![a mood](/town-hall-0024.jpeg) # Town Hall #24: FWD - [FWD: RE: radioactive fungus email from grandma](/radioactive-fungi) - ☆ [The Silicon Valley Tarpits](/tarpits) - [scrapsheets (demo)](/live-2024-cfp) ## Real Life [^note]: I'm performing music at [the final !!Con](https://bangbangcon.com/speakers.html#taylor-troesh) this weekend! I'm also super excited to speak at [LIVE 2024](https://liveprog.org), [NDC Porto](https://ndcporto.com/agenda/a-history-of-knobs-on-microwaves-08g4/0bc4laxs43b), and [Øredev](https://oredev.org/program) later this year. | | | | | ------------- | --------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | 2024.08.24-25 | Santa Cruz, US | [!!Con](https://bangbangcon.com/speakers.html#taylor-troesh) | | 2024.10.14-18 | Porto, PT | [NDC Porto](https://ndcporto.com/agenda/a-history-of-knobs-on-microwaves-08g4/0bc4laxs43b) | | 2024.10.19-21 | Las Vegas, US | [WWWY](https://www.whenwewereyoungfestival.com) | | 2024.10.21-25 | Los Angeles, US | [SPLASH](https://2024.splashcon.org) | | 2024.10.25-28 | Los Angeles, US | [RIPPLE](/ripple.png) | | 2024.11.06-08 | Malmö, SE | [Øredev](https://oredev.org/program) | | 2024.11.09-10 | Ontario, US | [AX Chibi](https://www.anime-expo.org/anime-expo-chibi/) | ## Books | | | | | ----: | ----------------------------------------- | :------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | ★★★★ | [review](/books#world-sale) | _The World for Sale_ :: Javier Blas & Jack Farchy | | ★★★★★ | [review](/books#roadside-picnic) | _Roadside Picnic_ :: Arkady & Boris Strugatsky | | | [review](/books#war-below) | _The War Below_ :: Ernest Scheyder | | ★★ | [review](/books#frostbite) | _Frostbite_ :: Nicola Twilley | | ★★★★★ | [review](/books#newts) | _War with the Newts_ :: Karel Capek | | ★★★ | [review](/books#leviathan) | _Leviathan_ :: Paul Auster | | ★★★ | [review](/books#enchanted-objects) | _Enchanted Objects_ :: David Rose | | ★★★★★ | [review](/books#long-earth) | _The Long Earth_ :: Stephen Baxter & Terry Pratchett | | ★★★★ | [review](/books#alignment) | _The Alignment Problem_ :: Brian Christian | | ★★★★ | [review](/books#impossible-conversations) | _How to Have Impossible Conversations_ :: Peter Boghossian & James Lindsay | ## Music [^note]: In lieu of my album discovery routine, I've been listening to some of my favorite DJ mixes on repeat: - [intelligent dnb and breakcore | jungle dnb](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLuet74qkU) - [Liquicity Yearmix 2014](https://soundcloud.com/madukdnb/liquicity-yearmix-2014-mixed-by-maduk-1) - [GOJII LIVE @ KIRA KIRA POP](https://soundcloud.com/gojiiflex/gojii-live-kira-kira-pop-062417) - [Triple J Mix Up: Sam Gellaitry](https://soundcloud.com/nomorewaves/samg-mixup) - [Trippy Turtle's Diplo & Friends Mix](https://soundcloud.com/trippy-turtle/trippy-turtle-diplo-friends) - [Too Future. Guest Mix 035: Chet Porter](https://soundcloud.com/too-future-mixes/too-future-guest-mix-035-chet-porter) - [NEST HQ MiniMix: Kid Froopy](https://soundcloud.com/nesthq/kid-froopy-nest-hq-minimix) - [Taking You Higher Pt. 3 (Progressive House Mix)](https://soundcloud.com/mrsuicidesheep/taking-you-higher-pt-3-progressive-house-mix) - [Lido's Diplo & Friends Mix](https://soundcloud.com/kimminji/lidos-diplo-friends-mix) - [Calming Meditation | 1 hour handpan music | Malte Marten](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwEaQk5VeS4) - [Rustie's Essential Mix](https://soundcloud.com/hudsonlotus/rustie) - [Porter Robinson's "Worlds" Slowed 800%](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vL4DQeRe_4) ## Misc [^note]: Subscribe to these extras via [rss](/feed.xml), [x.com](https://x.com/surprisetalk), and [mastodon](https://mastodon.social/@surprisetalk). | | | | ---------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | 2024.08.18 | | | 2024.08.16 | [I'M A FOUNTAIN OF BLOOD IN THE SHAPE OF A GIRL](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_RSlsnbCEM) | | 2024.08.15 | [welcome gnome](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOPdSHGK-js) | | 2024.08.14 | [Repulsive Shells](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skEnUjpNN5w) | | 2024.08.13 | klondike /ˈklänˌdīk/ n. a source of valuable material. "the surrounding area was still an archaeological klondike." | | 2024.08.11 | I think the reason why we got into such idiocy in investment management is best illustrated by a story that I tell about the guy who sold fishing tackle. I asked him, "My god, they're purple and green. Do fish really take these lures?" And he said, "Mister, I don't sell to fish." -- Charlie Munger | | 2024.08.11 | | | 2024.08.11 | [\*iretr\*\*\*](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2dHFC31VtQ) | | 2024.08.10 | [peak comedy](https://youtu.be/_P1NDdLbvzY?si=13iaXnz2Jlbx8Za2&t=139) | | 2024.08.03 | saltwater fish in my trousers; thwarting loss prevention at the aquarium | | 2024.08.02 | "Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before." - Mae West | | 2024.08.02 | "If you’re careful enough, nothing bad or good will ever happen to you." - Ashleigh Brilliant | | 2024.08.02 | [A E S T H E T I C](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cv6wXcKe2x0) | | 2024.08.02 | [i throw my used car batteries into the ocean](https://safeandlegalthrills.bigcartel.com) | | 2024.08.01 | smart enough to take the diaper off, but not smart enough to keep the diaper on | | 2024.07.30 | "...no two Frenchmen could agree exactly on what being French did mean. Although another school of thought held that arguing about what made you French was part of what made you French." via The Long Earth | | 2024.07.28 | [it was good before it was good](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNFf7nMIGnE) | | 2024.07.27 | [pullman piques my interests](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyVsdLyTJCU) | | 2024.07.27 | [seward's folie a deux](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mP8tVN-Z_pw) | | 2024.07.27 | [i love mr. noodle](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TRWLCgrN80) | | 2024.07.26 | [echoes of gameleon](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXRRQxJwpnM) | | 2024.07.26 | [cat cam](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHHmIfog0Fs) | | 2024.07.25 | [the final shebang](https://bangbangcon.com) | | 2024.07.25 | why do they put "no trespassing" signs on all the places i want to go | | 2024.07.24 | [ya like jazz?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5fIXI_Rx9M) | | 2024.07.24 | [curated collection of free font faces](https://www.freefaces.gallery) | | 2024.07.24 | [a blog about an esoteric hypercard game](https://whirlitzer-of-wisdom.blogspot.com) |