2026-10-26T10:05:15Z https://nostr.now hellocatfood https://nostr.now/npub1s8p0kakzuj4mc4lpl50eqez58zand99rkr95asn97xymw6mfrwrsxk9ady https://post.lurk.org/system/accounts/avatars/000/005/603/original/3ea3e73d4b51f36a.png https://post.lurk.org/system/accounts/avatars/000/005/603/original/3ea3e73d4b51f36a.png https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8uxwznfwf3zel644v9tjsey9ct6f5pylgx4700t4kw2349lqy4xgzyzqu97mkctj2h0zhu873lyry2sutkd555wcvknkzvhccndmtdydcwfhe3hd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs83xhhvuxye7eycrel7sw8lq8g6a2x0kj6ly5a6wf3s3972rdykasudzz0y'>nevent1q…zz0y</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Oh, and in all of this I&#39;m supposed to be making glitch art and doing live coding but it feels like this scene is getting toxic, and my local scene is close to non existent. I can&#39;t even look to my community for respite.<br/><br/>I need a break, but it&#39;s not like I&#39;ll be returning to a good place. 2026-10-28T10:41:43Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs83xhhvuxye7eycrel7sw8lq8g6a2x0kj6ly5a6wf3s3972rdykaszyzqu97mkctj2h0zhu873lyry2sutkd555wcvknkzvhccndmtdydcw2cc3vp I have decided that I probably need to step back from the whole discourse around AI for a bit. I obviously do care about it and the impact it is having on everything but it it demoralising to every day be bombarded with messages and opinions about it. Probably means muting/blocking some people or just leaving mastodon altogether for a bit.<br/><br/>Every day I see my peers releasing exciting new tools and I have to decide whether to be excited for them or be suspicious about how they made it. Then I wonder if it even matters: it&#39;s either a tool for personal use or for the 100 other weird art people. Then I think about whether I should use AI for some of my creative coding things. It certainly would speed up some things, and it&#39;s not like an error in a jpg glitching tool would bring down the NHS. I have used AI a bit for some things, but then I worry about whether even admitting that puts me on a block list and tars me for life. Then I think about my work and how so many creative opportunities are now somehow tied to exploring AI, and those that aren&#39;t offer so little pay. And then I&#39;m told by people to &#34;stick to your morals&#34; but I&#39;m looking my at rapidly depleting savings and I&#39;m currently on the train going to a house viewing and I need to make this work somehow. 2026-10-28T10:41:35Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswz46kq4nsh37c29wrjhggu9ma0axvkp8cj9gt0ct0x0dxmvuptngzyzqu97mkctj2h0zhu873lyry2sutkd555wcvknkzvhccndmtdydcwru08se After many many months I think my exhibitions and events archive is finally completed! <a href="http://hellocatfood.com/events">http://hellocatfood.com/events</a> It goes all the way back to 2007!<br/><br/>Most of the events have their original links and nearly all of them are broken. I purposefully kept these and in many cases went through my old e-mails and the internet archive to find and insert them into the listings.<br/><br/>Even though they&#39;re broken I wanted to include them as a snapshot of what the internet was like at the time. Some can still be viewed on the wayback machine easily using this firefox extension <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/wayback-machine_new/">https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/wayback-machine_new/</a> <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1umd6j4jrnjqdvn9kqttvsgxwzw38s92zn2lsuq0d73neh7mjxa3sa8wfr7" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>internetarchive</span> (<span class="italic">npub1umd…wfr7</span>)</a></span> <br/><br/>In many ways this was a long and pointless exercise but if I don&#39;t keep records of my artistic and music practice who will? 2026-10-25T23:12:07Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsyn9nsa2tlgst64sjxsa54jvyy9gcrpetcs9l7rem5s39makqkkcczyzqu97mkctj2h0zhu873lyry2sutkd555wcvknkzvhccndmtdydcwvekx2e In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfq07aj6rt3vfpqplrw584gxe7zrzykze9x4um78yjvypd5swjgpc6g7crg'>nevent1q…7crg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>How about Sunday 8th at 21:00? 2026-10-25T19:41:12Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2e82vphrpx49hctfg45z8jxy4cp7hh0ccwuws8kg9d0lvuwy0x7czyzqu97mkctj2h0zhu873lyry2sutkd555wcvknkzvhccndmtdydcwdzma2t In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsthd7r39pq87kjzyhcqqetn2tdqdhhlmsrads8lawmfrawfdzpgtgtkjs8s'>nevent1q…js8s</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>sorry that turned into longer than an hour.