VirtualTam's bookmarks

1. A Pattern Language - An abridged, hyper-textual, and copyleft manifestation of the 1977 architecture classic A Pattern Language by Christopher Alexander 2024-05-15

   tags: architecture, book, city

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   • zenodotus280/apl
   • Christopher Alexander - Patterns in Architecture
   • HN thread
   • List of related HN threads
2. BASIC Computer Games 2023-12-17

   tags: game, programming/basic

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   An updated version of the classic "Basic Computer Games" book, with well-written examples in a variety of common MEMORY SAFE, SCRIPTING programming languages

   • coding-horror/basic-computer-games
3. Alchemy circles procedural generator 2019-09-16

   tags: circle, procedural-generation, processing, shape

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   • https://github.com/CiaccoDavide/Alchemy-Circles-Generator
   • https://github.com/Honno/classical-elements-expansion
   • https://github.com/chandeeland/magick_circles
   • https://github.com/AdrianMargel/fancy-circles
   • https://www.reddit.com/r/proceduralgeneration/comments/d4cihw/procedural_circlebased_patterns/
4. Daniel Glass & Vic Firth - The Century Project - 100 Years of American Music From Behind the Drums 2018-05-28

   tags: bebop, blues, bop, gear, history, instrument/drums, instrument/percussion, jazz, music, pop, rock, swing

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   Video Series:

   • 00 - Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxYsz6nWhbw
   • 01 - Double Drumming - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qM869WYpp-0
   • 02 - Ragtime Drumming - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xm7Q2vwQrWI
   • 03 - The Bass Drum Pedal - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2nejXnhDZc
   • 04 - Jazz Brushes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ds04UIj3GJY
   • 05 - New Orleans Style Drumming - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaXeN8OlSbs
   • 06 - Chicago Style Drumming - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDFq6FpXbXs
   • 07 - Silent Movies and the Trap Drummer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXDwSpkW368
   • 08 - Classic Big Band Drumming - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3txNQUzyh0w
   • 09 - Gene Krupa - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uri7fOUEbFY
   • 10 - Bebop - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxQKl07yKLM
   • 11 - Rhythm & Blues - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dORJwPqwTCc
   • 12 - Double Bass - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSRJ1hdfC-o
   • 13 - Rockabilly - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wD2UomJeK30
   • 14 - Early Rock'n'Roll - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoSw8TX_rg4
   • 15 - The Beatles - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsXxTo1qa-0
   • 16 - Conclusion - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReARH79_js0

   TRAPS - The Incredible Story of Vintage Drums (1865 – 1965):

   • http://danielglass.com/portfolio/traps/
   • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PJ4ZDsBn8M
5. Chatterbot Central at The Simon Laven Page 2018-03-27

   tags: bot, chat, text

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   • http://www.simonlaven.com/classic.htm
   • http://www.simonlaven.com/complex.htm
   • http://www.simonlaven.com/friendly.htm
   • http://www.simonlaven.com/teachable.htm
   • http://www.simonlaven.com/alt.htm
   • http://www.simonlaven.com/books.htm
6. Sam Agnew - Hacking Classic Nintendo Games with Python - PyCon 2017 2017-07-18

   tags: emulator, framework/flask, game, nintendo, programming/python

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7. Billabong Valley - Microtonal Guitar Cover 2017-05-03

   tags: classical, folk, instrument/guitar, microtonal, world

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8. OpenTomb | A Cross-Platform reimplementation of classic Tomb Raider 1—5 engines 2017-04-25

   tags: engine, game, open-source, raider, tomb

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9. Bass line theory 2017-02-02

   tags: classical, counterpoint, instrument/bass, line

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10. The Classic Super Star Trek Game 2017-01-18

    tags: card, game, linux, programming/c, punch, star, trek

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11. A day with Frank Zappa (1971) 2016-11-25

    tags: classical, gto, life, live, psychedelic, rock, zappa

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12. Concerto Suite for Electric Guitar and Orchestra in E flat minor, Opus 1 - Yngwie J. Malmsteen 2015-09-16

    tags: classical, concerto, malmsteen, metal, neo, orchestra

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13. Microtonal Guitar Duo 2015-05-31

    tags: acoustic, classical, instrument/guitar, maqam, microtonal

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14. Microtonal Guitar (Fixed Fret) - Tolgahan Çoğulu 2015-05-31

    tags: classical, instrument/guitar, maqam, microtonal

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15. Fatih Ahiskali - Capricho Arabe - Francisco Tarrega 2015-01-04

    tags: classical, fretless, glissentar, godin, tarrega

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16. Tristan A. Hearn | Conway's Game Of Life in Python 2014-11-16

    tags: cellular-automaton, cellular-automaton/game-of-life, classic, computer, conway, programming, programming/python

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17. Jardin de la Croix | Pomeroy 2014-11-09

    tags: classical, post, progressive, rock

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18. Twelve Tones - YouTube 2014-07-18

    tags: bat, bowl, card, classical, editor/vim, fun, game, hart, jazz, laser, music

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19. Grumpy Disney by TsaoShin on deviantART 2014-07-05

    tags: art, cartoon, cat, comics, disney, fun, grumpy

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    Classic Disney animated films. Now with Grumpy Cat!

    This series features well known Disney films with the Internet's most famous grouchy feline in place of one of the characters.

    The concept is simple: the appearance of the cat must derail the plot of the film.

20. The Shadows Compendum | Stéphan Forté 2014-05-25

    tags: adagio, classical, eklundh, forte, ia, lag, mattias, metal, music/bandcamp, neo, progressive, shred, stephan

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