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W32 :: Conlanging again

2022-08-07T22:00:00+02:00

Working on my conlang. It will likely keep me busy for a few months.
Playing Paper Mario: The Origami King and greatly enjoying it.
Enjoying doing nothing.

W31 :: Still conlanging

2022-07-31T22:00:00+02:00

Working on my conlang. No name yet, but it's quite exciting.
Visiting old friends and making music with them.
Chilling in the heat.

W29 :: Thinking

2022-07-24T22:00:00+02:00

Pondering the nature of time and the impossibility to truly know the present.

W29 :: Conlanging

2022-07-17T22:00:00+02:00

Still playing the Sims 4, but hopefully growing bored of it.
Starting to read The Dawn of Everything by David Graeber and David Wengrow. It's a mind-blowing book and I absolutely recommend it.
Unexpectedly starting to work on my own conlang. More on this later.
Finally updating pimeja with fully embedded SVG glyphs for offline use.

W28 :: Slacking off

2022-07-10T22:00:00+02:00

Doing pretty much nothing but playing the Sims 4.

W27 :: Cutting grass on acid

2022-07-03T22:00:00+02:00

Learning how to use a sickle and a scythe in my garden.
Finally getting a real acid box, the TD-3-MO.
Trying to setup the whole MIDI thing with my existing gear.

W26 :: Playing too much CRPGs

2022-06-26T22:00:00+02:00

Actually thinking about making an actual (small) CRPG.
Enjoying the power and simplicity of Feather Wiki.

W25 :: Still making music.

2022-06-19T22:00:00+02:00

Slowly refining long ambient tracks.
Starting to play Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous.
Getting globally annoyed with CRPGs.

W24 :: Composing long-form ambient

2022-06-12T22:00:00+02:00

Having fun with the uxn version of Orca.
Experimenting with algorithmic composition, time-stretching and hour-long tracks.

W23 :: Still making music?

2022-06-05T22:00:00+02:00

Dusting off my Raspberry Pi, installed the terminal version of Orca, controlled the Rytm with it.
Feeling lazy, making a new track out of nowhere using only FL Studio.
Still playing Divinity Original Sin 2. Excellent game, though sometimes quite annoying.

W22 :: Releasing a new album

2022-05-29T22:00:00+02:00

Writing a few details about neurodiverging, my new album.
Releasing it on Bandcamp.

W21 :: Mixing

2022-05-22T22:00:00+02:00

Surprisingly managing to actually make an album.
Having a hard time defining the genre, but that was the point.
Making a cover art I'm happy with.
Starting to play Divinity Original Sin 2, which I kickstarted years ago.

W20 :: Recording

2022-05-15T22:00:00+02:00

Playing to Spiritfarer, a charming game about death.
Trying to record a decent entry for Fedivision 2022.
Collecting 4-minutes-long ambient tracks I'm not happy with.
Deciding to give up and make a whole album with my own rules instead.

W19 :: Droning

2022-05-08T22:00:00+02:00

Experimenting with my Cosmos. It's simple, fun, and deeply immersive.
Reading Redefining Conscience in an Era of Rapid Change by Vlad Kreimer, Soma's founder.
Recording loads of RAV Vast sessions but feeling unsatisfied with the results.

W18 :: Sweating

2022-05-01T22:00:00+02:00

Started to cut after many months of bulking.
Completed my second Disco Elysium playthrough. I can't recommend it enough.
Decided to get a Cosmos for some ambient sessions.

W17 :: Disco dancing

2022-04-24T22:00:00+02:00

Still on a RAV Vast and acid techno streak, and learning a lot.
Replaying the masterpiece that is Disco Elysium after nearly three years.
Looking into way of expanding my music production setup for more ambient and drone.

W15 :: On vacations

2022-04-10T22:00:00+02:00

Getting some rest.
Playing the RAV Vast every day, several times a day.
Reading Avant nous le déluge ! by Jean-Loïc Le Quellec, an interesting book about the origin of myths.
Slowly building an acid techno track my A4+AR setup.

W14 :: In an acid mood

2022-04-03T22:00:00+02:00

Feeling globally better and more inspired, I guess spring is here.
Listening to acid again, especially Pye Corner Audio's EPs.
Making acid techno with my A4+AR setup.

W13 :: Recording stuff

2022-03-27T22:00:00+02:00

Unexpectedly messing with live RAV Vast recordings and making dub techo tracks.
Thinking about what to do with these tracks regarding my ale project.
Starting to mess with cute and colorful voxels once again.

W12 :: Enjoying spring

2022-03-20T23:00:00+01:00

Having silly game concepts ideas I may start working on at some point.
Still making slow progress on the ale project, but progress nonetheless.
Watching Adam Curtis's Can't Get You Out of My Head

W11 :: Hallucinating

2022-03-13T23:00:00+01:00

Greatly enjoying playing the RAV Vast regularly again.
Having a lot of fun reading the Jesus and Mo webcomic.
Headbanging on this classic Hallucinogen album I had forgotten about.