<br/><br/>Sadly not free that day. Is there a list of available times or should I let you know my availability? 2026-10-25T18:54:18Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsthd7r39pq87kjzyhcqqetn2tdqdhhlmsrads8lawmfrawfdzpgtgzyzqu97mkctj2h0zhu873lyry2sutkd555wcvknkzvhccndmtdydcw7058at In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs054mya8te8mmeqrw6xjrfl497flq8n74laxtnvky2gz2hyfnvfng0lmfse'>nevent1q…mfse</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>just give me an hour need to wake up properly and check my diary 2026-10-25T12:14:57Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspx4jtwmv6h88y97ung38944lvl6kgpwexp7wnekljnyyu4aj84gqzyzqu97mkctj2h0zhu873lyry2sutkd555wcvknkzvhccndmtdydcw7exlpt In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsq88dc945x5k85dgcjltt7a07tf80lce7dc3jsz0kky022yjuesxq8g0c62'>nevent1q…0c62</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>yes please, <br/>! 2026-10-25T08:58:17Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgnd8q2e489y4rnppmm8k7yyku2navcd5pfwzf9uhanykakphek6qzyzqu97mkctj2h0zhu873lyry2sutkd555wcvknkzvhccndmtdydcwtzdr2l I haven&#39;t shared any glitches in a while.<br/><br/>#glitchart #databending<br/> <img src="https://post.lurk.org/system/media_attachments/files/117/492/267/246/046/026/original/f488a16b76159744.png"> <br/> 2026-10-23T21:09:30Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspguy9psksppda42k7aney7ph4sutyknwt3m7ajrsa8yrzc85n3cczyzqu97mkctj2h0zhu873lyry2sutkd555wcvknkzvhccndmtdydcw9d5847 RE: <a href="https://post.lurk.org/@hellocatfood/117436506901749288">https://post.lurk.org/@hellocatfood/117436506901749288</a><br/><br/>Hey new people looking at my profile. You need to see this.<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/note1y9nk2ln2dj4t5zeqj69elkf8rsen273kk5ta60umdmh32vrgcz8sg9zfu3" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">note1y9n…zfu3</a></span><br/> </div> <a href="https://thenexusofprivacy.net/start-making-the-fediverse-less-toxic/">https://thenexusofprivacy.net/start-making-the-fediverse-less-toxic/</a> </blockquote> 2026-10-19T12:11:36Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqhrpfmpquegemp7uhq3uedx4zkecdrfd9nllqu2z4e5ljf77vlaqzyzqu97mkctj2h0zhu873lyry2sutkd555wcvknkzvhccndmtdydcwt98jpd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqt9g5awppuk9zjgc5q850tvvwunpg8pgyg97fug07wjevtsm2ufcpdu3ks'>nevent1q…u3ks</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Seeing everyone vibe code their &#34;photoshop killer&#34; or &#34;ableton killer&#34; when free and open source perfectly cromulent alternatives have already existed for years gave me one of several realisations: <br/><br/>The software itself isn&#39;t the solution. You need to have a userbase and supportive community around your software/tool to see any level of success. And these one-shot attempts just ain&#39;t it. 2026-10-19T08:47:11Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqt9g5awppuk9zjgc5q850tvvwunpg8pgyg97fug07wjevtsm2ufczyzqu97mkctj2h0zhu873lyry2sutkd555wcvknkzvhccndmtdydcwrxv6l8 Hot take: the sudden influx of people vibecoding new vst plugins is the audio equivalent of everyone making AI flyers.<br/><br/>You cannot change my mind. 2026-10-18T22:52:06Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszzem90e4xe246pvsfdzulmyn3cve40gmt297a87dkamc4xp5vprczyzqu97mkctj2h0zhu873lyry2sutkd555wcvknkzvhccndmtdydcwdjkkxe <a href="https://thenexusofprivacy.net/start-making-the-fediverse-less-toxic/">https://thenexusofprivacy.net/start-making-the-fediverse-less-toxic/</a> 2026-10-14T00:48:07Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfdr28r52ndkrdy6nmyxmftwk24j5g5mt47d4qspf279zdr9t360gzyzqu97mkctj2h0zhu873lyry2sutkd555wcvknkzvhccndmtdydcwt60tlm Landed back in the UK after 16 hour flight to a rejection email. Yay 2026-10-04T09:59:57Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9fmsqxzsyjhg5ax9ytsdu09k8z55jm65n86h9asucqx9lmk4dt0czyzqu97mkctj2h0zhu873lyry2sutkd555wcvknkzvhccndmtdydcwzt7anz Still in Hanoi<br/><br/>#glitchart #datamosh<br/><video controls width="100%" class="max-h-[90vh] bg-neutral-300 dark:bg-zinc-700"><source src="https://post.lurk.org/system/media_attachments/files/117/349/622/087/665/152/original/d73037c45b1d646d.mp4"></video><br/> 2026-09-28T16:32:37Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswjr39nw7v3ejeuqs47dy7chx82k5w9xnpfp8q8rfxl5jfzgzcksgzyzqu97mkctj2h0zhu873lyry2sutkd555wcvknkzvhccndmtdydcw4aj5vg RE: <a href="https://social.toplap.org/@toplap/117268150681444944">https://social.toplap.org/@toplap/117268150681444944</a><br/><br/>oh wow, this is big news 