#benprunty

[coriakin-wandering]

Legitly good music for studying or vibing

[makemeacyborg]

Stop shaming people who are into tarot. Everyone I've ever known who's into tarot has been such a cool, interesting person. You can enjoy tarot without believing it has any supernatural power over you. – http://twitter.com/benprunty/status/1214285732660969472 – @benprunty

[brianaaea]

[Play | Learn | Inspire] We're looking forward to an action packed weekend at #SacIndieArcade. Are you coming? Tag a friend. Music by @benprunty. • • • #BenPrunty #SacTech #StartupSac #indiearcade #sia2017 #westsac #SacGamers #videogames #SPphotoshare #igerssac #igerssacramento #VisitSacramento #ThePeopleOfSacramento #SacAfterDark #ExploreSac #916igers #SacramentoProud #Sacramento #SacTown #inthesac #YelpSacramento #whatsupsac #IndieGames #indiedev #gamedev #916dev (at Sacramento, California)

[brucesterling]

Critical Engineering workshops, Berlin, summer 2017

We're very pleased to announce our Summer Intensives program, Berlin 2017. //-------------------------------------------------------------------------------> FOUNDATIONS COMMAND LINE BOOTSTRAP, 18 August, from 10:00 to 18:00 With Julian Oliver and Danja Vasiliev This 1-day intensive workshop introduces participants to the UNIX command line, a rapidly growing and ubiquitous interface common to every computer from the UNIX family of operating systems - whether web-server, Internet appliance, wireless router, autonomous robot, Raspberry Pi, OS X or Linux laptop. In doing so, participants vastly expand the scope of computers they can interact with, develop for and control - transcending restrictive 'consumer-oriented' interfaces and the desktop metaphor. Further, participants learn that a computer doesn't need to have a screen, keyboard or even be on the same continent to be interacted with - the case for a growing family of devices comprising the so-called Internet of Things. Rather, by developing an ability to talk to computers - with them talking back - any UNIX or UNIX-like machine can be either directly controlled or made a drone, performing automated tasks on their owner's behalf. No prior knowledge of programming or command line interaction is required. -------------- RADIO INTRODUCTION TO SOFTWARE DEFINED RADIO 19-20 August, from 10:00 to 18:00 With Julian Oliver and Bengt Sjölen In this 2-day intensive participants will learn how to use a 12 Euro dongle* and free, open-source software to read, record and appropriate a vast world of signal around them. From weather satellite imagery to the International Space Station, police and military radio, pirate and amateur bands, software-defined radio allows for a GNU/Linux, OS X or Windows laptop to become a powerful ear into a world otherwise unheard by the devices we use. Outdoor excursions with antennae will be made to ensure participants have real-world experience capturing RF phenomena. Skills, terms and concepts learned are directly applicable to further self-learning in areas such as DIY cellular infrastructure, packet radio, radio-astronomy, wireless counter-surveillance and pirate radio. *RTLSDR USB dongle included in course fee No prior experience is necessary. -------------- NETWORKING INTRODUCTION TO OFFLINE AND MESH NETWORKING 21-22 August, from 10:00 to 18:00 With Sarah Grant Relying on commercial ISPs and web hosting companies creates an expensive dependency that tethers you to their terms and to the physical locations where their networks reach, not to mention the fact that your data will live on hardware that is out of your control. Equip yourself with the skills necessary to run your own offline mesh network, wireless access point, web server and file sharing system, which can be made portable and installed anywhere. This 2-day workshop will introduce participants to many practical concepts, including the basic building blocks of command Line interface, computer networking, server configuration for hosting web sites, captive portals and peer-to-peer file sharing. Required Materials (available for 60€ or bring your own):   Raspberry Pi 2 or 3   Micro SD card, class 10, 8GB minimum   2 - USB WiFi IEEE802.11 N / G / B Adapter   Micro USB power supply, minimum 2000mA output No prior experience is necessary. -------------- NETWORKING NETWORKSHOP 23-25 August, from 10:00 to 18:00 With Julian Oliver and Danja Vasiliev Ask anyone how the postal system works and they would give a vaguely correct description. Few however would come close to describing how email, let alone a computer network itself, actually functions. With this lack of knowledge comes a risk; we lack the practical understanding to effectively read the infrastructural and political implications of our increased dependency on this technology. In this 3-day version of the popular NETworkshop intensive, participants learn low-level networking using only command line tools and network hardware. In doing so they not only grasp how to create and manipulate computer networks, but how they can be used to manipulate us. By learning about routing, addressing, core protocols, network topologies, packet capture and dissection, students become dexterous and empowered users of computer networks. Complete documentation and software is provided. No prior experience is necessary. -------------- CRYPTO CRYPTOCURRENCY 101 26-27 August, from 10:00 to 18:00 With Chris Ellis and Janine Römer In this 2-day workshop, participants will receive an introduction to the cryptocurrency ecosystem and how "programmable money" can be a valuable tool - or even source of inspiration – for art, activism and beyond. Students will also learn about potential use cases beyond money and the socioeconomic implications of decentralised, algorithmic governance. Infrastructural and environmental costs of cryptocurrencies will be addressed and compared, with a view to sustainable futures. We will feature artwork from Bitcoin Art Gallery (@btcArtGallery), Cryptograffiti (@cryptograffiti), graphic designer Phneep (@phneep), crypto-puzzle artist Marguerite Driscoll (@coin_artist), illustrator Rock Barcellos (@rockbarcellos), and electronica composer Ben Prunty (@benprunty). If they so wish, students will have the opportunity to experiment with a small amount of cryptocurrency and leave the workshop with their own "World Citizen ID" card, an experimental ID & passport using blockchain technology! //<------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please find the further information and registration details at:   https://criticalengineering.org/intensives/2017/ Kind regards, -- The Critical Engineering Working Group http://criticalengineering.org

