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Dave Borghuis<p>First edition of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/why2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>why2025</span></a> schedule is out : <a href="https://cfp.why2025.org/why2025/schedule/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cfp.why2025.org/why2025/schedu</span><span class="invisible">le/</span></a> with 2 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TIC80" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TIC80</span></a> / <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/demoscene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>demoscene</span></a> contributions from me, a tci80 workshop on friday and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bytejam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bytejam</span></a> (now on sat. subject to change)</p><p>Looking forward to this and see you all!!</p>
Black Valley<p>To take part in the capture the flag competition by Hackeriet, go to <a href="https://bv25ctf.hackeriet.no" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">bv25ctf.hackeriet.no</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> and join in at the fun! The registration code is "braaainz".</p><p><a href="https://icosahedron.website/tags/CTF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CTF</span></a> <a href="https://icosahedron.website/tags/CaptureTheFlag" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CaptureTheFlag</span></a> <a href="https://icosahedron.website/tags/demoscene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>demoscene</span></a> <a href="https://icosahedron.website/tags/demoparty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>demoparty</span></a> <a href="https://icosahedron.website/tags/BlackValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlackValley</span></a> <a href="https://icosahedron.website/tags/BlackValley2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlackValley2025</span></a></p>
Black Valley<p>Right now, two-thirds of Paula is playing some music for us – tune in on the stream, or get inside if you're here!</p><p><a href="https://icosahedron.website/tags/demoscene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>demoscene</span></a> <a href="https://icosahedron.website/tags/DemoParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DemoParty</span></a> <a href="https://icosahedron.website/tags/BlackValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlackValley</span></a> <a href="https://icosahedron.website/tags/BlackValley2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlackValley2025</span></a> <a href="https://icosahedron.website/tags/Concert" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Concert</span></a> <a href="https://icosahedron.website/tags/Stream" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Stream</span></a></p>
Black Valley<p>A late welcome to Black Valley weekend! </p><p>Most people are checked in, and our stream is up, courtesy of our friends at <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://icosahedron.website/@scenesat" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>scenesat</span></a></span>!</p><p>You can technically also watch on Twitch, but hey – Scenesat. They rule. Watch it there. <a href="https://scenesat.com/video/1" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">scenesat.com/video/1</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://icosahedron.website/tags/demoscene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>demoscene</span></a> <a href="https://icosahedron.website/tags/demoparty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>demoparty</span></a> <a href="https://icosahedron.website/tags/BlackValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlackValley</span></a> <a href="https://icosahedron.website/tags/BlackValley2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlackValley2025</span></a> <a href="https://icosahedron.website/tags/SceneSat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SceneSat</span></a> <a href="https://icosahedron.website/tags/Streaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Streaming</span></a> <a href="https://icosahedron.website/tags/Welcome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Welcome</span></a></p>
Black Valley<p>We're busy building the event, and we can't wait to welcome the hordes later! We open the hall just before 1600 hours, but you can always arrive earlier and hang out on the grass or put up your tents. Let's go!</p><p><a href="https://icosahedron.website/tags/demoscene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>demoscene</span></a> <a href="https://icosahedron.website/tags/demoparty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>demoparty</span></a> <a href="https://icosahedron.website/tags/BlackValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlackValley</span></a> <a href="https://icosahedron.website/tags/BlackValley2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlackValley2025</span></a> <a href="https://icosahedron.website/tags/projector" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>projector</span></a> <a href="https://icosahedron.website/tags/surgery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>surgery</span></a> <a href="https://icosahedron.website/tags/lens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lens</span></a> <a href="https://icosahedron.website/tags/change" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>change</span></a> <a href="https://icosahedron.website/tags/build" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>build</span></a> <a href="https://icosahedron.website/tags/setup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>setup</span></a></p>
Field-FX<p>We are having a Demoscene Village at Why 2025 in the Netherlands! <a href="https://wiki.why2025.org/Village:Demoscene" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">wiki.why2025.org/Village:Demos</span><span class="invisible">cene</span></a></p><p>We don't have a tent yet but we have an offer for a 5x5 tent for 650 euros. If you are going to why and would like help towards the cost of the tent could you get in touch with <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@zeno4ever" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>zeno4ever</span></a></span> &lt;3 </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/why2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>why2025</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/demoscene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>demoscene</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/demoparty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>demoparty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/hackercamp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hackercamp</span></a></p>