😟️<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/note1wmhxatcc9lnpqrwqeyfctz32psglxzkc2mxrcmgxsgr3vqq4zldqwvtesc" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">note1wmh…tesc</a></span><br/> </div> With the current lack of admin/moderation time, and increasing strain from LLMs etc, the following TOPLAP services will be sunset and shut down by April 2027:<br/><br/>* <a href="https://social.toplap.org">https://social.toplap.org</a> - this mastodon server<br/>* <a href="https://forum.toplap.org">https://forum.toplap.org</a> - TOPLAP discourse server<br/>* <a href="https://eulerroom.com/">https://eulerroom.com/</a> - owncast server + muxy event streamer<br/>* <a href="https://algorave.com">https://algorave.com</a> (currently a wordpress website)<br/>* <a href="https://toplap.org">https://toplap.org</a> (currently a wordpress website)<br/><br/>If you have some experience and connection with the livecoding community, and are interested in taking any of them on and keeping them alive (through admin, moderation and crowdfunding), please email alex@slab.org, thanks! </blockquote> 2026-09-14T20:10:37Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqst6s75kmmmynd2h6dax0xdvcylyr6h93wyss3nkak2wqngu9pg57szyzqu97mkctj2h0zhu873lyry2sutkd555wcvknkzvhccndmtdydcwegxzqd So, what happened to me over the last four years? A lot I guess <a href="https://hellocatfood.com/blog/what-happened-to-me/">https://hellocatfood.com/blog/what-happened-to-me/</a> 2026-09-01T12:52:05Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqtjfz0ns4ujg2nyeqays4qwve7vtrvyts6dtyrqwc48qwnr4qvrgzyzqu97mkctj2h0zhu873lyry2sutkd555wcvknkzvhccndmtdydcwxq8zck meow<br/><br/>#glitch #glitchart #databending<br/> <img src="https://post.lurk.org/system/media_attachments/files/117/155/235/261/562/039/original/0a0eba97474f4030.jpg"> <br/> 2026-08-25T08:37:12Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9svj0pjp765z8a9w2a86cc44f2svn7jnpms62vczw9ylmuj666qszyzqu97mkctj2h0zhu873lyry2sutkd555wcvknkzvhccndmtdydcwjdahk9 I just really like making these.<br/> <img src="https://post.lurk.org/system/media_attachments/files/117/094/242/178/604/224/original/629187e21824c873.png"> <br/> 2026-08-14T14:06:04Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsru9t4f3xtwh47vrpuq74myq87g8czqzz4g7y52xg53ess93mewxqzyzqu97mkctj2h0zhu873lyry2sutkd555wcvknkzvhccndmtdydcwargyzp Happy to announce that I’m organising an Algorave at Birmingham Museum &amp; Art Gallery on 15th October in the Tearoom, featuring me, nadya via proxy, and <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1dffkkfmdw4kayxa7cqcy8rln5jtln5n9flcrx4phhe6gn3e57adqq2fnrl" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>bundy</span> (<span class="italic">npub1dff…fnrl</span>)</a></span>!<br/><br/>Get yo tickets here <a href="https://www.birminghammuseums.org.uk/events/algorave---experimental-music-night-at-the-museum">https://www.birminghammuseums.org.uk/events/algorave---experimental-music-night-at-the-museum</a><br/><br/>#algorave #birmingham #bmag<br/> <img src="https://post.lurk.org/system/media_attachments/files/117/081/830/225/593/080/original/d81b550e5bd89eda.jpg"> <br/> 2026-08-12T09:35:25Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2pe07v7nmunh644p9d5gwrr44fpgek3w33ptxdy4gs7a3clvuezgzyzqu97mkctj2h0zhu873lyry2sutkd555wcvknkzvhccndmtdydcwyr6gge life, eh 2026-08-02T08:48:51Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvy35uq93ramhzxh9sx9enp8r59zsgrkc9pgtesjqq3yrld7w3g0gzyzqu97mkctj2h0zhu873lyry2sutkd555wcvknkzvhccndmtdydcwx62rgd Brilliant time at Pattern Club last night! Thanks to <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1hay5cntueyse6wfywneynylqd2d7ycuzpwztcyqqyhfuf5j8kucqhx5kw2" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Alex McLean</span> (<span class="italic">npub1hay…5kw2</span>)</a></span> and <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub16n0jaat6cpe8069maf4slwf5kqv3lmct3snlfsxxfyah646rynpqm6dxve" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>ray</span> (<span class="italic">npub16n0…dxve</span>)</a></span> for putting it together <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1tfhcev8x9muvw80xn7c543usx49m4ruj9t6v8jvylu9enzunlp0sgxd6d8" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Pattern Club Sheffield</span> (<span class="italic">npub1tfh…d6d8</span>)</a></span> <br/><br/>#livecoding #algorave #sheffield<br/><video controls width="100%" class="max-h-[90vh] bg-neutral-300 dark:bg-zinc-700"><source src="https://post.lurk.org/system/media_attachments/files/117/015/237/924/440/042/original/6afcc1865bd901a1.mp4"></video><br/> 2026-07-31T15:15:20Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswxngeyv9k754r3psjyqnlytzwttk3krkfh4y2nv2zxhq6nhfrhjczyzqu97mkctj2h0zhu873lyry2sutkd555wcvknkzvhccndmtdydcwxt3dgr