Rephone Kit for Pebble Time
Rephone Kit for Pebble Time
It seems such a shame that the Pebble isn’t really going to be an ongoing platform any longer. I don’t really have any use for this any more sadly.
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May 17
Colossus Sequencer and Synth, it’s been too long …
Colossus Synth
Colossus Sequencer
I actually got these two working a long time ago, and they do work quite well, if being a bit limited, but they’re fun and that’s fine.
However, I was thinking the other day that I should give it a go with some of the other little modular things I have. The colossus sequencer has a CV out so should work with some of my other bits and pieces.
There’s an experiment or two in there I think.
Experimenting with little modular things
I’ve been exploring some of my tiny modular devices. Above you can see. I posted this picture a while ago on Instagram. It was a fun thing to play around with, and I think that these devices go very well together.
I can see myself doing a lot more little sessions like this. I’ve been recording them on tape too. Yep, real cassette tape.
Oh dear, that was truly awful
I’m a big fan of Big Finish, and only very rarely do they drop their standards, and even when that does happen it’s only dropping a little bit. In fact, on the whole the standard is so high any drop is really noticeable. However, on this occasion I have to confess I’m almost at a loss for words.
I’ve been enjoying Big Finish’s Torchwood output since they started with season one, and so I bought this episode on good faith. But all I can say about it is that it is so far beneath their normal standard that I almost can’t believe that they made it at all. I also can’t fathom out why they’d want to make this story. It has none of the regular characters in it, it’s set somewhere completely different, and it shows none of the characteristic Torchwood elements to it.
I can’t begin to understand why Big Finish made this. I just hope that it’s a blip. If it isn’t then that’s a real problem.
Starting to build an automated twitter synth with littleBits
For a long time I’ve been thinking about the idea of being able to create a synth in hardware which reacted to the virtual world, more specifically, to being tweeted at. To that that end I got myself a littleBits CloudBit, which works quite well, albeit it isn’t able to provide as much data as I’d like it to. However, that’s something that I need to overcome with a little bit of ingenuity rather than just complain about it.
So I’m starting to build the synth and get it to respond to external stimulus. The goal being to create a little system that reacts to a twitter message, creates a sequence based on that message, and somehow records that and uploads it somewhere. We’ll see. That’s the plan. Who knows how it’ll work out.
Doctor Who, the Helm of Awe
Since Philip Hinchcliffe came back to do stories with Big Finish I’ve been really impressed with the results. So I was truly looking forward to hearing this latest story. I started it off and was quite interested to begin with although I did find the story a little formulaic. In fact the whole of the first episode was a little disappointing. At this point I was a bit worried about the story and if it would indeed live up to expectations.
But it was around the mid-point of the story that it felt like it had really turned and was just like the rest of the Hinchcliffe stories, which are excellent.
I’m pleased that i was wrong about this story, I’m glad that it turned out ok and wasn’t a dud. That would be terrible.
So NinerPaint is coming to iOS
Art Made with NinerPaint for Palm OS (10)
Art Made with NinerPaint for Palm OS (9)
Art Made with NinerPaint for Palm OS (8)
Art Made with NinerPaint for Palm OS (7)
Art Made with NinerPaint for Palm OS (6)
Art Made with NinerPaint for Palm OS (1)
Art Made with NinerPaint for Palm OS (2)
Art Made with NinerPaint for Palm OS (3)
Art Made with NinerPaint for Palm OS (4)
Art Made with NinerPaint for Palm OS (5)
NinerPaint was a totally amazing app for Palm OS. It was one of the best Palm OS apps around. Now it’s coming to iOS, and, it’s coming back to Palm OS as well. This is brilliant news. As soon as it’s available I’ll let you know.
Radiophonica, a special CD from the Radiophonic Workshop
This is a special CD from Electronic Music Magazine. It isn’t easy to see but the black band across the CD cover is actually tape. It’s interesting and I’m looking forward to listening to it soon.
A new Torchwood … Visiting Hours
Another new Big Finish audiobook. I haven’t listened to this one as yet either that but I’m a big fan of what Big Finish have done with the Torchwood franchise.