root42<p>Coca Cola PETSCII by Blazon<br><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/commodore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>commodore</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/c64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>c64</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/demoscene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>demoscene</span></a></p>
Toni Aittoniemi<p>While fake nerds in Silicon Valley were conspiring how to make more illegal carbon-guzzling powerplants to build their massive fake robot god, real nerds were at work optimizing the hell out of 4096 bytes (that's a couple of A4 printouts worth of data) to make these beautiful products of human ingenuity.</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soDhYU3Djmw" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=soDhYU3Djm</span><span class="invisible">w</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/demoscene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>demoscene</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/4k" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>4k</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>programming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a></p>
jok<p><a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Pixelart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pixelart</span></a> "Who controls the spice controls the universe"<br>320x180px 32 colors <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Amiga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Amiga</span></a> 500 </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/Lowres" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Lowres</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/demoscene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>demoscene</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/dune" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dune</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/landscape" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>landscape</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrogaming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MastoArt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/portrait" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>portrait</span></a></p>
Black Valley<p>Next week, we open the doors for Black Valley 2025. </p><p>We'll play you beautiful tunes, show you wonderous sights, make you smile, make you excited and the one little, tiny thing you need to do is get a ticket. </p><p>Don't have a ticket yet? We can give you one! In exchange for money. 💸 </p><p><a href="https://fienta.com/black-valley-2025" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">fienta.com/black-valley-2025</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://icosahedron.website/tags/demoscene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>demoscene</span></a> <a href="https://icosahedron.website/tags/demoparty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>demoparty</span></a> <a href="https://icosahedron.website/tags/BlackValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlackValley</span></a> <a href="https://icosahedron.website/tags/BlackValley2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlackValley2025</span></a> <a href="https://icosahedron.website/tags/ticket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ticket</span></a> <a href="https://icosahedron.website/tags/tickets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tickets</span></a></p>
Asbjørn Ulsberg<p>Kode24 har skrevet litt om hva <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://floss.social/@kusma" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>kusma</span></a></span>, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://icosahedron.website/@menacespb" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>menacespb</span></a></span>, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@susencrusen" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>susencrusen</span></a></span>, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://icosahedron.website/@Dozer" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Dozer</span></a></span> og jeg driver med andre helga i juli hvert år. 😃</p><p><a href="https://icosahedron.website/tags/NorskTut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NorskTut</span></a> <a href="https://icosahedron.website/tags/Norwegian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Norwegian</span></a> <a href="https://icosahedron.website/tags/Norsk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Norsk</span></a> <a href="https://icosahedron.website/tags/demoscene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>demoscene</span></a> <a href="https://icosahedron.website/tags/demoparty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>demoparty</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.bergen.social/@Kode24bot/114787182371456813" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.bergen.social/@Kode24</span><span class="invisible">bot/114787182371456813</span></a></p>
Csepp 🌢<p>@ <a href="https://merveilles.town/tags/demoscene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>demoscene</span></a> party orgas, if you have trouble pronouncing the names of compo participants, what about adding an option to upload an audio pronunciation sample? :flan_think:</p>
Black Valley<p>Black Valley is made by a small group of people, all lending their time and expertise to putting together our lovely gathering. </p><p>We ask that you are patient with us during the event, so we can best put our efforts into making everything awesome. And so that none of you get eaten.</p><p><a href="https://icosahedron.website/tags/demoscene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>demoscene</span></a> <a href="https://icosahedron.website/tags/demoparty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>demoparty</span></a> <a href="https://icosahedron.website/tags/BlackValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlackValley</span></a> <a href="https://icosahedron.website/tags/BlackValley2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlackValley2025</span></a> <a href="https://icosahedron.website/tags/organizers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>organizers</span></a></p>