W10 :: Dreaming of metal

2022-03-06T23:00:00+01:00

Resuming RAV Vast courses and taking notes.
Doing once again some research on handpans, possibly to get one in the future.
Reading about the Pre-Columbian era.

W9 :: Slapping metal

2022-02-27T23:00:00+01:00

Finally managing to schedule my RAV Vast practice properly.
Getting an actual notebook made with actual paper to write down steel tongue drum exercises and related stuff.

W8 :: Losing faith in humankind. Again.

2022-02-20T23:00:00+01:00

Still working on ale. Slowly.
Feeling slighlty more distraught than usual by the state of the world.
Simultaneously loving and hating Animal Crossing: New Horizons.

W7 :: Drawing music maps

2022-02-13T23:00:00+01:00

Starting that Kiasmos cover project. Learning a lot and having fun.
Developping a very simple music notation system to analyze tracks.
Identifying notes and chords by looking at a spectrum visualization.
Unexpectedly enjoying this sound dissection work.

W6 :: Watching plants grow

2022-02-06T23:00:00+01:00

Thinking about recreating Kiasmos' debut album. I can't get tired of this masterpiece.
Being tricked into slavery by a shady raccoon in Animal Crossing.
Cooking Brussel sprouts.

W5 :: Forgetting to udpate this

2022-01-30T23:00:00+01:00

Not doing much, and not feeling like doing anything creative.

W4 :: Watching plants grow

2022-01-23T23:00:00+01:00

Resuming weight lifting after a two-week pause. I missed it badly!
Discovering the magic of owning a small terrarium.
Slowly building a minimal techno track. Very slowly.

W3 :: On the road again

2022-01-16T23:00:00+01:00

Listening to the Belarusian synth-pop band Molchat Doma
Disliking bodyweight workouts compared to weight lifting.
Enhancing my sleep hygiene.
Playing a lot of Conquest of Elysium 5.
Learning how to build full songs on the A4 + AR setup.

W2 :: Healing

2022-01-09T23:00:00+01:00

Switching to from weight lifting to a light bodyweight routine.
Looking into yoga for rest days.
Still trying to sort the mess out of my various projects.
Studying some Plastikman tracks.
Possibly finding some kind of musical direction.

W1 :: Wandering

2022-01-02T23:00:00+01:00

Crying while twisting knobs.
Looking into Skyrim modding.
Hurting my back while weight lifting.

2021W52 :: Still on vacations

2021-12-26T23:00:00+01:00

Trying to plan my projects for next year.
Likely lacking any sense of purpose or direction.

W51 :: On vacations

2021-12-19T23:00:00+01:00

Struggling with the Analog Four, but learning a lot.
Playing Night in the Woods 5 years after everyone. It's great.
Binge reading William Gibson: Count Zero, Mona Lisa Overdrvie and Virtual light.

W50 :: Slacking

2021-12-12T23:00:00+01:00

Not doing much except playing Skyrim 10 years after everyone.
Having a hard time defining the musical aesthetics I want, but working on it.
Thinking about how much music and sex have in common.

W49 :: Pretending to write

2021-12-05T23:00:00+01:00

Finally updating this website a bit, with a few new entries in Notes and Works.
Rewriting the plot of Phalanstery, my upcoming cyberpunk adventure game.
Learning how to use the Analog Four.
Looking into substractive synthesis tutorials.

W48 :: Spending money

2021-11-28T23:00:00+01:00

Feeling overwhelmed by the incredible depth of the Analog Four.
Thinking about the best way to let music and game development feed each other.
Being late to update this journal.
Feeling relieved but also missing the pace of #Novembeat.

W47 :: Bathing in techno vibes

2021-11-21T23:00:00+01:00

Still making beats every day and really enjoying the process.
Looking into completing my setup with an Analog Four.
Winning at Mastodon with a cardboard laptop I built for my kid.
Thinking I have quite a few pages to create or update on my website.

W46 :: Feeling sore

2021-11-14T23:00:00+01:00

Enjoying the pain of building my arms and shoulders.
Playing Eliza, a visual novel about a mental health counseling AI. It hits too close to home.
Spending quite a bit of time every day on the Analog Rytm.

W45 :: Still making music

2021-11-07T23:00:00+01:00

Still having a blast twisting knobs every day for #Novembeat.
Learning quite a few things along the way.
Taking a music theory course on Udemy and enjoying it so far.
Getting prepared to start a new arms-focused weight lifting program.
Taking worldbuilding notes for Phalanstery.

W44 :: Making music

2021-10-31T23:00:00+01:00

Twisting knobs every day for #Novembeat.
Lacking time to write down more details at the moment, but having a lot of fun.

W43 :: Road tripping

2021-10-24T22:00:00+02:00

Visiting some family.
Playing the RAV Vast in the morning.
Playing the Analog Rytm in the evening.
Certifying that Kiasmos' self-titled album is the best album ever to listen while driving.

