Les Orchard <me@lmorchard.com>

Minnaloushe in cat jail. First time really seeing Cosmo since he kicked his ass almost a month ago. Visiting has gone surprisingly calmly so far

Spoiler alert: my digestive system was right

I had instant ramen for lunch. Some people (me, my digestive system) think this was a mistake.

me, staring at an order out for delivery: "come to butthead"

FWIW, it's a pair of old Audio-Technica ATH-M30 over-ear headphones. I've replaced the cushions twice. They still sound great, and absolutely no shorts or static or cut-outs even with the cat-bitten cable

The cable on a 15 year old pair of headphones suffered a cat nibble at some point, years ago, and is destined to finally fail soon. I could fix it - I have wire & solder & shrink tubing - but I'm almost daring it to fail now

Meanwhile, in cat jail #cats

Oh, maybe this is a better link, straight to strudel.cc - it's a HUGE link though. https://strudel.cc/#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%2BYCkKICAucGFuKHNpbmUuZmFzdCgxKSkKICAvLy52b3dlbCgiPGEgZSBpIDxvIHU%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%2BIEczIH4KICAgICAgICBFMyBGIzMgRzMgRDMgfiBGIzMgRzMgQyMzCiAgICAgICAgfiBGIzMgRzMgRiMzIEEzIH4gRzMgfgogICAgICBdITMKICAgICAgWwogICAgICAgIEUzIH4gIEczIEUzIEczIEcjMyBBMyBEMwogICAgICAgIH4gRDMgfiBEMyBBMyB%2BIEczIH4KICAgICAgICBFMyBGIzMgRzMgRDMgfiBGIzMgRzMgQwogICAgICAgIH4gRiMzIEczIEYjMyBBMyB%2BIEczIH4KICAgICAgXQogICAgPgogIGApLnNsb3coNCkKCmxldCBlcGlhbm8gPSBrZXlzCiAgLnNvdW5kKCJnbV9lcGlhbm8yIikKICAucGFuKDAuNTUpCiAgLnJvb20oMy4wKQogIC5scGYoNDAwMCkKICAuZWNobygxLCAxLzYsIC44KQogIC52aWIoNSkudmlibW9kKDAuMTIpCgpsZXQgcGFkID0ga2V5cwogIC5zb3VuZCgiZ21fcGFkX3dhcm0iKQogIC5wYW4oMC40NSkKICAucm9vbSgyLjApCiAgLmF0dGFjaygwLjApLnJlbGVhc2UoMC4wMSkKICAuZWNobygxLCAxLzYsIC44KQogIC5zdXBlcmltcG9zZSgKICAgIHggPT4geC5hZGQobm90ZSgwLjEyKSkucGFuKDAuMiksCiAgICB4ID0%2BIHguYWRkKG5vdGUoLTAuMTIpKS5wYW4oMC44KSwKICApCiAgLmdhaW4oMC43NSkKCiQ6IGFycmFuZ2UoCiAgWzE2LCBzdGFjayhiYXNzLCBkcnVtcywgaGF0cyldLCAgICAgICAgICAgICAgICAvLyBkcm9wIHRoZSBiZWF0IGluCiAgWzMyLCBzdGFjayhiYXNzLCBkcnVtcywgaGF0cywgZXBpYW5vLCBwYWQpXSwgICAvLyBmdWxsIHRleHR1cmUgKHR3byBwaHJhc2UgbG9vcHMpCiAgWzE2LCBzdGFjayhiYXNzLCBlcGlhbm8sIHBhZCldLCAgICAgICAgICAgICAgICAvLyBicmVha2Rvd24g4oCUIHB1bGwgdGhlIGRydW1zCiAgWzE2LCBzdGFjayhiYXNzLCBkcnVtcywgaGF0cywgZXBpYW5vLCBwYWQpXSwgICAvLyBiYWNrIHRvIGZ1bGwKKQo%3D

Here's the original Stripdown, which has been stuck in my head for days https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Il1mZd6ZQ4

This strudel.cc thing is pretty cool. I keep thinking I want to get back to an old-school Amiga style tracker, but this music-as-code thing seems to be jibing with my head right now. Spent a lil while throwing together a cover of Stripdown by Agent Side Grinder and I think I got pretty close? Skip around to 32 sec or so, to hear everything going. I'm screwing around with learning the arrange() function, so it's not quite right yet https://gist.github.com/lmorchard/2baada282fb5c2b82eb818129249849c

In our pantry, there is a can of Wolfgang Puck's clam chowder, from a store in Ann Arbor, purchased in 2002. It has moved with us 11 times. I can't explain this joke to anyone (except my wife, she knows what's up), but this can will probably be with me when I retire.