Making in Ruin
Here, I wanted to catalogue some of the ways my current feedback circuits are broken, and how Iām still using them anyway.
Posts by Year
2021
CNTNGNT PRMP: An open and contingent system for JFET preamplifiers
I presented a video paper at the Vibrant Practices Symposium in April, earlier this year.
The Mushroom at the End of the World
I recently finished reading Anna Lowenhaupt Tsingās āThe Mushroom at the End of the Worldā. It wasnāt directly relevant to my work but has sparked a couple o...
Circuit Bending and Sanctimony
A slight annoyance in some of the literature I sometimes encounter during my PhD is the way alternative or, so-called, counter-cultures are represented as so...
The Chaos Bazaar
By denying buyers the possibility of direct economic relationships with sellers, Spotify has no choice but to continue to pursue its delusional, illegal, stu...
Barkerās Plate Reverb
The hidden costs of Barkerās ā¬150 plate reverb and solenoid percussion system
2020
Interdependent Labour
Iām always interested in stuff around āworkā and/or ālabourā around DIY music scenes and how it intersects with wider criticism of capitalism etc. I wanted t...
Clearing the Decks
Iāve just been writing for my PhD progression. Itās been an intense couple of months but thereās now a brief respite as my report is reviewed for corrections...
Archiving Posset-bot
Posset-bot takes early retirement
Tutorial: Ciat Lonbarde PCBs
A tutorial on turning Peter Blasserās āPaper Circuitsā into files needed for Printed Circuit Board manufacturing.
Introducing the Jehovaās Fitness Telegram Bot
A Telegram bot performing a collaged stream of bits and bobs
NottNOISE - Monday 16th March
Iāll be playing NottNOISE (Nottingham) on Monday 16th March.
2019
DIY - Some Notes
A key term within my practice, and the broader music communities I identify with, is DIY. But what does this mean?
Shutting Down Bandcamp Onion
Last year I Onionised Bandcamp, that is to say I used EOTK to set up a Tor proxy to Bandcamp.
2018
An (Opinionated) Critical Guide to DIY Digital Publishing
Introduction Iām briefly introducing this text as it is taken directly from a supplement I recently published with TQ#15. It was quite spur of the moment, ha...
Pushing Jekyll to a Google Cloud based Tor Hidden Service using Gitlab CI
In my previous post I migrated from a Raspberry Pi home server to Google Compute Engine for the purpose of hosting Tor Hidden Service versions of my websites...
Non-anonymous Tor Hidden Service using Google Cloud
Iāve previously talked about how to set up Tor Hidden Services, at home on a Raspberry Pi. As Iāll be moving around soon and not have a permanent base to run...
WNNS Review: Dissolution Matrix in Afterthought of Skiess
I just wanted to share this most welcome review, from the ever-excellent We Need No Swords, of āDissolution Matrix in Afterthought of Skiesā
Little Arithmetics
Small Thoughts on Improvisation
Testing Impedance Matching Contact Micās
More A/B Comparisons
Onionised Bandcamp
Iāll cut to the chase, Iāve āOnionisedā Bandcamp.
Testing Epoxy Backed Contact Micās
Iāve been making contact micās for myself and others for some years now (and Iām planning on putting some up for sale again quite soon so get in touch if you...
Why Being Disconnected from Practice Isnāt Really a Thing
One hears people, especially in arts circles, talking about their relationship to practice. Artists and other creatives (not forgetting nurses, teachers and ...
EOTK: Tor Mirroring on Google Cloud Engine
So at the risk of this site mostly being tech stuff Iām posting another how-to, rough-guide, self-documentation regarding Tor.
Urghhā¦ Recaptcha
Just a quick note. I hate captcha. Mostly I hate infinite captcha loops you can get locked into whilst browsing using Tor. Thatās often as much to do with cl...
Self Hosting with Raspberry Pi and Tor
A year or so ago I started experimenting with digital self publishing. Having become increasingly politicised with regard to both state and commercial online...
2017
Hello World
Obligatory first post. Portfolio and more to follow.