Black Valley<p>Hack the planet or get eaten trying... 🧟‍♂️<br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://chaos.social/@hackeriet" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>hackeriet</span></a></span> has prepared a CTF for you guys at Black Valley! Real hacking, beginner-friendly challenges - your braaaains will be required. Whether you're new to CTFs or deep in the game, there might be one or more flags with your name on it!</p><p><a href="https://icosahedron.website/tags/demoscene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>demoscene</span></a> <a href="https://icosahedron.website/tags/demoparty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>demoparty</span></a> <a href="https://icosahedron.website/tags/BlackValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlackValley</span></a> <a href="https://icosahedron.website/tags/BlackValley2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlackValley2025</span></a> <a href="https://icosahedron.website/tags/hackeriet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hackeriet</span></a> <a href="https://icosahedron.website/tags/CFT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CFT</span></a> <a href="https://icosahedron.website/tags/BVCTF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BVCTF</span></a></p>
Black Valley<p>faRk used to record music from Amiga games on a cassette player as a kid and quickly discovered Protracker and eventually Fasttracker 2 on PC - all which inspired his style of music.</p><p>He released an album 💿 <a href="https://fark.bandcamp.com/album/utelat" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">fark.bandcamp.com/album/utelat</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> a few years back as a result — and also made an animated short movie, ALSO inspired by said music and demoscene, Amiga memories, Pikselhjerte ❤️ <a href="https://youtu.be/QlKF4vss9Is" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/QlKF4vss9Is</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>These days, he dabbles in modern Daws and the trusty M8 Tracker from Dirtywave for composing sweet chiptunes.</p><p>At Black Valley, he will DJ a varied blend of both old melodic demoscene classics mixed with modern tunes and remixes of old games, filling our lounge area with sweet nostalgia. Welcome!</p><p><a href="https://icosahedron.website/tags/demoscene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>demoscene</span></a> <a href="https://icosahedron.website/tags/demoparty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>demoparty</span></a> <a href="https://icosahedron.website/tags/BlackValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlackValley</span></a> <a href="https://icosahedron.website/tags/BlackValley2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlackValley2025</span></a> <a href="https://icosahedron.website/tags/live" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>live</span></a> <a href="https://icosahedron.website/tags/DJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DJ</span></a> <a href="https://icosahedron.website/tags/lounge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lounge</span></a> <a href="https://icosahedron.website/tags/amiga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>amiga</span></a> <a href="https://icosahedron.website/tags/chipmusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chipmusic</span></a> <a href="https://icosahedron.website/tags/chiptunes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chiptunes</span></a></p>
Black Valley<p>We were told in no uncertain terms that <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@lug00ber" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>lug00ber</span></a></span> was playing, as is tradition. Mildly intimidated, we could do nothing but bow our heads and comply. All hail lug00ber, breaker of beats.</p><p><a href="https://icosahedron.website/tags/demoscene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>demoscene</span></a> <a href="https://icosahedron.website/tags/demoparty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>demoparty</span></a> <a href="https://icosahedron.website/tags/BlackValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlackValley</span></a> <a href="https://icosahedron.website/tags/BlackValley2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlackValley2025</span></a> <a href="https://icosahedron.website/tags/concert" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>concert</span></a> <a href="https://icosahedron.website/tags/live" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>live</span></a> <a href="https://icosahedron.website/tags/dj" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dj</span></a></p>
Christoff, the human<p><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Introduction</span></a></p><p>Hello, my name is Christoff. </p><p>I live in Illinois, USA, outside the St. Louis area. Below I'll talk about my technology and creative interests, and a bit about me personally. I'm going to hashtag the heck out of this post. </p><p>the whole "deadbeef" thing is the magic number from <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Solaris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Solaris</span></a> for freed memory. I simply chose .monster TLD because it seemed cool and I like "extended" TLDs. </p><p><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Technology</span></a> </p><p>I have been using a OpenBSD, <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/NetBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NetBSD</span></a>, or <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/GNU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GNU</span></a>/#Linux since the late 1990s as a primary workstation. I used macOS from 2020 to 2025, switching to the <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/KDE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KDE</span></a> neon distro (KDE plasma is amazing and KDE isn't bloated anymore, yay!).