W42 :: Sculpting sounds

2021-10-17T22:00:00+02:00

Exploring dual VCO synthesis on the Analog Rytm.
Thinking about making a daily loop in November.
Listening to loads of techno.
Getting a week off next week, so expect some delay.
Greatly enjoying the pun above.

W41 :: Exploring

2021-10-10T22:00:00+02:00

Starting to play Book of Travels. It's beautiful. And in early access.
Finally releasing my Toki Pona emoji set for Mastodon.
Shivering and diving into the daunting depths of the Analog Rytm.

W40 :: Drawing

2021-10-03T22:00:00+02:00

Using my StoryDicetober experiment as a game design and world building tool.
Diving into acid techno to define aesthetics worth pursuing for future musical projects.
Deciding to invest in an Analog Rytm. Let's hope it's worth it.

W39 :: Networking

2021-09-26T22:00:00+02:00

Meeting old and new acquaintances at a professional event.
Starting to play Death Trash. Brutal and beautiful, with a great atmosphere.
Lusting for some awfully expensive Elektron gear.
Doing Inktober with a twist of my own.
Thinking about how to re-organize the development of Phalanstery.
Still struggling to finish the update of Pimeja.
Diving into the depths of Scrivener after years of hesitation.

W38 :: Weighting options

2021-09-19T22:00:00+02:00

Switching back to David Charrier's RAV Vast method for a while.
Considering to get a Digitone, as it seems to be a deep sequencing + synthesis device.
Greatly enjoying Yvla's Digitone sets, LYV 1 and LYV 2.
Learning that Lee Scratch Perry died 3 weeks ago, and listening to this great mix.
Loving that very educational FM synthesis breakdown from Andrew Huang.

W37 :: Teambuilding

2021-09-12T22:00:00+02:00

Spending the week with colleagues to better know each other.
Playing the RAV Vast in public for the first time. Fantastic experience.
Also playing the OP-Z, having a blast composing a minimal techno track for the week.
Globally having a really great time socializing and meeting people IRL.
Thinking I should create a Phalanstery project page.
Remembering I still have some Toki Pona material to update and release.
Watching the new Dune and definitely enjoying it.

W36 :: Introspecting

2021-09-05T22:00:00+02:00

Getting calluses on my thumbs from intense RAV Vast playing.
Refining my small collection of OP-Z tricks.
Finally beating Pathfinder: Kingmaker. It would have been less of a chore without combat.
Still cutting, and very happy with the results.

W35 :: Headbanging

2021-08-29T22:00:00+02:00

Feeling quite inspired to make a mini techno album on the the OP-Z.
Writing down some useful tips for the OP-Z.
Struggling to finally beat Pathfinder: Kingmaker. What a chore!

W34 :: Grooving

2021-08-22T22:00:00+02:00

Experimenting with marching cubes and lighting for Phalanstery.
Remixing that Maurizio's M5 on the OP-Z.
Slowly getting closer to the end of Pathfinder: Kingmaker. Maybe.
Spending increasingly more time practicing the RAV Vast.

W33 :: Enjoying the pain

2021-08-15T22:00:00+02:00

Resuming weight lifting after one week of casual kettlebell workouts.
Feeling quite energized. And sore.
Wondering which one of my bazillions projects I should resume working on.
Unexpectedly resurrecting Phalanstery, a cyberpunk game I started to work on 4 years ago.
Still optimizing and integrating SVG files for Pimeja.
Still trying to finish a Pathfinder: Kingmaker playthrough.

W32 :: Chilling

2021-08-08T22:00:00+02:00

Doing nothing "productive" at all because I'm on vacations.
Seeing friends and family I haven't seen in ages.
Playing the RAV Vast like no one's listening.
Eating way too much pizza to keep pretending I'm cutting.
Swinging the kettlebell I brought with me because I don't want to lose my workout pace.
Realizing I started this website one year ago.
Enjoying being alive, apparently.

W31 :: Optimizing

2021-08-01T22:00:00+02:00

Spending ages to optimize pimeja for offline use.
Thinking (one more time) about designing my own conlang.
Attempting to recreate Maurizio's M5 on the OP-Z.
Going on vacation for a bit more than one week, so expect some delayed updates.

W30 :: Lifting heavy stuff

2021-07-25T22:00:00+02:00

Trying to not die using my new Powerblocks straight bar, which turns them into a barbell.
On an unexpected quest to create loads of sitelen pona glyphs for Merveilles Town.
Starting to read Psycho-Cybernetics by Maxwell Maltz. Pretty interesting.
Revising my view on new words in Toki Pona. I don't like all of them, but they reflect the language's playful spirit.
Beating the Varnhold's Lot DLC for Kingmaker. Too much combat, unsatisfying ending.
Updating my Toki Pona dictionary pimeja with inline SVG and ku words.

W29 :: Breaking the bank

2021-07-18T22:00:00+02:00

Reading the new Toki Pona dictionary released for the language's 20th birthday.
Ordering a stage 2 expansion and a straight bar for my Powerblocks.
Looking into clubbells. Yes, one more [something]bell designed for fitness.

