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  1. Comment on An hour of songs with Moai in the title in ~music

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    Nice! "Wild Horses" by The Sundays (nothing to do with the song by The Rolling Stones of the same name)

    Nice! "Wild Horses" by The Sundays (nothing to do with the song by The Rolling Stones of the same name)

    1 vote

  2. Comment on An hour of songs with Moai in the title in ~music

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    Nice! Bjork "Isobel" could be a contender.

    Nice! Bjork "Isobel" could be a contender.

    2 votes

  3. Comment on An hour of songs with Moai in the title in ~music

  4. Comment on An hour of songs with Moai in the title in ~music

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    DJ-mix by me. An hour of songs with Moai in the title. Why? Why not? ✨🗿✨ I'm interested to know your favourite song in this selection. Maria Usbeck - "Moai y yo" Saphileaum - "Moai" Seotaiji -...

    DJ-mix by me.

    An hour of songs with Moai in the title.

    Why? Why not? ✨🗿✨

    I'm interested to know your favourite song in this selection.

    1. Maria Usbeck - "Moai y yo"
    2. Saphileaum - "Moai"
    3. Seotaiji - "Moai"
    4. Fila Brazillia - "The Moai"
    5. Bala - "Moai"
    6. Jestofunk - "Moai Message"
    7. Yosuke Onuma - "Moai's Tihai"
    8. Atiø - "moai"
    9. Tora Gargallo - "Smoking Moai"
    10. Glåsbird - "Moai"
    11. Monica Ramos - "Moai"
    12. Urban Zakapa - "Moai"
    13. Giorgio Poi - "Moai"
    14. La Bergerie - "Moaï"
    3 votes

  6. Comment on How did you ruin a game for yourself? in ~games

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    Try to 100% it on first play through. Always sucks the fun out of it for me.

    Try to 100% it on first play through. Always sucks the fun out of it for me.

    19 votes

  7. Comment on Tildes Game Giveaway: June/July 2025 in ~games

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    Glad you liked it! I am wondering if you've unlocked all 10 rosettes yet?

    Glad you liked it! I am wondering if you've unlocked all 10 rosettes yet?

    1 vote

  8. Comment on Tildes Game Giveaway: June/July 2025 in ~games

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    I'll give away 1 promo code for each of 4 different Playdate Catalog games. So, 4 total. Thank you Limited to people that have bought any of my games, as a thank you for your support. If you...

    I'll give away 1 promo code for each of 4 different Playdate Catalog games. So, 4 total.

    Thank you
    Limited to people that have bought any of my games, as a thank you for your support. If you haven't bought any of my games, you can buy one for any platform now on itch.io or Catalog (even the cheapest, or PWYC recommended amount; totally free games don't count) and qualify for one of the below free games.

    Requirements
    You need to provide proof of ownership of both a Playdate and receipt of purchase for any of my games.

    Other Terms
    One promo code per person max. Feel free to nominate your choice of game but I'll choose the winners at random, so please manage your expectations. There are no guarantees.

    Games

    1. YOYOZO (ArsTechnica "Best Games of 2023")
    2. Fore! Track ("it's golf in a tank")
    3. Super ICARUS ("avoid 'em up")
    4. Sparrow Solitaire ("mahjong solitaire with a Playdate spin")

    If you want a free copy of any of my games that aren't in the short list above (there are simply too many!) just let me know and I'll try to sort it out.

    Finally, a reminder: I left the Playdate scene because of harassment and bullying. Those two things are never excusable or acceptable, so if you see it happening call it out and don't let go until it's been addressed. Be excellent to each other.

    7 votes

  9. Comment on Fatal Run 2089 | Official gameplay trailer in ~games

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    For a brief, fleeting moment I thought this by was MONSTER Games of Excite Truck fame. Sadly not.

    For a brief, fleeting moment I thought this by was MONSTER Games of Excite Truck fame.

    Sadly not.

  10. Comment on Update: A murder mystery game in a castle in Ireland in ~games

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    This sounds like an absolute riot. Congratulations, especially in light of having to think on your feet at least a few times during it all. Very well done.

    This sounds like an absolute riot. Congratulations, especially in light of having to think on your feet at least a few times during it all. Very well done.

    7 votes

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  12. Comment on Giorgio Poi — Schegge (2025) in ~music

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    Just found out about the new album by Giorgio Poi, co-produced by Laurent Brancowitz, guitarist of Phoenix. A beauty, with a really sophisticated sound. 😍

    Just found out about the new album by Giorgio Poi, co-produced by Laurent Brancowitz, guitarist of Phoenix. A beauty, with a really sophisticated sound. 😍

    2 votes

  14. Comment on Where can I see Hokusai's Great Wave today? in ~arts

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    In short: yes. Each institution has its own numbering system, so if they have more than one imprint then you can tell them apart by number of not visually. They will also usually show on their...