</p><p>My current career is as a <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/pentester" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pentester</span></a> where I break into web applications, IP networks, mobile applications (especially <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Android</span></a>), and people to their face or over the phone; code <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/malware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>malware</span></a>; write documentation; and enjoy helping clients in a third party contractor/consultant role. I started that job change in 2020, when I earned the <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/OSCP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OSCP</span></a> certification at the height of "<a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/infosec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>infosec</span></a> twitter" when I did well there.</p><p>Previously I worked for about 20 years as a senior-level programmer, and systems, infrastructure, and database administrator. Burnout was very real and I was extremely bored/unfulfilled. </p><p>Now that programming and sysadmin stuff isn't my career, I find I enjoy programming and tinkering again.</p><p>I am a big fan of NetBSD and always have been. I am not a huge fan of GNU/Linux but I do appreciate things "just working", even if it is full of closed-source binary blobs and other garbage. It was fun in the 1990s.</p><p>I know many programming languages but have been paid professionally to code in <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/C" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>C</span></a>, <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Perl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Perl</span></a>, <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Python" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Python</span></a>, <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/PHP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PHP</span></a>, <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Java" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Java</span></a>, and <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Groovy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Groovy</span></a> for big commercial entities like eBay, small companies, and the US government.</p><p>I've maintained 99.99% uptime for a 60MM+ platform for years, including failover and backups (that were regularly tested... you test your failover and backups, right?!). </p><p>I always wanted to be a cool C and low-level programmer, which I thought for the longest time was being a kernel programmer, but now I know that isn't the life for me. </p><p>Emacs is something I've enjoyed since the beginning and I still can't code a <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Lisp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Lisp</span></a> well. I'd love to be a cool <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/lisper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lisper</span></a> with <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/CommonLisp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CommonLisp</span></a>, but haven't gotten there yet. I'm on the <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/c64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>c64</span></a> and <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/embedded" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>embedded</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> train now.</p><p><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Creative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Creative</span></a></p><p>For creative stuff, I aim to do a lot but tend to hop around as interests take me. I could use some discipline there (someday?). </p><p>For <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a>, I have an electric <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/bass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bass</span></a> (Fender Jazz) and electric <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/guitar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>guitar</span></a>. I love <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/jambands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jambands</span></a> (<a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/GratefulDead" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GratefulDead</span></a>, <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Phish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Phish</span></a>, <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Goose" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Goose</span></a>) and that's the type of music I like to play along to. </p><p>For <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a>, I like <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/acrylic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>acrylic</span></a> and <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/watercolor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>watercolor</span></a> painting. I rarely do it, but think about it a lot and love it when I do it. I don't have any skill or talent, but that's not the point. It's for me and no one else. </p><p>For <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/computing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>computing</span></a>, I am venturing into <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/C64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>C64</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/demoscene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>demoscene</span></a> programming and exploration. Not only was I too poor to get one when I was little but I sorta forgot about it over time. The desire to do cool things in a restricted environment where folks are playing in the sandbox, too, is very exciting and attractive to me. I don't know how to code the <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Commodore64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Commodore64</span></a> stuff yet, but will! Learning the assembly language (I have zero desire to code in BASIC again and I can just code assembly). </p><p><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Personal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Personal</span></a></p><p>I