W28 :: Writing a TRPG

2021-07-11T22:00:00+02:00

Getting caluses on my thumbs from playing the RAV Vast.
Slowly refining that small TRPG idea I had last week. More about it soon.
Starting to read How to Make Sense of Any Mess. Fantastic read so far.
Tinkering with the Watchy e-paper watch I had backed long ago and finally received.

W27 :: Slapping a wooden box

2021-07-04T22:00:00+02:00

Practicing and taking notes on cajón beats.
Not feeling creative at the moment, but enjoying workouts and practice.
Attempting to actually finish Pathfinder: Kingmaker one more time.
Thinking about a short TRPG concept I might end up actually making.

W26 :: On full music mode

2021-06-27T22:00:00+02:00

Considering to get a cajón, which looks like a perfect RAV Vast companion.
Having a blast using the Handpand booklets for my RAV Vast. I'm learning a lot.
Ordering a Sakae cajón after quite a bit of research. That escalated quickly.
Trying to understand how to play the cajón. Not that simple, but awesome.
Having a blast watching and listening to Drum & Bass On A Bike.

W25 :: On vacations

2021-06-20T22:00:00+02:00

On a road trip to the seaside.
Swimming in swimming pools with no human in sight.
Trying all the empty water slides in a nearly desert vacation resort.
Playing the RAV Vast every day with great satisfaction.
Playing Halcyon 6, a neat pixel space RPG/management game.
Getting the handpan method booklets by Ravid Goldschidt, which works great with the RAV Vast

W24 :: Working out

2021-06-13T22:00:00+02:00

Thinking about developping one more time tracker. More a habit tracker.
Finding a suitable set-up to do proper chin-ups. Way harder that it sounds.
Replaying Solasta immediatly after finishing it. Not sure why, it's probably this good.
Finally getting that vaccine shot. Well, the first one, at least.
Getting an abs wheel, and thanking the Fediverse for this and this.
Starting to work on Lineaments, a text-based time/habit tracker.
Cancelling my Melodics subscription to focus on the RAV Vast, after a 713-day streak for pads and a 172-day streak for keys.
Going on vacation next week, so udpates may be delayed a bit.

W23 :: Working out

2021-06-06T22:00:00+02:00

Looking into gear I might need soon to carry on my weight lifting adventures.
Realizing most fitness gear is either cheap crap or dreadfully expensive.
Thinking about writing something about my weight lifting journey.
Starting to read The Grand Biocentric Design, the latest book about biocentrism.

W22 :: Brooding

2021-05-30T22:00:00+02:00

Feeling confused about big choices I have to make. As usual.
Still playing Solasta. The story is subpar, but the gameplay makes up for it.
Being late for the weekly update of this website.
Unlocking new melodies suddenly coming out of nowhere on the RAV Vast.

W21 :: Threading pearls

2021-05-23T22:00:00+02:00

Having even more fun with procedural beats for Ma Kasi Insa
Making a gemstone stretch necklace with skull spacers. I love the result.
Scoring a 150-day streak on Melodics learning to play the keyboard. I still hate it, but a bit less.
Playing Solasta: Crown of the Magister, which is a rather refreshing RPG with some interesting ideas.
Still thinking about moving into a yurt.

W20 :: Reading

2021-05-16T22:00:00+02:00

Thinking about living in a yurt.
Becoming quite interested with quantum physics and biocentric universe theory.
Reading Biocentrism, the first book by Robert Lanza and Bob Berman.
Starting to see a bit of results while cutting.
Enjoying the pain of using my new weight training bench.
Synchronizing procedural beats to animations in Ma Kasi Insa
Making gemstone stretch bracelets. Well, just one for now.

W19 :: Socializing

2021-05-09T22:00:00+02:00

Doing little to no creative work, since I have some family visiting.
Taking notes about that finger drumming app I'm apparently actually making.
Gathering materials to make bracelets and necklaces with stone pearls. Yes, really.
Making new beats to experiment with Ma Kasi Insa.
Enjoying The Roots playing some J Dilla's tracks.
Experimenting with procedural beats made of sliced loops, with promising results.

W18 :: Beat making

2021-05-02T22:00:00+02:00

Diving into J Dilla's excellent instrumentals classics.
Apparently managing to lose a bit of fat. Cutting is hard, especially with a shitty scale.
Researching a decent workflow to actually make beats while finger drumming.
Thinking about building Ma Kasi Insa around lofi beats.
Publishing basic notes on basic beats.
Starting to work on a Godot application for finger drumming with my MIDI Fighter 3D.
Releasing an unexpected "vast beats" track on Bandcamp named suno ala suno.

