Grumpy Owl: Things I Don’t Understand

Most of us like lists, so here’s a list of things I don’t understand. Some I honestly don’t understand, like that spy movie, while others I might fundamentally understand, I just don’t understand why it’s a thing.

Taylor Swift
NFT
Consciousness
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Roguelikes and Soulslikes
Git
8-bit music on vinyl
The thread feature in Slack
“Wrong answers only” 😑
Keyboards with no Caps Lock light
Joe & The Juice
Sunbathing
Sideways TV guides
Doctor Who
GIF animations where only the snow is animated

October 22, 2023December 23, 2023Chiptunes SID

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Commodore 64 SID

SID: Pony Exterminator

An experimental tune with an FM snare drum, a trumpet instrument with delay effects, and a coarse “Pony Exterminator” speech effect. Also features my first real solo since my comeback.

Later contributed in the music competition at Transmission64 2023.

Here’s the DeepSID entry if you want to listen to the SID file itself.

Here’s a YouTube video recorded on real C64 hardware:

Posted retroactively in December 2023.

October 10, 2023December 23, 2023Chiptunes SID

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Commodore 64 SID

SID: Swallow

Uses the style and arrangement of a drum and bass tune. One of the better tunes I made that year. Later contributed in the music competition at Mysdata 2023.

Here’s the DeepSID entry if you want to listen to the SID file itself.

Here’s a YouTube video recorded on real C64 hardware:

Posted retroactively in December 2023.