Vi clone written in BASIC proves old habits :wq hard

A few hundred lines of Yabasic recreate just enough to keep modal editing muscle memory alive

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OFFBEAT è il nuovo gioco musicale che trasforma oggetti quotidiani in strumenti, consentendo composizione, arrangiamento, esportazione e pubblicazione delle proprie creazioni.

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Day 5: “Unboxing“

The first 2 verses came to me out of nowhere, complete with a melody, and I took it from there. The melody is pretty well grounded in a key and yet the song feels kind of harmonically unmoored.

🎵❤️: I like the guitar counter-melody that runs through most of the song, the clarinet in the middle break, and the way the mostly improvised final rising vocal that sings “unboxed“ is rhythmically, well, literally offbeat.

6/9

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Unboxing

A track by sknob Released 2026-04-23

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Lego throws its own Hail Mary

Movie-inspired set ticks the clever Technic box, but at a price

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Bus station display takes the Windows 10 road to nowhere

Spikes deter pigeons, but Microsoft still managed to foul the screen

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Day 4: “Mirror Image“

Still not sure what the meter is in this one. 3/4? 6/8? 12/4? Made it hard to settle on a groove for the vocals.

🎵❤️: No drums, no guitars, only synths. Once I was done, I thought it still lacked a little something. That’s when I found that little chromatic piano counter-melody that comes in around 1’40’’ (“so much of the hardship…“). Actually gives me chills (is that indecent?).

4/9

https://mirlo.space/sknob/release/offbeat/tracks/26935

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Mirror Image

A track by sknob Released 2026-04-23

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YouTuber turns hamster wheel into phone charger

Okay, the rodent was a willing participant - after all, who turns down treats for a spin that charges a phone?

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Make actual songs with singing garden gnomes in Offbeat, a jobbing composer sim that doubles as an audio production tool

Offbeat, a jobbing composer sim that doubles as an audio production tool, has been announced for early access release this year.

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IBM tried to kill Tab navigation. Microsoft told it Bill Gates' mother wasn't interested

Big Blue escalated the OS/2 keyboard squabble through seven layers of management. Redmond's answer? Nope

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UK puts £20.5M behind 'numberplate for the skies' to keep tabs on drones

Remote ID system will log aircraft identity and location as ministers try to stop rogue flyers grounding airports

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