live with my soulmate and our five amazing cats in a small town outside St. Louis living a quiet life. Just doing our jobs, taking care of daily life stuff, and enjoying each other and life as much as we can. Ups and downs of life chaos, like anyone else, but we're doing alright! </p><p>We enjoy exploring places within driving distance and there are a lot of places to go to. </p><p>Currently, we're really into playing two-player games together and just started collecting <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/boardgames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>boardgames</span></a>. Right now, we're really digging <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/SkyTeam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SkyTeam</span></a>, <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/RoyalGameOfUr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RoyalGameOfUr</span></a>, <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/ForrestShuffle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ForrestShuffle</span></a>, <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/SentinelsOfTheMultiverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SentinelsOfTheMultiverse</span></a>, and this magnet game I don't know the name of. We have <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/SpiritIsland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpiritIsland</span></a> and <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/ArcNova" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ArcNova</span></a> to unwrap and learn. We tried really really hard to get into <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/ArkhamHorrorTheCardGame" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ArkhamHorrorTheCardGame</span></a> but the rules are too complicated and confusing, where it felt like we were doing the wrong thing all the time. </p><p>I am 46. I grew up loving Star Wars, Star Trek, <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/SciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SciFi</span></a>, reading novels non-stop, horror, and watching movies. I collect classic SciFi books from 1960s and 1970s.</p><p>I would perhaps describe myself as an extremely curious person, that loves <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/puzzles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>puzzles</span></a> and <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/mysteries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mysteries</span></a>, <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/exploration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>exploration</span></a>, figuring out <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/HumanBehavior" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HumanBehavior</span></a> like I'm an alien studying humans (I'm good at it, it turns out), that has a keen eye for detail, remembering random little things, and a good listener. I'm fairly adaptable and fluid in most things, which works well for me. My brain works differently than a lot of people, and while frustrating a lot of the time for things I don't understand fully, it is me and serves me well in niches. </p><p>Making people laugh makes me happy. I am a <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/hacker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hacker</span></a> and <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/tinkerer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tinkerer</span></a>.</p>
Canageek<p>Here is a question for you all: if you were trying to explain to someone what the demoscene is/was and wanted to show them an example video...what video would you show them?</p><p>Edit: To be clear, I'm talking about what examples you would show people, rather then history videos, though I love those two and will watch them if you send them to me.</p><p><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/demoscene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>demoscene</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/video" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>video</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/boostsOK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>boostsOK</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/demo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>demo</span></a></p>
Black Valley<p>We repeatedly told Henning and Hans, "det holder!" but they just won't listen. 🙉</p><p>So, by unpopular demand – they're back! But – on Friday night, they won't be in the back, but rather up front!</p><p>Expect silly kicks, stupid samples, pointless breaks, and preposterous mixing. If you are not convinced yet, listen to <a href="https://soundcloud.com/phobium/henning-hans-spiller-opp-til-dans-pa-blaker-samfunnshus-1" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">soundcloud.com/phobium/henning</span><span class="invisible">-hans-spiller-opp-til-dans-pa-blaker-samfunnshus-1</span></a> and you'll understand what we mean – DET HOLDER!</p><p>Henning &amp; Hans spiller opp til dans!</p><p>Photo credit: ernie / Black Valley 2023</p><p><a href="https://icosahedron.website/tags/demoscene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>demoscene</span></a> <a href="https://icosahedron.website/tags/demoparty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>demoparty</span></a> <a href="https://icosahedron.website/tags/BlackValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlackValley</span></a> <a href="https://icosahedron.website/tags/BlackValley2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlackValley2025</span></a> <a href="https://icosahedron.website/tags/concert" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>concert</span></a> <a href="https://icosahedron.website/tags/DJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DJ</span></a> <a href="https://icosahedron.website/tags/live" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>live</span></a></p>
dok<p>I am looking for a <a href="https://rivals.space/tags/peertube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>peertube</span></a> instance to join, mainly to post <a href="https://rivals.space/tags/demoscene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>demoscene</span></a> video capture but maybe also some game programming video.<br>Any recommendations ?</p>