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Havana Syndrome

posted May 31, 2021 #

pretty wild reports that sound 100% like conspiracy theory but seems like some sort of radiofrequency weapon, based on best guesses. Will this be the next QAnon topic?

Vimeo goes public

posted May 25, 2021 #

Today, Vimeo spun off from its parent company IAC and went full on public. If you're the kind of person that buys stock, get yourself some VMEO and see what happens.

When I started at VHX some nine years ago, I had zero inclination that we'd be acquired by Vimeo and end up here. It's quite surreal but I feel honestly proud of where we've ended up and excited to see where it goes.

I'm sure one day I'll have more nuanced thoughts about the entire endeavor but, for today, I'm just stoked about it.

Full Mood, Beats Me

posted May 25, 2021 #

Premiered this new video for "Beats Me" by the band Full Mood and I am reposting it here because, frankly, it's a damn fine ode to Twin Peaks and David Lynch. It's a slow burner but well worth the reveal. Give it.. 3 minutes. I know that's infinity in Internet Time but the reveal is satisfying.

Arweave

posted May 24, 2021 #

Over the weekend I saw a friend tweet a random hash in order to "secure his Arweave" account. Intrigued, I poked around the official ARWeave site and learned that it's a technology that "enables you to store documents and applications forever" thanks to a "collectively owned hard drive that never forgets."

If that smells suspiciously of blockchain, you're not wrong. ARWeave is built on top of a Blockweave is an alternate version of the traditional blockchain that is "a set of blocks that contain data, linking to multiple previous blocks from the network."

From a high level, it's not very illuminating. The sites rundown on its own technology is interesting - basically saying that the blockweave rewards you for duplicating historical data (unlike the blockchain) and eventually results in a "permaweb" of data.

I can't say that I fully understand at all but I remain intrigued. Maybe you will be as well.

The Future Of Solid State Wind Energy

posted May 24, 2021 #

As we, hopefully, careen towards embracing more renewable energy sources at a larger scale, I find myself going down various YouTube holes learning about some options. This Undecided with Matt Ferrell episode on The Future of Solid State Wind Energy is a pleasantly educational look at some near term and long term alternatives for harvesting wind power. It's also just 12 minutes, so it's just the right length too. Do give it a watch.

Audit.Refrain: MAVS 88:88

posted May 13, 2021 #

Paradise Arcade is a podcast in which the hosts talk to electronic musicians about their creations. While that may not sound especially novel, they do a track-by-track breakdown of significant albums with insights directly from the artists. This episode of 88:88 by Makeup and Vanity Set is quite interesting! MAVS, aka Matthew Pusti, talks through the origin of the record, the individual track creation, the artwork and all points in between.
Definitely worth a listen. Pusti is always so forthcoming about his process and inspirations, it's refreshing to say the least.

Additionally, I don't think I've seen a podcast formatted in this way, broken up into individual tracks. It's even setup that way over on Spotify. Pretty clever, honestly.

Cody Uhler, Fairy Tech

posted May 7, 2021 #

Today, yk Records announced the debut single from Cody Uhler off his forthcoming album Darbo's Island. I suggest you listen to while you read:
Uhler is a name that you may be familiar with if you have followed this site for some amount of time. He's half of the band Kindercastle, he previously released music under the name Nahnee Bori (whom has several stellar albums) and he is part of Upright T-Rex Music, who just so happen to write all the music for the DOTS games.

Darbo's Island is a record inspired by SNES videogame soundtracks. Uhler spent a long time learning about the restrictions of creating music for those 16-bit games; very low sample rates, only so many tracks playing at once, etc. It's unbelievable how fantastic that era of music was given how little there was to work with.

Ultimately, Darbo's Island does not play by the same rules as a 16-bit game but it does build on those foundations. It's nostalgic but it's been modernized in a big way. Give "Fairy Tech" a listen and stay clued in for future updates; we've got a lot of fantastic work to go along with this in the coming weeks.
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