Hypercard / Flash / Dreams... all thriving creative scenes within a closed ecosystem. All kneecapped by business decisions. Could an open source tool build such a scene?

fed my digipet today 🌞

Love it when a plot comes together. Score wheel, pens, blade. ObservableHQ/D3 for map projections and Cuttle for Boolean ops on the vectors.

scalloped edges on scalloped edges, or Venn fungus #CuttleXYZ

I still think that replies should need to be approved to show up. I've never really had "numbers" >10 though, so I'm speaking as someone who accidentally looks at replies on occasion.

Review of Lily Allen's new album: it's like a tv series of a messy failing open marriage. It's cool to turn an album into a coherent story. People that do creative stuff should keep coming back to it.

Hello again Blue skies

it's a spectrum

Considering making a boot-to #Picotron system, it is so cozy. This one-button gravity flow game introduced me to Tiki Pona, a cozy constructed language. www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?pid=154...

#30daymapchallenge 17: A new tool Helsinki enjoyed a grand total of 12 minutes of sunshine in November (1.–13.11). No better time to remember that yes, the sun does still exists. This map shows Helsinki's shadiest / sunniest places. New tool? #GRASSGIS solar modelling. By @tadusko.bsky.social

oh no they found my stealth glossolalia swarm mvp www.forresto.com/spatial-glos... (spatial webaudio tts headphones experiment)

Are there any body tracking computer vision thing for sports movements? One person? Groups? Open and local preferred.

After experimenting with Urban Müller’s minimal programming language, “Brainfuck”, we created our own version, “bff” – a soup of thousands of randomly interacting 64-byte tapes initially filled with random noise.

Blaise talks about getting in "swing" with a rowing crew, the boat finding a soul. This is what it feels like to swing with a gym full of contra dancers. youtu.be/KevQxr-saFw...

This talk is absolutely tremendous. AI, cellular automata, how to define intelligence, how life emerges from building blocks, symbiogenesis… Incredible. overcast.fm/+AAhjRoBRgM0

Server Charms are tiny, portable microcontroller setups made with recycled vape batteries. They create their own Wi-Fi network, inviting curious people to connect with their devices where a captive portal opens, leading to small webpages. codeberg.org/actinomy/ser...

Or just be on us-east-2 j/k

Wanna feel weird about the world? Look at YouTube shorts in a private window.

2025-10-10 Yhteiskerhotila Talas Talas Community Center #Helsinki #Kalasatama

#Moonhance app prototype as a Meemoo graph. (Including moon.val.run to proxy the current NASA moon render.)

💥 did a small drawing explaining the JS execution model including the event loop. I hope it’s helpful to folks. Debugging is always easier when the underlying implementations are understood.

State of the collaborative Truchet tiling. #mmott (automerge and val town)

I got my first PHP job by showing code that I'd written to make a Livejournal tag cloud. The template language wasn't PHP but I could explain it. So thanks Brad.

"The iroh-lan UI is designed for zero-friction, ephemeral networking: no accounts, no central servers, no device lists. Name a network, choose a password, and you’re on a private L3 LAN with anyone who does the same, created out of thin air and gone when you leave." yup. github.com/rustonbsd/ir...

17.07.1913 Perä-Pohjolainen no 79, s.1 http://digi.kansalliskirjasto.fi/sanomalehti/binding/1277108?page=1 Kansalliskirjaston digitoidut aineistot

you might not like it, but this is peak spatial communication.

Idea to sync a Discord channel and @tldraw.com board. Mozilla Hubs had something like that for VR spaces circa 2020. I could see using Discord and TLDraw together like a... bulletin board. Talking to @stevekrouse.com about val.town ideas yesterday.

Check out this cool video from Frederico from cuttle.xyz on creating cool geometric patterns with their tool. It allows super easy creation of designs to be laser cut. I loved what they are doing so much I invested a while ago. (cc @forresto.bsky.social) youtu.be/aGZKTK6hVkc?...

Working on 3D Export (~2.5D for this first version) for cuttle.xyz. We've been focused on X and Y for five years now, so it's fun to start playing with Z. (#CuttleXYZ #cad #3dPrinting)

TIL India's time zone is UTC +5:30, and an Indian friend realized that India is the only time zone with a 30 minute difference. (From that perspective, lots of places had a 30 minute shift.)

külakiik = village swing There was one of these by a stage at the folk festival in Estonia. Bigger, 6 spots. Super physical and exhilarating. youtu.be/bn0809qAm1c

Tactile labyrinth for Fab Academy: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1En... Docs: www.forresto.com/fab-academy/... #FabAcademy

Good connections at the office. @jhilden.bsky.social

Wanted to share a new project: PackCAD – a 3D modeling tool for designing folded structures. packcad.com PackCAD is initially targeting folded packaging workflows – though I’m aiming for this to eventually be a general tool for “structural origami,” with applications in engineering/manufacturing.

Here's jäähaka, later in the post meltyhaka... www.forresto.com/fab-academy/... #Helsinki #FabAcademy

it's all about mindset 🧠💰

On wear and repair. https://www.forresto.com/2020s/shade-fail-fix.html #mundanePosting #repair #laserCutting #CuttleXYZ

Made a TV stand with slot-together joinery for Fab Academy CNC milling week. Don't miss Frank the vacuum's maiden voyage. 🤦 https://www.forresto.com/fab-academy/07-computer-controlled-machining.html #FabAcademy #FreeCAD #CNC

Collected some Sierpiński curve projects. https://www.forresto.com/2020s/sierpinski.html Now I can watch my animation homage while the 1972 Topology Films Project synth plays and Nelson Max says "it's my favorite." #mathart

I'm looking for my next software engineering role. If you need someone to make intricate cool visualizations (or anything really) send me a DM! A couple of my projects: tesseralis.site

FIT: Five Intersecting Tetrahedra Enhancing the WWW with inspectable 3D embeds of a tricky modular origami construction puzzle. Maybe I'll find it again in 20 years when I try to fold it again. https://www.forresto.com/2020s/fit.html #origami #mathArt #OpenSCAD #Blender #FabAcademy

Fab Academy week 02, evaluating CAD software, comparing Zoo, picoCAD, SolveSpace, FreeCAD, and Cuttle. Conclusion: cardboard aided design is still my favorite. https://www.forresto.com/fab-academy/02-cad-comparison.html #FabAcademy #CAD

Is there an argument for/against hosting a static home page on gh-pages, netlify, dreamhost, home server?

A couple of weekends with Blender Geometry Nodes, and I made what I had in mind. A curve gets turned into a rope with physics constraints and growth. Fun tool! #Blender #GeometryNodes

I messed with Blender over break enough to learn to make this with Geometry Nodes. Learning journal: https://fopub.notion.site/3d-Singh-s-Rope-Tutorial-XPBD-1774337bf87d801ab9abe458eeedd8cc shout-out 3D Singh #Blender #GeometryNodes

Synonym for "empty office or studio space" is "real estate" Occupy... everything?

does it recompress, does it loop #vector #animation #loop #CuttleXYZ

I searched "pokemon controversy" and there was something about a character design, but nothing about... a society based on making pets fight? How to talk to your kids about...

Any time I’m feeling down I listen to this wonderful poem by @astrokatie.com and I feel better. I don’t know why but it always works. youtu.be/2wT1-bRj9wI?...