W17 :: Pedalling

2021-04-25T22:00:00+02:00

Forcing myself to use a metronome when playing the RAV Vast.
Dusting off my old stationary bike for a bit of cardio to optimize cutting on rest days.
Finally adding an OP-Z article to my notes. There's probably more to come.
Resuming work on Ma Kasi Insa.
Thinking I really should finish and release some of my OP-Z tracks.
Adding title attributes for the prev/next arrows and the Then page links.
Writing notes about beats and music theory.
Playing Kind Words again, after one year and half. It's devastating and uplifting.
Sampling a bunch of lo-fi and midly funky sounds with the OP-Z.
Blending my beats and my RAV Vast recordings. Damn inspiring.

W16 :: Cutting

2021-04-18T22:00:00+02:00

Trying to lose fat and keep growing muscles after gaining nearly 10 kg. This is called cutting.
Realizing my musical aesthetics might indeed be hip-hop beats + steel tongue drum.
Failing miserably to get a satisfying result for Mottzy's jam, as stated here.
Headbanging all day long, in awe with The Endless Acid Banger.
Feeling very much in a Nujabes mood.
Making some strange funky acid with the OP-Z controlling the Transistor Bass plugin.
Managing to plug a WebMIDI-enabled fork of The Endless Acid Banger to my DAW.
Recording lo-fi RAV Vast performances with my phone for further musical tweaks.

W15 :: Sleeping

2021-04-11T22:00:00+02:00

Trying to get more sleep, because good sleep is mandatory for efficient muscle building.
Diving into autotiling algorithms, because I am indeed a masochist.
Making good progress for Mottzy's Jammy Jam. More about this later.
Starting to read Beyond Biocentrism by Robert Lanza and Bob Bermain. An interesting take on the nature of reality.
Blasting Nujabes for the first time in too many years. I didn't know I needed it this bad.
Discovering this incredible 8-bit cover of Sleep by GY!BE, thanks to Deianeira.

W14 :: Fixing old things

2021-04-04T22:00:00+02:00

Contemplating my new Powerblocks, wondering how I became a bodybuilding hermit.
Enjoying the pain of lifting 13 kg dumbbells instead of 10 kg.
Watching the Hackers movies from 1995. It was fun.
Finishing renovating a kitchen wall that was left unfinished for years.
Counting calories and proteins. Sort of.
Updating various parts of this website and adding a couple of new notes.
Reaching a 100-day streak on Melodics for keys, still hating standard keyboard layout.
Realizing I have a 640-day streak for pads. I hate it a bit less.

W13 :: Bulking

2021-03-28T22:00:00+02:00

Starting a new program with the (unrealistic) goal of gaining 10 kg of muscles in 6 months.
Eating loads of proteins and calories.
Still thoroughly enjoying learning and playing the RAV Vast.
Joining Mottzy's Jammy Jam despite already having way too many projects.
Experimenting with a roguelike concept for this jam.

W12 :: Darkness my old friend

2021-03-21T23:00:00+01:00

Facing various problems postponed for too long.
Doing quite a bit of research on fitness, workouts and muscle growth.
Making some eerie trip hop beats on the OP-Z.
Updating Pimeja with sitelen sitelen glyphs.
Aiming at more minimalism for Ma Kasi Insa

W11 :: Tokiponing

2021-03-14T23:00:00+01:00

Designing cute voxel creatures for ma kasi insa.
Expanding the bitmap font I designed for the game. Turns out I need numbers.
Trying Learn Toki Pona, an iOS app. Not bad, but not flawless.
Mixing various dumbbell and kettlebell workouts to design my own fitness program.
Drowning in unexpected ambient waves on the OP-Z.
Ending up making some kind of techno.

W10 :: Stacking up voxels

2021-03-07T23:00:00+01:00

Working on ma kasi insa, my voxel Toki Pona game.
Adding a button for my website to the Webring.
Thinking about adding a Toki Pona learning part to ma kasi insa.
Making my fingers bleed on the RAV Vast and loving it.

W9 :: Sitting in front of the sun

2021-02-28T23:00:00+01:00

Looking into Lojban, because apparently I need a new conlang.
Slowly learning to safely manipulate my 20 kg kettlebell.
Exploring the B Kurd scale of my RAV Vast.
Adding some kettlebell and dumbbell notes to my wiki.
Starting to work spontaneously on a small voxel game for no reason I can fathom.

W8 :: Watching the world burn

2021-02-21T23:00:00+01:00

Setting up my first wiki entries, mainly about steel tongue drums and handpans.
Participating to a French MOOC about collapsology hosted by Les Colibris.
Playing the RAV Vast outside whenever I can, and enjoying it to the fullest.
Adding some entries related to conlangs to my notes.
Working on Auspex's blocking system.

W7 :: Struggling with Godot

2021-02-14T23:00:00+01:00

Enjoying the pain of a second Darebee Ironborn program with 10 kg dumbbells.
Updating this website. I'm happy with the works section for now.
Developing a blog generator for Gemini, some kind of lightweight Opuscule.
Hoping this will motivate me to finally update Opuscule.
Fighting with Unicode and winning, thanks to VS15 to neutralize emoji.
Working on a personal wiki for this website.