    In short: yes.

    Each institution has its own numbering system, so if they have more than one imprint then you can tell them apart by number of not visually. They will also usually show on their catalogue website which is on view. Worldwide there are less than a hundred known originals, and if they are loaned out it is usually mentioned who is loaning it (a Japan museum just loaned one to Taiwan for a month or so).

    Also visually they are all quite different: my favourite is the one at Maison et jardins de Claude Monet, Giverny, France, as it has all the elements I enjoy most in combination (specific colours of fuji, clouds, water, boats, people).

    5 votes

  15. Comment on Where can I see Hokusai's Great Wave today? in ~arts

  16. Comment on Where can I see Hokusai's Great Wave today? in ~arts

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    Art Institute of Chicago have 3 different original imprints of The Great Wave! So they rotate them and show them more frequently than most places. And, iirc, Boston have 7!

    Art Institute of Chicago have 3 different original imprints of The Great Wave! So they rotate them and show them more frequently than most places. And, iirc, Boston have 7!

    3 votes

  17. Comment on Where can I see Hokusai's Great Wave today? in ~arts

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    Cool idea! Often imprints are loaned out which might make the map a bit too much manually work for me. But I'll keep it in mind. And I've fixed the broken links, thanks.

    Cool idea! Often imprints are loaned out which might make the map a bit too much manually work for me. But I'll keep it in mind.

    And I've fixed the broken links, thanks.

    1 vote

  18. Comment on Where can I see Hokusai's Great Wave today? in ~arts

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    Such woodblock imprints are a standard size, ~25x37cm, as they were a bit like postcards of their era. You're right that a modern repro print of a particular impression will look just like that...

    the prints are pretty small

    Such woodblock imprints are a standard size, ~25x37cm, as they were a bit like postcards of their era.

    don't really look any different to the reproductions

    You're right that a modern repro print of a particular impression will look just like that impression, by nature of it being a repro, but they will both look substantially different to other impressions (original or repro) as all impressions are unique in one or more ways. Mostly due to the nature of them being printed with different quantities and colours of ink across multiple blocks that were worn out and replaced over time.

    It's not quite the same as seeing a painting in the flesh where you can see the texture of the brushstrokes and the multilayered reflections from many layers of translucent pigment. It's just.. a print.

    I respectfully disagree with this, simply because it's not true. There are many imprints, all different and unique to some extent. You can absolutely see differences in composition, colour, missing elements, and more. Of course, you need to see more than one to be able to appreciate this. But you can look at two JPGs or the video below to see it.

    For example, I have a modern repro print and it's markedly different to the modern repro print a friend has (my boats are light, the other dark; my horizon is light, the other dark; my fuji looks like a wave, the other less so; my clouds are visible, the other are not) and this is also true with the original imprints.

    The British Museum did this lovely little video explaining why they're all different and what common features/differences mean and how they can be used to date an imprint: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_025NB8alw

    7 votes

  19. Comment on Where can I see Hokusai's Great Wave today? in ~arts

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    I made this project. It was first posted to Tildes a couple of years ago: https://tildes.net/~arts/19yl/where_can_i_see_hokusais_great_wave_today. I’m sharing it again now because this time of...

    I made this project. It was first posted to Tildes a couple of years ago: https://tildes.net/~arts/19yl/where_can_i_see_hokusais_great_wave_today. I’m sharing it again now because this time of year is generally your best chance to catch an impression of The Great Wave on display.

    About The Great Wave: the original woodblock prints were mass-produced around 1830, but only a limited number of impressions survive today. They’re sensitive to light and are rarely exhibited—typically about once every four years. That’s why I built this site: to help people time their visits and have a chance to see one in person. Art lovers will understand the appeal of seeing a classic like this up close. Others may find the idea pointless or ridiculous. So it goes.

    About the Site: it tracks the display status of various impressions of Katsushika Hokusai’s "The Great Wave off Kanagawa" (神奈川沖浪裏) across museums worldwide. I monitor official museum collection pages and check for changes in “on view” status. In the ~30 years I’ve been interested, I’ve only managed to see two different impressions, and I want to see as many as I can.

    The backend is powered by a series of Huginn scenarios that scrape museum websites on a schedule and track changes. Not every museum has a suitable website for this, but enough do to make the project worthwhile. The hardest part was initially finding all the relevant collection pages, understanding the structure of their data, and setting up the automation. I also run automated searches for press releases and news articles to catch anything the scrapers might miss. The whole process is largely hands-off, with only a final manual check before publishing updates.

    Over the past two years, I’ve simplified and optimized the system. The final data is compiled into a small CSV file, which is used to generate the web page and an RSS feed. These are cached as static files and are only updated when there’s new information. The files are hosted on a free Oracle Cloud Compute Instance running Caddy web server. That’s pretty much it!

    21 votes