Below the surface lies things that'd take too long to explain. The air is settled, the relics are esoteric, and you're by and large on your own. Folks up above would look at you funny for bringing any of this up in polite conversation. This is where I go to hide.

Ah, the Internet. This is where I keep all the oddities, musical, technical, and cultural, that interest me and me alone. Of course, I'll try to make it worth your while as well.

Musical Madness

Climbing the Family Tree of MP3

One part history lesson, one part listening experiment! There's a lot that goes into making those tiny little sound clips we're all familiar with...

My MIDI Stockpile

In tradition with other old-school personal sites, I've got some big collections of MIDIs for you to download. I've also got ways to improve your listening experience if you happen to be using the default Windows softsynth. You philistine.

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot Demo Companion

A large guide to the many, many renditions of the songs on Wilco's fantastic Yankee Hotel Foxtrot on the Super Deluxe boxset, the bootlegs, and Alpha Mike Foxtrot. Best enjoyed with the context of my First Draft entry on Letters about the album.

Tech and Media

The Best Music Videos I've Ever Seen

Weird visuals put to good music is something that occupies my brain a lot more than it maybe should. Caby did a page about her favorite music videos on caby_nc3, and I thought it'd be fun to list my favorites as well.

The Curious Case of Nobody's Watching

A little TV pilot from some very famous people that was to demonstrate the way YouTube had changed the world...and then languished in obscurity forever.

Video Game Fixations

ACNES Compatibility List

Those cute NES games in the original Animal Crossing have been hiding a full-blown NES emulator for many years now. Here's my efforts at documenting how games work on it.

Hacking the Sony Demo Loaders

Sony's demo disc loaders solve an occasional problem for us PS2 modders and homebrew folks. Here's my hopefully exhaustive documentation on what makes them tick and customizing them.

Minesweeper Terminology (and My Best Times)

There's a lot of really weird terms and acronyms used in competitive Minesweeper play. I made these notes a long while ago for my own use, but maybe you'll get use out of them too.

My High Scores for Amplitude (2003)

That rhythm game Harmonix did before Guitar Hero and the such! I wound up with 125/126 bars on Insane before I gave up; Cosmonaut Zero really did deny me glory. Still, I'm pleased.

My High Scores for FreQuency

That other rhythm game Harmonix did before Guitar Hero... Not as good as Amplitude, but definitely still fun. Bounce, skate, roll!

My Mario Kart Wii Times

My personal favorite Mario Kart. I haven't fully done it yet, but I'm mostly shooting for beating all the expert time trial ghosts.