Bornach

New Post: Why I Love AI Next month it'll be twenty years since I went to university, learned to program, and studied AI. I wrote about why I loved it, why I still love it, and why, unfortunately, it no longer exists. www.possibilityspace.org/blog/posts/i...

Governments around the world are protecting Big Tech’s interests instead of the people. It doesn’t have to be like this. Together we can shape a better future. Join us. www.wearebetterthanthis.co.uk

Tried live coding music from scratch starting from a blank Strudel REPL. A few minutes in the lead was generated by combining Euclidean Rhythms with a Cosine function which resulted in surprising melodies #livecoding #strudel #algorave #electronicmusic #music

Acid techno from scratch #Algorave #LiveCoding in Strudel REPL

It's our last ever Algoravioli event 🎀 🏁 ​(An experimental event series where there's no pre-set plan or setlist: The entire event is a big-warm-welcoming live-coding jam-session. We also end up doing a lot of ribbon and pasta-jewellery making and chatting and learning 💖) Tickets: lu.ma/z5zxgcuc

The website to keep an eye on for all the good livecoding events in London is: badlondon.events/

From www.nixiana.com/projects/ntp... by Peter Csaszar. "The Nixie Tube Propeller Clock (NTPClock) is a unique timekeeping device that combines the vintage charm of the Nixie tube with the modern display idea utilizing the persistence of vision (a.k.a positive after-images) phenomenon." Floppy!

I'm teaching a workshop on assembling, exploring, and designing my EMF Explorer badge at #Defcon this year, and it's already sold out! I've got a few extra EMF Explorer kits with me for presale, and they'll also be available in the vendor hall at the #iFixit booth.

I helped out with the EMOM synth / #algorave space at #emfCamp and littered the tent with #Strudel starter cards. It's popular but has a bewildering range of things to play with. Intended to give enough to modify and inspire. Feedback and improvements welcome! www.jamesrutherford.com/databay/stru...

We regret that our event on Extreme Heat: Improving governance and strengthening action around the world has been cancelled due to the red extreme heat warning issued by the UK Met Office. Our apologies to everyone who was planning to attend the event.

Google claims the YouTube terms of service that creators must agree to when uploading their videos grants them permissions to train their #AI on our artistic creations variety.com/2026/music/n... Hey, Google! Train Gemini on this youtu.be/HdWVlcFykzA #Algorave #LiveCoding #bigtech #Strudel

Nothing to see here

Tempted into this by @bornach.bsky.social. Quick experiment sending gamepad data into voxelchant. New VJ-ing potential unlocked...

The more livecoding I do and the more livecoders I meet the more convinced I am that it’s a key part of the next golden era of public tech, like maybe the most important part? It contains in it all the good parts of “learn to code” with precisely zero of the capitalist/grindset implications.

Resin printing is AWESOME but it can be DANGEROUS if done incorrectly. And one of the things you want to avoid is printing in a tiny room with no ventilation. ☠️ Then what do you do if want to resin print? Invent something to make it safe. Or borrow from me. 😉 github.com/katzcreates/...

Adam Neely obliterates Berklee for their adoption of generative AI in songwriting classes. A must-watch. youtu.be/EfeGc02nzC4?...

In 2022 when Christian Henson of Spitfire Audio came out in support of JK Rowling and Glinner, I did a video on how that hurt the trans community and beyond. Now it's 2026 and I felt the need to revisit it, because apathy keeps winning, and it sucks www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrlS...

here's the recording FULLY AUTOMATED COMPUTER MUSIC youtube.com/watch?v=L4jdjPR75wQ

ALGORHYTHMS get tickets luma.com/xu4qnb2b

new blog post: "Anti-art has heart" www.todepond.com/sky/anti-art

Google are using @strudel to advertise deepmind, here under "Create music through real-time collaboration: See how Gemini 3.5 Flash coordinates multiple agents to create a song using the Strudel music library." https://deepmind.google/models/gemini/flash/ They've made it sound really awful ! […]

edengrey.bandcamp.com/merch/cv-fre...

