Play around with miniature, interactive Rooms – now with Actions

Need to escape for a while? Rooms is a delightful set of miniature interactive voxel worlds that can be toys or games, all living for free in the browser (or iOS app). In version 3.0, Rooms adds interactive actions in addition to coding.

Jumping ship to Bluesky? Here’s where to start for music and tech

The exodus from X is in full swing. That opens up a variety of federated platforms. But if you’re missing the Twitter experience, Bluesky might be worth a look. Here’s where to get started. I will refrain from getting on a bandwagon about decentralization here. And I remain most excited about Mastodon, which I’ll talk […]

Peter Kirn - November 21, 2024

In Beirut and abroad, critical aid for Lebanon: music, events, interview

Music venues and artists in Lebanon continue to collect essential funds and supplies for forcibly displaced people. Here’s an update on how that’s going, a guide to fundraising events internationally, some music, and a conversation on community efforts at Nation Station.

Peter Kirn - October 31, 2024

Tim Exile, artist and Endlesss founder, needs support in cancer crisis

Peter Kirn - June 10, 2024

Submerge and Underground Resistance mini-doc: techno from the source

Peter Kirn - March 1, 2024

Ornament & Crime, open module, gets new powers in Phazerville 1.7

Peter Kirn - February 20, 2024

Valdivia, Chile to Tampere, Finland, a livecoding Solstice is on right now

Peter Kirn - December 22, 2023

Free Surge XT 1.3 adds OSC, command line, new effects, more features

Peter Kirn - December 8, 2023

Deluge synth-sequencer-sampler open-source community firmware is here

Peter Kirn - December 4, 2023

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