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Gracklefeet
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Music theory, DAWs, birds, bugs, plants; Balloon Juice jackal
Happy to see Ryan Leach talking about the same book my Synth Nerds Discord group is working on!
December 18, 2025 at 9:46 PM
December 15, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Today I discovered a world with vibrant red grasses and tropical trees; vast oceans dotted with tiny islands. Gradually the islands occur closer and closer together until there large expanses of solid land.

Someday I'll get tired of watching the sun set over alien seas... but not yet 🌞
December 2, 2025 at 10:30 PM
This galaxy map shows star systems I've visited. In many cases I built small bases there as well, so I can retrace my steps using the base teleporter system.
December 2, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Some species have a similar body plan but with a different shaped tail, jaw, or crests. Others have a superficial similarity but I think are in a different taxon. Mimicry?
December 2, 2025 at 10:30 PM
I'm getting back to No Man's Sky after having been away for a while. I play in creative mode, so no worries about being attacked or having to pay for materials. I have several goals. One is to study and collect as many versions of this taxon as I can!
December 2, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Sending out Thanksgiving greetings -- wishing you a peaceful experience connecting with home and family -- whether that's your family of origin or family of association -- and no matter where home may be for you.
November 26, 2025 at 10:02 PM
I'm working on the homework problems at the end of chapter 1 of the Belkin text. We're supposed to be making variants of motifs but I keep getting distracted and making little songs out of them. I'm so glad I'm doing this with a bunch of friends because if it were for a "real" class I'd be toast. 🙃🍞
November 26, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Here is the picture of the Emo Grasshopper
November 26, 2025 at 3:56 AM
That was so crazy I had to look it up. Ant terminology
November 26, 2025 at 3:54 AM
All of us have different backgrounds and are approaching it differently. The consensus was, it would be fine to spend another 2 weeks "chewing on" ch. 1.

I got distracted by one of the homework questions (relating to motifs) and went off on a tangent. Yesterday's work looks like this!
November 23, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Hiking in No Man's Sky. Are these fossils? Giant diatoms?
November 21, 2025 at 8:16 PM
I accidentally played an F# ma7 in one hand and a Bb sus 2 in the other and said "whoa!!!" like I had just discovered a new element or something 😮
November 21, 2025 at 8:13 PM
This is me at 10 yrs old, drawing "bicorns". They were egg-laying, horse-like creatures with wings and two horns, and they could change color because they had chromatophores under their skin (like squid).
I love how I have my 64-pack of Crayola crayons all sorted into color families.
November 21, 2025 at 8:06 PM
I've been away from No Man's Sky for about a month because of some projects around the house. I just went back to some old pics and felt a wave of nostalgia. I don't play the game the way it's "intended", I just walk around and take pictures 🙃
November 21, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Sightseeing in No Man's Sky
November 21, 2025 at 12:03 AM
This week's homework project will have 3 sections (each based on a separate motif), and then a 4th section that pulls it all together.

I feel like I'm 7 yrs old and writing a story on that special kind of paper ✏️
November 20, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Hank says "I hate that the quiet invisible usefulness of Wikipedia is getting dragged into this fight"

I didn't know Wikipedia's origin story! I take it for granted that it will always be there. After watching this video I want to make another donation.
November 20, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Here is the text we are using
November 14, 2025 at 1:09 AM
I'm trying to think why my NMS record keeping is such a pleasant little mini-game.
"Look how much I accomplished already!"
"I'm looking forward to these unexplored ones"
No time pressure, no judgement
It's do-able. Not too much complexity

Can I apply these skills to real life? ex my garage
March 17, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Whee!
March 16, 2025 at 10:13 PM
OK the spell is broken, we're back to the cheese. But OMG I laughed and laughed. I have a pet beetle! Ten year old me would have loved this IRL 💚
March 16, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Just me and my beetles.
March 16, 2025 at 1:12 AM
I have a whole island to myself.
March 16, 2025 at 1:12 AM
March 16, 2025 at 1:12 AM