[catsynth-express]

CatSynth Video: Cat and ProSonus Faderport

I got a new control surface with a motorized fader and I should have known the interns would be fascinated by it@maddyandphoebe pic.twitter.com/oXydSUeBOc

— Ben Prunty 🔜 GDC (@benprunty) March 2, 2019

This cat (one of Mandy and Phoebe) is clearly fascinated by the motorized fader.

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CatSynth Video: Cat and ProSonus Faderport was originally published on CatSynth

[josephml99]

RT @benprunty: Misogyny https://t.co/mRZbkmC5Pp

http://twitter.com/JosephML99

[whiskasreads]

Thread: as you know, I periodically have sales on my bandcamp site via discount codes. The most successful sale was a 40% off code back in 2015. I marketed through Twitter and an email newsletter I sent through MailChimp, a paid service that cost ~$200 to send to ~7000 people - added from my saved Pocket articles

[micdousmi]

'FTL: Faster Than Light' soundtrack on vinyl looks out of this world

‘FTL: Faster Than Light’ soundtrack on vinyl looks out of this world

One of the direct results of folks helping Subset Games, the developers of FTL: Faster Than Light, absolutely demolish their Kickstarter goal was hiring Ben Prunty to score the game. And now thanks to iam8bit you'll soon be able to listen to it on…

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[gamesarepeople]

I get a lot of people asking me what tools I used to make the FTL soundtrack. I started answering them individually, but I think a blog post would be more efficient and useful to everyone. So here goes!

Ben Prunty on what he used to make the FTL soundtrack. Read it: http://benprunty.com/2013/01/03/heres-what-i-used-to-make-the-ftl-soundtrack/

[brianaaea]

[Play | Learn | Inspire] We're looking forward to an action packed weekend at #SacIndieArcade. Are you coming? Tag a friend. Music by @benprunty. • • • #BenPrunty #SacTech #StartupSac #indiearcade #sia2017 #westsac #SacGamers #videogames #SPphotoshare #igerssac #igerssacramento #VisitSacramento #ThePeopleOfSacramento #SacAfterDark #ExploreSac #916igers #SacramentoProud #Sacramento #SacTown #inthesac #YelpSacramento #whatsupsac #IndieGames #indiedev #gamedev #916dev (at Sacramento, California)

[hathorik]

Color Sky by Ben Prunty.