Although I am stridently opposed to generative AI, AI coding assistants are actually very good at auto-completing code. Prediction is what LLMs do best, right? So I find it amusing that when I type "HELLO", the AI assistant thinks I want to write "HELLOOOOOOOOO", presumably in a sarcastic voice.

The soundtrack of the winter olympics is buzzing drones. 🐝

I had to upgrade my iPhone iOS so I could continue using the NY Times games app. Gawd that liquid glass effect is trashy.

I don't listen to a lot of Vaporwave, so this crowdfunded documentary hadn't crossed my radar until now. It's launching quite soon. nobodyherefilm.com

Konstantin Klim has a new soundset out, for Repro-5, has a '90s electronica vibe (Boards of Canada and their ilk), lots of lovely textures. He also has 50% off all his other products. konstantinklem.pro/works/memori...

Finally ticked Searching For Sugar Man off my watchlist. Total soul food.

Much respect for RZA, but this has me in stitches. youtu.be/59NVvnkJ0Sw

David Fincher, Atticus Ross and The Smiths? Yes please!

Something I got for Christmas. A very unlicensed lego “Break Bad” RV. Not sure why the door opens upwards, but in other respects it seems quite accurate. Even has cooking apparatus inside.

Wait, so people were predicting that a Terminator 2 scenario was going to happen NEXT YEAR?! Delusional. It’s a Reddit regurgitation machine.

My daughter has sunk countless hours into a rougue-like deck building video game called Monster Train, but it has paid off! She recently took part in an official competition and placed in the top 10 players globally. The prize was a couple of oversized cards signed by the developers. Pretty cool!

Anyone Else Here xkcd.com/3188/

This is a really good music doc

Wow, the internet is really hating on Stranger Things season 5. We’ve been quite enjoying season 4, loving the A Nightmare on Elm Street references, but how I’m dreading the next season.

1 year. 4 releases. Three different worlds, one creative journey. Ambient futures, recovered memories, and techno-punk noise. Grateful for everyone who has been part of and supported this journey with me. Special thanks to @rob-sheridan.com @voidswithin.com

Started watching Point Break. Hadn’t realised that Mark Isham composed the score!

Rewatching Stranger Things with subtitles. Whoever wrote the subs had fun thinking of adjectives to describe the musical score: Tender synth music. Determined. Intense. Light. Menacing. Eerie. Sinister. Ominous. Jaunty. Quirky. Hopeful. Discomforting. Emotional. Epic. Suspenseful. Macabre. Somber.

Recommend me a Christmas song to add to my playlist. It's feeling a little sparse.

ZebraHZ Kobalt and ZebraHZ Kobalt Expanded are now available to buy and download! 200(+) patches for ZebraHZ aimed at modern sci-fi scoring and trailer music. Inspired by scores such as Arrival, Annihilation, Devs, Andor, The Mandalorian, Alien Earth and Prey. www.theunfinished.co.uk

Wake Up Dead Man must surely be the first film to do product placement in a catholic confession? “Forgive me Father for I have sinned. I‘ve envied the material wealth of others. I saw this luxury car commercial. Lexus. And I thought, Ah! That is a good-looking car. The coupe.”

That time in 1992 when my sister and her friend snidely commented that a goth walking in front of them in downtown Wellington “thinks he’s the singer from The Cure”. He turned around and laughed, then carried on. The Cure were playing Wellington Town Hall that night.

Redditor: Someone in my life did a mildly infuriating thing. What should I do? Reddit: First report them to the police, then destroy their property, and if that doesn’t work the you should divorce them.

Ah damn. I was under the impression that the board game community was strongly opposed to genAI being used for art assets. I guess some publishers didn’t get the memo. It’s a shame, Terraforming Mars is a great game. Though the card art was always kinda funky. Stock photos 🤮

Merriam-Webster is GOATED. Which is a real word too.