In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqetdj7x04vsm99kn3ry0mc7k696yptwwmqgrl9p4szgg45t4tm9s57mdws'>nevent1q…mdws</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Here&#39;s the view from my camera. The synthy thing is a video synth. (sorry for the quiet audio, I&#39;ll put in the desktop audio once I edit it)<br/><br/>#videosynthesis #weekofpatching<br/><video controls width="100%" class="max-h-[90vh] bg-neutral-300 dark:bg-zinc-700"><source src="https://post.lurk.org/system/media_attachments/files/116/880/989/248/174/342/original/449cbe6a08fe2df3.mp4"></video><br/> 2026-07-07T22:14:10Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqetdj7x04vsm99kn3ry0mc7k696yptwwmqgrl9p4szgg45t4tm9szyzqu97mkctj2h0zhu873lyry2sutkd555wcvknkzvhccndmtdydcwlt5vx9 My first day participating in #weekofpatching (day 2). I&#39;m quite rusty so opted for something similar using vcv rack with the #monome grid sequencer, and an analog video synth for visuals.<br/><br/>I filmed a whole 10-minute performance but I&#39;m gonna have to edit and retroactively post about the process on my blog as I&#39;m off to a gig!<br/><br/>#vcvrack #cardinal #analog #videosynthesis<br/><video controls width="100%" class="max-h-[90vh] bg-neutral-300 dark:bg-zinc-700"><source src="https://post.lurk.org/system/media_attachments/files/116/879/964/571/344/732/original/968c160bde686924.mp4"></video><br/> 2026-07-07T17:53:55Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8mcn22ee2hdtu7tx3vavhypyl0qefg5jee5p3xd7u8hlgdkz2lxqzyzqu97mkctj2h0zhu873lyry2sutkd555wcvknkzvhccndmtdydcwxh5u2l In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstr0p02hpfqj9j296s8ymhtut0g9te00ezxd5z44l7vhv475wkxzs42sxhf'>nevent1q…sxhf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>tbf it should be able to do hardware encoding but, y&#39;know, Linux. 2026-05-21T16:29:06Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxcruy2w6prfp0et53k0gq3e4efg2rukqvjlkqygtd0j0zf93j4uqzyzqu97mkctj2h0zhu873lyry2sutkd555wcvknkzvhccndmtdydcwg3hlat In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvywj2508zxtten0srvf9ukye6g8aggdrg640yy92g9gzlxk48fpqygcugv'>nevent1q…cugv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I also use nvidia drivers but I had to set Output &gt; Video Encoder to Software (x264) otherwise it just crapped out.<br/><br/>For whatever reason I think OBS wasn&#39;t seeing my graphics card, or Linux was just doing Linux things ¯\_ (ツ)_/¯ 2026-05-21T16:12:46Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2hyxps3d7n8nh806u4lzvdmd9wme6sc3cgyqh7qxw9zegknv6urqzyzqu97mkctj2h0zhu873lyry2sutkd555wcvknkzvhccndmtdydcwkwjwjy On Monday I had to do some last-minute visuals for Echo Juliet&#39;s performance supporting Max Cooper. Most of the visuals were created using [@cables_gl](<a href="https://mastodon.social/@cables_gl">https://mastodon.social/@cables_gl</a> ) and the background was from an LZX/Syntonie video synthesiser.<br/><br/>For something created so quickly I&#39;m happy with how it looked on the big screen. Video is from instagram so please excuse the captions. Oh yeah, it was in Birmingham at Syphony Hall.<br/><br/>(psst, check out Echo Juliet&#39;s music <a href="https://echojuliet.bandcamp.com/">https://echojuliet.bandcamp.com/</a> )<br/><br/>#videosynthesis #generativeart #leaves #idk #lzx #syntonie #modular<br/><video controls width="100%" class="max-h-[90vh] bg-neutral-300 dark:bg-zinc-700"><source src="https://post.lurk.org/system/media_attachments/files/116/613/218/360/885/623/original/816954922b2dac2c.mp4"></video><br/> 2026-05-21T15:16:08Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs20crdukk85c52jpmj3628tafuegxws4kgkhvcgq77qmfjm360m5qzyzqu97mkctj2h0zhu873lyry2sutkd555wcvknkzvhccndmtdydcw43wszd Today it was publicly announced that I am one of six artists selected for the Ode to the Midlands commission! <a href="https://cvanwestmidlands.co.uk/news/ode-to-the-midlands-commissioned-artists-announcement">https://cvanwestmidlands.co.uk/news/ode-to-the-midlands-commissioned-artists-announcement</a><br/><br/>Really happy to be part of this and looking forward to starting 🙂 2026-05-19T16:06:47Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs05syzwnc5tydrr0txqnwhsgqvgzytl2a7z0lf4jur7eghu9ukt2szyzqu97mkctj2h0zhu873lyry2sutkd555wcvknkzvhccndmtdydcwgn5ale In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvfkrwu228pvlp7xqelwwtymsx2e7tz5qjkyvfyxj83y7vf7dh9hs58e3je'>nevent1q…e3je</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Check out our music and things here. <a href="https://badcirculation.github.io/">https://badcirculation.github.io/</a> I promise we&#39;re releasing something soon*<br/><br/>* soon = before the heat death of the universe 2026-05-15T20:49:42Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvfkrwu228pvlp7xqelwwtymsx2e7tz5qjkyvfyxj83y7vf7dh9hszyzqu97mkctj2h0zhu873lyry2sutkd555wcvknkzvhccndmtdydcwjh25dl Switzerland was good. Please enjoy this really nice photo of badcirculation after we&#39;d just done a 1.5 hour performance.