Doing a virtual concert on the fediverse this Thurs! It's part of a series by #NHAM, and will be live on #TIBtv. Also trying to record it for my #MakerTube (the new home for Space Song Sundays!) ✨ Chill set, mostly originals 💙 Thu. April 16 2pm Pacific – 5pm Eastern – 9pm UTC tv.theindiebeat.fm

How do you build a hardware synth setup? Here is my attempt at the ultimate guide: youtu.be/w9c6oRR7is4

April 1st Algorhythm performance w/ @bornach.bsky.social: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViHC... (Rickroll begins to kick in around the 12:00 mark, you can just about hear the crowd singing along!)

Set Fire To My Soul - R1 #maker #projects #pcbdesign #kicad

The poster of this year Lyon's Algorave is out ! Printed using risograph thanks to Eidamned and Ralt144mi. If you are in France around May 2nd, book the date for a blast of a night with 44 artists for 12 hours of live coding performances ! #textmode #pixelart #poster #livecoding #algorave

You like videos of flickery low res displays that I assure you are 3D? Here's a mechanically scanned lightfield.

I've written a book! Next Level: Making Games That Make Themselves is the story of procedural generation - the tech behind games like Minecraft and Dwarf Fortress. It's about how it works, the games that use it, and the art and magic behind it. Out May 7th, in bookshops: linktr.ee/next_level 🎲🔮

I performed at Algorhythms again tonight, this time with the power of BLIT (thanks so much @eggg.uk!)

My 2nd attempt at using #Strudel REPL (at flok.cc) for #liveCoding an old song to sound more techno like in those viral #AlgoRave videos. It is not going so well today.

It's the simple six-servo robot dog that you can build, and it's open source! New video is up now: youtube.com/@jamesbruton... #opensource #robot #dog #quardruped

i can't believe they let us take over the V&A

If this looks or sounds fun - it's easier than you think! You don't need to know how to code, or how to make music, or anything else. You can just come along to an event and start learning the basics and take it from there. Find our next meet here: badlondon.events

Some photos from last night's algorave at the V&A Musem Friday Late. We played seven sets to thousands of people, many of whom hung around to watch multiple sets and brought loads of energy to the huge museum foyer.

Trump does not think strategically, historically, geographically, or even rationally. He does not connect actions he takes on one day to events that occur weeks later. Allied leaders know that if they help him in the Gulf, he won't be grateful, or even remember www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

The perspective looks all wrong. You're staring straight at this barmaid, but her reflection in the mirror is way off to right. Even worse, her reflection is facing a guy who doesn't appear in the main view! But in 2000, a researcher showed this perspective is actually possible! (1/n)

Its Digits Bday, so I wanted to make a look back video, showing the years we changed together and the friends I made on the way #robot #maker #bday

Is President Trump Sending a Hospital Ship to Greenland? ▶️Mercy departs Mobile ▶️Where Are They & Can They Go? ▶️Issues with sending them ▶️Mercy needs another Shipyard ▶️We need new FRIGGIN Hospital Ships! ▶️What about Expeditionary Transports? Video: youtu.be/QlxipwQR7Fo

I made a tool that turns PCB designs into 3D-printable molds. you sandwich copper tape between the parts, sand the ridges, and you have a real working PCB. no etching, no chemicals. I am losing my mind castpixel.itch.io/pcb-forge

this is the largest circuit board i've ever completely reverse engineered. 8 layers, larger than a sheet of paper, 1000s of nets, over 1000 parts. 🧵

Made an annotated version of "Something Big Is Coming" for all of you to enjoy. I hate this guy's writing so much www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/qw6k5...

I know there's a few short-form-content junkies out there that reeeeally need to watch this: youtu.be/uDkyP37JgY0

Live stream later youtube.com/live/VLOmAMq...

I made a long video about technocapitalism and AI music youtu.be/U8dcFhF0Dlk?...

This is without a doubt the coolest, weirdest thing you will see today! youtu.be/0Ssi-9wS1so

Fibonacci256 Expanding HDR is now available! I'm experimenting with different Voronoi grids behind the black LED acrylic diffuser. I think I prefer the one on the right, since it allows more light to bleed onto the surrounding wall. Which do you prefer? Get yours here: lectronz.com/products/fib...