers wanting to get into iOS development. It reminds me of my earliest days of programming; just turn the clock back 15 years and swap Swift with HTML. One of the great things is that a lot of the groundwork has been laid by Apple. It's relatively easy to use Swift's built-in components to put together an …

I participated in the Summer of Protocols research program this summer as a Core Researcher. It was an 18-week program, funded by the Ethereum Foundation, that aimed to catalyze a wider exploration of protocols and their social implications. I decided to focus on protocols as systems of social control, and whether they help or hinder human agency. Protocols have a very technical meaning for the internet (HTTP, TCP/IP, IP, etc), …

A chapter about the kinds of investigations/inquiries designers put together in their work, in the book by Atelier Luma, celebrating their ten years of design research.Nova, N. 2023. Les designers-enquêteurs et leur singularité, Pratiques biorégionales de design — Bioregional Design Practices, Arles: LUMA, pp. 149-152.