This is my newest theme, Darchitect. It is designed to be dark. Really dark. (or quite bright if you prefer) Aesthetics Inspired by high-contrast architecture photography and technical manuals, Darchitect is a combination of artistic canvas, engineering notes, and elegant book design. The build Darchitect is a fork of Twenty Twenty-One, this year’s default WordPress… Continue reading Darchitect
Author: Michael Arestad
fast-forward only [git]
tl;dr git config –global pull.ff only makes git pull happy. 🌟 I just set up a new computer and, every time I ran git pull, I was greeted with a message I had not seen before: Looking further into it, I found several recommendations to set the global configuration to be pull.ff or “fast-forward only.”… Continue reading fast-forward only [git]
Japanese tableware
We now have a beautiful set of very interesting Japanese ceramics. Based on some of the marks, at least some of the dishes and cups were made during the Allied occupation of Japan during World War II. We are guessing this based on the “MADE IN OCCUPIED JAPAN” marks on the bottom of some of… Continue reading Japanese tableware
Lazy loading YouTube gets a bit meta
I was recently shown the CSS Tricks article, Lazy load embedded YouTube videos, and holy heck is it clever. The gist is that it loads the HTML content inside srcdoc instead of src. In this case, the content is a link to the video. It also lazy loads the image (performance!). I went a tiny… Continue reading Lazy loading YouTube gets a bit meta
Signal
I was testing out a patch last night and came up with an interesting set so I recorded a much shorter version this morning. Let me know what you think!
KOSMO ⚡️
UPDATE I have since made a dedicated site to listing the modules in my Kosmo. This is a snapshot of my current KOSMO modular with links to the modules. The modules are listed from left to right and are linked to their documentation pages. You can learn more about the build here. TOP RIGHT CASE… Continue reading KOSMO ⚡️
Building a modular synthesizer
This is the current state of my modular synthesizer. And here are some sounds it makes: WHAT IS A MODULAR? For those of you unfamiliar with modular, it’s essentially a configurable electronic instrument. For example, depending on the configuration, it could sound like a piano or it could be a an all-in-one techno machine. Modular… Continue reading Building a modular synthesizer