This is what they announced yesterday at the WWDC keynote. It was an interesting but not entirely unexpected development. Apple probably want to compete against the FB developers deploying bots into messenger. So they’ve responded with developer access to iMessage. I wonder how that will work out?
Author: ashleyelsdon
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Then I found my old VL-1 MIDIfier kit!
I was looking for something else when I found this! I knew, or at least I seemed to remember that I’d bought one of these ages ago. Well I’ve found it and I’m planning to get it going soon(-ish). Ideally I’d like to get it running so that I can get it to work with my VL1 bot. We’ll see about that.
I went to see these guys at the Half Moon at Putney and they were awesome
They were one of the best funk type bands I’ve seen in years. A great 10 piece who played faultlessly for a couple of hours. I was really impressed with them. Sadly there were only 30 people in the audience, which was just crazy in my view.
I’d certainly see them again.
And then I got this (Timex 1000)
The Timex 1000 is the US equivalent to the ZX81. I was given it when in Canada last week and it looks like it’s in pretty good shape actually. I’m going to be very careful about firing it up though as I don’t want to get the power supply wrong in any way. When it’s all up and running I’ll post some stuff about what I’m doing with it.
Gastown clock
One of the attractions of Vancouver is the Gastown clock. It’s a gas clock that pipes out the time on the half and full hour. It’s quite the tourist trap. It makes a nice sound too. I took a couple of audio recordings of it and I’ll upload them in the next few days.
John Foxx, 21st Century: A Man, A Woman, and a City
I’ve been waiting for this album for what seems like forever. The release date has been going back for a while now, or at least that’s my impression of it.
Anyway, finally it’s arrived. A CD and a DVD, both of which I’m really looking forward to.
Still waiting for the KDJ-One
So it feels like this has been ‘on the way’ for a very long time. There’s still no news in terms of a specific delivery timeline and it is a year overdue already. I’m still just hoping that it will eventually turn up. I guess I should be pleased that at least they’re staying in touch. When projects go silent it’s usually then that you know your money has gone down the toilet.
I’d like to think that I’m going to get my KDJ-One this year. Maybe.
Vancouver Art Gallery, Mashup – The Birth of Modern Culture
I was in Vancouver for a week last week and visited the art gallery. They didn’t have much on as they were between exhibits apparently. However, this was on and was interesting in some ways.
So Pebble are launching yet more smartwatches
They announced new devices this morning. Interesting I guess, but I can’t see myself getting in on this Kickstarter. I’ll probably take a look of course, I don’t think I could avoid that, but I don’t think I’m in the market for another smartwatch. Having said that, I hope that it goes really well for them. I’d like to see them do well against all the competition.
Auxiliary Expressions is on Bandcamp too
If you’re interested, my latest collection of pieces made with the Auxy app for iOS is also on bandcamp too right now and you can download it from there if you want to.
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