2021W6 :: Sweating profusely

2021-02-07T23:00:00+01:00

Trying to not kill myself nor destroy the house with my kettlebell.
Watching in wonder my hands starting to move on their own on my Rav Vast.
Refactoring the combat system of Auspex.
Watching the weird kettlebell videos of Pavel Tsatsouline.
Thinking about developing an adult interactive fiction in Toki Pona.
Working on a big update for this website, including a works section.
Creating an account on Ctrl-C Club and launching a Gemini capsule.
Thinking about developing a blog generator for Gemini.

2021W5 :: Exploring vast spaces

2021-01-31T23:00:00+01:00

Fixing various things on this website, thinking how to improve it.
Losing track of time when playing the Rav Vast. And making progress.
Playing my own game Auspex, and getting my ass kicked.
Starting to implement shield glyphs and mechanics in Auspex.
Adding cblgh's Lieu search engine to the footer.
Making this website more Lieu-compliant before tackling a big update.
Acquiring a 20 kg kettlebell for my next workout program. Wish me luck.
Reading the aptly named "Simple and Sinister", a kettlebell program by Pavel.
Starting to play The Witcher 3, which so far looks way more engaging than Cyberpunk 2077.

2021W4 :: Headbanging

2021-01-24T23:00:00+01:00

Looking into Rav Vast tutorials. Thinking about taking David Charrier's course.
Remembering I'm now doing weekly Toki Pona sitelen sitelen drawings (Merveilles / Musi Lipu)
Having a blast with the OP-Z. I really love this machine, it's perfect for me.
Playing my Rav Vast B Kurd. This is probably the most beautiful thing I ever owned.
Thinking I could add my weekly drawing right on this page.
Considering to record daily RAV Vast loops.

2021W3 :: Floating

2021-01-17T23:00:00+01:00

Still listening to Estas Tonne's Inner Flight. The movie is also worth a look.
Adding a basic loot system to Auspex.
Sampling my kalimba with the OP-Z. It's a lot of fun.
Finally looking into the Gemini protocol. In love with Konpeito's lo-fi hip hop mixtapes.
Making some downtempo beats on the OP-Z I'm pretty happy with.
Getting more confortable with chords and melodies thanks to keyboard lessons.
Falling down the handpans and steel tongue drums rabbit hole again.
Waiting for the Rav Vast I've finally decided to order after two years.

2021W2 :: Soreness

2021-01-10T23:00:00+01:00

Experimenting deep melancholia.
Listening to the soul-cleansing music of Estas Tonne. All day long, looped.
Playing the kalimba. Wondering why I didn't start one year ago.
Still learning to play the keyboard in parallel with pads. It's painful.
Starting the Ironborn program from Darebee. Also painful, but less than keyboard lessons.
Resuming work on Auspex. Bugs, bug, bugs. And progress.

2021W1 :: Hello new year

2021-01-03T23:00:00+01:00

Wondering how broken this website might be since I didn't plan a change of year in my template.
Being amazed by the sudden progress I made after two months of daily workout.
Reading the Sun and Her Flowers by Rupi Kaur. Beautiful poetry.
Starting to reflect and journal with the Daily Stoic by Ryan Holiday and Stephen Hanselman.
Playing the kalimba.

2020W53 :: Back to game development

2020-12-27T23:00:00+01:00

Watching Tenet and thinking it's a rather bad movie.
Working on Auspex, fixing lots of minor issues before finalizing the core loop.
Reading and learning a lot about fitness and nutrition on Darebee.
Attempting to start keys lessons on Melodics in parallel with pads lessons.
Watching Interstellar and greatly enjoying it. I wonder why Tenet is so bad in comparison.
Thinking standard piano layouts are awfully designed and pure torture to use.
Playing The Red Strings Club and loving it. A refreshing, deep cyberpunk game.
Playing the kalimba. Not sure why I forgot about it one year ago, but I now greatly enjoy it.

2020W52 :: Chilling

2020-12-20T23:00:00+01:00

Beating Cyberpunk 2077 and feeling mildly unsatisfied with the whole thing.
Doing pretty much nothing all week long. It's Christmas, apparently.
Resuming work on Auspex, squashing month-old bugs. It feels awesome.
Playing >observer_, a rather weird cyberpunk horror game.

2020W51 :: kalama musi ike nanpa wan

2020-12-13T23:00:00+01:00

Refining a couple of OP-Z tracks. It's really a joy to work with.
Having mixed feelings about Cyberpunk 2077, but mostly enjoying it.
Feeling very happy about how VEMOM #10 turned out, looking forward to the next time.
Updating my main Bandcamp after 6 years (wow, really?)
Releasing my mini mix for VEMOM on Bandcamp.

2020W50 :: Music and sore muscles

2020-12-06T23:00:00+01:00

Still working on Toki Pona lyrics for my OP-Z tracks.
Still working on my OP-Z tracks.
Discovering the brutal efficiency of dumbbells workouts.
Preparing a 10 minutes set for VEMOM #10, hosted by Quentin Leonetti.

