Chris
Chris
@chris@bkstrm.net

This is the Fedi account for my blog, where I post synthesizer stuff, music, art, coding stuff, pictures, foraging, outdoors, emacs, kombucha, . My main account is @cb@bleepbop.space
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  • Circuit Board

  • I Love LAMP (Stack)

    I had this idea for a sticker/meme/something and amazingly it didn’t seem like anybody had done it before. “LAMP” as in “LAMP stack” (linux apache mysql php). A little server nerd humor for you

  • test post

    looks my activitypub plugin broke. will this federate?

  • Cable Graffiti

  • Hotdog Man

  • Headphones

  • It’s super easy to add a shortcode to WordPress

    I had no idea it was this simple. Basically add a function to functions.php (in a theme folder, like wp-content/themes/yourtheme/functions.php) and add the add_shortcode line as below. Once it’s been added there, you can use it with [your_shortcode]. For instance, here’s the code I use for generating a random number for the “hit counter” on…

  • My IRC Network

    Ever heard of IRC? It’s sorta like Discord but way older. And also way better in a number of ways, none of which I’ll get into here. Basically it’s a text-based chat thing over the Internet that anybody can use, and with some tech chops even run their own server. I run my own server…

  • wobbly synth beat

  • alien spaceship launch sequence

  • Why I Love Emacs

    At some point I might write up a longer post about this. For now – here’s what I have to share about Emacs. You can change every part of it! If you don’t like how something works and you’re willing to do a little research, you can change it. You can do this while Emacs…

  • Do I have a reason to blog?

    I’ve spent a considerable amount of time playing with this new website, which I find thoroughly fun. It’s a place to put some tutorials I wrote, display my discography, have a homepage. But what about blogging? Do banal musings on everyday life entertain anybody? Is there a reason for me to shout my recent thoughts…

  • My Favorite Library

    I’ve always been a fan of libraries. When I was a kid I used to ride my bike to the library and spend hours reading. This is my new favorite library: The Ada Library (aka Amy Van Andel Library). Why? Books. Videogames. CD’s. Vinyl. It’s very quiet. I love the almost-brutalist exposed cement inside and…

  • How to Get Started with Mastodon

    Quickstart Mastodon* is friendly, safe, free, non-corporate social media. I encourage you to join! TL;DR? here’s what you do: That’s it! If you want more info, keep on reading. What? Mastodon* is a huge, global, social network. It’s run by regular people like you and me, not corporations. Nobody owns it. The goal is communication, not…

  • Koala loop (test)

  • Trout Patterns

  • Hangout

  • Like a Modular Synth Jungle or something?

  • Some Hills

  • A/V Club

  • Tropical Bird

  • Ramps

  • Journey to The Cat Planet

  • Ducknose

  • Good morning, world crab

  • Shrooms