This Friday at 7pm UTC we’ll be airing our pilot episode of NHAM Sound Table:

@ethicalrevolution and @sknob are joined by @meljoann and @limebar to hear and discuss recent releases by @FastGhost, @fstateaudio, @keefmarshall and @konstrukto.

https://cal.gravitons.org/event/nham-sound-table

The chat will be open and we’ll be on straight after this week’s Fresh Friday on TIBtv (https://cal.gravitons.org/event/fresh-friday-on-tibtv-2).

Feedback would be greatly appreciated once it has aired. -Do you like the format? -What could we improve? (One thing we realised straight afterwards is that we should have asked each participant to record their own audio for improved sound quality!)

This Friday at 7pm UTC we’ll be airing our pilot episode of NHAM Sound Table:

@ethicalrevolution and @sknob are joined by @meljoann and @limebar to hear and discuss recent releases by @FastGhost, @fstateaudio, @keefmarshall and @konstrukto.

https://cal.gravitons.org/event/nham-sound-table

The chat will be open and we’ll be on straight after this week’s Fresh Friday on TIBtv (https://cal.gravitons.org/event/fresh-friday-on-tibtv-2).

Feedback would be greatly appreciated once it has aired. -Do you like the format? -What could we improve? (One thing we realised straight afterwards is that we should have asked each participant to record their own audio for improved sound quality!)

A couple of days late (as always) this is my January Reading Wrap up for 2026 - https://nomadicreader.com/2026/02/04/january-2026-wrap-up/

There were no 5 star reads this month, but that's OK there's still 11 months of reading to go.

#books #reading #review

My review of THE REGICIDE REPORT by @cstross is on my Patreon, this one is free for all.

https://www.patreon.com/posts/review-regicide-149419982

#books #fantasy #review #bookstodon @bookstodon

https://crescentro.se/posts/linux-music-players-2026/

#musicplayers #linux #review #opensource

My review of THE REGICIDE REPORT by @cstross is on my Patreon, this one is free for all.

https://www.patreon.com/posts/review-regicide-149419982

#books #fantasy #review #bookstodon @bookstodon

Andreas @82mhz reviewed some books on the the history of the web, blogging, and AOL.

http://82mhz.net/posts/2026/01/some-internet-history-reading

#retrocomputing #books #web #review

LG UltraFine Evo 6K 32-inch Monitor Review

https://www.wired.com/review/lg-ultrafine-evo-6k-32-inch-monitor/

#HackerNews #LGUltraFine #6K #Monitor #Review #TechReview #Monitors #DisplayTechnology #WiredTech

🆕 blog! “Review: Lander 23 by Punchdrunk”
★★★⯪☆

Lander 23 had a few pre-launch glitches, but is now up and running in Woolwich. It is a fun enough experience, but could be a whole lot more with some tweaks. In a team of four, you are split into two groups. One group operates a baffling array of switches and has to direct the other group around a ruined city because of [under developed plot…

👀 Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/01/review-lander-23/
⸻
#game #london #review

🆕 blog! “Review: Lander 23 by Punchdrunk”
★★★⯪☆

Lander 23 had a few pre-launch glitches, but is now up and running in Woolwich. It is a fun enough experience, but could be a whole lot more with some tweaks. In a team of four, you are split into two groups. One group operates a baffling array of switches and has to direct the other group around a ruined city because of [under developed plot…

👀 Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/01/review-lander-23/
⸻
#game #london #review

Такой же бесячий, как и обычный Фаерфокс, вообще без отличий:
- дистр из F-Droid на +100 метров
(для мобильника, ага, сдурели чо ль)
обязательный допрос из 6-7 пунктов перед первым запуском
(чё за хрень, идите вы с ним)
и
бесячее всплывающее уведомление от встроенного переводчика, которое фиг закроешь с 1 раза
(аж на ~пол-экрана вываливается, гадина)
Мозилла, ты следуешь куда-то не туда... Даже Хромиум меня так не достает, как ФаерФокс!..
#fdroid #android #browser #firefox #review

Looking back on some of my achievements in 2025:

▶️ Finished the game #Lazarr!
▶️ Created + finished the game C.O.W.
▶️ Won the 2025 #Luanti Game Jam (w/ C.O.W.)
▶️ Published "Falsche Fehler" mini-website (German)
▶️ Created mini-websites for Lazarr!, #Repixture, #HadesRevisited, #Glitch
▶️ Made 1 point release for Repixture (3.18)
▶️ Made 5 point releases for Hades Revisited
▶️ 1326 "contributions" (code, issues, PRs, etc.) on #Codeberg
▶️ Reached 1000 followers on #Mastodon

#personal #review #brag

It's taken me some time to get my writing mojo back after the holidays, but I've finally managed the first #blog of the year. It's a #review of @pluralistic 's excellent The Internet Con.

I know I'm a book behind and #Enshittification is on my list, but The Internet Con remains an excellent manifesto, primer and polemic for anyone who wants to understand why the internet feels broken, and what we can do about it.

https://write.as/the-casual-critic/the-internet-con-youve-been-assimilated-resistance-isnt-futile

It's taken me some time to get my writing mojo back after the holidays, but I've finally managed the first #blog of the year. It's a #review of @pluralistic 's excellent The Internet Con.

I know I'm a book behind and #Enshittification is on my list, but The Internet Con remains an excellent manifesto, primer and polemic for anyone who wants to understand why the internet feels broken, and what we can do about it.

https://write.as/the-casual-critic/the-internet-con-youve-been-assimilated-resistance-isnt-futile

Varnish and Virtue

https://literaryreview.co.uk/varnish-virtue

#HackerNews #Varnish #Virtue #Literature #Review #Ethics #Art

Tip lines don't work if your source doesn't know how to use them. @hushlineapp tries to make this process easier for the most vulnerable in society, but how does it actually work? https://www.privacyguides.org/posts/2026/01/09/hush-line-review-an-accessible-whistleblowing-platform-for-journalists-and-lawyers-alike/

#journalism #security #privacy #HushLine #PrivacyGuides #Article #review

New #review today: " In 2024, #Steve Roach met Dina Pearlman-Ifil, who is the director of the #AlanRPearlman Foundation, and they conceived of a collection of music by artists using ARP machines as a tribute on the 100th anniversary of Pearlman’s birth. During the company’s existence (1969-1981) many of the most famous synthesizer parts in jazz and rock were played on ARP instruments." #ElectronicMusic #MartinGore #JohnFoxx #DavidTorn #MarkIsham #CraigPadilla #ARP2600 http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/various-artists-soul-of-the-machine-a-celebration-of-the-life-legacy-of-arp-founder-alan-r-pearlman-.html

New #review today: " In 2024, #Steve Roach met Dina Pearlman-Ifil, who is the director of the #AlanRPearlman Foundation, and they conceived of a collection of music by artists using ARP machines as a tribute on the 100th anniversary of Pearlman’s birth. During the company’s existence (1969-1981) many of the most famous synthesizer parts in jazz and rock were played on ARP instruments." #ElectronicMusic #MartinGore #JohnFoxx #DavidTorn #MarkIsham #CraigPadilla #ARP2600 http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/various-artists-soul-of-the-machine-a-celebration-of-the-life-legacy-of-arp-founder-alan-r-pearlman-.html