<br/><br/>Photo by Gabriel Asper <a href="https://www.instagram.com/gabriel.asper.photographie/">https://www.instagram.com/gabriel.asper.photographie/</a><br/> <img src="https://post.lurk.org/system/media_attachments/files/116/580/416/112/535/201/original/b553ef67ca1104f9.jpg"> <br/> 2026-05-15T20:13:53Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspjde8x46jetekraq6qekcr0mlswje5pvwf2szqe9a0h6p8gt4axgzyzqu97mkctj2h0zhu873lyry2sutkd555wcvknkzvhccndmtdydcw783h0u In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsf7hjpc5ke95n6rdkr63nxaagn3zrvrdpmec0m0r7n2gfv6gkvyvgqjq8vf'>nevent1q…q8vf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>jxr is still one of my favourite image file formats to work with. I still need to read the file spec and work out what a &#34;vanilla&#34; image header looks like.<br/> <img src="https://post.lurk.org/system/media_attachments/files/116/408/652/736/641/857/original/9ef00712fa029465.png"> <br/> <img src="https://post.lurk.org/system/media_attachments/files/116/408/652/815/319/098/original/c2023920d1444e13.png"> <br/> 2026-04-15T12:12:02Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsf7hjpc5ke95n6rdkr63nxaagn3zrvrdpmec0m0r7n2gfv6gkvyvgzyzqu97mkctj2h0zhu873lyry2sutkd555wcvknkzvhccndmtdydcw57am7r In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgmqvl3yef9j47g0r8zyvfn4uevstslkacd6auzq9xlyavg2ltrfgjp7qa4'>nevent1q…7qa4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Looks like some lossy file types don&#39;t have very obvious repeating patterns. This is the qoi file format (literally means Quite OK Image). I think I need to make these images have larger resolution so the data doesn&#39;t fill up so quickly.<br/><br/>I&#39;ll also one day document my process but not right now.<br/><br/>#creativecoding<br/> <img src="https://post.lurk.org/system/media_attachments/files/116/403/646/971/793/882/original/97f01a4ace7a40aa.png"> <br/> 2026-04-14T15:00:32Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgmqvl3yef9j47g0r8zyvfn4uevstslkacd6auzq9xlyavg2ltrfgzyzqu97mkctj2h0zhu873lyry2sutkd555wcvknkzvhccndmtdydcw0ez7tp In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsryru23qkmvs90wyppanu8cgh07unutq9ah63ufzlm0u4p8d7fcvq57fagh'>nevent1q…fagh</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Here&#39;s another one. It&#39;s so interesting how the same process can look different depending on the file type<br/><br/>I was going to finish this project in time for <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1s27jf3tvu2kcw7ljazyl5um5rxxqmg6u02fsvyksrjyqt8568c9q6gg35u" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Algorithmic Pattern</span> (<span class="italic">npub1s27…g35u</span>)</a></span> last year but didn&#39;t. I promise to exhibit this soon! I need to work out how this looks on bigger file sizes, and maybe even mixing in existing images.<br/><br/>#creativecoding<br/> <img src="https://post.lurk.org/system/media_attachments/files/116/403/628/492/102/704/original/6aa51052a4a0cf7f.png"> <br/> 2026-04-14T14:57:36Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsryru23qkmvs90wyppanu8cgh07unutq9ah63ufzlm0u4p8d7fcvqzyzqu97mkctj2h0zhu873lyry2sutkd555wcvknkzvhccndmtdydcw6vxnl2 back on my project of creating images from data. I think I&#39;ve finally cracked how to create nice repeating patterns 🙂 <br/><br/>#creativecoding #patterns<br/> <img src="https://post.lurk.org/system/media_attachments/files/116/403/605/436/469/255/original/4a48745b64be5633.png"> <br/> 2026-04-14T14:50:22Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswr5myp0epmkdglqdf626qejj5qjvu4pcwq0tyd3mk96lxjsm2f7qzyzqu97mkctj2h0zhu873lyry2sutkd555wcvknkzvhccndmtdydcw74ejl4 I can see why people like making reaction diffusion patches <a href="https://cables.gl/edit/oKtuAg">https://cables.gl/edit/oKtuAg</a> #cablesgl #creativecoding<br/><video controls width="100%" class="max-h-[90vh] bg-neutral-300 dark:bg-zinc-700"><source src="https://post.lurk.org/system/media_attachments/files/116/393/699/880/079/285/original/459a3b58fa27b4cc.mp4"></video><br/> 2026-04-12T20:53:40Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgh7n72r86jmq3clxexd0y6g868zd7cecwx40czlljs8dm3jw846szyzqu97mkctj2h0zhu873lyry2sutkd555wcvknkzvhccndmtdydcwr47ngv I want make some collages of animated gifs but facing a couple of small issues. Combining gifs into one video or bigger gif is difficult because gifs can have different speeds/fps. Even each frame in a gif can have a different duration.