new blog-journal-words-thing: https://heckscaper.com/text/2023_11_29.php

was just informed of the website "formaviva", which has to be the most startup looking startup in the music sphere. are you kidding? [the following is copypasted from a discord message i sent]

this place looks like hell dude. there's an artist signup where they check the "quality" of your work (nonspecific) and i'm sure theres some dumb aesthetic threshold they want to maintain too.

the site is full of non-information too: "Become an early supporter and keep 90% of royalties." - ok, so just like bandcamp was, and is if you make "ok money" there. "Formaviva distributes up to 90% of earnings to the creators." up to? how much are you going to lower it?

their terms also like... barely exist? at all? and wtf is this? "Unless otherwise stated, Samorastnik d.o.o. and/or its licensors own the intellectual property rights for all material on Formaviva. All intellectual property rights are reserved" - there is no copyright information on any album page here. so who owns the work now?

and wtf is this????? "By using our website, you also agree to Youtube's terms of service and usage"????????????????????

been too busy socializing and looking after the miniature farm that has taken over my living room to be Publicly Online, sorry  

not sure what's next for work stuff (aside from finalizing a few plugins). it will make itself apparent to me soon, i think.

did the thing; resources for me latest record are now up at https://heckscaper.com/resources/

redid the isopod (and millipede, but you don't really ever see them) housing.

i had found a deer skull on the trail and decided it would be a wonderful thing for them to have, especially given the amount of calcium in it. it took a couple days to get it to the point of disinfection i felt comfortable with, and they have been exploring it thoroughly.

sphagnum moss and thread moss were added and there is a moisture gradient from left to right; rightmost being perpetually damp and loaded with springtails, leftmost being very dry, and i fill it with new leaf litter when necessary.

the wood is all found on the trail as well, baked before being added for safety of course. substrate is sphagnum moss & fir shavings, wood chips, and charcoal

the plants are living and rooted (for now) but i have no qualms with their potential death, as they're just trimmings from some of my houseplants.

overall i'm very happy with the enclosure, and i am curious to see how much self-regulating it will manage.

hmm why is akkoma so slow and erroring out all the time (upgrades server from 1gb of ram to 2 and it's fine)

that makes enough sense yeah 

hello, i have finally released my latest record:

BANDCAMP: https://halleylabs.com/album/arc-regn
ITCH.IO: https://halleylabs.itch.io/arcregn - includes a bandcamp download/collection code

thank you for your patience <3
(making this post again because i let my ssl cert expire so it probably didnt federate lol)

hello, i have finally released my latest record:

BANDCAMP: https://halleylabs.com/album/arc-regn
ITCH.IO: https://halleylabs.itch.io/arcregn - includes a bandcamp download/collection code

thank you for your patience <3

@torcado hey! i'm using your itch audio player thing and i love it; is there a way to maybe get per-track artwork running in it?