2020W49 :: Songs?

2020-11-29T23:00:00+01:00

Trying to write Toki Pona lyrics for my OP-Z tracks.
Thinking about the workflow and instruments involved for including vocals.
Writing down my goals and vision for this Toki Pona collaborative album.
Choosing a new workout program to carry on after Foundation Light. Likely Express Tone.

2020W48 :: Slacking

2020-11-22T23:00:00+01:00

Playing various games and not doing much (but gathering ideas.)
Still having a blast with the OP-Z.
Considering to get a tattoo.
Trying to prioritize my numerous projects in order to actually get something done.

2020W47 :: Meandering

2020-11-15T23:00:00+01:00

Getting closer to define a new album aesthetics with the OP-Z. Having fun.
Reaching a 500 day streak on Melodics. The learning curve is steep, but I'm learning.
Realizing I now have 3 different track drafts, and a rough outline for a future EP.
Keeping the OP-Z juice flowing. Turns out I may have 4 or 5 nice drafts, maybe even more.
Thinking about writing a Toki Pona album with the help of some internet clown friends.

2020W46 :: Tiredness and absurdity

2020-11-08T23:00:00+01:00

Feeling generally down.
Sticking to the Foundation Light workout program from Darebee. A bit too easy.
Reading my friend Konstantinos Dimopoulos' Virtual Cities atlas, and greatly enjoying it.
Poking at the OP-Z every time I find a few minutes, having fun, but no clear direction.
Diving back into Auspex, adding tile modifiers to enemies.
Finishing my first Old World playthrough. Like all 4X, mid to end game got boring.
Being angry at the despairing mess of the human world.
Contributing a micro game to the Micro Fiction Games Jam.
Playing Undertale, at last. It's funny, weird, and touching.

2020W45 :: Crunching/procrastinating

2020-11-01T23:00:00+01:00

Trying to figure out the OP-Z workflow to make a "full" song. It's way, way deeper than it seems.
Getting busier than usual at work, which leaves me less time and energy for personal projects.
Feeling kind of stuck at grade 7-8 in Melodics, but realizing I still make constant progress.
Honoring the universe (by resuming workouts.) Funny how this thought resonates with people.
Giving a new try to Old World, playing as Egypt. It's a great historical drama generator.

2020W44 :: Music again

2020-10-25T23:00:00+01:00

Thinking about changes and new features for Auspex.
Experimenting and working on new tracks with the OP-Z. I'm totally in love with this device.
Silver-starring grade 9 funk lessons in Melodics and reaching level 15. Funk beats are pure joy.
Trying to come up with something for the 2020 Microfiction Game Jam.
Recording a preview of my OP-Z experiments.
Finishing Inktober 2020! All my sitelen sitelen drawings can be found in this thread.

2020W43 :: Teenage Artiphon Engineering

2020-10-18T22:00:00+02:00

Trying to understand how to send the right MIDI messages between iOS apps.
Having so much fun with the Orba I decided to get an OP-Z to complement it.
Diving into the pure bliss of the OP-Z. The most fun I had in years.
Listening to some Plastikman classics.
Ending up making soothing ambient chill beats instead of acid, and absolutely loving it.

2020W42 :: Beats

2020-10-11T22:00:00+02:00

Thinking about making beats for Novembeat with the Orba.
Enjoying the Inktober sitelen sitelen ritual.
Trying to resume my meditation practice, and failing. Again.
Learning more about myself and my inner workings. It's enlightening and terrifying.
Searching a quick and dirty workflow involving the Zynthian and the Orba.
Making little progress on my acid techno attempts but loving how it sounds.
Feeling tempted to invest in a hardware tracker like a Digitakt or an OP-Z.

2020W41 :: Global confusion

2020-10-04T22:00:00+02:00

Wondering what the hell I'm doing with life and going through an existential crisis.
Failing to prioritize my bazillion projects. As usual.
Starting to read David Graeber's Debt: The First 5000 Years. It's awfully interesting so far.
Working on various small improvements for Auspex.
Going further than I ever did in Pathfinder: Kingmaker, and enjoying it.
Having a blast with the Orba I kickstarted ages ago and finally received. So much fun!

2020W40 :: Drawing again

2020-09-27T22:00:00+02:00

Rediscovering the simple joy of drawing with a pen after a couple of decades.
Adding sitelen sitelen glyphs support to Pimeja.
Starting Inktober with sitelen sitelen and people seem to like what I posted.
Managing to fix my broken card deck system for Auspex, finally!
Relearning to type on my now legendless ortholinear keyboard. Easier than I thought.
Attempting one more time a Pathfinder: Kingmaker playthrough.