Watching The Cure BBC Radio 2 concert on YouTube. I saw The Cure play in Melbourne in 2007 and was blown away by how great Robert Smith's voice sounded then. It still sounds amazing. www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3U2...

They used to "laugh and call him names." Now they're all dead

Latest additions to my little CD collection. I owned Angel Dust back in the day but somewhere along the way it went walkabout.

Bluesky’s algorithm thought I might be interested in this book by @wadeywade.bsky.social and it is right. After all, 1984 was objectively the best year. www.bonnierbooks.co.uk/books/blink-...

i’m setting you free. i’m releasing you from the discourse

Listening to this while I do "work work" this morning. I think I recognise approximately zero of the songs on the list, which makes me feel very out of touch! www.treblezine.com/the-100-best...

The Unfinished Black Friday sale is on. Unleash your wallet!

Most of the time scrolling reddit feels really poor use of my time. And then I come across something like this.

This trend of ads where an actor pretends to be an influencer sitting in their car, telling their phone about some amazing product they just discovered and have to share with their followers (us, I guess). They show this fake crap on actual TV here in Australia.

For my new soundset I went down a hoover rabbit hole. I discovered that the hoover that was sampled by many, many drum and bass artists doesn't come from Beltram's Mentasm, it is actually from Jessie Deep's track S.H.U.M. So badass. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zz9o...

I've got a Black Friday sale going on! Up to 40% off everything in the store, plus multi-buy discounts. oblivionsoundlab.com/product-cate... Music in the video is by the one and only @killstarr.bsky.social made with our Dreamstate soundset

I have grown to appreciate The Phantom Menace, but I still get a good laugh from this old Bored skit. I just enjoy Jar Jar Binks impressions. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpzJ...

Tim Cant aka Chronicle has done a cheeky breakdown of his new track Encarta, which includes a couple of patches from my Timeshift soundset. His Fantasy Zone EP is out now on Spatial youtu.be/bI8fn0imWMc?...

The pitch shifted "Tay Tay Tay Tay" vocal from Mel & Kim's Respectable is stuck in my head this morning. It's going to be one of those days, I think. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykDs...

Letterboxd is showing some people (not me sadly 😞) this CAPTCHA challenge when they log Bugonia. Classic.

Saw Bugonia last night, and was curious about the memorable typeface used in the film's branding. As an ex-pat New Zealander I was pleasantly surprised to discover that is was designed by Samoan/New Zealand designer Joseph Churchward: collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/91526...

What's this? Giallo disco from @maiovvi.bsky.social on Spun Out of Control? Fuck yes! spunoutofcontrol.bandcamp.com/album/deathg...

Power Glove get HEAVY on their score for Devil May Cry. A natural evolution of 2043: Volume 1. Everything they've done blows me away. Such incredible producers. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nhS...

Not sure if I should feel proud to have solved my first “evil” Clues by Sam, or embarrassed that it took me over an hour…

I stay subscribed to Pinterest’s daily email digest, because I sometimes discover illustrators that way. But their email titles are getting progressively creepier. Today’s was “Jonathan, just trust us”.

Trying to listen to the Atlanta Monster podcast, but MAVS’ score is way too distracting (in a good way!) makeupandvanityset.bandcamp.com/album/atlant...

Reverb Machine have done a breakdown of Q Lazzarus’ track Goodbye Horses. I had only ever heard it in the context of Silence of the Lambs, and always thought it was sung by a man. The Q Lazzarus story sounds tragic. There’s a doco about her, so I’ll keep an eye out. reverbmachine.com/blog/how-q-l...

My random thoughts while watching The Lost Boys: Those gotta be real-life Santa Cruz punks in the opening montage. Shirtless sax guy never gets old. Chinese takeaway in the ‘80s was unflavoured white rice? Rob Lowe poster on Corey Haim’s wall. Mondrian bathrobe.

Revenge was my Halloween night film. ROB’s score is outstanding. So grimy. Not technically a horror film though? So I may watch The Lost Boy later!

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