<br/><br/>Sofware like PixiEditor and Pencil can import gifs but they basically separate the gif into its individual frames and play it back based on the project&#39;s fps/speed. I&#39;d have to do a lot of editing after import to remedy this.<br/><br/>Natron is/was by far the most flexible approach as it can import gifs (thanks to ffmpeg-based import) and it has all the other tools for adding effects. However, I find it to be glitchy with gifs and there&#39;s not really anyone developing it atm so I can&#39;t rely on it in the future.<br/><br/>Friction is also another contender but it currently doesn&#39;t support transparent gifs (bug report <a href="https://github.com/friction2d/friction/issues/697">https://github.com/friction2d/friction/issues/697</a> ).<br/><br/>Kdenlive can do this but I hate using it.<br/><br/>So, is there other open source linux-compatible software that I can use to make gif collages that respect the fps of each gif? 2026-03-24T19:42:07Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsguft5eky4xcjhkh7823yjfsj6pd2pmyqnuu89q58xrvtw9fmp8agzyzqu97mkctj2h0zhu873lyry2sutkd555wcvknkzvhccndmtdydcw6n6yw2 Was doing some basic maths to convert rgb curves from <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1jxdd5znhu8yxya62ekeaqtlnktay839aam378r46pgedkthggpyqletxs3" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>GIMP</span> (<span class="italic">npub1jxd…txs3</span>)</a></span> to <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1k5u9jf409swsu25vufk3dhsdzjt7e39ekjnkjwau0ntgqej7xt9qhqhg3t" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Blender 🔶</span> (<span class="italic">npub1k5u…hg3t</span>)</a></span> and wish I had a real calculator so that I didn&#39;t have to keep switching windows and remembered that I had an M&amp;M&#39;s calculator as a kid. Looked on ebay to get one and it&#39;ll only set me back a cool $170 plus shipping 😬 <a href="https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/389362410002">https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/389362410002</a> 2026-02-23T18:15:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqtg4vmck94095rpnc5mydej8cvyeqku2e37mnr8cyyjrz6q4ehdgzyzqu97mkctj2h0zhu873lyry2sutkd555wcvknkzvhccndmtdydcwtry47c In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgygva46w6gzrpgpv20xjw986vqhka526rk5skppegh22jl3hejyge8wq93'>nevent1q…wq93</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This and other recent experiences also made me realise that the anti AI sentiment isn&#39;t as widespread within live coding and creative coding communities as I thought it was. A surprising number use it and like it. I had a similar realisation in 2020 when NFTs became a thing and was surprised at how many folks adopted them. One line of reasoning I heard, which I can mostly agree with, is that for years - decades for some - digital art had been undervalued and NFTs provided recognition and an actual livable income. It&#39;s hard to argue with that when the alternative is obscurity and fighting for those rare £1000-fee exhibitions.<br/><br/>And right now I feel the &#34;opportunities&#34; attached to AI are doing the same.<br/><br/>I honestly wish the alternatives were as lucrative. And suggesting that I/we start a Patreon, Ko-fi etc at this point feels condescending. It&#39;s a tonne more work for comparatively little gain.<br/><br/>I&#39;m still against AI (and NFTs for that matter) but, y&#39;all, I would like $15,000 please. 2026-02-12T12:58:21Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgygva46w6gzrpgpv20xjw986vqhka526rk5skppegh22jl3hejygzyzqu97mkctj2h0zhu873lyry2sutkd555wcvknkzvhccndmtdydcw3gqhaf Myself and many other live coders were recently contacted about a casting call looking for a &#34;Code DJ&#34; to help promote Claude AI in an ad. The fee is a whopping $15,000! I thanked them for approaching me for consideration but ultimately declined, stating my dislike of AI. I imagined how I&#39;d feel watching youtube and then suddenly seeing myself on an ad for Claude and it gave me the ick.<br/><br/>With that said I&#39;m not gonna judge the person who does it. They&#39;re obviously gonna find a &#34;Code DJ&#34; for this and I hope it&#39;s someone already engaged with live coding as it&#39;s a life-changing amount of money, especially for those of us who make our living through art and music and don&#39;t have second jobs that we can rely on for our baseline income. To put it in perspective my earnings last year were less than the fee they&#39;re offering, so I really had to think hard about it before I declined. I think I&#39;ll be ok overall but, maaaan, $15k sure does sound sweet right about now... btw you should hire me for your artwork and music things. 