After what seems like years, but has only been a month or two, my co-author (@workingwriter) and I have gotten pdfs of the finalized version of Mastodon For Dummies! The book will be available everywhere in a few weeks.

I just finished skimming through the book (I've read the whole thing a few times now) and I think we've done Mastodon and the #fediverse justice and I'm really proud of it. I can't wait for you all to see it. #dummies #mastodon #book #hooray #preorders

https://www.powells.com/book/mastodon-for-dummies-9781394193363

New OGL update from WotC.

These live survey results are clear. You want OGL 1.0a. You want irrevocability. You like Creative Commons.

The feedback is in such high volume and its direction is so plain that we're acting now.

We are leaving OGL 1.0a in place, as is. Untouched.
We are also making the entire SRD 5.1 available under a Creative Commons license.
You choose which you prefer to use.
https://www.dndbeyond.com/posts/1439-ogl-1-0a-creative-commons

So I've been building a 100% analog polyphonic synthesizer with an unique twist. To use only vacuum tube era technology from the 1930s.

Over 300 neon gas diodes create the sound you hear. Pretty awesome for technology from 100 years ago.

Still a work-in-progress, but I wanted to post a video of it with the innards spread out across the workbench. : }

I call it the "Neon String Machine"

#synthesizers #music #electronics #audio #synthwave