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last.fm + “AI”

Do you know what I’d love? An “AI” that’s constantly trained on my last.fm listening data that at any point in the day can recommend me something to listen to. I tend to listen to genres in phases, so I think this would be especially useful for me. Is this even possible? Where would I […]

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New side project: owning my music

Folks that have been following along for a while will probably remember that over the last couple of years, I’ve been building up a music collection away from streaming services. You can see it over at https://music.andy-bell.co.uk. I’ve slowed down purchasing physical vinyl copies because I’ve got most of the ones I wanted — especially […]

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I think I’m not alone that Mastodon is giving me the ick

I first joined Mastodon in 2018 (even though my old profile says 2016?), so I’d say I’ve seen a lot of its evolution. I’m on my second private instance now and would definitely consider myself invested in its success. Decentralised social media is so much more web than centralised social media networks ad networks like […]

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