2026-02-12T12:57:09Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqst52dywaapdyy8hvdelgerle5ppdsfwnqwpy3grfpcw4h7m7hfjvqzyzqu97mkctj2h0zhu873lyry2sutkd555wcvknkzvhccndmtdydcwyvqlgp In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyqf4acrelu42ehy7qs0flmvg4z9yhn4eg5rpym3ut76w50pg6uusfdrtls'>nevent1q…rtls</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>thanks, I think 😅 I made a more glitch but alsmo more legible font back in 2010 <a href="https://www.hellocatfood.com/dataface/">https://www.hellocatfood.com/dataface/</a> (derived from this video <a href="https://www.hellocatfood.com/i-am-sitting-in-a-room/">https://www.hellocatfood.com/i-am-sitting-in-a-room/</a> ) <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1xselj43f4mq6e4tmadr6ex9s2xfdp34wqupn27n2ufd6clv3mqkqhflgk3" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>wakest ⁂</span> (<span class="italic">npub1xse…lgk3</span>)</a></span> 2026-02-02T20:55:06Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsg863ff5e2tsyj08dpvthljqar085dawf5lr3a04s05m08ck3ls2szyzqu97mkctj2h0zhu873lyry2sutkd555wcvknkzvhccndmtdydcw6d7qq3 This simplified font is horrible.<br/><br/>I love it.<br/><br/>#typography #graphicdesign #glitchart<br/><video controls width="100%" class="max-h-[90vh] bg-neutral-300 dark:bg-zinc-700"><source src="https://post.lurk.org/system/media_attachments/files/115/899/732/487/857/499/original/66a4e5bf8cf8d756.mp4"></video><br/> 2026-01-15T15:10:34Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8y2scwzzm6gr2l5qt9ml559xcd7nx9cvav62m8s0xfsndegps7aszyzqu97mkctj2h0zhu873lyry2sutkd555wcvknkzvhccndmtdydcwcpevmr The instruction manual for the MPC Live II. I really like how instruction manuals look using this process, probably because of all of the vector diagrams. <br/><br/>I&#39;ve made some music using the MPC but nothing I&#39;m ready to release yet.<br/><br/>#collage #pdf #creativecoding #mpc<br/> <img src="https://post.lurk.org/system/media_attachments/files/115/800/116/605/540/101/original/79c0add1ff5352e4.png"> <br/> 2025-12-29T00:57:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgazf4m7nk3kp6hn70ap2muwgp78kw4fhcplfzgfdr0ggm6ww3alqzyzqu97mkctj2h0zhu873lyry2sutkd555wcvknkzvhccndmtdydcwf9d6r8 I found this video on my computer of a anti piracy campaign from 1992 and decided to run it through my video synthesiser. Its slogan &#34;Don&#39;t copy that floppy&#34; warned that if piracy continues creative industries will fail.<br/><br/>Fast forward to 2025 and tech bros are being given free reign to steal from creators to feed their AI slop machines and are being hailed as innovators. Clearly it&#39;s only stealing if we do it.<br/><br/>Might go copy me a floppy or two.<br/><br/>#piracy #ai #fuckai #videosynthesis #dontcopythatfloppy<br/><video controls width="100%" class="max-h-[90vh] bg-neutral-300 dark:bg-zinc-700"><source src="https://post.lurk.org/system/media_attachments/files/115/689/243/150/219/696/original/b18948daf9bef2d0.mp4"></video><br/> 2025-12-09T10:57:10Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfaddnvtvh92d0wmx8scz2x9833hvqxvfkvpx7sdsrcdm75nr2v2szyzqu97mkctj2h0zhu873lyry2sutkd555wcvknkzvhccndmtdydcwaf96dg On Wednesday 26th I&#39;m performing at the final Algorave at Corsica Studios. Really sad to hear that it&#39;s closing soon 😞 It was where I did my first UK live coding performance as a musician (the first was in a barn in Arles, France).<br/><br/>Come on down if you can! <a href="https://ra.co/events/2280905">https://ra.co/events/2280905</a><br/><br/>I also designed the poster 😉<br/> <img src="https://post.lurk.org/system/media_attachments/files/115/604/232/924/395/112/original/d24b9a0127dad8cd.jpg"> <br/> 2025-11-24T10:39:54Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsyzuqw37tszwts9pgc50s5fz6a9ccjshh7sruxp37kcp6wytvvjqgzyzqu97mkctj2h0zhu873lyry2sutkd555wcvknkzvhccndmtdydcw3q78hp In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgk0chx59hq88a75epx5cg8jh2tdtuwh6sqph85fa3lw6u62rq6gq7vr87l'>nevent1q…r87l</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>what flavour is this? I don&#39;t like it. Needs more garlic. 2025-08-12T19:39:43Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrnv3g4mdyl4zypteh9t4fdnu395cmafanh86r0ndgt3k0a2489wgzyzqu97mkctj2h0zhu873lyry2sutkd555wcvknkzvhccndmtdydcwvc9rp4 Is there a name for the gigs where the amount paid to each act by the promoter is based on the amount of tickets each act sells?