2020W39 :: Questions and fear of the future

2020-09-20T22:00:00+02:00

Reading Sum by David Eagleman. It's thought-provoking, but it lacks universality and feels incomplete.
Watching The Social Dilemma and feeling awful, even if I am already aware of the topic.
Revelling in the silent solace brought by my new noise-cancelling headphones.
Wondering who I am and what defines me as a human being.
Discovering the stunning work of Stuart McMillen.
Thinking that writing short stories could be something I might attempt in the future.
Trying to update Opuscule with a proper Toki Pona glyphs export.
Debugging Auspex, again and again.
Finding an excuse to do Inktober despite feeling close to burn out and not liking the TM controversy.
Starting to learn sitelen sitelen in preparation for Inktober.

2020W38 :: Toki Pona and slow burn out

2020-09-13T22:00:00+02:00

Testing ways of implementing a simple Toki Pona translation exercises system in a HTML file.
Thinking about writing a long form piece about conflict in video games and empathy systems.
Doing crazy good scores on old Melodics lessons I gave up silver-starring months ago.
Feeling generally tired and thinking I need some actual vacations.
Giving another try to meditation. It's quite helpful for letting off steam so far.
Starting to look into Taoism, since Toki Pona was inspired by it.
Still debugging and refactoring various parts of the Auspex combat code.

2020W37 :: toki pona li pona

2020-09-06T22:00:00+02:00

Implementing old and unofficial words in Pimeja, my Toki Pona dictionary.
Testing new array functions in RPG in a Box to add actual card-based mechanics to Auspex.
Still playing Littlewood. I really enjoy this game, its simplicity and laid-back mood make it special.
Starting debates on the supremacy of violence in video games and the lack of empathy-based systems.
Realizing Toki Pona may be a fantastic tool for exploring the universe of my Forlorn Tree game project.
Designing a new tool to help learning Toki Pona with a variety of translation exercises.

2020W36 :: Keyboards and lack of sleep

2020-08-30T22:00:00+02:00

Figuring out how to remap my MIDI Fighter 3D on iOS with Midiflow.
Relearning how to type on an ortholinear keyboard and how to tweak QMK keymaps.
Fighting with QMK to remap my Plaid keyboard and understand how to configure the two LEDs.
Trying to get more sleep, and realizing I may in fact need a lot more.
Thinking about switching to a 2 unit spacebar.
Implementing a few small improvements to Opuscule.
Still playing Littlewood whenever I find a bit of time, and loving how relaxing it is.
Trying Jason Rohrer's Project December. It's unstable and AI Dungeon is more fun.
Debugging my latest additions to the tile-based combat modifiers system of Auspex.
Starting to write game design notes in Toki Pona for a hypothetic game in Toki Pona.

2020W35 :: Opuscule on acid with a plaid

2020-08-23T22:00:00+02:00

Setting my Atom feed with a one-week offset to avoid displaying an empty new week.
Refactoring old Opuscule code, since a few people have shown interest lately. So much bloat!
Banging my head against Godot's internal logic, but managing to clean up old bugs nonetheless.
Wondering why I didn't get AUM when I started to explore iOS music a couple of years ago.
Implementing an exciting new strategic layer to Auspex with a set of tile-based events.
Writing more Toki Pona short texts. Nothing worth showing off yet.
Adding a Toki Pona HTML export with sitelen pona pona glyphs to Opuscule.
Earning a 420 day streak badge on Melodics for pads.
Head banging on acid tracks I've started to compose on my phone.
Building a Plaid keyboard and readapting my Levinson keymap.

2020W34 :: HTML, Pi 4, acid and game design

2020-08-16T22:00:00+02:00

Discovering a brand new micro SD card can get corrupt for no apparent reason.
Exploring alternate Pi OS: 9front (alien), RISC OS (useless) and Twister OS (pretty).
Enhancing this hand-coded, now weekly, "now" page and trying Eleventy (it rocks!)
Writing poems in Toki Pona (I've only "published" one for now.)
Working on the combat system of Auspex (the follow-up to Oracles.)
Trying to send MIDI from my Raspberry Pi 4 to my iPad.
Having a blast figuring out how to make acid techno/house/dub on iOS.
Preparing myself mentally to build that new keyboard. Keycaps are still in production.
Thinking that I will need a projects page or something similar soon...

2020W33 :: Starting a now page

2020-08-09T22:00:00+02:00

Developing this hand-coded monthly "now" page. Yes, in a way, it's a blog.
Learning Toki Pona. I've set up a forum and developed a dictionary.
Turning Oracles, my Hyperjam entry, into a full roguelike.
Trying to figure out what to do with my Raspberry Pi 4. Messing with Plan 9, maybe?
Practicing finger drumming and playing the steel tongue drum. 400 day streak!
Trying to set up an iOS workflow to make acid techno/house/dub.
Brewing water kefir, kombucha tea and beer with home-grown hops.
Waiting for a few missing parts to build a new keyboard.
Playing Littlewood on my GPD Win.

2020W32 :: Testing my template

2020-08-02T22:00:00+02:00

Doing various activities not logged here, because this web page didn't exist yet.
If you're really curious, some of them might be detailed here.