<br/><br/>(Other than scam obvs) 2025-08-12T19:33:52Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsr7dlvuwp9t28shkdkfgc7eky4udjk9wdud23yhmzuc36vmwy8stqzyzqu97mkctj2h0zhu873lyry2sutkd555wcvknkzvhccndmtdydcwhj26xp In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfdg7rnw66zga0c5n980gw4gqx80d23yhsnjev3zz6lfcsmr37yscg5en2n'>nevent1q…en2n</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>oh cool I never knew about the icn file format. Its structure reminds me a bit of pbm and pnm files. I also think there&#39;s another ascii image file format but can&#39;t recall right now 🙃 <br/><br/>Nice images anyway! 2025-08-11T16:25:06Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsx0wg78cmuzl5vd0m8jd57mta0z3lr8tqagzjzy5d43kvrj08grhczyzqu97mkctj2h0zhu873lyry2sutkd555wcvknkzvhccndmtdydcw7skrr4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2qu5qgjkap90un44jran9d9wrhsqqhekcvg8n7k9df9utyqnhczceexge3'>nevent1q…xge3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It&#39;s a trick question! They&#39;re both Never Gonna Give You Up.<br/><br/>Also, how are you encoding these? 2025-08-11T16:12:23Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvrg8cryvk87nx2vaakucxac0xufr73l8kqyyhf7quxqupzdzggkgzyzqu97mkctj2h0zhu873lyry2sutkd555wcvknkzvhccndmtdydcw2c7wcs In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs262cp6eraacgwdape5k6x934f9cst4m2mvyec6thdzrnxvvewrxs52hyad'>nevent1q…hyad</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>oh wow! I pass this building nearly every day and never knew it looked like this.<br/><br/>Thanks for sharing! 2025-04-30T20:42:00Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrfjx6lsl22u9x4g4uf5lspgysws0rz7rmgahqrwprrz9x39ht8xczyzqu97mkctj2h0zhu873lyry2sutkd555wcvknkzvhccndmtdydcwelgrk9 Did I read somewhere that <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1jxdd5znhu8yxya62ekeaqtlnktay839aam378r46pgedkthggpyqletxs3" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>GIMP</span> (<span class="italic">npub1jxd…txs3</span>)</a></span> will eventually be getting non-destructive image transformations? 2025-04-29T10:31:50Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvklyt3d3hr2asalpv39486k4h3t0ywrdpup8htuva60gvx3zlpxqzyzqu97mkctj2h0zhu873lyry2sutkd555wcvknkzvhccndmtdydcwl4ucrq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxweq7380ls3rukux63ejalq3g2dkp5t5xw94fvqku0hrsswglycslx6akd'>nevent1q…6akd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I took a screenshot from this, glitched it using various methods (SGI glitching), and then brought it into <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1jxdd5znhu8yxya62ekeaqtlnktay839aam378r46pgedkthggpyqletxs3" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>GIMP</span> (<span class="italic">npub1jxd…txs3</span>)</a></span> to create a static backdrop.<br/> <img src="https://post.lurk.org/system/media_attachments/files/113/748/988/448/272/783/original/31fc3f23240f020a.png"> <br/> 2024-12-31T19:05:39Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxweq7380ls3rukux63ejalq3g2dkp5t5xw94fvqku0hrsswglycszyzqu97mkctj2h0zhu873lyry2sutkd555wcvknkzvhccndmtdydcw8unu56 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsg8ppzp92e84nty3yxnwlkfg92833t0rsu9a0ejq6n5scv2xdpdaqyzevam'>nevent1q…evam</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It started with this video that I made using my video synthesiser gear <a href="https://modulargrid.net/e/racks/view/2540151">https://modulargrid.net/e/racks/view/2540151</a><br/><br/>I recorded it in 4:3 so that I could make use of Syntonie&#39;s Stable module which allows for some glitch modules to be used #glitchart<br/> <img src="https://post.lurk.org/system/media_attachments/files/113/748/980/842/004/112/original/e55801b424c4c917.png"> <br/> <img src="https://post.lurk.org/system/media_attachments/files/113/748/980/891/436/370/original/d974d2697b456f01.png"> <br/> <img src="https://post.lurk.org/system/media_attachments/files/113/748/980/988/085/867/original/dfc72b0157cc0662.png"> <br/> <img src="https://post.lurk.org/system/media_attachments/files/113/748/980/987/647/805/original/21485b5dacc490f0.png"> <br/> 2024-12-31T19:02:46Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsg8ppzp92e84nty3yxnwlkfg92833t0rsu9a0ejq6n5scv2xdpdaqzyzqu97mkctj2h0zhu873lyry2sutkd555wcvknkzvhccndmtdydcwajnpwc This is only a sketch but I quite like the process that went into making it. All Explained in the thread below<br/><br/>#videosynthesis #lzx<br/><video controls width="100%" class="max-h-[90vh] bg-neutral-300 dark:bg-zinc-700"><source src="https://post.lurk.org/system/media_attachments/files/113/748/963/939/013/172/original/e9c4cdde06a33096.mp4"></video><br/> 2024-12-31T18:59:06Z